January 1991

Game Gear launches in Japan Capcom goes public and VGA steals Christmas 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 January of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Corrections: https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/december-2000 1991: Parallel Board battle continues Play Meter January 1991, pg. 14 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/simpsons https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles__ Video games lose their domination of the coin-op market Replay January 1991, pg. 44 Capcom goes public Replay January 1991, pg. 20 https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/history.html First rumors of the Nintendo Super System emerge https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20018%20%28January%201991%29/page/n31/mode/1up https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_Super_System Sega's TeraDrive announced https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue40Jan91/ACE_Issue_40_Jan_91/page/n7/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20018%20%28January%201991%29/page/n33/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_TeraDrive Game Gear launches in Japan https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3029-game-players-issue-019-january-1991/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear Cheetah launches the Gamate in the UK https://archive.org/details/Crash_No._84_1991-01_Newsfield_GB/page/n29/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamate Gilbert Hyatt's patent for microchips granted https://archive.org/details/1991-01-compute-magazine/page/n111/mode/1up https://patents.google.com/patent/US4942516 https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2019/07/16/episode-12-gilbert-hyatt/id=116807/ https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=95 https://venturebeat.com/2018/08/31/why-80-year-old-inventor-gil-hyatt-says-patent-office-is-waiting-for-him-to-die/ https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/20/business/for-texas-instruments-some-bragging-rights.html Atari debuts the Mega STe https://archive.org/details/atari_interface_jan91/page/n10/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_MEGA_STE Atari USA in management shakeup https://archive.org/details/startissue03winter1986/STart%20Issue%2040%20%28January%201991%29/page/n17/mode/1up https://translate.google.com/translate? hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://obligement.free.fr/articles/itwkenan2.php&prev=search&pto=aue https://www.computerwoche.de/a/commodore-im-clinch-mit-frankreich-distributor,1164482 https://www.stcarchiv.de/ace/50/1990-atari https://mcurrent.name/atarihistory/tramel_technology.html Games are missing their release dates https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_78/page/n95/mode/1up Sierra renames Hero's Quest to Quest for Glory https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N34.1991.01-kultpower/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/heros-quest-so-you-want-to-be-a-hero https://www.mobygames.com/game/hero-u-rogue-to-redemption https://www.mobygames.com/game/heroquest https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/699/heroquest 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 Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.