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Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Karl Kuras

Monthly show looking back at video game news headlines from 20, 30, and 40 years ago from around the globe.

Episodes

20 of 226 episodes

Juan 'Juanete' Jose Muglia

Juan 'Juanete' Jose Muglia As microcomputers opened up a world of programming, digital art and games to kids in North America, Europe and Ja...

02:23:21Aug 31, 2026

Marylou Badeaux - Warner Records, Computer Entertainer, Video Game Update, Video Take-Out

The history of video game magazines have given us some amazing publications that have helped historians understand the past in ways we other...

02:24:48Jun 30, 2026

November 1994

Video Game profits collapse, PC sales boom & The Next Gen battle begins in Japan These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM!...

03:48:51Jun 18, 2026

November 1984

Comdex belongs to IBM Xmas sales outlook dismal Games get protected in Japan These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This...

03:10:25May 6, 2026

Gary Bracey - Part 2 - Ocean, Telstar, Digimask

For computer gamers in the 1980s and 90s, few companies were more ever-present than Ocean, a powerhouse in publishing, through their massive...

02:06:45Apr 28, 2026

Gary Bracey - Part 1 - Ocean

For computer gamers in the 1980s and 90s, few companies were more ever-present than Ocean, a powerhouse in publishing, through their massive...

01:28:52Apr 15, 2026

Phil Adam - Spectrum Holobyte, SPA, Interplay, Amico

Phil Adam's career has spanned more than 40 years, from pioneering work marketing titles for Spectrum Holobyte, playing a pivotal role in br...

03:54:06Mar 12, 2026

October 1994

Japan goes after arcades, Nintendo's Famicon gets its first licensee & Gamers come together online These stories and many more on this episo...

04:16:04Feb 18, 2026

Tom Kalinske - Mattel, Sega, Leap Frog

Few events in video game history are more legendary than the Console War between Sega and Nintendo. Our guest today was one of the generals...

02:22:28Oct 15, 2025

October 1984

Japan goes after arcades, Nintendo's Famicon gets its first licensee & Gamers come together online These stories and many more on this episo...

03:01:46Aug 26, 2025

Richard Bartle - Part 2 - Designing Virtual Worlds

After spending almost 2 decades trying to make MUD a viable commercial project, Richard returns to academia after publishing his seminal boo...

01:30:55Aug 17, 2025

Richard Bartle - Part 1 - MUD (Multi User Dungeon)

While there are many founders of the video game industry writ large, the dawn of multiplayer gaming is a much more select group of luminarie...

02:12:51Aug 2, 2025

John Wood - Sally Dark Ride

Mechanical amusements have long been a mainstay of theme parks and travelling fairs. In the 1980s, this technology entered the realm of the...

01:18:26Jun 30, 2025

September 1994

Nintendo owns CES, The future belongs to the internet & EA disses Sega These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episo...

04:08:22Jun 17, 2025

Jeff Johannigman - Part 2 - Origin, Dynamix, Microprose

From a bedroom coder to Game Developer's Conference OG to the creator of one of the greatest one-on-one action strategy games of the 8 bit e...

01:36:40May 13, 2025

Jeff Johannigman - Part 1 - Atari PE, Synapse, Epyx, Electronic Arts, Origin, GDC

From a bedroom coder to Game Developer's Conference OG to the creator of one of the greatest one-on-one action strategy games of the 8 bit e...

01:47:00Apr 29, 2025

September 1984

PCs get upgraded, MSX comes to Europe & Coinop goes cartridge These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we wil...

03:42:58Apr 25, 2025

Graeme Bayless - Part 5 - E-Line Media, Fireforge, Netherrealm Studios

Few developers have had as long and prolific a career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playt...

02:25:11Mar 16, 2025

August 1994

30 years ago: Computer industry booms as consoles slump, Nintendo announces Ultra64 & The internet gets scary These stories and many more on...

04:17:34Mar 1, 2025

Graeme Bayless - Part 4 - Crystal Dynamics, SCi, Namco, Fierce Wombat

Few developers have had as long and prolific a career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playt...

01:34:41Feb 5, 2025