January 1993

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Sony and Nintendo break up, Intel christens the Pentium & EA and ESPN bury the hatchet 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 January 1993. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Wouter, aka Wiedo, is our cohost. You can find his awesome twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/wiedo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SW2_WXgbbo and https://redcircle.com/shows/newgameoldflame 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 @[e-mail] Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [e-mail] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Dracula: The Undead Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-78921633 Corrections: December 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/december-1992-77928147 https://wiki.neogeodev.org/index.php?title=Memory_card https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/madden-for-some-football/id1035507666?i=1000551101751 Ethan's new series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEEwZkbSmEU 01.1993: Namco buys Alladin's Castle Play Meter Jan. 1993 pg. 3 Replay Jan. 1993 pg. 3 https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Aladdin%27s_Castle Kevin Hayes - Atari - Namco https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798 SMP to bring Lawnmower Man to life Play Meter Jan. 1993 pg. 21 https://vrtifacts.com/warning-will-robinson-warning/?hilite=voyager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film) Virtuality is coming home! https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1121993Jan/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar#Jaguar_VR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(product) Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153 Atari shooting for $99 Jaguar https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20042%20%28January%201993%29/page/n55/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153 3DO reveals more https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20042%20%28January%201993%29/page/n51/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer https://youtu.be/yxF1_wg2d_Q Sony and Nintendo break up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20042%20%28January%201993%29/page/n55/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM EGM calls out NOA on CD BS https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20042%20%28January%201993%29/page/n3/mode/1up Johnny Turbo sets out to save gamers https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-01/page/n54/mode/1up Sega introduces six button controller https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20042%20%28January%201993%29/page/n57/mode/1up Joe Morici - Capcom https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815 Game Genie comes to the SNES https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-01/page/n25/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Genie Nintendo launches Classic Series for NES https://archive.org/details/Game_Informer_Issue_008_January-February_1993 pg. 48 Intel reveals the new name for the 586 https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-01_OCR/page/n35/mode/1up Motorola jumps a generation https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-01_OCR/page/n35/mode/1up Is the 286 dead? https://archive.org/details/pc-review-15/page/34/mode/1up Paul Neurath - Looking Glass - Origin https://www.patreon.com/posts/54857109 UK's PC price war comes to a screeching halt https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-01_OCR/page/n43/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/pc-review-15/page/20/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1121993Jan/page/n9/mode/1up IBM eyes Japan https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-01_OCR/page/n43/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-98 Origin plans diverse future for Ultima brand https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1993-01/page/n6/mode/1up Wolfenstein publishers ads dual https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_102/page/n1/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_102/page/n10/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_102/page/n101/mode/1up Jumpman LIVES!!! https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-01/page/n49/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpman_(video_game) ESPN and EA settle https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-01/page/n25/mode/1up Double Dragon coming to cinemas https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20042%20%28January%201993%29/page/n260/mode/1up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106761/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Deep Space Nine launches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20042%20%28January%201993%29/page/n259/mode/1up Douglas Adams closes out Hitchhikers trilogy https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.01/page/n12/mode/1up Sears Business Centers close https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-01-14-9303162002-story.html 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. 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