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Street Fighter 2 merch goes into overdrive, Nintendo neuters Mortal Kombat & The World Wide Web goes open source
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April 1993. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.
Jon from the Retro Games Squad is our cohost. You can find his other fine retrogaming work here: https://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/
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Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: King Arthur's World Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83771920 https://www.mobygames.com/game/12795/king-arthurs-world/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/1151/argonaut-games-plc/
Corrections: March 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-1993-81661515 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Archie_Comics)#Legal_issues https://youtu.be/542sM2Gylx8
1993.04 ACME Show goes for diversity Replay April 1993 pg. 43 https://www.virtual-reality-shop.co.uk/awt-reality-rocket/ https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_Super_System
Visions of Reality joins VR race Play Meter April 1993 pg. 3 Replay April 1993, pg. 3 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-10-fi-33739-story.html
Zool arcade game debuts at Earls Court https://archive.org/details/pc-review-018/page/18/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/5776/zool/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/1321/arcadia-systems-inc/
Capcom does "moichendising"! Play Meter April 1993 pg. 20 RePlay April 1993 pg. 22 American Laser goes after Picmatic https://archive.org/details/cashbox56unse_30/page/26/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/5258/picmatic-sa/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/442/american-laser-games-inc/
Jaguar impresses at CES https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20045%20%28April%201993%29/page/n26/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar eonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153
Konix Multi System is back! https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20045%20%28April%201993%29/page/n55/mode/1up https://www.konixmultisystem.co.uk/index.php?id=msu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konix_Multisystem
SNES MK to be neutered https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/599/mortal-kombat/trivia/ Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122
John Madden goes rental only https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/43734/john-madden-football-93-championship-edition/
Sammy shuts down Treco https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/10527/american-treco-corporation/ DOS 6.0 learns to compress https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 44 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS#MS-DOS_6.x
Microsoft gets sued for violating patents https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS#MS-DOS_6.x https://gunkies.org/wiki/Stacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent
IBM losses mount https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
Canon buys Next hardware division https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 36, 40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1993%E2%80%931996:_NeXT_Software,_Inc.
MECC pulls Freedom! https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/936/mecc/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/42271/freedom/trivia/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/27756/freedom-rebels-in-the-darkness/
Daryl Gates to design Police Quest 4 https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/person/83001/james-walls/ https://www.mobygames.com/person/26457/daryl-f-gates/
Photoshop arrives on Windows https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop
First GSM call made https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 36 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM NBC plans to bring news to the PC https://archive.org/details/1993-04-compute-magazine/page/n37/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/12/business/ibm-and-nbc-will-market-a-news-service-to-pc-users.html
internet opened up https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-wide-web-launches-in-public-domain https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web
Sinclair User is no more.. https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-134 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_User
Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/
Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.
Copyright Karl Kuras
Find out on the VGNRTM
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM with @RetroGameSquad's Jon!
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195 episodes
Manage episode 364810700 series 2464403
Street Fighter 2 merch goes into overdrive, Nintendo neuters Mortal Kombat & The World Wide Web goes open source
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April 1993. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.
Jon from the Retro Games Squad is our cohost. You can find his other fine retrogaming work here: https://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/
Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine
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/VGNRTM
Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com
Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: King Arthur's World Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83771920 https://www.mobygames.com/game/12795/king-arthurs-world/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/1151/argonaut-games-plc/
Corrections: March 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-1993-81661515 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Archie_Comics)#Legal_issues https://youtu.be/542sM2Gylx8
1993.04 ACME Show goes for diversity Replay April 1993 pg. 43 https://www.virtual-reality-shop.co.uk/awt-reality-rocket/ https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_Super_System
Visions of Reality joins VR race Play Meter April 1993 pg. 3 Replay April 1993, pg. 3 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-10-fi-33739-story.html
Zool arcade game debuts at Earls Court https://archive.org/details/pc-review-018/page/18/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/5776/zool/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/1321/arcadia-systems-inc/
Capcom does "moichendising"! Play Meter April 1993 pg. 20 RePlay April 1993 pg. 22 American Laser goes after Picmatic https://archive.org/details/cashbox56unse_30/page/26/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/5258/picmatic-sa/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/442/american-laser-games-inc/
Jaguar impresses at CES https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20045%20%28April%201993%29/page/n26/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar eonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153
Konix Multi System is back! https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20045%20%28April%201993%29/page/n55/mode/1up https://www.konixmultisystem.co.uk/index.php?id=msu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konix_Multisystem
SNES MK to be neutered https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/599/mortal-kombat/trivia/ Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122
John Madden goes rental only https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/43734/john-madden-football-93-championship-edition/
Sammy shuts down Treco https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/10527/american-treco-corporation/ DOS 6.0 learns to compress https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 44 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS#MS-DOS_6.x
Microsoft gets sued for violating patents https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS#MS-DOS_6.x https://gunkies.org/wiki/Stacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent
IBM losses mount https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
Canon buys Next hardware division https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 36, 40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1993%E2%80%931996:_NeXT_Software,_Inc.
MECC pulls Freedom! https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/936/mecc/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/42271/freedom/trivia/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/27756/freedom-rebels-in-the-darkness/
Daryl Gates to design Police Quest 4 https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/person/83001/james-walls/ https://www.mobygames.com/person/26457/daryl-f-gates/
Photoshop arrives on Windows https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop
First GSM call made https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 36 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM NBC plans to bring news to the PC https://archive.org/details/1993-04-compute-magazine/page/n37/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/12/business/ibm-and-nbc-will-market-a-news-service-to-pc-users.html
internet opened up https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-wide-web-launches-in-public-domain https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web
Sinclair User is no more.. https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-134 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_User
Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/
Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.
Copyright Karl Kuras
Find out on the VGNRTM
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM with @RetroGameSquad's Jon!
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