Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Street Fighter 2 bows in London
Nintendo admits bootlegs are legit
and
Microsoft's Minesweeper invades Windows

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

Special Guest Co-Host Jon from the Retro Game Squad
http://www.retrogamesquad.com/

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February of 1991.
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:
Jon's 7 Minutes in Heaven
https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/turrican-ii-the-final-fight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Trenz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters

Corrections:
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/january-1991
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST#STE_models

1991:
ATI show in London shows off lots of sequels and clones
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue891991Feb/page/n75/mode/2up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/operation-wolf
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/space-gun
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/laser-ghost_
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/steel-gunner
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/gp-rider
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/over-drive
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/outrun
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/after-burner
https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/after-burner-ii/screenshots
https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/after-burner_/screenshots
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/g-loc-air-battle
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/taitos-super-space-invaders
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/double-dragon-3-the-rosetta-stone
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/pit-fighter
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/high-impact-football
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/mad-dog-mccree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X68000

Microprose's first arcade game is a slow burn
Replay, February 1991, pg. 92
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-15-strike-eagle_
https://www.mobygames.com/game/f-15-strike-eagle
https://www.mobygames.com/game/f-15-strike-eagle-ii
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/wild-bill-stealey-interview
https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles__

SNK to hold back home ports of titles
Replay, February 1991, pg. 23
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system)
https://huguesjohnson.com/scans/ebspring91/

Over ordering puts pressure on console game makers
Replay, February 1991, pg. 16
http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-crash-that-almost-was/

Nintendo admits some unlicensed games are legal
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4646-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-25-february-1991/ p. 34
https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-video-entertainment-inc
https://www.mobygames.com/company/color-dreams-inc
https://www.mobygames.com/company/sharedata-inc
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/2019/04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLA_d9q6ySs

C64GS games fail to materialize
https://archive.org/details/commodore-format-magazine-05/page/n6/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64_Games_System

Team 17 announces their first titles
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue891991Feb/page/n6/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/alien-breed
https://www.mobygames.com/game/full-contact
https://www.mobygames.com/company/team17-digital-limited
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team17

Steve Meretzky returns post-Infocom
https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N35.1991.02-kultpower/page/n11/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/spellcasting-101-sorcerers-get-all-the-girls
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_Entertainment
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-dornbrook-interview-part-1

Sweeping Mines want to know...
https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4646-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-25-february-1991/ p. 34
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack#Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Minesweeper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%27s_Challenge
https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/centurions-power-x-treme

Budget game market heats up in the UK
https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-16/page/n8/mode/1up
https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/jerry-wolosenko-interview

id is born
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/catacomb-3-d
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/wing-commander

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

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.