Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

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Monthly show looking back at video game news headlines from 30, 40, and 50 years ago from around the globe. Follow us on Twitter @videonewsr2 and consider supporting our patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060

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March 2019

Tandy mourns its CEO Epyx beats Data East in court and Steve Jobs wants to make the Mac a gaming powerhouse. These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine We look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March of 1979, 1989, 1999. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com And consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060 Sources: 1979: Commodore Purchase...

Mar 01, 2019•1 hr 30 min

February 2019

AMD wants in on the hot new microcomputer action The GDC is born PCs are coming to rescue the arcade These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom time Machine We look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February of 1979, 1989, 1999. As always, I'll mostly be using magazine cover dates for the 20 and 30 year jumps, while relying on newspaper articles and historical documents for the 40 year jump, as there weren't many dedicated ga...

Feb 15, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 4

January 2019

Commodore tries to get into the retail business, Atari announces plans to release a 16 bit console, Interplay hits hard times And much, much more! We look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in January of 1979, 1989, 1999. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com And consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060 Sources: 1979: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/05/archives/business-people-mrsjaffee-...

Jan 27, 2019•34 min

December 2018

This month we look back at December 1978, 1988, and 1998. Bushnell gets the boot, Phillips jumps into the cartridge console market, Nintendo stops the Giana Sisters and much, much more! And consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060 Our sources this month include: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/articles/timeline/index.php https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/06/archives/technology-the-computer-entering-home.html https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/14/archives/talking...

Dec 01, 2018•31 min

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