Sega's Saturn premiere flops
Nintendo goes for cheap VR
Commodore bankruptcy gets messy
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 1994.
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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1994:
Sony reveals psx
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20060%20%28July%201994%29/page/n51/mode/1up?view=theater&sort=title_asc
Tokyo Toy Show sees hardware premieres
Bandai's BA-X
https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/83/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playdia
Bandai rumors arise
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20060%20%28July%201994%29/page/n67/mode/1up?view=theater&sort=title_asc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin
SNK's NeoGeoCD
https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/126/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_CD
NEC's PC FX
https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/82/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-FX
Sega's Saturn
https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/106/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/n113/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/egm-2-july-1994/page/120/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn
Sega trying to avoid confusion
Sega, Nintendo Bring Big Plans To CES, Billboard, July 9, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 70, Byline: BY MARILYN A. GILLEN
Sega opens UK development studio
Edge July 1994, pg.
Nintendo announces new 32 bit system
Edge July 1994, pg. 6
Nintendo signs with Rambus
Nintendo Ultra 64 game system to use high-speed Rambus technology; will boost memory speed to 500 MHz, Business Wire, July 18, 1994, Monday
Edge July 1994, pg. 7
Video Rental and Console game publishers bury the hatchet
Sega's Kalinske is VSDA's man, The Hollywood Reporter, July 7, 1994, Thursday
It's A Whole New Game At VSDA; Competition For Retailers' Attention Increases, ,Billboard, July 16, 1994, Section: HOME VIDEO; Pg. 61, byline: BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK
Tenn, Seitz join Activision, The Hollywood Reporter, July 1, 1994, Friday
"NewLeaf Entertainment to include Acclaim in video game delivery system test, Business Wire, July 13, 1994, Wednesday, Dateline: DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.
Kids can get 'Jungle' game sneak peek, USA Today, July 28, 1994, Section: Pg. 1D; Vol. 12; No. 222; ISSN: 0161-7389"
Nintendo gets hip
"https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/01/business/media-business-advertising-nintendo-turns-up-volume-provocative-appeal-its-core.html?searchResultPosition=3
'New Nintendo' comes out kicking, USA Today, July 7, 1994, Business and Industry Section: Pg. 2D; ISSN: 0161-7389 "
Illusion Of Gaia Will Be Seen On Nintendo, Newsbytes, July 19, 1994, Tuesday
Atari back at IBM
ATARI CORPORATION ANNOUNCES MANUFACTURING PLANS, PR Newswire, July 12, 1994, Tuesday - 07:51 Eastern Time, Section: Financial News, dateline: Sunnyvale, Calif., July 12
TDK to make 3DO memory card
TDK signs peripherals license agreement with 3DO; plans to manufacture memory card for 3DO System, Business Wire, July 20, 1994, Wednesday
https://real3do.uk/3do-accessories/
Philips slashes price to hinder 3DO launch in Europe
Philips cuts CD-i price to hurt foe, Marketing, July 28, 1994, Byline: By MAT TOOR
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