March 2019

Tandy mourns its CEO Epyx beats Data East in court and Steve Jobs wants to make the Mac a gaming powerhouse. These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine We look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March of 1979, 1989, 1999. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or [email protected] And consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060 Sources: 1979: Commodore Purchases Micro Display Systems, Wall Street Journal March 1, 1979 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=108 http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/lcd.html What to do after you bury the boss, Forbes March 5, 1979 1988: https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_57 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate_Champ https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/gi-joe-a-real-american-hero/screenshots/gameShotId,48230/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_East_USA,_Inc._v._Epyx,_Inc. https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/d101da3b99dadd73e937d8ded65f17aa https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-089/ https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue18Mar89 https://archive.org/details/Sierra_Newsletter_Volume_2_Number_1_Spring_1989_Small/page/n3 1998: https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_208_1999-03_EMAP_Images_GB https://www.gamespot.com/articles/no-more-dreamcast-for-namco-this-year/1100-2451405/ https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyR50ZnCpEE https://www.macobserver.com/news/99/april/990423/messagefromconnectix.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070228070634/http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/0/66b3a352ea33712988256952007578c2?OpenDocument https://www.macworld.com/article/1020791/vgs.html https://www.wired.com/2002/12/the-games-wal-mart-doesnt-play/ Recommended Links: They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade BloggeR: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Corrections: Karate Champ did not have a two player option, just a two player alternating option. A later revision, Karate Champ - Player vs. Player would be released in 1984.