Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Nintendo and Sega duke it out at CES Mortal Kombat looks to be a winner Soundblaster gets competition These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in August 1992. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Wouter, aka Wi...

Copyright is coming for UK pirates Computers invade Toys R Us New York bans arcades but not peep shows These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in August 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the...

EA disses Xbox Live Violent video games come under scrutiny GTA goes back to the 80s These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Wouter, aka Wiedo, is our cohost....

Nintendo bails on coinop Sega teams up with Sony Sound card pioneer Adlib bites the dust These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1992. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Ethan from The History of How...

Universal sues Nintendo over Donkey Kong Spielberg signs with Atari Tron disappoints These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro Asylum is our...

Europe disses Xbox GTA3 makes Take Two a mint Activision goes after battle.net clones These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Wouter, aka Wiedo, is our cohost...

Atari gets trounced in court Nintendo and Sega slash prices CD gaming goes OEM These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 1992. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Chris from the Retro Asylum is our coho...

Activision and Atari bury the hatchet CES is flooded with 3rd party VCS carts Video games give Wall Street the jitters These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events....

Before we got all our information from the internet, magazines were the primary way of learning about specialty topics like computing. Randal Kottwitz was part of two major early pillars in this field, SoftSide magazine, as it transitioned from being a pamphlet with Basic programs to a full blown magazine with attached floppy disks and tapes and MacUser magazine, the go-to source for information a...

Microsoft and Nintendo slash prices, Steam enters the game retail business & Germany thinks about banning Counter Strike These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in May 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events...

RPGs go VR PC gaming embraces the 386 Hudson Soft wants you to play responsibly These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in May 1992. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro Asylum is our cohos...

Magnavox debuts the Odyssey Sinclair goes color with the Spectrum Gamers grow up These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in May 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro Asylum is our coho...

Nintendo, Sega, and Namco unite to save the arcade, Sony and Microsoft get sued over controllers & EverQuest goes premium These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual eve...

Ronald Spitzer was a corner stone of both New World Computing making sure games like Might and Magic and Nuclear War hit store shelves worldwide before moving on to running Electronic Art's affiliated label program. Recorded in September 2021. Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https:...

Nintendo cuts prices to keep up with Sega Windows 3.1 brings GUIs to the masses Lucasarts wants to bring simulations to the arcade These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April 1992. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the a...

Space War heralds the dawn of the video game Sanders and Associates patents the game console Pacman finally kills KCMunchkin These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual...

Gamecube gets an EU launch date EA sues over Einstein Aussies censor GTA These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro Asylum is our cohost. Yo...

Nintendo owns CES Intel slashes prices Amiga users get antsy These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March 1992. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro Asylum is our cohost. You can find h...

Few game studios of the 80s and 90s tackled a wider set of genres with as much success and innovative spirit as Dynamix. Co-founder Damon Slye walks us through the company's amazing history, the life of a developer, the evolution of 3D technology, relationships with publishers, and how do you make Karl's favorite game of all time, Project Firestart. Recorded August and September 2021. Get us on yo...

Piracy runs rampant in UK arcades PacMan fever is everywhere Commodore debuts the C64 These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro Asylum is o...

Nintendo of America loses its President EA drops its online plans IBM gets out of the PC biz These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro A...

Addams Family conquers pinball Sega claims lead over Nintendo Street Fighter II gets a sequel These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February 1992. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro...

Jerry Jewell was the cofounder of Sirius Software, one of the great early developers of games for the Apple II. Together with luminaries like Nasir Gebelli, Sirius made Steve Wozniak's brain child the go-to computer for entertainment in the early 80s. Find out how the business worked back then, the comradery between competitors in the industry, and how the video game crash took them down. Links: h...

Bally bathes in Pacman Gold Mattel to develop VCS titles The FCC gives cellphones the greenlight These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Peter is on vacat...

Microsoft and Nintendo battle over launch numbers Cell phones make gaming pervasive SNK is dead These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in January 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Peter is on vacatio...