December 2000

Japanese games get weird 3Dfx is no more and Steven Kent ushers in a new age of game history These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December of 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Links: Corrections: N/A 2000: AMOA 2000 https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4321-gamepro-issue-147-december-2000/ pg. 36 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/grid__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OqDCk15Zcc https://www.mobygames.com/game/cart-fury-championship-racing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUyXMqow2c https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/627439/ms-pac-man-galaga-arcade-game-on-amazon Japanese arcade show brings out the weird https://www.highwaygames.com/arcade-machines/boong-ga-boong-ga-spank-7607/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg6sXy4ZHhA https://www.highwaygames.com/arcade-machines/images/boong-ga-boong-ga-spank-17758-7607.jpg SegaNet goes live https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20137%20%28December%202000%29/page/n32/mode/1up https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/SegaNet https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4321-gamepro-issue-147-december-2000 pg. 44 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/dreams-of-sega/ Dreamcast to get flatfee internet service in Spain https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue71/page/n5/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20010201064400/http://dreamcast.terra.es/ Microsoft is touting their Xbox exclusives https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4321-gamepro-issue-147-december-2000/ pg. 36 https://www.mobygames.com/game/silent-hill-2-restless-dreams/release-info https://www.mobygames.com/game/crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex https://www.mobygames.com/game/xbox/metal-gear-solid-2-substance/mobyrank Supreme Court refuses to hear Sony's appeal in Virtual Game Station case https://archive.org/details/NextGen72Dec2000/page/n16/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectix_Virtual_Game_Station 3Dfx reports $100 million in second quarter losses https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_197/page/n46/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3dfx_Interactive#Voodoo_4_and_5 3Dfx sues Nvidia https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-13/page/n149/mode/1up https://www.cbronline.com/news/3dfx_sues_nvidia_for_patent_infringement/ https://www.theregister.com/2000/08/29/nvidia_sues_3dfx_over_patents/ 3Dfx sells to Nvidia and is shuttered http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/divers/v5-6000/letter_to_customers.htm AmigaOne is coming... maybe... https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue71/page/n55/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne Last Ninja reboot planned https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_97_Xmas_2000/page/n28/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ninja_(series)#Last_Ninja_4 Gameplay.com introduces streaming games https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_97_Xmas_2000/page/n120/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_(retailer) Mattel sells off game division https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-12/page/n20/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Interactive https://www.broderbund.com/ Samsung announces camera phone https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue71/page/n55/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-SH04 Steven L Kent releases his first book on video game history https://archive.org/details/NextGen72Dec2000/page/n22/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_L._Kent 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 of History of How We Play.