Mar 1, 2019
Tandy mourns its CEO
Epyx beats Data East in court
and
Steve Jobs wants to make the Mac a gaming powerhouse.
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.
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Sources:
1979:
Commodore Purchases Micro Display Systems, Wall Street Journal
March 1, 1979
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=108
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/lcd.html
What to do after you bury the boss, Forbes March 5, 1979
1988:
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_57
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate_Champ
https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/gi-joe-a-real-american-hero/screenshots/gameShotId,48230/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_East_USA,_Inc._v._Epyx,_Inc.
https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/d101da3b99dadd73e937d8ded65f17aa
https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-089/
https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue18Mar89
https://archive.org/details/Sierra_Newsletter_Volume_2_Number_1_Spring_1989_Small/page/n3
1998:
https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_208_1999-03_EMAP_Images_GB
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/no-more-dreamcast-for-namco-this-year/1100-2451405/
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyR50ZnCpEE
https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/april/990423/messagefromconnectix.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20070228070634/http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/0/66b3a352ea33712988256952007578c2?OpenDocument
https://www.macworld.com/article/1020791/vgs.html
https://www.wired.com/2002/12/the-games-wal-mart-doesnt-play/
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They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/
Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/
The Arcade BloggeR: https://arcadeblogger.com/
Corrections:
Karate Champ did not have a two player option, just a two player
alternating option. A later revision, Karate Champ - Player vs.
Player would be released in 1984.