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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Nov 26, 2023
Mortal Monday,
F-15 Strike Eagle saved by Falcon,
Sega announces Saturn
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 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: General Chaos
Video Version:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-93420048
https://www.mobygames.com/game/23830/general-chaos/
Corrections:
August 1993 Ep -
https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-1993-91387119
5th Anniversary Interview -
https://www.patreon.com/posts/5th-anniversary-92773072
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play:
https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/63391/battletoads/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/8131/virtua-racing/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Famicom_Naizou_TV_SF1
https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Nintendo_Television
Ethan, in fact, playing Wizkid -
https://www.patreon.com/posts/71057943
1993
September 13th is Mortal Monday
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater
Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim
https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122
Gregory Fischbach Part 1 - Activision - Acclaim
https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120
Chris Garske - EA - Activision - Sierra - Sega - GT
Interactive https://www.patreon.com/posts/39835860
Street Fighter 2 sequels not as pricey as expected
https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/133/mode/1up?view=theater
Bill White switches sides
https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater
Nintendo Espana founded
https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-64/page/n7/mode/1up
Sega beats Nintendo at CES
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n85/mode/1up?view=theater
CES closes to the public
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
Multimedia is the new hotness
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N012.1993.09-fl0n/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW4OQcBaV5c&list=PLBw24bgyD-sJkM_K9uPP6N73WwyxRFLaW
https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-september-1993/page/61/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1201993Sep/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.filfre.net/2023/10/a-digital-pornutopia-part-1-the-seedy-rom-revolution/
https://www.filfre.net/2023/11/a-digital-pornutopia-part-2-the-internet-is-for-porn/
MPEG becomes standard
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
Commodore sets big goals for CD32
The One , Sept. 1993, pg. 14
CDI gets FMV add-on
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1201993Sep/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater
Saturn is Sega's future
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20050%20%28September%201993%29/page/n49/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20050%20%28September%201993%29/page/n53/mode/2up
Japanese turn to yanks
https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n22/mode/1up?view=theater
Game crossovers taking off
https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater
Acclaim is wheeling and dealing
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater
Acclaim signs deal with James Cameron
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
Barkley signs with Accolade
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n7/mode/1up
Game while you fly in Europe
https://archive.org/stream/FinancialTimes1993UKEnglish/Jul%2007%201993%2C%20Financial%20Times%2C%20%23606%2C%20UK%20%28en%29_djvu.txt
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20050%20%28September%201993%29/page/n79/mode/2up
Top Guy takes the NES on the go
https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Top_Guy
https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/112/mode/1up?view=theater.
Microprose bought by Spectrum Holobyte
https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.09/page/n8/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-september-1993/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose
https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924
Windows goes to the Arcade
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mobygames.com/game/2842/microsoft-arcade/
Lucasfilm sends Amiga owners mixed messages
http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=QW1pZ2EgR2FtZXMvMTk5Mw==
Amiga Games September 1993 pg. 8
https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.09/page/n8/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1201993Sep/page/n12/mode/1up?view=theater
SSI diversifies D&D
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n41/mode/1up?view=theater
Joel Billings - SSI
https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469
Don Daglow Part 2 - Broderbund - Beyond Software -
Stormfront - SSI https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819
Don Daglow Part 1 - PDP - Mattel - Intellivision - EA
https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119
Psygnosis partners with MDI
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/49109/Dictionary%20of%20the%20Living%20World/
https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-64/page/n7/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/3187/media-design-interactive/
Ad games continue to proliferate in Germany
https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N012.1993.09-fl0n/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N012.1993.09-fl0n/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater
http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=QW1pZ2EgR2FtZXMvMTk5Mw==
Amiga Games September 1993 pg. 9
Tandy to sell off computer manufacturing operations
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TRS-80_and_Tandy-branded_computers#PC-compatible_computers
MediaVision give Soundblaster a run for its money
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Vision_Pro_AudioSpectrum
https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1993-09/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater
Mediavision gets into interactive movie biz
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mobygames.com/company/47/hyperbole-studios/
Scorched Earth reviewed in CGW
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_110/page/n75/mode/1up
http://www.whicken.com/scorch/index.html
http://www.cafepress.com/officialscorch
Sega gets into toys
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Toys
TSN goes paperless
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n94/mode/1up?view=theater
Ken Williams - Sierra
https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706
Andy Eddy leaves Video Games and Computer Entertainment
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
Smithsonian inducts software
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater
Vectrex makers post OG files online
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex
Camerica shuts down
https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater
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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