Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

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November 1980


Midway's lawyers are on a tear,
Atari's profits are breaking records,
and
Apple bets on the luck of the Irish

These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

We celebrate our second anniversary with a change to our format.

Now, instead of a giant ep a month, you'll get three weekly ones, each covering one of our jumps through the history of video game news.

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November of 1980.
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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Links:
Corrections:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari#Atari_Corporation_(1984%E2%80%931996)
https://www.mobygames.com/company/hayden-software-co-inc
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/amoa-1980-with-gameresearch_e
https://www.mobygames.com/company/romstar-inc

1980:
Universal settles suit with Midway
Replay Nov, 1980, pg. 120
https://www.mobygames.com/game/galaxian
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7398
https://www.mobygames.com/game/space-invaders________

Midway files suit against Artic for Galaxian speed up kits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Manufacturing_Co._v._Artic_International,_Inc.
PlayMeter Nov. 15, 1980
https://www.mobygames.com/game/ms-pac-man
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/virtua-fighter-3

Columbia Pictures' Gottlieb amusement machine division shows a loss
https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/07/archives/columbia-pictures-shows-profit-rise.html?searchResultPosition=2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)

Atari more than doubles revenue, quadruples profits
Toy and Hobby World, Nov 1980

Atari is seeking the Space Invader champion
https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/09/archives/4000-line-up-to-join-battle-against-electronic-invader-4000.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/16/archives/westchester-opinion-the-fastest-ray-gun-in-the-east.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Heineman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Score_(TV_series)
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920328&slug=1483450

Sublogic Flight Simulator reviewed by Kilobaud Magazine
https://archive.org/details/Kilobaud198011/page/n17/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/flight-simulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvfJ60gIf0&t=90s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkYVSbodw4

Broderbund's Galactic Empire trilogy gets reviewed in Softalk magazine
https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n03nov1980/page/26/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/galactic-saga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waxrpG-19jM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderbund
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/dan-daglow-interview-part-1
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/don-daglow-interview-part-2

Acorn Atom introduced at the PCW show
https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1980-11/page/n20/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Atom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Men
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture

Apple goes Irish
https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n03nov1980/page/12/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_illegal_state_aid_case_against_Apple_in_Ireland#History_of_Apple_in_Ireland

The sad fate of MITS
https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-11/page/n7/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Instrumentation_and_Telemetry_Systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800


Recommended Links:
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/
The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/
Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/


Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.


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