May 2002

Jul 9, 2022

Microsoft and Nintendo slash prices,
Steam enters the game retail business &
Germany thinks about banning Counter Strike

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 May 2002.
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: Hooter's Road Trip
Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/68879534
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooters_Road_Trip
https://www.mobygames.com/game/hooters-road-trip

Corrections:
April 2002 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-2002-67235902
Turns out our Department of Corrections got it wrong and F-Zero AX was published by Sega: https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-zero-ax
https://web.archive.org/web/20050909152548/f-zero.jp/f-zero_ax/index.html

2002:
GBA to go online
Edge 110 pg. 17
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/54188-gameboy-owners-will-surf-the-web
https://web.archive.org/web/20060321032545/http://www.x-trafun.com/home.htm

Gameboy gets game downloader
Edge 110 pg. 22

Sega licenses ports to THQ
Edge 110 pg. 22
https://www.mobygames.com/game/altered-beast-guardian-of-the-realms

Nintendo cuts price of GBA
https://archive.org/details/gamepro-issue-164-may-2002/page/n31/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance

Microsoft cuts price of Xbox in Europe
https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue88/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1936791.stm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)

Xbox has the force https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_0246/page/10/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic

GDC subdued
Edge 110 pg. 10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Developers_Conference

Steam starts selling games
https://archive.org/details/pcgames200205/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
Edge 110 pg. 18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)

Sims sales numbers confirmation
https://archive.org/details/pcgames200205/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_(video_game)

German authorities consider Counter Strike ban
https://archive.org/details/pcgames200205/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/erfurter-schulmorde-killer-spiel-counterstrike-wird-nicht-indiziert-a-196419.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike

Netflix is growing by leaps and bounds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix#Launch_as_a_mail-based_rental_business_(1997%E2%80%932006)
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_214/page/n44/mode/1up?view=theater

Angel of Darkness previewed
Edge 110
https://www.mobygames.com/game/lara-croft-tomb-raider-the-angel-of-darkness/mobyrank

Software 2000 is no more
https://archive.org/details/pcgames200205/page/n27/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_2000

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/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

Copyright Karl Kuras

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