Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Gene Lipkin leaves Atari
Electronic toys are heading for a cliff
and
Digital information services go corporate

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

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December 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/General_Computer_Corporation
https://www.mobygames.com/company/general-computer-corporation
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,343/

1980:
Gene Lipkin leaves Atari
Replay, Dec. 1980, pg. 10
http://www.atarimuseum.com/articles/10yranniversary/cut2pin.html
https://books.google.de/books?id=sy8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=gene+lipkin&source=bl&ots=R4C2CM7gzm&sig=ACfU3U2ETkAXNpGOsq2ypyp8gFO8lM6nGA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVqceun7btAhWGCuwKHQ53AwMQ6AEwD3oECBIQAg#v=onepage&q=gene%20lipkin&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarnerMedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kassar

Gottlieb signs deal with Sigma
Replay, Dec. 1980 pg. 10
https://www.mobygames.com/game/new-york-new-york
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joe-morici-interview

Toy business Chaos
https://www.nytimes.com/1980/12/23/archives/a-troubled-season-in-toyland-heated-rivalry-buyer-caution-depress.html?searchResultPosition=2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(console)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch:_Super_Mario_Bros.

D&D co-developer gets into computer game design
https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198012/page/n173/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/raf-the-battle-of-britain/screenshots/gameShotId,984390/
http://www.4dintsys.com/projects.htm
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joel-billings-interview

Reader's Digest buys The Source
https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-12/page/n53/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_(online_service)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL#1983%E2%80%931991:_Early_years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest

Nexis is born
https://archive.org/details/Kilobaud198012/page/n13/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LexisNexis

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.