July 2020

Jun 30, 2020

Atari sues Activision
Sega takes on the Gameboy and
Nintendo gives away gloves

These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June of 1980, 1990, 2000.
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:
1980:
Working from home by computer is becoming a reality
https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing198006/page/n14/mode/1up

TI gets patent for Synth Chip
https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/28/archives/patents-devices-aid-synthetic-speech-a-new-apparatus-for-brain.html?searchResultPosition=11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_LPC_Speech_Chips

Radio Shack announces intensification of Computer product support
https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-06/page/n33/mode/1up
https://marketingexperiments.com/value-proposition/radio-shack-value-prop-part

Microsoft gets into the hardware game
https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n18/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n10/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing198006/page/n116/mode/1up

Digital Audio is coming
https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n39/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc

Atari launches nationwide ad campaign featuring Space Invaders
Playthings June 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC0LN3BDH4I

Activision announes sales manager and regional reps
Toys Hobbies & Crafts, June 1980

Atari files suit against Activision
Toys Hobbies & Crafts, June 1980, pg. 7
Toy and Hobby World, January 1982

Sega takes on Chuck E Cheese with PJ Pizzazz
eplay, June 1980, pg. 63
https://segaretro.org/P.J._Pizzazz

1990:
Sega's Last Survivor introduces FPS Deathmatch to the arcades
https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_33_1990-06_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n95/mode/2up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/last-survivor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWBlaj1LiI

Sega signs deal with Buster Douglas
Playthings, June, 1990, pg. 15
https://www.mobygames.com/game/final-blow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0G4h5u7c_s

Sega reveals the Game Gear
https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n28/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear

BDL wants you to take your NES games on the go...
https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n29/mode/1up
https://www.bitcultures.com/unreleased-consoles-nintendo-express/
http://users.skynet.be/am035782/EGM%2022%20-%20June%201991%20-%20Article%20on%20Gameboy%20to%20NES%20converter%20and%20The%20Express%20-%20handheld%20NES.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/am035782/GamePro%20October%201990%20-%20Article%20about%20BDL%20Nintendo%20Handheld.jpg

Galoob announces the Game Genie
https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n30/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Genie

Acclaim is doing the Bartman
https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n22/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/simpsons-bart-vs-the-space-mutants

Sierra celebrates its 10th anniversary
https://archive.org/details/Sierra_News_Magazine_The_Volume_3_Number_2_Summer_1990_1990_Sierra_On-Line_US/page/n12/mode/1up

2000:
Spring Tokyo Game Show dissapoints
https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20131%20%28June%202000%29#page/n29/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Game_Show#History

Square quintuples its profits
https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VIII

Sony reveals plans for their broadband adapter
https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20131%20%28June%202000%29#page/n37/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2_online_functionality

Nintendo gives away free gloves
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3942-gamepro-issue-141-june-2000/ pg. 28
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2000/nintendo-address-effects-video-game-children
https://www.zdnet.com/article/nintendo-to-issue-protective-game-gloves-5000106151/

Gaming is now a college degree
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3942-gamepro-issue-141-june-2000/ pg. 34
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-27-me-3194-story.html
https://www.admissions.uci.edu/study/programs.php

Havas may lose the Tolkien license
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_191/page/n55/mode/1up
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/sierra-lawsuit-against-saul-zaentz-tolkien-enterprises-appears-to-be-real/
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/inspiration-author-j-r-r-tolkien

Ubi Soft continues to gobble up companies
https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue65/page/n9/mode/1up

The bleeding at Mattel Interactive continues
https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Learning_Company

Eidos drops 51%
https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n11/mode/1up
https://www.investegate.co.uk/eidos-plc--eid-/rns/4th-quarter---final-results/200006130700141369M/

Sucker Punch has announced they are working on a PS2 title
https://www.mobygames.com/company/sucker-punch-productions-llc
https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n18/mode/1up

Apple is working on a PC compatible OS
https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_090_2000-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n28/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/apple-announces-mac-transition-to-apple-silicon/

Richard Garriott leaves Origin Systems
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-06/page/n34/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_Games
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lord-british-leaves-his-origin/1100-2542005/
https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_090_2000-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n19/mode/1up