The Video Game Newsroom Time Machine is a weekly retro gaming podcast in which we travel back in time to see what was making headlines 40, 30, and 20 years ago in the arcade, video game, and computer gaming business and interview industry veterans.
We try to put those events into historical context to understand how the industry of today came to be.
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Apr 15, 2024
Famicom rules Japan,
Bushnell leaves Chuck E Cheese &
Vectrex put to rest
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM!
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and
around the video game industry in February 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those
are of...
Apr 8, 2024
In the early 80s, glory could be won in the arcades by those intrepid youths capable of garnering high scores. One such teen, Julian 'Jaz' Rignall, turned that skillset into a career, first as a strategy tip writer for UK mags like Personal Computing and Computer and Video Games, before becoming a founding writer...
Mar 17, 2024
Commodore hits the skids,
Sega bets big on entertainment centers &
The emulation revolution is born!
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in January 1994.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover...
Mar 8, 2024
Jack Tramiel leaves Commodore,
Apple advertises the Mac &
Amstrad enters the home computer market
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in January 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover...
Feb 28, 2024
Few developers can boast careers spanning more than 4 decades,
but today's guest, William Volk has developed games for virtually
every platform released, covering every genre, including strategy,
RPG, adventures, educational titles, puzzle games, and more.
Sit back and enjoy the insights, memories, and experience of
a...