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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May 6, 2026
Comdex belongs to IBM
Xmas sales outlook dismal
Games get protected in Japan
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 November 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those
are of...
Feb 18, 2026
Japan goes after arcades,
Nintendo's Famicon gets its first licensee &
Gamers come together online
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 October 1994.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover...
Aug 26, 2025
Japan goes after arcades,
Nintendo's Famicon gets its first licensee &
Gamers come together online
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 October 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover...
Jun 17, 2025
Nintendo owns CES,
The future belongs to the internet &
EA disses Sega
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 September 1994.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those
are of course...
Apr 25, 2025
PCs get upgraded,
MSX comes to Europe &
Coinop goes cartridge
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 dates, and those
are of course always a bit...