April 1991

Arcades get new tech Nintendo stabs Sony in the back and Everyone is getting into the CD-ROM game

These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April of 1991. 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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Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49507040 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joystick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LucasArts https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119 https://www.patreon.com/posts/37807684 1991: Acme shows off hits RePlay April 1991 pg 16. Acme pg 1 https://www.mobygames.com/game/simpsons https://www.mobygames.com/game/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/batman____ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system) https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-15-strike-eagle_ https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 https://www.mobygames.com/game/botss-battle-of-the-solar-system https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6985 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8478 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95

Sega shows off new tech at ACME show RePlay April 1991 pg 16. Acme pg 1 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9234 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10124 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8382 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Dyer_(video_game_designer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lyTasMAYic http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2014/03/hologram-time-traveler-revolution-that.html

TMNT2 the arcade game for NES comes to the arcade? Play Meter April 1991 pg. 21 https://www.mobygames.com/game/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles__ https://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/pizza-pipes.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese https://www.facebook.com/vanishingseattle/posts/tbt-seattle-funplex-this-entertainment-center-in-industrial-interbaymagnolia-on-/1352717244807560/

Nintendo topped toys sales chart Playthings April 1991, pg. 15 https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_packages https://archive.org/details/VGCE27Apr1991/page/n21/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System

Nintendo drops exclusivity rule https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_22_April_1991/page/n25/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_021_April_1991 pg. 76 https://archive.org/details/VGCE27Apr1991/page/n23/mode/1up

AVE locked out of NES https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_22_April_1991/page/n25/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20160817065727/http://www.nesworld.com/ave-article2.php https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_021_April_1991 pg. 76 https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-video-entertainment-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_(company) https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo)

Sega unveils MegaCD https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_1991-04_Markt_Technik_DE/page/n5/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_CD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer

Sony and Nintendo to partner on CDRom drive for SNES https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue43Apr91/ACE_Issue_43_Apr_91/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_81/page/n13/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20021%20%28April%201991%29/page/n33/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM

Phillips announces CDRom add-on for SNES https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_1991-04_Markt_Technik_DE/page/n5/mode/2up https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/23/the-story-behind-nintendos-betrayal-of-sony-and-how-it-created-its-fiercest-rival/ https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/03/business/nintendo-philips-deal-is-a-slap-at-sony.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_CD-i_games

Commodore shows off Amiga CD add on at CES https://archive.org/details/amiga-world-1991-04/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_A570 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga

Comad sees games as advertising https://www.mobygames.com/company/rauser-advertainment-gmbh https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1991.04/page/n17/mode/1up https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsten_Rauser

Microprose announces new titles https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-18/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/darklands https://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-civilization https://www.mobygames.com/game/rex-nebular-and-the-cosmic-gender-bender

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