Nov 1, 2020
Apple gets ready to go public
Sega does what Nintendon't
The world gets its first look at the GameCube
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 October 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:
Corrections:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunsoft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1y3V2VAdpE
https://twitter.com/Gazimaluke?s=20
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Manufacturing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMO9hJ3zzms&t=274s
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcadedreams/Arcade-Dreams-The-Definitive-Arcade-Documentary-Series
https://arcadedocumentary.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game.com
https://archive.org/details/hh_tgaunt
https://www.mobygames.com/game/mortal-kombat
1980:
Apple is getting ready to go public
https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n02oct1980/page/5/mode/1up
https://investor.apple.com/faq/
https://kensbook.com/
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/ken-williams-interview
Commodore facing scrutiny
https://nyti.ms/1kS9Xye
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/?ref_=tt_sims_tt
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/why-nyse-switch-fractions-to-decimals/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International
Hayden Book Company buys Programma International
https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n02oct1980/page/2/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/programma-international-inc
http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2014/09/programma-international-coin-op.html
Stern Electronics is getting a running start in video games
Play Meter, October 15, 1980, pg. 34
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(game_company)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/astro-invader_
https://www.mobygames.com/game/galaxian
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/amoa-1980-with-gameresearch_e
1990:
Sega launches Nintendon't ad campaign
Plaything, October 1990, pg. 12
Splatterhouse to make Halloween debut on TG16
Plaything, October 1990
https://www.mobygames.com/game/splatterhouse
No such thing as a Nintendo
Plaything, October 1990, pg. 20
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-taser-xerox-brand-names-generic-words-2018-5?r=DE&IR=T
DUO FC is gonna bridge the gap between PCs and consoles
https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n11/mode/1up
http://atarihq.com/tsr/nes/duo-fc.html
https://www.mobygames.com/company/capstone-software
Microprose enters the NES market
https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-12/page/n8/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/ultra-software-corporation
EA enters Genesis market with a cross-platform promotion
Plaything, October 1990
https://www.mobygames.com/game/budokan-the-martial-spirit
https://www.mobygames.com/game/populous
https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n58/mode/1up
Activision settles suit with Magnavox
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3006-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-21-october-1990/
pg. 24
https://www.ipmall.info/content/magnavox-co-v-activision-inc-ralph-baers-litigation-files
Mediagenic kills Activision UK
https://www.filfre.net/2017/01/a-time-of-endings-part-3-mediagenic-or-the-patent-from-hell/
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue851990Oct/page/n125/mode/1up
First reports are coming in from The Computer Entertainment Show
in London...
https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epocha-29/page/n7/mode/1up
Commodore Format magazine launches!
https://archive.org/details/commodore-format-magazine-01
Commodore debuts the C286 LT
https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_100.pdf&page=4
https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_101.pdf&page=2
https://www.c64-wiki.de/wiki/Commodore-Laptop_C286LT
Commodore profits plunge
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue851990Oct/page/n125/mode/1up
"What you see is what you play" ads for Wing Commander hit
magazines
https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n88/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Commander_(video_game)
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3006-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-21-october-1990/
p. 132
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfRvCSBD4q0
MSX the third... or fourth, announced
https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_101.pdf&page=3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX#Evolution
https://www.mobygames.com/game/metal-gear_
https://www.mobygames.com/game/snatcher
No one wants to publish The Black Crypt
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_76/page/n9/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/black-crypt
https://www.mobygames.com/company/raven-software-corporation
Strider 2 is coming...
https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-107/page/n9/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strider_II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LMr6NpVhKA
Sega sells Time-Out arcade chain
Replay, October 1990, pg. 177
https://arcadetoken.net/tokens/token.php?id=18
https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/08/18/time-out-arcade-amazing-classic-arcade-pictures/
The R360 is coming
https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue37Oct90/ACE_Issue_37_Oct_90/page/n8/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R360
2000:
Nintendo finally decides on a name for its new console.
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue69/page/n82/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube
Sony introduces the GSCube
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n38/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GScube
Sega introduces @barai
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n39/mode/1up
https://segaretro.org/@barai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX
https://pennyarcade.fandom.com/wiki/Div
Nintendo buys up Zelda.com
https://archive.org/details/NextGen70Oct2000/page/n10/mode/1up
https://web.archive.org/web/*/zelda.com
https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/03/10/nintendo-and-porn
Speaking of Raven Software... Soldier of Fortune gets qualified as
"adult motion picture" in British Columbia
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/soldier-of-fortune-classified-as-an-adult-movie/1100-2602950/
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_195/page/n38/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_of_Fortune_(video_game)#Violence_controversy
Indianapolis tries to restrict violent video games
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n38/mode/1up
https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1285&context=vulr
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joe-morici-interview
Square pushes online hint system
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n100/mode/1up
Unreal is coming to consoles
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue69/page/n5/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Engine
Bioware developing Star Wars RPG
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_195/page/n38/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic
Looking Glass may be dead, but Thief lives on
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-10/page/n17/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/thief-deadly-shadows
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,127/
EA gets the Harry Potter license
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-10/page/n20/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/harry-potter-licensees/offset,0/so,1d/
Diablo 2 goes D&D
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-10/page/n171/mode/1up
https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Dungeons_and_Dragons:_Diablo_II_Edition
EGM talks fan translations
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n35/mode/2up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/sega-cd/shadowrun__
Recommended Links:
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/
The History of How We Play:
https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/
Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/
Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.