November 2019

Taito is going Made in USA Capcom launches the CP System 1 With the PS2 launch looming, the Dreamcast is thinking "I might be in trouble" These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November of 1979, 1989, 1999. 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 [email protected] Or on YouTube https://tinyurl.com/y4st4bub 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/user?u=7594060 Show Notes: 1979: FCC Regulates computer market https://tinyurl.com/y6pnt3uy Last month we got Visicalc, this month we get WordStar https://tinyurl.com/yymblfrk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/ Taito opens American plant RePlay November 1979, pg. 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taito AMOA show preview RePlay November 1979, pg. 28, 55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcmdlzm1Tyw Joe Keenan becomes president of Pizza Time Theatre Play Meter November 1979, pg 67 https://showbizpizza.fandom.com/wiki/Pizza_Time_Theatre Atari Chess is coming https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing197911/page/n74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Chess Atari tries to touch Simon... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkjjzNYDR9Q https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197911/page/n19 Electronic games are big business for Xmas http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1979_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-652.html Christmas outlook not so jolly Christmas Outlook for Stores: Not So Jolly, U.S. News & World Report, November 19, 1979 Consumer Scorecard, The Associated Press, November 23, 1979 1989: Logotron splits up https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_26_1989-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n9 https://sonycorporation.fandom.com/wiki/Guerrilla_Cambridge https://www.mobygames.com/company/creature-labs-ltd Maxwell sells Microdeal https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_26_1989-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n149 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrorsoft https://www.mobygames.com/company/microdeal-ltd Epyx exits computer gaming biz https://www.filfre.net/2016/12/a-time-of-endings-part-2-epyx/ https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_26_1989-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n149 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_65/page/n9 Polarware gets bought by Merit Software https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_65/page/n9 http://graphicsmagician.com/polarware/index.htm The Sam Coupe gets presented to the press https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_26_1989-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM_Coupé Oswald is taking Danish TV by storm https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_26_1989-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n8 http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=2764 Lucasfilm games is going console https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_65/page/n9 https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/lucasarts/offset,175/so,1d/list-games/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1744/ Mega Drive peripherals are on the horizon https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine-096/page/n11 https://segaretro.org/Sega_Graphic_Board https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_Floppy_Disk_Drive Entrepreneurs are picking up NEC's slack https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_26_1989-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n27 The PC Engine II is coming! https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine-096/page/n11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Engine_SuperGrafx PC Engine based arcade hardware shown off at Vegas AMOA show https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine-096/page/n102 https://www.tg-16.com/pce_tg16_JAMMA_conversion_kit.htm Capcom gets on the reusable arcade board bandwagon https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_26_1989-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP_System 1999: Atari Games gets renamed to Midway Games West https://mcurrent.name/atarihistory/at_games.html Interplay is going to the movies https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-11/page/n10 https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Interplay_Films Hasbro buys Wizards of the Coast https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-11/page/n14 3dfx in trouble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3dfx_Interactive#Voodoo3_and_strategy_shift https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-11/page/n11 https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_082_1999-11_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n34 Dreamcast US launch numbers revealed! https://archive.org/details/NextGen59Nov1999/page/n12 https://segaretro.org/History_of_the_Sega_Dreamcast/Release Dreamcast launches in Europe https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue58/page/n4 Sega talks big about online gaming https://archive.org/details/NextGen59Nov1999/page/n22 PS2 details revealed! https://archive.org/details/NextGen59Nov1999/page/n34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2_online_functionality Game Boy Advanced announced https://archive.org/details/NextGen59Nov1999/page/n11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance Recommended Links: They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/