June 1983

40 years ago: TI reports huge losses, Sega gets out of the arcade business in the US & Nintendo prepares to launch the Family Computer 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 June 1983.  As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.   Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book   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: G.I.Joe Cobra Strike Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-85891299 https://www.mobygames.com/game/9959/gi-joe-cobra-strike/   Corrections: May 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-1983-84598928 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://archive.org/details/19750103Answers/page/n25/ https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Richard_J._Thome     1953 Doriot predicts the automated office https://www.nytimes.com/1953/06/22/archives/the-business-bookshelf.html?searchResultPosition=1     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Doriot https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/11/archival_objects/3024708 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Research_and_Development_Corporation     https://www.jstor.org/stable/40289287?searchText=%28%22the+automatic+office%22%29+AND+%28doriot%29&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Ddoriot%26prq%3D%2522the%252Bautomatic%252Boffice%2522%26swp%3Don&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_phrase_search%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A200ab83f02f42821164b4f56e9bb8d38&seq=1   https://www.chapmanfuneral.com/obituaries/William-L-Alden?obId=20622559   1963 Corporate espionage at IBM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM_magnetic_disk_drives    https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/30/archives/7-arrests-made-in-an-ibm-case-industrial-espionage-against-computer.html?searchResultPosition=7     1983 Nintendo hunts down pirates Arcade Express June 8, 1983 p. 3   FTC goes after Liesure Time Play Meter June 15, 1983 pg. 10   Sega gets out of arcade biz Play Meter June 1, 1983, pg. 20   Bally profits plunge Replay June 1983, pg. 21   Williams offsets coinop losses Replay June 1983, pg. 24   Konami opens US office Play Meter June 1, 1983, pg. 20   Atari gets Sente rights Pizza Times June 1983, pg. 2    https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf  pg.. 36   Atari debuts Star Wars Replay June 1983, pg 28   Dave and Busters profiled Replay June 1983, pg. 64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%26_Buster%27s   Pacman land coming to Six Flags Replay June 1983, pg 138     https://sixflags.fandom.com/wiki/Pac-Man_Land   Kiddie rides' Video Car image reveals what its all about Play Meter June 15, 1983, pg. 14     Study sees convergence of video games and simulators Play Meter June 15, 1983, pg. 132   Casio, Bandai, and Nintendo all prepare  console launches The Japan Economic Journal June 21, 1983, pg. 18  Casio Computer will enter home video game market   Atari to fix 5200 joysticks https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf  pg. 40 https://www.atari-computermuseum.de/5200peri.htm#52pj   Vectrex to show off 3D Imager at CES https://vectrex.fandom.com/wiki/3D_Imager    https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf   pg. 41   Vectrex drops below $100 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23   Colecovision sells big post-Xmas Arcade Express June 8, 1983 p. 8   Atari to consolidate console and home computer divisions https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23/page/n1/mode/2up    https://web.archive.org/web/20070202054917/http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/XL-Pages/xl-range-main.htm   Brazil to get 2600 https://grupogradiente.com.br/noticias/gradiente-nao-saiu-do-coracao-dos-usuarios/   3rd party controller market booms Toy and Hobby World June 1983   North American Philips goes multiplatform https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf  pg. 42     https://www.mobygames.com/company/9446/north-american-philips-consumer-electronics-corp/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Lords   Atari gets Mario Jiji Press Ticker Service, June 16, 1983, Atari Signs License Contract with Nintendo https://youtu.be/BjRuV52Jk78   Starpath prepares to SWEAT https://www.ataricompendium. com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf  pg. 35    http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/sweat/sweat.htm   Activision announces Decathalon https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf  pg. 39   Disney license to Atari Toy and Hobby World June 1983   AT&T may be mulling over online gaming https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23   TI's losses are massive https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/19/business/the-coming-crisis-in-home-computers.html   Commodore pushes price in C64 ads https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing198306/page/n54/mode/1up   Atari offers 800 rebate Toy and Hobby World June 1983 https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews012-02Jun1983/page/n6/mode/1up   https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews014-15Jun1983/page/n7/mode/1up   Atari 1200 has a problem with slots https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23/page/n1/mode/2uphttps://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23/page/n1/mode/2up    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_1200XL   MSX standard announced https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-msx-standard/62352975/   https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews016-29Jun1983/page/n3/mode/1up     https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-msx-standard/62353041/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX   Adam debuts at CES https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews015-22Jun1983/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam   Unitronics' Sonic is everything to everyone https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 44 https://books.google.de/books?id=4S8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=unitronics+sonic+computer+1983&source=bl&ots=y7jMIoc6lm&sig=ACfU3U2sW9AZXaimorOQRQRkeAC3sxZO6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM9cC18eb_AhWsRvEDHck-CgkQ6AF6BAghEAM#v=onepage&q=unitronics%20sonic%20computer%201983&f=false   Move over mice, the Koala is here https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 47 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KoalaPad   Romox bets on rewritability Arcade Express June 8, 1983 p. 1   Bye bye carts, hello cassettes! https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews014-15Jun1983/page/n3/mode/1up   IBM tries to break free from MSDOS https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-06_OCR/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews014-15Jun1983/page/n22/mode/1up   Microsoft expands Multi-Tool with Word https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-06_OCR/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mouse    https://classictech.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/microsoft-multi-tool-word/    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-06_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-06_OCR/page/n257/mode/1up?view=theater    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews016-29Jun1983/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater   Commodore forms software division Toy and Hobby World June 1983   Epyx launches Thinker logo Playthings June 1983, pg. 39 Michael Katz Part 1 - Coleco - Epyx - Mattel  https://www.patreon.com/posts/35169258   The learning company unveils Discovery Tool line Toy and Hobby World June 1983 https://www.mobygames.com/game/42318/rockys-boots/   Imagic shifts to computers Arcade Express June 8, 1983 https://www.mobygames.com/company/56/imagic/    Ultimate Play the Game ads debut https://archive.org/details/Personal_Computer_Games_Issue01/page/n89/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/41150/ashby-computers-and-graphics-limited/   EA wonders, can a computer make you cry https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing198306/page/n167/mode/1up   Midway beats Artic Replay June 1983, pg. 18, 12, 15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Manufacturing_Co._v._Artic_International,_Inc.   Cross media licensing is the new name of the game Toy and Hobby World June 1983   video game cereal is coming   Arcade Express June 8, 1983 p. 3 https://movieweb.com/video-game-cereals-1980s-1990s-2000s/   Commodore User debuts https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue001983Jun   Newsroom artist gets comics published in Creative Computing https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing198306/page/n19/mode/1up   Wargames premieres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames   Blade Runner premieres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner   Clive becomes Sir Clive https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews015-22Jun1983/page/n3/mode/1up   Zimag RIP https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf  pg. 35  Toy and Hobby World June 1983     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