Apr 10, 2019
A computer in every home
Atari and Nintendo sue each other
and
Nintendo gets its panties in a bunch over emulation
These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom time Machine
We look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game
industry in March of 1979, 1989, 1999.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates for the 20
and 30 year jumps, while relying on newspaper articles and
historical documents for the 40 year jump, as there weren't many
dedicated gaming publications on the market yet.
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Show Notes:
1979
A computer in every home
Newsweek, US edition, April 2, 1979
Privacy laws start popping up
Starting to Protect Privacy, New York Times April 10, 1979
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/10/archives/starting-to-protect-privacy.html
Stopping Compuer Chomping of Privacy, New York Times April 28, 1979 https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/28/archives/stopping-computer-chomping-of-privacy.html
Pinball in the News
On the Light Side: Pinball Wizardry, The Associated Press, April
10, 1979
Pinball: Nassau's Big Zero, New York Times, April 8, 1979 https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/08/archives/long-island-weekly-pinball-nassaus-big-zero.html
Williams' Crazy Story Part 1
http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/williams-crazy-story-pt-1/
Carl Sagan to host show about space and science
Dr. Carl Sagan to Be Host of PBS Science Series, NYT, April 18,
1979
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/18/archives/dr-carl-sagan-to-be-host-of-pbs-science-series-interplanetary.html
1989
CES in Vegas shows the dominance of the NES
CVG 90
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_090_1989-04_EMAP_Publishing_GB
Atari and Nintendo start suing each other over lock out chips and
unfair practices
Compute 107
https://archive.org/details/1989-04-compute-magazine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Games
Domark cuts deal with Tengen
The games machine 17
https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Enix_Europe#Domark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6JC-HCNcio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntEz4o5eq7k
Atari ST support in the industry eroded through piracy.
Letter from the CEO of Spectrum Holobyte
CGW58
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_58/page/n3
Dynamix signs on to Mediagenic's affiliated label program
CGW58
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_58/page/n9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdps1r38004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usme3xqyBBg
Mirrorsoft launch Defender of the Crown on CD with limited 200 unit
print run
The games machine 17
https://archive.org/details/TheGamesMachineIssue17Apr89/page/n11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJrJvhrV7Mo&t=321s
Scott Orr leaves Gamestar
VG&CE 3
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_03_April_1989
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Orr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIo5yTScaDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EbPghLpK6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZR7hiRPjwY
1999
Microsoft pushes Windows CE for Dreamcast development.
Next Generation 52
https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration52Apr1999/page/n13
https://segaretro.org/Windows_CE
Agora Interactive launch their G.A.T.E. arcade system to
integrate satellite networking into arcades
Next Generation 52
https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration52Apr1999/page/n15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Tee_Golf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3#Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3_Wave_Net
The first classic gaming expo is announced
Next Generation 52
https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration52Apr1999/page/n17
NeoGeo Pocket has been released, sold 37,000 units, and now is
dead. Long live NeoGeo Pocket Color.
Next Generation 52
https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration52Apr1999/page/n19
Havas closes Sierra's Oakhurst office
Micromania 51
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue51
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/03/01/story1.html
Emulation hits the N64
PC Player 1999 04
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-04/page/n32
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraHLE
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