September 2001

Oct 11, 2021

Bejeweled addiction sweeps the world
Atari classics are coming to phones &
Companies are dying in droves

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 September of 2001.
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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Time Codes:
7 Minutes in Heaven: 14:48
Corrections: 23:56
Time Jump: 40:32

Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57280976
https://www.mobygames.com/game/max-payne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Payne

Corrections:
August 2001 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/55664565
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
Remember Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_XkN2v7OM
Hit Save Preservation - https://hitsave.org/blog/nintendo-e-reader-preservation-the-ren-e-ssance/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/theme-park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Mouse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast_online_functionality
SegaNet launch - December 2000 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/46179124
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief:_Deadly_Shadows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Cooper#Film_adaptation

2001:
Sega debuts new coinops... in an industrial park
https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_101.pdf&page=7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveRunner
https://www.mobygames.com/game/virtua-fighter-4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_arcade_system_boards
https://www.wilcoxarcade.com/single-post/2018/09/19/lets-talk-about-this-unis-soccer-arcade-game

The world goes bejeweled crazy
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n33/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/bejeweled-deluxe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bejeweled
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PopCap_Games

Atari 2600 classics coming to cellphones https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n35/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/ifone
https://web.archive.org/web/20040619153334/http://www.ifone.com/

Infogrames to become Atari
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n35/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari#Atari_SA_(2001%E2%80%93present)

eb1.com brings online game rentals to your PC
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n35/mode/1up
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/eb1-to-offer-microsoft-games/1100-2818523/
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-01-next-big-thing-or-next-big-bubble
https://web.archive.org/web/20020401000000*/eb1.com

Zoogi brings gambling to video games
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n39/mode/1up
https://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article/the-zootec-group-launches-zoogi-129544
https://web.archive.org/web/20010515235752/http://www.zoogi.com/

Back to the Roots gets highlighted in Micromania
https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue80/page/n41/mode/1up
https://web.archive.org/web/20010201151200/http://www.back2roots.org/
http://www.back2roots.org/

GBA gets emulated
https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_106_September_2001/page/n127/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/History_of_emulation#Game_Boy_Advance

Pinball gets the emulation treatment
https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_106_September_2001/page/n132/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PINMAME
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Pinball
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect

Final Fantasy The Spirits Within bombs
https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_101.pdf&page=13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Within#Box_office
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3008595457/weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_tab#tabs
Max Payne - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467197/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Blizzard wins in Diablo dispute
http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=UEMtR2FtZXMvMjAwMQ== pg. 10
https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/04/review-of-a-man-apart
A Man Apart - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266465/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://www.mobygames.com/game/diablo
Warcraft - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803096/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://www.mobygames.com/game/lost-vikings

Ion Storm Dallas shuts down
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n39/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Storm#Closure

Deicide of God Games
https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue80/page/n6/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/gathering

Dynamix is no more
https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue80/page/n6/mode/1up
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sierra-reorganizes-its-operations/1100-2804362/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/dynamix-inc
Ken Williams Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706

Michael Crichton closes Timeline
http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=UEMtR2FtZXMvMjAwMQ== pg. 13
https://www.mobygames.com/company/timeline-computer-entertainment
American McGee Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970
https://www.mobygames.com/company/red-storm-entertainment-inc

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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.