June 1984

The home computer market implodes, 
Atari announces 7800 &
Console software dries up.

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 June 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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7 Minutes in Heaven: Summer Games
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Games_(video_game)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics

Corrections:
May 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-1984-108363601
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
    https://forums.atariage.com/topic/283473-coleco-industries-inc-annual-quarterly-reports-1981-to-1986/
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/1181/ientertainment-network-inc/
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/56/imagic/
    

1954:    
MIDAC and MIDSAC premiered
    Electronic Brain Shoots Dice, Plays Mean Game, The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · 27 Jun 1954    
    https://www.retrogamedeconstructionzone.com/2021/07/midsac-pool-simulator.html   
    https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2019/michigan-pool

1974:    
Is Pong gambling?
    While Pondering Decision, A Look at Evidence The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · 04 Jun 1974, Tue

Grand Trak 10 cracks 1000    
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_1/page/37/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_2/page/35/mode/1up

US coinop exports boom    
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_3/page/38/mode/1up

Smithsonian displays coinop machines
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_3/page/39/mode/1up

1984:
Home computer boom busts
    https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/04/business/the-expected-boom-in-home-computers-fails-to-materialize.html?searchResultPosition=1

Atari HQ gets mass layoffs
    Atari Layoffs Start At Home Office, The New York Times, June 1, 1984, Friday, Late City Final Edition, Section: Section D; Page 3, Column 5; Financial Desk 
    https://books.google.de/books?id=wS4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA78&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false

Commodore raises prices
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n1/mode/2up

Top Commodore Execs go to Tramel
    Computer market is Commodore's battleground, Financial Times (London,England), June 8, 1984, Friday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 17, Byline: BY LOUISE KEHOE IN SAN FRANCISCO

Philips announces new division
    https://archive.org/details/happycomputer-magazine-1984-06/page/n7/mode/2up

Coleco returns to profitability
    No Headline In Original, The Associated Press, June 14, 1984, Thursday, PM cycle, Section: Business News

Hasbro buys MB
    Playthings June 1984, pg. 9
Mattel gets financial boost
    Playthings June 1984, pg. 9    
    BUSINESS PEOPLE ;Mattel, Solely in Toys,Combines Management, The New York Times, June 7, 1984, Thursday, Late City Final Edition,Section: Section D; Page 2, Column 5; Financial Desk, Byline: By Kenneth N. Gilpin

General Instruments revenue 66% down
    No Headline In Original, Communications Daily, June 13, 1984, Wednesday, Section: NOTEBOOK; Vol. 4, No. 115; Pg. 8

More hardware companies fail
    AT&T to introduce personal computer; Kaypro mystery; UNIX-ability; Thinking ahead, The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 25, 1984 Monday, Section: BUSINESS; Pg. C-11, Byline: Dan Berger, Staff Writer

More Software companies fail
    https://archive.org/details/