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Zenith enters the home computer market, Atari's Lynx goes national & Nintendo finally embraces disks with the 64DD. These stories and some that aren't about abject financial failures 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 March of 1980, 1990, & 2000. 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 1980: Home computer specialty shops are proliferating https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/09/archives/connecticut-weekly-computers-made-to-feel-at-home-shop-talk.html?searchResultPosition=5 Zenith gets into the computer market Zenith's new hope, Forbes, March 31, 1980, pg. 32 Plato comes home https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1980-03/page/n87/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Data_Corporation Star Raiders reviewed https://archive.org/details/1980-03-compute-magazine/page/n71/mode/1up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_VDM8nC9sM Coleco rights financial ship thanks to electronic games PR Newswire, March 6, 1980 Mattel announces price for Intellivision Wall Street Journal, March 14, 1980, pg. 15 Space Invaders belongs to Atari https://archive.org/details/1980-03-compute-magazine/page/n72/mode/1up Toy & Hobby, March 1980pg. 78 https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Atari/SpaceInvadersSuperBreakout.htm Toy Fair sees 400 electronic SKUs Toys Hobbies & Crafts, March 1980, pg. 16 Aussies get pinball fever Replay, March. 1980, pg. 74 https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=2#2868 Copycats flood the ATE show in London Play Meter, March 15, 1980, pg. 59 https://www.techopedia.com/definition/9905/vector-display 1990: Supreme Court refuses to hear Red Baron Case Play Meter, March 1990, pg. 30 https://itlaw.wikia.org/wiki/Red_Baron_v._Taito Xerox sues Apple https://archive.org/details/1990-03-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/15/business/company-news-xerox-sues-apple-computer-over-macintosh-copyright.html https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/24/business/most-of-xerox-s-suit-against-apple-barred.html Spectrum Holobyte sues Accolade over Mental Blocks https://archive.org/details/1990-03-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/mental-blocks The US Government is going after Nintendo for Antitrust https://archive.org/details/1990-03-compute-magazine/page/n8/mode/1up https://apnews.com/81733e920217fea625390bc536d81e4f Xmas sales numbers are in... Playthings, March 1990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTech_Socrates https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System_Power_Set https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/NES_Action_Set Nintendo World Championship begins! Playthings, March 1990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_World_Championships Commodore knows how to strike back against Japanese Console dominance! https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue30Mar90/page/n20/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64_Games_System https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue30Mar90/page/n113/mode/1up CD based A500 rumors... https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue30Mar90/page/n20/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV Commodre 65 has been cancelled https://archive.org/details/1990-03-computegazette/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_65 https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/01/business/commodore-international-reports-earnings-for-qtr-to-dec-31.html?searchResultPosition=2 Konix sells off the rights to its line of joysticks https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-28/page/n7/mode/1up MCA to sell LJN to Acclaim Toy and Hobby World, March 1990, pg. 6 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-23-fi-524-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/13/business/mca-in-pact-with-acclaim.html Atari announces nationwide launch of the Lynx Playthings, March 1990 https://apnews.com/a1288531efff2f9504f70dbcd9f8b6cc .. and the UK launch, too. https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-100/page/n10/mode/1up Atari teams up with Atari https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/lynx/tengen-inc/ NEC Shows off TurboExpress behind closed doors https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue30Mar90/page/n18/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-100/page/n48/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboExpress The TurboGrafx 16 arcade cabinets are no more... Replay , March 1990 pg. 66 The first museum show featuring arcade games opens https://archive.org/details/1990-03-compute-magazine/page/n9/mode/1up http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/hot-circuits-20090115 http://www.movingimage.us/collection/videogames Cinemaware shows off Wings https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue30Mar90/page/n18/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_(1990_video_game) 2000: Cinemaware LIVES!!! https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-03/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.linkedin.com/in/larsbatista/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,670214/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemaware#Cinemaware_Inc._(2000%E2%80%932005) The Amiga is back BABY!!! https://archive.org/details/NextGen63Mar2000/page/n18/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga,_Inc. https://www.amigaforever.com/ Bill Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-03/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.forbes.com/2000/01/13/mu7.html Bernie Stolar is President and COO of Mattel Interactive https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20128%20(March%202000)#page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Interactive https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/93473/Mattel_Hires_Stolar.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WonderSwan https://www.retrogamer.net/blog_post/the-weird-world-of-wwf-smackdown-2/ GiveMeTalk.com let's you become a radio star... on the internet! https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_188/page/n170/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20010201144600/http://givemetalk.com/ https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=62022 64DD Released in Japan https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20128%20(March%202000)#page/n32/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64DD N64 colored versions! https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20128%20(March%202000)#page/n33/mode/1up Brazil bans violent games https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3940-gamepro-issue-138-march-2000/ https://www.awn.com/news/brazil-bans-violent-video-games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_advisory_rating_system https://gamerant.com/brazil-violent-video-games-crime/ Quebec goes after English only games https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3940-gamepro-issue-138-march-2000/ pg. 36 https://www.cnet.com/news/quebec-says-non-to-english-only-video-games/ https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/113995/Quebec_Blocks_EnglishOnly_Games_When_French_Version_Exists.php ASC Games closes its doors https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20128%20(March%202000)#page/n39/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/NextGen63Mar2000/page/n17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASC_Games https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-softworks-corporation Cavedog Entertainment closes its doors. https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue62/page/n3/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/cavedog-entertainment https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1527/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,339934/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/humongous-entertainment-inc https://www.mobygames.com/search/quick?developer=Ron+Gilbert https://www.mobygames.com/company/atari-inc   Recommended Links: They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.  
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