April 1993

Street Fighter 2 merch goes into overdrive, Nintendo neuters Mortal Kombat & The World Wide Web goes open source 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 April 1993.  As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Jon from the Retro Games Squad is our cohost.  You can find his other fine retrogaming work here: https://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Get us on your mobile device: Android:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS:      https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @[email protected] Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: King Arthur's World     Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/83771920     https://www.mobygames.com/game/12795/king-arthurs-world/     https://www.mobygames.com/company/1151/argonaut-games-plc/ Corrections:     March 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-1993-81661515     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Archie_Comics)#Legal_issues     https://youtu.be/542sM2Gylx8 1993.04 ACME Show goes for diversity     Replay April 1993 pg. 43     https://www.virtual-reality-shop.co.uk/awt-reality-rocket/     https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_Super_System Visions of Reality joins VR race     Play Meter April 1993 pg. 3        Replay April 1993, pg. 3     https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-10-fi-33739-story.html Zool arcade game debuts at Earls Court     https://archive.org/details/pc-review-018/page/18/mode/1up     https://www.mobygames.com/game/5776/zool/     https://www.mobygames.com/company/1321/arcadia-systems-inc/ Capcom does "moichendising"!     Play Meter April 1993 pg. 20     RePlay April 1993 pg. 22      American Laser goes after Picmatic     https://archive.org/details/cashbox56unse_30/page/26/mode/1up     https://www.mobygames.com/company/5258/picmatic-sa/     https://www.mobygames.com/company/442/american-laser-games-inc/ Jaguar impresses at CES     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20045%20%28April%201993%29/page/n26/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar     eonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153 Konix Multi System is back!     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20045%20%28April%201993%29/page/n55/mode/1up     https://www.konixmultisystem.co.uk/index.php?id=msu     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konix_Multisystem SNES MK to be neutered     https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.mobygames.com/game/599/mortal-kombat/trivia/     Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim  https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122 John Madden goes rental only     https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.mobygames.com/game/43734/john-madden-football-93-championship-edition/ Sammy shuts down Treco     https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater         https://www.mobygames.com/company/10527/american-treco-corporation/      DOS 6.0 learns to compress     https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf  pg. 44     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS#MS-DOS_6.x Microsoft gets sued for violating patents     https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf  pg. 28     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS#MS-DOS_6.x         https://gunkies.org/wiki/Stacker     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent IBM losses mount     https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM Canon buys Next hardware division     https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 36, 40     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1993%E2%80%931996:_NeXT_Software,_Inc. MECC pulls Freedom!     https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater         https://www.mobygames.com/company/936/mecc/        https://www.mobygames.com/game/42271/freedom/trivia/     https://www.mobygames.com/game/27756/freedom-rebels-in-the-darkness/ Daryl Gates to design Police Quest 4     https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater        https://www.mobygames.com/person/83001/james-walls/         https://www.mobygames.com/person/26457/daryl-f-gates/ Photoshop arrives on Windows     https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf  pg. 48     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop First GSM call made     https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf   pg. 36        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM      NBC plans to bring news to the PC     https://archive.org/details/1993-04-compute-magazine/page/n37/mode/1up?view=theater        https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/12/business/ibm-and-nbc-will-market-a-news-service-to-pc-users.html internet opened up     https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-wide-web-launches-in-public-domain     https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web Sinclair User is no more..     https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-134     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_User 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. Copyright Karl Kuras Find out on the VGNRTM These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM with @RetroGameSquad's Jon! snes genesis amiga nintendo sega atari jaguar mortalkombat street fighter spectrum ibm madden konix arcade vr