Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

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December 1990


Virtuality is bringing VR to the arcades
Nintendo goes easy on NES developers
and
Sierra bets on CD-Rom

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 1990.
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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1990:
AMOA 90 video product dissapoints
Play Meter pg. 56

Parallel boards legalized
Play Meter Dec. 1990 pg. 12
RePlay pg. 23

Cyberspace is coming to an arcade near you, thanks to Virtuality
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue871990Dec/page/n156/mode/1up
https://virtuality.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_E_Kg9roE

Nintendo relaxes cartridge production rules
Toy and Hobby World Dec. 1990 pg. 18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo)

US game releases delayed due to translations
https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v7n12
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dragon-wars
https://www.mobygames.com/game/jrr-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-vol-i
https://www.oldgames.sk/codewheel/secret-of-monkey-island-dial-a-pirate

Wing Commander gets tested
https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue39Dec90/ACE_Issue_39_Dec_90/page/n71/mode/2up

Sierra bets big on CD-Rom
https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v7n12

CDTV delayed
https://archive.org/details/RAZE_Issue_02_1990-12_Newsfield_Publishing_GB/page/n17/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV

League of Programming Freedom protests against Software patents
https://archive.org/details/1990-12-compute-magazine/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_for_Programming_Freedom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_and_feel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent


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/


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