Next gen trash talk heats up,
Nintendo and Sega trapped by strong yen &
CDROM can't pay the rent
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 November 1993.
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: Aladdin - Genesis
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https://www.mobygames.com/game/2069/disneys-aladdin/
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October 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-1993-95287239
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/402330/Press_X_to_Not_Die/
https://tokyo-joypolis.com/
1993:
AMOA shows little promise for street ops
Play Meter, Nov. 1993, pg. 3
EA beefs up coinop efforts
Play Meter, Nov. 1993, pg. 5
https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ACVG_UK_144.pdf&page=7
Nintendo returns to coinop
Play Meter, Nov. 1993, pg. 18
FunExpo attracts burgeoning family fun center biz
Play Meter, Nov. 1993, pg. 38
Operators and Manufacturers agree on violence in games
RePlay Nov. 1993, pg. 78, 88
Operators and Manufacturers don't agree on revenue sharing
RePlay Nov. 1993, pg. 78
The Moloney's are back!
Replay Nov. 1993, pg. 32 , 33, 35
https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=tap-a-tune&page=detail&id=4249
Virtuality goes public
Replay Nov. 1993, pg. 34
James Clark disses 3DO
Paula Parisi. (November 4, 1993, Thursday). SGI's Clark: 3DO doesn't add up. The Hollywood Reporter. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJF-CDB0-006P-R3MS-00000-00&context=1516831.
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n121/mode/1up?view=theater
Trip Hawkins gets defensive
Edge, November 1993, pg. 6, 12, 19 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_112/page/n9/mode/2up
Where's the money in interactivity?
BY CYNTHIA LITTLETON. (November 4, 1993, Thursday, BC cycle). Panel: Interactive tech ready, but viewers aren't. United Press International. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-J0R0-001S-60JY-00000-00&context=1516831.
Paula Parisi. (November 5, 1993, Friday). Goodson: Lose interactive game shows. The Hollywood Reporter. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJF-CD90-006P-R3K8-00000-00&context=1516831.
Paula Parisi. (November 8, 1993, Monday). CD-ROM players: next VCRs?; Multimedia format is poised for major growth in '90s, study finds. The Hollywood Reporter. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJF-CD90-006P-R3HS-00000-00&context=1516831.
King World invests in Crystal Dynamics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_World_Productions
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater
VideoCD logo coming
Edge November 1993, pg. 8
First look at CDi Zelda
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20052%20%28November%201993%29/page/n97/mode/1up?view=theater
Sony decides to go it alone
BY STEVE McCLURE. (November 20, 1993). Sony Ventures Into Video Game Biz; With A New Integrated Hardware/Software System. Billboard. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJF-0NJ0-002S-H3KS-00000-00&context=1516831.
BY SONOKO WATANABE Staff writer. (November 1, 1993). Sony to set up video-game unit Shelves plan to hook up with Nintendo, zooms in on low end of market. The Nikkei Weekly (Japan). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-4N60-000H-H552-00000-00&context=1516831.
(November 1, 1993). NEW SONY VIDEOGAME FACES UNCERTAIN PROSPECTS. Consumer Electronics. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SKP-XDT0-006B-64X1-00000-00&context=1516831.
Commodore preps US CD32 launch
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_112/page/n11/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1221993Nov/page/n17/mode/2up
Wall street bullish on Atari
(November 4, 1993, Thursday, BC cycle). Wall Street impressed with Atari's propsects. United Press International. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-J0P0-001S-60HN-00000-00&context=1516831.
Generation transition concerns an issue for Sega
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20052%20%28November%201993%29/page/n65/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20052%20%28November%201993%29/page/n67/mode/1up?view=theater
Nintendo Extends Super Mario All Stars giveaway
(November 1, 1993). Advertising Age. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-GYS0-000S-845B-00000-00&context=1516831.
Nintendo sales and profits down
By MICHIYO NAKAMOTO. (November 19, 1993, Friday). Tough new players in video games - Michiyo Nakamoto watches Matsushita and Sony enter the field. Financial Times (London,England). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SKR-MTT0-006F-W3FM-00000-00&context=1516831.
