Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Game Gear launches in Japan Capcom goes public and VGA steals Christmas 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 January of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Get us on your...

Nintendo opens its first offices in New York Commodore introduces the VIC 20 and Adventure gets reviewed 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 January of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind...

Michael Dornbrook Interview Part 1   He was there at the birth of Infocom, founded the Zork Users Group, the first hint books, and stayed on through thick and thin.   Michael Dornbrook is an industry legend and he sat down for a mammoth interview with me.  The first half covers his background, the founding of Infocom, his involvement, the creation of InvisiClues, some pretty aggressive advertising...

Japanese games get weird 3Dfx is no more and Steven Kent ushers in a new age of game history 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 December of 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual...

Virtuality is bringing VR to the arcades Nintendo goes easy on NES developers and Sierra bets on CD-Rom 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 December of 1990. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind...

Gene Lipkin leaves Atari Electronic toys are heading for a cliff and Digital information services go corporate 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 December of 1980. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit...

From stacking inventory on the Parker Brothers loading docks, to being knee deep in the trenches of the video game crash, to founding Hasbro Interactive and helping acquire Magic and D&D, Tom Dusenberry has seen the industry like few others and he's here to share his story, his passion for innovation, and some great inside insight on the business of gaming. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par...

Tom Clancy sells to UbiSoft AOL gets sued by its volunteers and Uwe Boll sets his sights on games 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 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the ac...

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...

Midway's lawyers are on a tear, Atari's profits are breaking records, and Apple bets on the luck of the Irish These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine We celebrate our second anniversary with a change to our format. Now, instead of a giant ep a month, you'll get three weekly ones, each covering one of our jumps through the history of video game news. This...

In the earliest days of computer games, someone had to get games from fledgling publishers to the mom-and-pop computer stores dotted across the country.  Our guest, Jerry Wolosenko, was one such man and from picking product at events like the West Coast Computer Faire, to representing Psygnosis in the USA, to getting involved with a little start-up called Harmonix, Jerry has met every big name in...

Apple gets ready to go public Sega does what Nintendon't The world gets its first look at the GameCube 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 October of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course alwa...

We often think of trade shows today as just gimmicky PR extravaganzas that rarely surprise and amaze, with most big reveals having been leaked way before hand, and little revolutionary happening on the show floor. The Amusement & Music Operators Association International Exposition of Games and Music in 1980 was everything but though, with some (pun intended) game changing reveals, as the market s...

Ken Williams is the co-founder, with his wife Roberta, of Online Systems, later Sierra Online, and then just Sierra. He lead the company through the creation of the first graphic adventure, Mystery House, animated adventure, King's Quest, the first online games network, TSN, and so many other firsts, as well as, acquiring such developers as Dynamix, Papyrus, and Coktel Vision. He has now written a...

Electronic games may be about to crash! Amstrad enters the console wars Pokemon single handedly saves video games 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 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and t...

Electronic Arts, Activision, Sierra, Sega, GT Interactive, Konami... few resumes include so many illustrious names, but Chris Garske's does. Find out how this industry veteran helped bring some of the biggest games to market in this in depth interview. Links: https://chrisgarske.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-garske-2625624/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,25751/...

Ethernet heralds a new age of networked computing Sonic the Hedgehog is coming... Playstation2 gets a US launchdate 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 August of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of...

Activision launches the third party publisher business EA bets big on Sega and Microsoft nabs Halo 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 July of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bi...

We pick up in this second part of our interview with Don Daglow, as he leaves EA to join Broderbund, where he would produce Prince of Persia, help land distribution for SimCity and license Star Wars. He followed that amazing run with his own studio, Beyond Software, later renamed Stormfront Studios, that would create the first graphical MMO, Neverwinter Nights, bring Madden to the PC and so much m...

Don Daglow started making games on PDP-10s in the 70s, before becoming one of the first developers for the Intellivision, creating the groundbreaking strategy title Utopia.  Later, he went on to be an early producer at EA and Broderbund, helping bring us classics like Racing Destruction Set, Shufflepuck Cafe (a personal favorite of mine), Prince of Persia, SimCity and Where in Europe is Carmen San...

Atari sues Activision Sega takes on the Gameboy and Nintendo gives away gloves 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 June of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual...

From the earliest days of hand held electronic games, and arcade hits like Sinistar, through the golden era of Lucasarts adventures to the cutting edge tech of games as therapeutic tools, Noah Falstein was there, pushing boundries and showing the world what gaming really could do. Links: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1657/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley_C...

He was there when Universal came to US shores, he helped pioneer arcade distribution, brought Capcom into the home, and made the Disney Afternoon a gaming legend. Today we talk to industry veteran, Joe Morici. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't...

If you ever played a computer strategy game on your home micro computer in the 80s or 90s, spending countless hours moving your troops around the battlefield, be it  Antietam, Vietnam, WWII or even the mythical land of Krynn, or one of the amazing Gold Box games, you have one man to think, Joel Billings, founder of SSI. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.c...

Apple introduces its next gen system Acclaim powers up its team and Nintendo wants a piece of the Harry Potter pie 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 May of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of cou...