February 2002

Mar 22, 2022

Nintendo of America loses its President
EA drops its online plans
IBM gets out of the PC biz

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 2002.
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:
7 Minutes in Heaven: The Fish Files (GBC)
Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/64113628
https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-color/fish-files
https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-color/scooby-doo-classic-creep-capers
https://www.mobygames.com/game/new-addams-family-series

Corrections:
January 2002 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/62708089
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/04/gamecube-versus-playstation-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EsPup-RxIA
https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/GameCube
https://kotaku.com/the-famicom-s-built-in-microphone-was-wonderfully-weird-1840887609
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserScope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingress_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_3DO_Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_Hawkins
Jerry Jewell Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/57602735

2002:
Sony sues over Mod chips
https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AMAN!AC_DE_2002-02.pdf&page=45
https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/sony-wins-case-against-seller-of-mod-chips/
https://quade.co/ps2-modchip-guide/

Sony launches budget line in Japan
https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=kult/kultmags&km=show&id=4469 pg. 12
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/14/sce-declares-playstation-2-mega-hits
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentials_(PlayStation)

EA drops ea.com
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_211/page/n35/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSpy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo.com
Gordon Walton Interview Part 1 https://www.patreon.com/posts/52644122
Gordon Walton interview Part 2 https://www.patreon.com/posts/53726080
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_Online

TV is getting interactive
Edge 107, pg. 10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_television
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXlALQW6bgQ

Street Fighter II is coming to mobile
Edge 107 pg. 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QiU1IQKuaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69v1CDn_Fds

Edge magazine profiles game consultancies
Edge 107 pg. 15
https://blog.ihobo.com/

King of Fighters goes Online
Edge 107 pg. 17
https://www.gamezone.de/SNK-Firma-15741/News/Viele-neue-Infos-zu-SNK-Playmore-906269/
https://web.archive.org/web/20031204111223/http://www.kofworld.com/KOFOnline.asp

SNK is back!
Hobby Consolas 125
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNK

Minoru Arakawa steps down
Edge 107 pg. 12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Arakawa

Nvidia takes Enron's place on S&P
https://archive.org/details/GDM_February_2002/page/n3/mode/1up
https://www.slickcharts.com/sp500

IBM exits Desktop business
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/IBM+and+Sanmina-SCI+sign+agreement.-a0108597731
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue85/page/n22/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue85/page/n23/mode/1up

Rumors suggest Microsoft to buy Take 2
https://archive.org/details/pcgames200202/page/n9/mode/1up

Wizardry 9 cancelled
https://archive.org/details/pcgames200202/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir-Tech
Paul Neurath Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/54857109
They Create Worlds - https://www.theycreateworlds.com/transcripts/tcw114
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizardry
Joel Billings Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469

Germany cracks down on Wolfenstein
https://archive.org/details/pcgames200202/page/n9/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/pcgames200202/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Department_for_Media_Harmful_to_Young_Persons
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45142651

Las Malvinas son Argentinas...
Edge 107 pg. 18
https://web.archive.org/web/20070315004353/http://www.malvinas2032.com.ar/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcpMduHPKh0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands

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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.