Jack buys Atari
Imagine goes belly up
Nintendo's Famicom gets Zapped
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM!
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1984.
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:
If you don't see all the links, find them here:
7 Minutes in Heaven: Pit Fall 2
Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-ii-115206120
https://www.mobygames.com/game/6946/pitfall-ii-lost-caverns/
Corrections:
June 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-1984-112063864
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://www.arcade-museum.com/Arcade/space-flight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings#Motion_pictures
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076929/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
1974:
Atari makes Pong cute
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-07-06-I.pdf
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-07-20.pdf
https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/tv-basketball
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-07-27.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Pong
Bluesky hucksters descend on video games
The Franchise Hustlers, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 1974, page 8
Barcode scanning comes to supermarkets
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1974/Poptronics-1974-07.pdf pg. 22
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/04/archives/electronic-checkout-speeds-food-buying-checkout-speeded.html
Xerox Parc gets out the painbrush
https://archive.org/details/197407PccV2N6/page/n5/mode/2up
1984:
CES takeaways
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-4/page/50/mode/2up
Atari gets tight with announcements
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-4/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
Atari announces Super Chip games
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-4/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
Atari announces new console and computer games
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-4/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
5200 RIP
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-4/page/61/mode/1up?view=theater
Coleco sweetens Adam deal
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-4/page/56/mode/2up
Jack Attack
July 2
Jack buys Atari
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-4/page/61/mode/1up?view=theater
Warner sells Atari operations, Warner sells Atari operations, United Press International, July 2, 1984, Monday, AM cycle
Warner sells Atari operations, United Press International, July 2, 1984, Monday, BC cycle, Section: Financial
July 3
Tramiel Buys Atari, Sets Sights On Former Company, The Associated Press,July 3, 1984, Tuesday, PM cycle
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/03/business/warner-sells-atari-to-tramiel.html?searchResultPosition=1
July 4
"Home computer veteran to challenge high end of market, Financial Times (London,England) July 4, 1984, Wednesday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 17"
July 6
Widespread Layoffs Begin Under New Leader, The Associated Press, July 6, 1984, Friday, BC cycle
July 10
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/14/business/commodore-trade-secrets.html?searchResultPosition=11
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-07-19
July 13
No Headline In Original, PR Newswire, July 13, 1984, Friday
July 16
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