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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. 

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Mar 12, 2021

Nintendo shows off the Gamecube controller
Gaming is going to the movies
and
Is Bethesda in trouble?

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 February of 2001.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

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Links:
Peter's 7 Minutes in Heaven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Operative:_No_One_Lives_Forever
https://www.mobygames.com/game/operative-no-one-lives-forever
http://nolfrevival.tk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7qpSUvNM9I&t=359s
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/terminator-future-shock
https://www.mobygames.com/game/duke-nukem-3d
https://www.mobygames.com/game/shogo-mobile-armor-division

Corrections:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/47384269
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Glass_Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo9buo9Mtos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DualShock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast#Accessories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#Peripherals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_Games

2001:
Nintendo reveals the Gamecube controller
https://archive.org/details/NextGen74Feb2001/page/n13/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube_controller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_controller


Tomb Raider gearing up for nextgen
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4332-gamepro-issue-149-february-2001/ pg. 27
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146316/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2
https://www.mobygames.com/game/lara-croft-tomb-raider-the-angel-of-darkness
https://www.mobygames.com/game/tomb-raider__
https://www.mobygames.com/game/tomb-raider-ii

American McGee signs deal for Alice movie
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n38/mode/1up
https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970

Crazy Taxi and Perfect Dark licensed for movies
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4332-gamepro-issue-149-february-2001/ pg. 26
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0080051
https://www.mobygames.com/game/crazy-taxi
https://www.mobygames.com/game/perfect-dark
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106761/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113855/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/

John Woo to get into game development
https://archive.org/details/NextGen74Feb2001/page/n14/mode/1up
https://variety.com/2000/voices/columns/digital-rim-has-global-ambitions-1117788298/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/rainbow-studios
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/john-woo-licensees

Shenmue the Movie hits Japan
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue73/page/n5/mode/1up
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0971215/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_6
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dreamcast/shenmue
https://www.mobygames.com/game/shenmue-ii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de3UTAfKGfQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenmue

The D&D movie came out...
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n36/mode/1up
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dungeons-dragons
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190374
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406728
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733125

Amazon is advertising their games selection
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n39/mode/1up
https://web.archive.org/web/20001109185900/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/

Is Bethesda about to go under?
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n129/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks
https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/sea-dogs
https://www.mobygames.com/game/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind

EA cans Baltimore sim developers
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n36/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/ea-baltimore


Recommended Links:
The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/
They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/
Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/
The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/
Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/
Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/


Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.