PCs get upgraded,
MSX comes to Europe &
Coinop goes cartridge
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 August 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: Impossible Mission
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_Mission
http://www.mayhem64.co.uk/interview/caswell.htm
Corrections:
August 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-1984-121143199
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco
https://archive.org/details/game_machine_magazine_jp
https://machinerobo.fandom.com/wiki/Machine_Robo:_Revenge_of_Cronos
1964:
Libraries of the future are online
Popular Electronics Sept. 1964, pg. 28
1974
Atari buys Kee
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-09-21.pdf pg. 36
Fred introduced in PCC
https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/1974/08/020031/13rRUB7a13N
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSMAC_ELF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Weisbecker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSlDY6ZPIvY
1984
Toy stocks rally
Traditional toys soar as electronic games flash 'Tilt', The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 2, 1984, Section: Business, Pg 1-8, Byline: Don Bauder
Plastic robots from Japan changing the shape of the toy market, Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA), September 21, 1984, Friday, Section: Business; Pg. 19, byline: Francine Kiefer
Nintendo preps for cartridge future
Replay September 1984, pg. 3
Williams enters new production year with caution
Replay September 1984, pg. 3
https://www.mobygames.com/game/17500/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi/
Coin op revenue hit over drinking age laws
Replay September 1984, pg. 7
https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big-dig
https://youtu.be/7zr4RBw5un4?si=euu-naPtomBbqME3
Tower of Druaga gets write up in Super Soft
Super Soft Magazine, September 1984, pg. 2
https://www.mobygames.com/game/19625/the-tower-of-druaga/
Save the 7800 campaign started
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-6/page/93/mode/1up?view=theater
https://fanlore.org/wiki/History_of_Star_Trek_Fan_Campaigns
Atari renegotiating Lucasfilm deal
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-6/page/88/mode/1up?view=theater
Chip maker feels video game fall
"GOULD'S WOES SPUR STOCK DROP, The New York Times, September 7, 1984, Friday, Late City Final ,Edition, Section: Section D; Page 1, Column 6; Financial Desk, Byline: By ERIC N. BERG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gould_Electronics"
Atari Japan to close
Atari Inc. planning to pull out of the Japanese market, The Japan Economic Journal, September 25, 1984, Section: SERVICE/LEISURE/FOOD; Pg. 17
No mention of video games in Playthings
Playthings, September 1984
Upgrade your PC
Creative Computing September 1984 pg. 125
Commodore and Atari target the middle
Commodore, Atari Spar in Mid-Price Fight, ADWEEK, September 3, 1984, Eastern Edition, Byline: Gail Belsky
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-27/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater
Computer Entertainer doesn't believe Atari can deliver
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-6/mode/1up?view=theater
Sinclair fina
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