Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

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April 1991


Arcades get new tech
Nintendo stabs Sony in the back
and
Everyone is getting into the CD-ROM game

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 April 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:
7 Minutes in Heaven
https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy/operation-c
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/contra-series
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/contra-series

Corrections:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/49507040
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joystick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_video_games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LucasArts
https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119
https://www.patreon.com/posts/37807684

1991:
Acme shows off hits
RePlay April 1991 pg 16. Acme pg 1
https://www.mobygames.com/game/simpsons
https://www.mobygames.com/game/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/batman____
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-15-strike-eagle_
https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924
https://www.mobygames.com/game/botss-battle-of-the-solar-system
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6985
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8478
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95

Sega shows off new tech at ACME show
RePlay April 1991 pg 16. Acme pg 1
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9234
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10124
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8382
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Dyer_(video_game_designer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lyTasMAYic
http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2014/03/hologram-time-traveler-revolution-that.html

TMNT2 the arcade game for NES comes to the arcade?
Play Meter April 1991 pg. 21
https://www.mobygames.com/game/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles__
https://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/pizza-pipes.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese
https://www.facebook.com/vanishingseattle/posts/tbt-seattle-funplex-this-entertainment-center-in-industrial-interbaymagnolia-on-/1352717244807560/

Nintendo topped toys sales chart
Playthings April 1991, pg. 15
https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_packages
https://archive.org/details/VGCE27Apr1991/page/n21/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System

Nintendo drops exclusivity rule
https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_22_April_1991/page/n25/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_021_April_1991 pg. 76
https://archive.org/details/VGCE27Apr1991/page/n23/mode/1up

AVE locked out of NES
https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_22_April_1991/page/n25/mode/1up
https://web.archive.org/web/20160817065727/http://www.nesworld.com/ave-article2.php
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_021_April_1991 pg. 76
https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-video-entertainment-inc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_(company)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo)

Sega unveils MegaCD
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_1991-04_Markt_Technik_DE/page/n5/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_CD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer

Sony and Nintendo to partner on CDRom drive for SNES
https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue43Apr91/ACE_Issue_43_Apr_91/page/n7/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_81/page/n13/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20021%20%28April%201991%29/page/n33/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM

Phillips announces CDRom add-on for SNES
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_1991-04_Markt_Technik_DE/page/n5/mode/2up
https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/23/the-story-behind-nintendos-betrayal-of-sony-and-how-it-created-its-fiercest-rival/
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/03/business/nintendo-philips-deal-is-a-slap-at-sony.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_CD-i_games

Commodore shows off Amiga CD add on at CES
https://archive.org/details/amiga-world-1991-04/page/n11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_A570
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga

Comad sees games as advertising
https://www.mobygames.com/company/rauser-advertainment-gmbh
https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1991.04/page/n17/mode/1up
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsten_Rauser

Microprose announces new titles
https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-18/page/n8/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/darklands
https://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-civilization
https://www.mobygames.com/game/rex-nebular-and-the-cosmic-gender-bender


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.

 


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