May 2019

Downloadable games come home, CD based systems are on the rise, and The PS2 eats Dreamcast's lunch before either's launch 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 May of 1979, 1989, 1999. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates for the 20 and 30 year jumps, while relying on newspaper articles and historical documents for the 40 year jump, as there weren't many dedicated gaming publications on the market yet. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or [email protected] And consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060 Show Notes: 1979 Capcom is founded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzo_Tsujimoto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom Cosmac VIP profiled in Kilobaud Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSMAC_VIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDoVBMSYfPw Playcable test markets announced https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayCable First call goes out for submissions to the Annals of Computing History Creative Computing May 1979 https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197905/page/n7 https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazines/an Electronic games at Toyfair https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197905/page/n17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BMe2HNH6c8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9czIDh6cTQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microvision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5JuHMBvEw http://videogamekraken.com/microvision 1989 Computer and Video Games magazine has its first pic of the Gameboy CVG 91 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_091_1989-05_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n15 Acclaim and Konami get into the LCD game VG&CE May 1989 https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_04_May_1989 ACE reviews the PC Engine CD add-on Ace 20 https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue20May89/page/n7 CDi is DOA CGW 59 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_59/page/n13 https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/CD-ROM-XA http://www.philipscdi.com/history.htm Nintendo announces their 1988 results https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_04_May_1989 286 PCs dominate the Xmas 88 in the USA Compute 107 https://archive.org/details/1989-05-compute-magazine/page/n7 Apple misjudges chip shortage Compute 107 https://archive.org/details/1989-05-compute-magazine/page/n7 Maniac Mansion tops German charts for three months straight VG&CE May 1989 https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_04_May_1989 The first Lucasfilm produced Indiana Jones games are announced CGW 59 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_59/page/n13 Project Firestart hits the mags CGW 59 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_59/page/n6 GamePro issue 1 is released GamePro 1 https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_001_May-June_1989/page/n11 1999 PS2 specs and rumors abound! GamePro 118 https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_118_May_1999 Next Generation 53 https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n9 Nintendo's next console is in the works NG 53 https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n15 Konami announces 5 titles for Dreamcast's US launch https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n16 Japanese Arcade show has some surprises in store NG 53 https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n19 Infogrames buys Accolade Micromania 52 https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue52/page/n5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accolade_(company) Star Wars Episode 1 games are previewed NG 53 https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n53 More fallout from Chainsaw Monday PC Player 1999 May https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-05/page/n9 Recommended Links: They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/