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.
It's fun and educational! (in case you need to justify listening to it to a significant other)
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Oct 28, 2021
Arcade board mobility has coinop spooked
George Plimpton is pimping Intellivision &
The youth of America sees pro-gaming as their future
These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in...
Oct 19, 2021
Kevin Hayes started out as an accountant but ended up at Atari Ireland in the early days of the arcade boom before coming to America and running Atari and, later, Namco's arcade chains.
What was international arcade cabinet distribution and manufacturing like in the Golden Era?
How did you make money off of an arcade...
Oct 11, 2021
Bejeweled addiction sweeps the world
Atari classics are coming to phones &
Companies are dying in droves
These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and
around the video game industry in September of 2001.
As always, we'll...
Oct 2, 2021
Sonic becomes a packin
Dune is coming in stereo
Flight Sims go to a galaxy far far away
These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and
around the video game industry in September of 1991.
As always, we'll mostly be using...