July 1991

Jul 29, 2021

Philips teams up with Nintendo
Sega buys out Virgin
Intel breaks speed barriers

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 July of 1991.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Peter is on vacation so we have the pleasure of Mads from the Retro Asylum to join us.
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Time Codes:
7 Minutes in Heaven:
Corrections:
Time Jump:

Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven:
Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/54250971
https://www.mobygames.com/game/champion-of-the-raj
https://www.mobygames.com/company/level-9-computing-ltd

Corrections:
June 1991 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/53278713
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-OOpZitfd0
Gaming Historian Aladdin Deck Enhancer Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eG-PSZU5MI
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_6

1991:
AMOA goes to Washington
Replay, July 1991, pg. 29
Jim Trucano Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975

Galloob beats Nintendo in court
Toy & Hobby World, July 1991, pg. 9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camerica

Phillips announces CDRom deal with Nintendo
Playthings, July 1991
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-i_games_from_The_Legend_of_Zelda_series

Camerica adds CDs to its NES add-on plans
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_024_July_1991 pg. 12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camerica
https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Codemasters_CD
July 1981 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/54043323
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper

Sega buys out Virgin
https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ANewComputerExpress_UK_142.pdf&page=4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega#1989%E2%80%931994:_Genesis,_Sonic_the_Hedgehog,_and_mainstream_success
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Interactive

Genesis price drop to $149
Playthings, July 1991
Michael Katz Interview Part 2 - https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-katz-interview-part-2

Budget price war heating up
https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Power_Issue_03_1991-07_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n9/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism_Leisure_Corporation

C65 rumors emerge
https://archive.org/details/commodore-format-magazine-10/page/n9/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_65

Intel breaks the 100 Mhz barrier
https://archive.org/details/1991-07-compute-magazine/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I486

486's are getting affordable!
https://archive.org/details/1991-07-compute-magazine/page/n13/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I486

First ads for Wing Commander II
https://archive.org/details/1991-07-compute-magazine/page/n104/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Commander_II:_Vengeance_of_the_Kilrathi
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/wing-commander-series

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/

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