January 2001

Sega abandons the Dreamcast Nintendo's 64DD is a bust and Hasbro Interactive is no more These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine Welcome back to the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine, the show where we travel back in time to see what was making headlines in the computer and video game business 40, 30 and 20 year ago. On this episode we will look back at the biggest stories from publications dated January of 2001. As always, a disclaimer, we are using magazine cover dates so the events reported always happened a tad bit earlier. 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://sega.fandom.com/wiki/SegaNet https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/559522 2001: Sega exits the console hardware market https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_198/page/n45/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/dreams-of-sega/ The US launch of the PS2 marred by shortages https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n13/mode/2up https://www.gamesradar.com/how-do-the-ps5-launch-titles-compare-to-ps4-ps3-ps2-and-playstation/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 Sony launches PS2 in Europe with Yabasic https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n15/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yabasic#PlayStation_2 64DD pulled from sale https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4076-electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-138-january-2001/ pg. 58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64DD Germany to get its own gaming convention https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamescom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Con Youth violence in Japan puts pressure on games industry https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n16/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Entertainment_Rating_Organization https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=0046 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/august-2020 Everquest reaches 300,000 subscribers https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_198/page/n40/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverQuest#Sales_and_subscriptions https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/don-daglow-interview-part-2 Lucasarts announces Star Wars Galaxies MMO https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n13/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Galaxies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Obi-Wan https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/ken-williams-interview https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/noah-falstein-interview Ultima Online goes 3D https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n19/mode/1up https://ultima.fandom.com/wiki/Ultima_Online:_Third_Dawn Take 2 buys Duke Nukem publishing rights https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive#1993%E2%80%932000:_Formation_and_initial_growth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever#Development Microsoft buys Digital Anvil https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Anvil https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/conquest-frontier-wars Infogrames buys Hasbro Interactive https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/tom-dusenberry-interview 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.