May 1993

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Super Mario Brothers hits theatres, Blast Processing brings sega to the next level & Id shows off Doom

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 May 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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Corrections: April 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-1993-83830415 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/12795/king-arthurs-world/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_YKqu0uOfs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT_Computer

1993: Morici to unify Capcom Play Meter May 1993 pg. 3 Joe Morici - Capcom https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815

Capcom brings Street Fighter to Genesis https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_046.pdf&page=166 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater Joe Morici - Capcom https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815 https://www.mobygames.com/game/6239/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/8053/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition/

Sega explains Blast Processing at CES https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-may-1993/page/n12/mode/1up

Sega to offer games over cable Play Meter May 1993 pg. 3 Replay May 1993 pg. 33 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview

Marty announced https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20046%20%28May%201993%29/page/n51/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_Towns_Marty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console)

Return to Zork to come to 3DO https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-may-1993/page/n18/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/1219/return-to-zork/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:2/platform:3do/sort:title/page:1/ Nintendo launches barebones Gameboy https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy

Sonic brings Game Gears to HoJos https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear

PDAs take CES by storm https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/90s/93/PE-1993-05.pdf pg. 5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC/GEOS Doom previewed https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-05/page/n5/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/cover/group-72091/cover-194558/

First Pentium systems ship https://archive.org/details/computerworld2719unse/page/16/mode/1up?view=theater

Intel sues AMD https://archive.org/details/computerworld2718unse/page/6/mode/1up?view=theater

Intel sees stock soar https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_106/page/n9/mode/1up

Plug-and-play coming to PC https://archive.org/details/BYTE-1993-05/page/n35/mode/1up?view=theater

Mac compatibles arrive too late https://archive.org/details/BYTE-1993-05/page/n35/mode/1up?view=theater Layoffs hit computer game makers https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v10n05/page/n1/mode/1up Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 Joel Billings - SSI https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469

Commodore clocks in big in the UK https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-56/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.pagetable.com/?p=547

The Future of C64 game software looks bleak https://commodore.software/downloads?task=download.send&id=14993&catid=721&m=0 pg. 13 Binary Asylum formed https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-56/page/n18/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/5576/binary-asylum/

Cable providers move into information services https://archive.org/details/computerworld2712unse20/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater

TSN teams up with AT&T https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v10n05/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.filfre.net/2018/02/the-sierra-network/

Interplay locks down Star Trek license https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_046.pdf&page=166 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/group/11345/star-trek-licensees/sort:date/

Shaq signs with EA https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/14585/shaq-fu/

Street Fighter action figures debut https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_046.pdf&page=166 https://www.3djoes.com/the-gi-joe-yearbook-a-visual-index-of-carded-figures.html

Computerland cuts back https://archive.org/details/computerworld2719unse/page/6/mode/1up?view=theater Software industry enlists USTR to fight piracy https://ustr.gov/about-us https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:GamePro_US_046.pdf&page=167

UK court expands software copyright protection https://archive.org/details/BYTE-1993-05/page/n31/mode/1up Super Mario Brothers hits theaters https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-may-1993/page/n17/mode/1up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Superman is dead https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_046.pdf&page=51 https://www.fortressofbaileytude.com/wizard-superman-tribute-edition/

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