September 2019

The KGB wants our KBs! EA's Madden hits the shelves! and The Dreamcast lands in America! 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 September 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] 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: East German spies are after our tech https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/19/archives/bonn-fights-industrial-spying-bonn-is-combating-industrial.html?searchResultPosition=20 http://rechenwerk.halle.it/usr/digital-ag/projekte/andere/museum/index.html Par-t-Golf is harnessing 16 bit power for the ultimate golf sim https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing197909/page/n11 http://www.partgolf.net Compute magazine debuts https://archive.org/details/1979-Fall-compute-magazine Temple of Apshai advertised in Compute and Creative Computing https://archive.org/details/1979-Fall-compute-magazine/page/n81 And a few pages later... a review! https://archive.org/details/1979-Fall-compute-magazine/page/n87 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMtY5BxdM0 Football game ad cc p 127 https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197909/page/n128 Graphic golf ad cc p 162 https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197909/page/n164 Apple wastes no time pumping their link to Minnesota education system https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197909/page/n1 Apple founds Apple Education Foundation https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197909/page/n17 Apple helps fund science shuttle in San Fran https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197909/page/n53 Visicalc ads in pc and cc https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197909/page/n194 Toy trends are laying the foundation for a different tomorrow U.S. News & World Report, 03/09/1979 p. 83 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zqb0Sd7bLmnURzyZ1-cif9FRz6Upzo1g 1989: CD-I specs and marketing plan revealed! https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue24Sep89/page/n25 Hypergames are the newest buzzword https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue24Sep89/page/n37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard https://archive.org/details/1989-09-compute-magazine/page/n89 https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,11551/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,988515/ Atari introduces the TT https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N71.1989.09-Cartman/page/n11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_TT030 Atari announces that their handheld will be called the Lynx. https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue24Sep89/page/n105 Michael Katz leaves Atari https://www.wired.com/2001/05/history-5/ https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_08_September1989 page 16 The head of Commodore gets sacked https://archive.org/details/1989-09-compute-magazine/page/n79 https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N71.1989.09-Cartman/page/n9 https://www.henwin.de/winfried-hoffmann-portrait Mediagenic shuts down Infocom operations https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_63/page/n9 https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1745/ Leisure Suit Larry is spreading viruses https://archive.org/details/Sierra_Newsletter_The_Volume_2_Number_1_Spring_1989_1989_Sierra_On-Line_US/page/n12 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_63/page/n9 John Madden Football finally gets released for the Apple II https://archive.org/details/1989-09-compute-magazine/page/n89 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EbPghLpK6c https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,7082/ NEC warns against grey imports https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-22/page/n22 View-Master Interactive Vision is launched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ZciCfgjmg https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_08_September1989 page 16 Captain Lou Albano to play Mario https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_programs_based_on_video_games https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_08_September1989 page 16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q20ovbTOroE&list=PLPbVSXTDxS-cpcgVr2SQKcpkl_UJhe9Pv https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Albano 1999: The N64 will go online thanks to the 64DD... if it ever ships https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_122_September_1999/page/n31 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64DD Nintendo announces downloadable games for the Gameboy https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_122_September_1999/page/n31 https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mobile_Game_Boy_Adapter http://videogamekraken.com/wonder-swan-mobile-wonder-gate Sega to develop for the Gameboy https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_122_September_1999/page/n31 https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-color/sakura-taisen-gb https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Sega Sega's Dreamcast price cut boosts sales! https://archive.org/details/NextGen57Sep1999/page/n17 Sega is collapsing https://archive.org/details/NextGen57Sep1999/page/n17 https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/29/business/world-business-briefing-asia-sega-stock-plunges.html?searchResultPosition=3 Dreamcast launches! https://archive.org/details/NextGen57Sep1999/page/n61 https://gamicus.gamepedia.com/List_of_video_game_console_launch_games#Sega_Dreamcastl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dreamcast_games GT interactive is up for sale https://archive.org/details/NextGen57Sep1999/page/n17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari,_Inc._(Atari,_SA_subsidiary) Billy Mitchell gets a perfect score on Pac-Man https://archive.org/details/NextGen57Sep1999/page/n13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mitchell_(video_game_player) Midway reigns in Atari https://archive.org/details/NextGen57Sep1999/page/n20 Web.it launches the Commodore 64 https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-09/page/n106 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koCj8W16Wu0 Corruption hits Brittania https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/08/technology/news-watch-video-game-worker-dismissed-for-selling-fantasy-real-estate.html https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_080_1999-09_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n33 https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article79373497.html https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6251362/united-states-v-roseler/ Adventure game engines are popping up online https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue56/page/n109 https://www.adventurecorner.de/special/25/adventure-engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScummVM Microsoft signs deal to port Konami games to Windows https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_080_1999-09_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n34