Marylou Badeaux - Warner Records, Computer Entertainer, Video Game Update, Video Take-Out
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Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
Monthly show looking back at video game news headlines from 20, 30, and 40 years ago from around the globe.
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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!...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
August 1994
30 years ago: Computer industry booms as consoles slump, Nintendo announces Ultra64 & The internet gets scary These stories and many more on...
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...
August 1984
Commodore buys Amiga Jack Tramiel declares war on competition Nintendo announces US NES launch plans These stories and many more on this epi...