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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. 

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Feb 10, 2021

Sega abandons the Dreamcast
Nintendo's 64DD is a bust
and
Hasbro Interactive is no more

These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Welcome back to the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine, the show where we travel back in time to see what was making headlines in the computer and video game business 40, 30 and 20 year ago.

On this episode we will look back at the biggest stories from publications dated January of 2001.
As always, a disclaimer, we are using magazine cover dates so the events reported always happened a tad bit earlier.

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Links:
Corrections:
https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/SegaNet
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/559522


2001:
Sega exits the console hardware market
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_198/page/n45/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U
http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/dreams-of-sega/

The US launch of the PS2 marred by shortages
https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n13/mode/2up
https://www.gamesradar.com/how-do-the-ps5-launch-titles-compare-to-ps4-ps3-ps2-and-playstation/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2

Sony launches PS2 in Europe with Yabasic
https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n15/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yabasic#PlayStation_2

64DD pulled from sale
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4076-electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-138-january-2001/ pg. 58
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64DD

Germany to get its own gaming convention
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n17/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_Convention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamescom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Con

Youth violence in Japan puts pressure on games industry
https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n16/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Entertainment_Rating_Organization
https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=0046
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/august-2020

Everquest reaches 300,000 subscribers
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_198/page/n40/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverQuest#Sales_and_subscriptions
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/don-daglow-interview-part-2

Lucasarts announces Star Wars Galaxies MMO
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n13/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Galaxies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Obi-Wan
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/ken-williams-interview
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/noah-falstein-interview

Ultima Online goes 3D
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n19/mode/1up
https://ultima.fandom.com/wiki/Ultima_Online:_Third_Dawn

Take 2 buys Duke Nukem publishing rights
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive#1993%E2%80%932000:_Formation_and_initial_growth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever#Development

Microsoft buys Digital Anvil
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Anvil
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n13/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/conquest-frontier-wars


Infogrames buys Hasbro Interactive
https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/tom-dusenberry-interview


Recommended Links:
The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/
They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/
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/


Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.