1
rich
Libsyn
https://www.libsyn.com
90
600
June 2019
Sesame Street wants to teach kids computing, The PC Master Race is pissy that the NES is watering down gaming and Sega teams up with iomega to bring zip drives to the Dreamcast   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 June 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 https://twitter.com/videogamenewsr2 Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com   And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7594060     Show Notes: 1979: Two sided floppies Kilobaud June 1979 https://archive.org/details/kilobaudmagazine-1979-06/page/n40   Sesame Place Game Center Creative Computing June 1979 https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197906/page/n23 https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Sesame_Place_Game_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Place#Former_attractions https://books.google.ca/books?id=JT4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22sesame+place%22+the+game+centre&ei=O2kRS5jvMYnaygS3zNmDDQ&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false   Mattel earnings are down New York Times, June 21, 1979 https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/21/archives/mattels-diversified-comeback-mattel-acts-to-end-dependence-on-toys.html?searchResultPosition=1   1989: Atari 7800 headed to UK ACE 21 https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue21Jun89/page/n8   Apple looks poised to kill the Apple ][ line Compute June 1989 https://archive.org/details/1989-07-compute-magazine/page/n56   Intel introduces the 486 Happy Computer 68 https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N68.1989.06-Cartman/page/n9   VESA Standard is coming to enhanced VGA cards Happy Computer 68 https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N68.1989.06-Cartman/page/n11   Konix specs revised. The Games Machine 19 https://archive.org/details/TheGamesMachineIssue19Jun89/page/n6   SAM Coupe delayed to September The Games Machine 19 https://archive.org/details/TheGamesMachineIssue19Jun89/page/n7   Compute editorial dismisses NES and bemoans dumbing down of computer games Compute 110 https://archive.org/details/1989-07-compute-magazine/page/n5   1999: Arkansas law banning public exhibition of violent arcade games gets shelved Next Generation 54 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration54Jun1999/page/n14   Titus buys a 30% stake in Interplay Next Generation 54 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration54Jun1999/page/n15   Free Radical Design signs up with Eidos Micromania Tercera Epoca 53 https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue53/page/n4 https://www.mobygames.com/company/deep-silver-dambuster-studios   Sucker Punch Productions is looking for a publisher for its first game Next Generation 54 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration54Jun1999/page/n15   Dreamworks announces their WWII FPS Next Generation 54 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration54Jun1999/page/n15   3D Realms denies Prey has been cancelled Micromania Tercera Epoca 53 https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue53/page/n5   Zip drive add on for Dreamcast in development Micromania Tercera Epoca 53 https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue53/page/n9 https://segaretro.org/Dreamcast_Zip_Drive   Tokyo game show Spring 99 Next Generation 54 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration54Jun1999/page/n11   Namco calls on arcade game makers to up their game Next Generation 54 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration54Jun1999/page/n14   Turrican 3D teased PC Player June, 1999 https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-06/page/n36   Sennheiser introduces the Surrounder PC Player June, 1999 https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-06/page/n106 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ll-o4JttQk   Recommended Links: They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/  
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
http://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/website
<iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10245602/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe>
https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/45360851