Yomiuri Shimbun. (November 19, 1993, Friday). Nintendo sales, profits down. The Daily Yomiuri. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SC6-V290-001X-J39V-00000-00&context=1516831.
(NOVEMBER 18, 1993, THURSDAY). Nintendo posts 23.9% pretax drop for fiscal half. Japan Economic Newswire. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SP7-GS90-000F-P13B-00000-00&context=1516831.
Sega begins mnaufacturing in Wales
MARY FAGAN, Industrial Correspondent. (November 1, 1993, Monday). Welsh factory to produce Sega video-game catridges; First contract outside Far East goes to AB Electronic. The Independent (London). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T47-89T0-0021-R536-00000-00&context=1516831.
Sega downgrades forecast
GAIL COUNSELL. (November 10, 1993, Wednesday). Sega slashes profit forecast; Video game group says strength of yen will hit earnings. Gail Counsell reports. The Independent (London). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T47-88T0-0021-R2N1-00000-00&context=1516831.
EA suspends SNES lineup
https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:CVG_UK_144.pdf&page=8
https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ACVG_UK_144.pdf&page=33
EA resumes SNES lineup
Sega decides to crash Mario's big bash
(November 4, 1993). Lancaster: Sega's big self-projection racket. Marketing. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:419K-5BV0-00X8-J51R-00000-00&context=1516831.
Ad games on the rise
By Kate Fitzgerald. (November 1, 1993). Videogames attract advertisers; McDonald's signs on as number of games tied to products grows. Advertising Age. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-GYR0-000S-844B-00000-00&context=1516831.
By David Kilburn. (November 1, 1993). Dentsu already deep into interactive; Japanese agency links with 3DO, creates videogames for clients. Advertising Age. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-GYR0-000S-8446-00000-00&context=1516831.
Nitendo wins big in South African court
(November 8, 1993, Monday). SOUTH AFRICAN SUPREME COURT RULES FOR NINTENDO IN MAJOR VICTORY AGAINST VIDEO GAME PIRATES. PR Newswire. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJJ-3CT0-007J-72FH-00000-00&context=1516831.
Console game pirates start to train
https://amr.abime.net/amr_popup_picture.php?src=amiga_joker/magscans/aj_1993_11/040.jpg&c=92625
Pad computing more of an Uh? than an Aahhh!
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/09/science/personal-computers-zoomers-newtons-real-life-so-far-promise-exceeds-usefulness.html
Big Blues chronicles fall of IBM
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n86/mode/1up?view=theater
AI puts help desks on disk
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n47/mode/1up?view=theater
Smartec bets on dual scan
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n54/mode/1up?view=theater
Broderbund announces Living Books
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
Shakespeare does Karaoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?a&v=CpHnp9JKgcY&feature=youtu.be Minute 1:30
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n69/mode/1up?view=theater
Komisar becomes CEO of Lucasarts
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/02/business/company-news-chief-executive-named-at-lucas-s-software-unit.html
(November 1, 1993, Monday). LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT NAMES RANDY KOMISAR PRESIDENT; LUCASARTS TOPS BEST YEAR IN ITS HISTORY WITH NEW LEADER. PR Newswire. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJJ-3G30-007J-7008-00000-00&context=1516831.
Logitech goes 3D with the Cyberman
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater
Larry Probst sees software download future
STUART VARNEY. (November 2, 1993). Exec Explains Interactive Lane of Electronic Highway. CNN. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3TD9-1JJ0-0029-50P8-00000-00&context=1516831.
Wireless Email taking off
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n31/mode/2up
Free lunches on the internet may be coming to an end
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/03/business/business-technology-jams-already-on-data-highway.html
By KATE MADDOX, Staff reporter. (November 8, 1993). The big picture; Visions of a new TV begin to emerge. Electronic Media. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-X370-002S-52YW-00000-00&context=1516831.
Renegade ports to Interactive TV
Edge November 1993, pg. 75
Sex sells
Edge November 1993, pg. 63
Cable News fuels tech stock rollercoaster
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/07/business/market-watch-watch-what-they-pay-not-what-they-say.html
Video Games move into museum
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/07/style/token-art.html
Tom Quinn, RIP
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater
Man!ac launches
http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=TUFOIUFDLzE5OTM=
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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/
Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.
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