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.
It's fun and educational! (in case you need to justify listening to it to a significant other)
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Jan 30, 2025
Commodore buys Amiga
Jack Tramiel declares war on competition
Nintendo announces US NES launch plans
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 August 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover...
Jan 6, 2025
Few developers have had as long and prolific a career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios.
In Part 3, we talk about job...