August 1993

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

7-11 drops coinop Nintendo disses Sega's rating system Commodore premieres Amiga CD32

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 August 1993. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Final Fight CD Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-cd-91295414 https://www.mobygames.com/game/5088/final-fight/

Corrections: July 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1993-89127883 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://youtu.be/A-6AKe2pvsQ?si=Y86cYPldukmG2V-H https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway

1993: 7 Eleven moves away from games Replay August 1993 pg. 3

Microprose shutters arcade division PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 22 Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:10/platform:arcade/sort:-date/page:1/

Hong Kong debating anti-violent game law PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 32

Elite enters coinop PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 22 https://www.mobygames.com/company/108/elite-systems-ltd/

Wolfenstein goes VR https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n23/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=wolfenstein-vr&page=detail&id=12612

Super Street Fighter 2 hits Japanese arcades https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n34/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/10119/super-street-fighter-ii/

Capcom gets TSR license PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 3 https://www.mobygames.com/game/63783/dungeons-dragons-tower-of-doom/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/63847/dungeons-dragons-shadow-over-mystara/

Arcade 1 brings arcade history to print PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 132 https://archive.org/details/arcade-1-1993-book-scans Atari announces Jaguar launch https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n55/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n56/mode/1up Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153

Commodore debuts CD32 http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=QW1pZ2EgR2FtZXMvMTk5Mw== Amiga Games August 1993, pg. 8, 92 https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32

Sega shows off VR at CES https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega launches Pico https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n75/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Pico

3DO gains support https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_55_August_1993/page/n15/mode/2up

EA reports big earnings https://archive.org/details/pc-review-22/page/16/mode/1up?view=theater Nintendo hikes cart prices https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n161/mode/1up?view=theater

Bandai shows off portable SNES at Tokyo Game Show https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/04/bandai_almost_made_a_laptop_with_a_built-in_snesn https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

NES gets a makeover https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.08/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n53/mode/2up?view=theater

Gamepro laments no-shows https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n55/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega and Park Place launch sports labels https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n161/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/3483/park-place-productions/ https://www.mobygames.com/group/8552/sega-sports-games/ Michael Katz Part 2 - Atari - Sega https://www.patreon.com/posts/63732329

Mario's greatest hits coming to SNES https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/6613/super-mario-all-stars/

Genesis gets Special Champion Edition https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater Joe Morici - Capcom https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815 https://www.mobygames.com/game/8053/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition/

STD makes Street Fighter 2 easier https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=InterAct_SN_ProgramPad

UK outraged at Night Trap https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n119/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.eurogamer.net/the-rise-and-fall-of-sega-enterprises

Nintendo responds to Sega's ratings system https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n161/mode/1up?view=theater Move over violence... here comes SEX! https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n22/mode/1up?view=theater Help me obi-wan kenobi, you, or Terminator, or Lawnmower Man... https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n28/mode/1up?view=theater

PowerPC promises to decouple CPUs from OSs https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-08_OCR Microsoft and Compaq join forces for plug-and-play https://archive.org/details/pc-review-22/page/15/mode/1up

Say goodbye to the interface https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_109/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

Konami abandons computer gaming https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater

Microsoft unveils their Mouse 2.0 http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=UEMgSm9rZXIvMTk5Mw== August 1993 pg. 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mouse

Get that real pilot feel for just $2,800 bucks https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n28/mode/1up?view=theater

Tablet computing market gets crowded https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n26/mode/1up http://www.grot.com/zoomer/documents/bindery.html http://www.geos-infobase.de/zoomer/ZOOMER01 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm,_Inc.#History

SimCity goes mobile https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://handheld.computer/?p=446 https://alchetron.com/EShop AT&T wants to give Sega an Edge https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n53/mode/2up?view=theater https://segaretro.org/Edge_16

AT&T shows off Personal Communicator https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n163/mode/1up https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=2902

Delphi enters online gaming arena https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater

Sierra signs deal with Prodigy https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n95/mode/1up?view=theater

NTN Trivia coming to TSN https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTN_Buzztime Virtual Vision brings TV to eyewear https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n163/mode/1up

Epyx brings games to planes https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Goeken https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/business/interface-a-new-digital-air-to-ground-link-gets-an-in-flight-test.html

Spaceship Warlock shown at CES https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.08/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.joesparks.com/whyyes/

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