{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"July 2019","description":"Financial scandals rock the computer world! Sega is set to take on NEC in North America! And the Dreamcast is thinking... These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July of 1979, 1989, 1999. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com 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\/user?u=7594060 Show Notes: 1979: Lloyd's of London miscalculates risk of computer leasing business https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/07\/30\/archives\/lloyds-insurers-stumble-over-computer-leasing-suit-asks-550-million.html?searchResultPosition=1 http:\/\/www.fundinguniverse.com\/company-histories\/itel-corporation-history\/ https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/07\/29\/archives\/itel-corporation-is-at-the-brink-again.html?searchResultPosition=4 Norman Henry Hunt's second bogus computer company blows up https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/CreativeComputingbetterScan197907\/page\/n99 https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/PersonalComputing197907\/page\/n8 Scout Computer Badge article in Creative Computing https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/CreativeComputingbetterScan197907\/page\/n47 https:\/\/meritbadge.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Computers Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio ad https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Kilobaud197907\/page\/n14 https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/santa-paravia-and-fiumaccio Minnesota signs deal with Apple https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/PersonalComputing197907\/page\/n12 FCC to develop RF shielding regulations for home computers https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/BYTE_Vol_04-07_1979-07_Automating_Eclipses\/page\/n100 The 16 bit processor war is on! https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/BYTE_Vol_04-07_1979-07_Automating_Eclipses\/page\/n100 Yahtzee by Al Lowe Softside https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/softside-magazine-10\/page\/n24 MB is hiring engineers and programmers https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/BYTE_Vol_04-07_1979-07_Automating_Eclipses\/page\/n52 Intellivision stats and release date set... oh and there will be a keyboard (apparently) https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bub_gb_FT4EAAAAMBAJ\/page\/n14 https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intellivision#Keyboard_Component Micro-TV offers teletext service over cable in the USA https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bub_gb_FT4EAAAAMBAJ 1989: Acorn launches "budget" Archimedes https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ACE_Issue_22_1989-07_Future_Publishing_GB\/page\/n9 Origin becomes its own publisher https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_61\/page\/n19 Interplay abandons Bard's Tale Franchise https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ACE_Issue_22_1989-07_Future_Publishing_GB\/page\/n96 https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bard's_Tale Gremlin breaks ties with U.S. Gold and returns to Sheffield https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/thegamesmachine-20\/page\/n6 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A6taoEQ-UCU The TurboGrafx16 is coming to America https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_06_July_1989 http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2012\/11\/interview_the_trouble_with_the_turbografx-16 Mega Drive renamed Genesis https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GamePro_Issue_002_July-August_1989\/page\/n11 Genesis TeleGenesisModem announced, big promises https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/1989-09-compute-magazine\/page\/n11 http:\/\/www.sega-16.com\/2006\/11\/disconnected-the-telegenesis-modem\/ Virgin gets Sega distribution deal https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/thegamesmachine-20\/page\/n7 1999: Families file lawsuit against media in Paducah shooting https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GamePro_Issue_120_July_1999\/page\/n31 https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2000\/0410\/p2s2.html E3 in the shadow of violence https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/NextGeneration55Jul1999\/page\/n11 Dreamcast launch date and price announced https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GamePro_Issue_120_July_1999\/page\/n29 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fXDRSEdqpzg "It\u2019s thinking" ads start showing up https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GamePro_Issue_120_July_1999\/page\/n12 Castlevania resurrection shown for Dreaamcast https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/NextGeneration55Jul1999\/page\/n16 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HcRkZ66RN2w Dolphin business model https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/NextGeneration55Jul1999\/page\/n17 https:\/\/steemit.com\/gaming\/@ultrawing\/the-gamecube-that-can-play-dvds-panasonic-q Howard Lincoln announces his retirement https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/NextGeneration55Jul1999\/page\/n17 3dfx merges with STB https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue54\/page\/n5 GT Interactive layoffs https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-07\/page\/n53 Codemasters buys Sensible Software https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue54\/page\/n4 https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/sex-n-drugs-n-rock-n-roll-article Lara Croft appears nude in Playboy https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue54\/page\/n5 https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/entertainment\/nation\/lara-croft-nell-mcandrew-tomb-raider-model ","author_name":"Video Game Newsroom Time Machine","author_url":"http:\/\/videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com\/website","html":"