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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Apr 15, 2024
Famicom rules Japan,
Bushnell leaves Chuck E Cheese &
Vectrex put to rest
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 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those
are of...
Mar 17, 2024
Commodore hits the skids,
Sega bets big on entertainment centers &
The emulation revolution is born!
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 January 1994.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover...
Mar 8, 2024
Jack Tramiel leaves Commodore,
Apple advertises the Mac &
Amstrad enters the home computer market
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 January 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover...
Feb 23, 2024
Night Trap gets Lieberman's panties in a bunch,
Id unleashes Doom &
Apple II is no more
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 December 1993.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and...
Feb 12, 2024
Toys push games off of shelves,
GUIs vie for supremacy &
Coinops' laserdisc dreams dashed
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 December 1983.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and...