The Video Game Newsroom Time Machine is a weekly retro gaming podcast in which we travel back in time to see what was making headlines 40, 30, and 20 years ago in the arcade, video game, and computer gaming business and interview industry veterans.
We try to put those events into historical context to understand how the industry of today came to be.
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Apr 30, 2022
Gamecube gets an EU launch date
EA sues over Einstein
Aussies censor GTA
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and
around the video game industry in March 2002.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those
are of course...
Apr 24, 2022
Nintendo owns CES
Intel slashes prices
Amiga users get antsy
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and
around the video game industry in March 1992.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those
are of course always a bit...
Apr 5, 2022
Few game studios of the 80s and 90s tackled a wider set of genres with as much success and innovative spirit as Dynamix. Co-founder Damon Slye walks us through the company's amazing history, the life of a developer, the evolution of 3D technology, relationships with publishers, and how do you make Karl's favorite game...
Mar 29, 2022
Piracy runs rampant in UK arcades
PacMan fever is everywhere
Commodore debuts the C64
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and
around the video game industry in March 1982.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those
are...
Mar 22, 2022
Nintendo of America loses its President
EA drops its online plans
IBM gets out of the PC biz
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and
around the video game industry in February 2002.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and...