February 1993

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Video game violence begins to make operators uneasy 3DO plans to shake up console biz Federal investigation into Nintendo dropped

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 February 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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Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Ecco The Dolphin Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-80192007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecco_the_Dolphin https://www.mobygames.com/game/6677/ecco-the-dolphin/ https://www.mobygames.com/group/741/ecco-the-dolphin-series/

Corrections: January 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/january-1993-78923081 https://youtu.be/Sr0BVKb9Am0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Turbo https://twitter.com/itsjohnnyturbo?lang=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craftsman_(tools) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%2BDecker

1993.02 WMS sues to stop Aladdin sale RePlay Feb. 1993, pg. 16 Kevin Hayes - Atari - Namco https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798

Capcom's Revenue Sharing scheme shakes up AMOA RePlay Feb. 1993, pg. 29

Move over Battletech... Star Wars is here! https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Vernost https://books.google.de/books?id=vBaRlzJ2LKkC&lpg=PP1&hl=de&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=vernost&f=false https://youtu.be/oLmFwsZsS7U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus! Video game violence issue returns RePlay Feb. 1993 pg. 101 Gary Brose - Seattle Funplex https://www.patreon.com/posts/gary-brose-79660873 3DO business model revealed https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer https://youtu.be/yxF1_wg2d_Q

Sega announces Genesis 2 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n49/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#Variations

NEC wants to kick your butt with the Virtual Cushion https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n67/mode/1up https://consolevariations.com/variation/accessory/nec-pc-engine-virtual-cushion

And on the SNES CD front https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n43/mode/1up Namco brings bar code battling to Gameboy https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n65/mode/1up https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Barcode_Boy

CD burners become affordable https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n17/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n37/mode/1up

Court squashes AMD 486 roll out https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n41/mode/1up https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-12-fi-19170-story.html https://archive.org/details/pc-review-16/page/20/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n39/mode/1up Notebooks come of age at COMDEX https://archive.org/details/1993-02-compute-magazine/page/n185/mode/1up?view=theater FTC drops case against Nintendo https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega settles Magnavox suit Play Meter Feb. 1993 pg. 3

German software leasing may be coming to an end https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199302/page/n7/mode/1up

European law to fill software protection gaps https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199302/page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Programs_Directive

Sonic is coming to TV https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n216/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Archie_Comics)

Virtuality adds flight sim https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-53/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(product)

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/

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