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 course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagr...
Aug 27, 2020•2 hr 13 min
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 bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.inst...
Aug 06, 2020•2 hr 32 min
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 more. Links: https://www.daglowslaws.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Daglow https://www.mobyga...
Jul 29, 2020•2 hr 25 min
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 Sandiego. We explore these early years of his career, the nature of the business back then and how we co...
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 39 min
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 events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or ...
Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 41 min
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_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microvision https://...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 54 min
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 forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 31 min
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.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strateg...
May 22, 2020•2 hr 36 min
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 course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram h...
May 17, 2020•3 hr 3 min
There are many legendary CEOs in the gaming business, and while many of them were famous for either their charisma, their business acumen, or their larger than life personalities, I can think of only one who was famous for all three, and he's our guest today on the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine, Mr. Wild Bill Stealey. 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 p...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Arcade operators fear the VCS Nintendo trounces Atari in court and The PS2 takes Japan by storm These stories and a very tired Karl 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 April 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 events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://ww...
Apr 25, 2020•2 hr 39 min
We sit down with Michael Katz for a second round, this time covering Epyx's publishing of Lucasfilm's first titles, working with Jack Tramiel's Atari, and helping establish Sega's no nonsense advertising for the Genesis. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com 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 Epyx...
Apr 09, 2020•2 hr 14 min
Zenith enters the home computer market, Atari's Lynx goes national & Nintendo finally embraces disks with the 64DD. These stories and some that aren't about abject financial failures 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 March 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 events.. Send...
Mar 31, 2020•2 hr 11 min
On this special episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine, Karl has a chat with industry legend Michael Katz. They talk about his time at Mattel, the inner workings of product development in the toy business, how he developed the concept of the electronic LED game there, then went on to lambast that very product line at his next position at Coleco and we end the interview when he takes the reigns at computer game company Epyx. And because we didn't even get to his game changing stint at Se...
Mar 22, 2020•1 hr 41 min
Coleco does what Mattel-don't! Nintendo misfires with DragonQuest! Big Money sees big future for the Playstation 2! 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 1980, 1990, 2000. 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 video...
Feb 24, 2020•2 hr 12 min
Commodore updates its Systems for the new decade The Turbo Grafix 16 heralds in the age of the CD Gaming takes to the web... 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 1980, 1990, 2000. 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...
Jan 19, 2020•2 hr 27 min
Bushnell borrows big to build! Tengen trounced in Tetris tussle! Pokemon perceived to push to pupils! 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 December 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 videogamenewsroomti...
Dec 09, 2019•2 hr 4 min
Alexander Smith is a dedicated researcher and historian; the visionary creator of the video game history podcast, They Create Worlds; and, now, the author of the first of a three volume history of the game industry that shares the same name. Alex is a reference librarian with degrees in history, law, and library information science and he brings those skills to his in depth study of the history of our favorite hobby. Having grown up a Nintendo and PC gamer, he has helped unearth massive amounts ...
Dec 05, 2019•1 hr 33 min
In this special episode, we delve deep into the Federal Communication Commission's major rule change in 1979. The change altered how radio frequency emissions from computers would be regulated for years to come and affected every major player on the market, be it computer, console, and even arcade. To help us understand the technical side is QuarterPast83 who has made it his personal mission to understand this often overlooked yet extremely important chapter in the computer industries history. h...
Nov 18, 2019•2 hr 15 min
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 @vi...
Nov 09, 2019•1 hr 58 min
I had the good fortune to interview Ed Zaron, founder of Muse Software. Not only did he found one of the first computer gaming companies back in 1978, but he helped bring titles such as Robotwar, Firebug, Castle Wolfenstein, and Space Taxi to the masses, to say nothing of his friendship and work with the legendary Silas Warner. He was a bit apprehensive at first as he didn't think he had a lot to tell, but we ended up talking for over two hours about everything possibly related to computers and ...
Oct 28, 2019•59 min
Fairchild gets out of gaming PC sound is going to get blasted and Sega cans Bernie Stolar This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in October 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 videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on you...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 50 min
Here is a list of the sources I used when researching this month's episode. And consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060 Atari Coin Connection Volume 2 No. 10, November-December 1978 The Best Games Electronics Can Produce, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/27/archives/the-best-games-electronics-can-produce.html Rusel DeMaria and Johnny Wilson, "High Score! The Illustrated History of Video Games", McGraw-Hill, 2003 Atari: The Golden Years - A History...
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 1
In a break from our normal programming, we interview Al Lowe, the father of Leisure Suit Larry, the padre of Freddy Pharkas and the god of Torin. In this interview we touch on his first steps into the gaming industry pre-Sierra, his adventures dealing with Disney, the rise of Leisure Suit Larry and the changes in the industry he witnessed along the way. Personally, he has always been a hero of mine, and they say that you should never meet your heroes, to which I say: "then you have the wrong her...
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 51 min
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 videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gm...
Oct 03, 2019•2 hr 3 min
CompuServe brings online services to the masses! The Battle for Tetris begins in court! Sega flounders heading into the Dreamcast launch! 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 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 @vid...
Aug 01, 2019•2 hr 4 min
Financial scandals rock the computer world! Sega is set to take on NEC in North America! And the Dreamcast is thinking... 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 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 vid...
Jul 31, 2019•2 hr 59 min
Sesame Street wants to teach kids computing, The PC Master Race is pissy that the NES is watering down gaming and Sega teams up with iomega to bring zip drives to the Dreamcast 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 1979, 1989, 1999. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual ev...
Jun 22, 2019•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Downloadable games come home, CD based systems are on the rise, and The PS2 eats Dreamcast's lunch before either's launch 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 May of 1979, 1989, 1999. As always, we'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 ...
Jun 01, 2019•1 hr 54 min
A computer in every home Atari and Nintendo sue each other and Nintendo gets its panties in a bunch over emulation 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. As always, we'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 ...
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 17 min
