November 1990

Nintendo goes 16 bit in Japan Blockbuster tries to pull some political strings, and The Bitmap Brothers go Renegade 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 November of 1990. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Links: Corrections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision 1990: Super Famicom launches in Japan! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System Michael Katz is out and Tome Kalinske is in at Sega Playthings Nov 1990 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-katz-interview-part-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kalinske 3rd parties are rumored to be developing for the Genesis https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20016%20%28November%201990%29/page/n25/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/ninja-gaiden-series/offset,25/so,1d/ https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20016%20%28November%201990%29/page/n92/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/batman-the-video-game_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/batman-the-video-game___ https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo-grafx/batman First rumors of the Atari Panther surface https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20016%20%28November%201990%29/page/n25/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Panther EGM previews Double Dragon 3 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20016%20%28November%201990%29/page/n30/mode/1up https://www.moviemistakes.com/picture121043 Blockbuster lobbying to get Video Game Rental exception Toy and Hobby World, November 1990, pg. 19 https://itlaw.wikia.org/wiki/Computer_Software_Rental_Amendments_Act_of_1990 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-104/pdf/STATUTE-104-Pg5089.pdf#page=46 Renegade Software is born https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renegade_Software https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue861990Nov/page/n5/mode/1up Activision Uk isn't quite done yet... https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-108/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/hunter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgFPnocmf7Q https://www.mobygames.com/game/deuteros-the-next-millennium https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/beast-busters/credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft https://www.mobygames.com/game/rayman Infocom reborn... on the NES? https://archive.org/details/RAZE_Issue_01_1990-11_Newsfield_Publishing_GB/page/n17/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/tombs-treasure https://www.mobygames.com/company/nihon-falcom-corp https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joe-morici-interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/michael-part-1-44335732?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare Recommended Links: 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/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.