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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Dec 25, 2023
Nintendo profits crash,
Next gen console battle begins &
Arcades go 3D
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 October 1993.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course...
Dec 10, 2023
The Boom is over,
Texas Instruments is out &
Nintendo becomes stock market darling
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 October 1983.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are...
Nov 26, 2023
Mortal Monday,
F-15 Strike Eagle saved by Falcon,
Sega announces Saturn
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 September 1993.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of...
Nov 15, 2023
After 5 years of asking the questions, the tables get turned and Karl finally has to get grilled. You, the listener (or at least some of you) asked for it, so by multiple demand, the Karl interview!
Recorded: November 2023
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Nov 9, 2023
This is the full 7 Minutes in Heaven clip for the September 1983 episode covering Battlezone on the Atari 2600.
An error in the edit of the full episode cut it short, so I decided to upload it to the feed as its own file.
Remember, you can also watch Alex and my commentary on his actual 7 minutes of gameplay by becoming...