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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Sep 11, 2023
Sega introduces ratings
Nintendo beats Tengen
Sony buys Psygnosis
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 July 1993.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and
those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.
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Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven: Mighty Final Fight
Video Version:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/89127339
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Final_Fight
https://www.mobygames.com/game/11085/mighty-final-fight/
Corrections:
June 1993 Ep -
https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-1993-86864543
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play:
https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.GIGA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler
1993:
EA sales way up!
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n29/mode/1up?view=theater
Japanese game makers had bumper 1992
Replay July 1993 pg. 14
Sega's Nakayama sees bright future
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/04/business/sega-takes-aim-at-disney-s-world.html
Namco goes to China
Replay July 1993 pg. 3
The press discovers violent games
Play Meter July 1993
Sega introduces rating system
Play Meter July 1993 pg. 38
RePlay July 1993 pg. 18
Genesis Street Fighter gets delayed
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%2010%20%28July%201993%29/page/n11/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
Sunsoft beats Action Replay
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
Sega announces Mega Drive 2 and MegaCD 2
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20048%20%28July%201993%29/page/n56/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n25/mode/1up?view=theater
Hook your TurboDuo up to your PC
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%2010%20%28July%201993%29/page/n9/mode/2up
https://archives.tg-16.com/TURBOFORCE/TF-03-04.jpg
https://archives.tg-16.com/00_feature.htm
Summer CES belongs to multimedia and networking
Replay July 1993 pg. 28
7th Guest gets mixed reviews
https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N010.1993.07-fl0n/page/n75/mode/2up
Games gum up the works on office PCs
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/04/weekinreview/zap-whang-aieeee-eat-phaser-klingon-er-boss.html
US government promotes Clipper
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-07_OCR/page/n39/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
Nintendo launches barebones Gameboy
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_048_July_1993/page/n144/mode/1up
Toys R Us drops the Lynx
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_048_July_1993/page/n143/mode/2up
FAA considering game ban
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_048_July_1993/page/n146/mode/1up
Nintendo beats Atari Games in court
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/30/business/company-news-jury-says-atari-infringed-nintendo-system.html
Phillips launches barrage of lawsuits
Replay July 1993 pg. 14
Accolade and Sega bury the hatchet
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_048_July_1993/page/n144/mode/1up
AT&T buys stake in Sierra Network
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/29/business/at-t-sees-the-future-in-games.html
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n29/mode/1up?view=theater
Spectrum Holobyte buys Bullet-Proof
https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Vol.6_Issue_4_July1993_U/page/n7/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n27/mode/1up?view=theater
Sony buys Psygnosis
https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Vol.6_Issue_4_July1993_U/page/n7/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/pc-review-21/page/15/mode/1up
Imagine documentary -
https://youtu.be/ZoDh61sgCOg?si=MG-VMl41JvvEN6-X
EA goes to Sesame Street
https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Vol.6_Issue_4_July1993_U/page/n7/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/3076/eakids/
Double Dragon coming to TV
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%2010%20%28July%201993%29/page/n11/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dragon_(TV_series)
Chris Crawford gives his Dragon Speech at CGDC
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_108/page/n33/mode/2up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBrj4S24074
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_108/page/n161/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/pc-review-21/page/32/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%2010%20%28July%201993%29/page/n9/mode/2up
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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/
Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.
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