May 2001

Gameboy Advance takes Japan by storm Xbox could cost Microsoft billions "All your base are belong to us" goes viral

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 May of 2001. 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/51204396 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak_and_Daxter https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-dd-add-licensees https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-campaign-setting-forgotten-realms https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469 https://www.mobygames.com/game/warcraft-iii-reign-of-chaos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_vs._Blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Neil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi 2001: Gameboy Advance launches in Japan https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_097.pdf pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic:_Ecks_vs._Sever https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-advance/dungeons-dragons-eye-of-the-beholder https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-advance/star-wars-flight-of-the-falcon https://www.mobygames.com/game/wing-commander-prophecy

Majesco relaunches the Game Gear https://www.retromags.com/files/file/2888-gamepro-issue-152-may-2001/ pg. 24 https://www.retrorgb.com/gamegearversions.html https://www.gamesasylum.com/2014/07/18/majesco-and-the-sega-game-gears-second-lease-of-life/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majesco_Entertainment https://www.retrorgb.com/smsongg.html

Erricson dumps Red Jade https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n14/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Jade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Gage_(device) Nintendo steals the show at Tokyo Game Show with GBA https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_097.pdf pg. 9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WonderSwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_Pocket

Yamauchi makes bold statements https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_(video_game_company)

Tokyo game show sees Microsoft wooing Japanese consumers https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_097.pdf pg. 9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_controller https://www.gamesradar.com/i-had-things-thrown-at-me-xbox-designer-on-how-the-duke-controller-went-from-joke-to-beloved-misfit/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_or_Alive_(franchise) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 Microsoft shows off Big games at Gamestock https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_097.pdf pg. 12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Skies

Xbox signs on more developers https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/double-fine-productions-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/radical-entertainment-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/blitz-games-ltd_ https://www.mobygames.com/company/curly-monsters-ltd

Xbox could cost Microsoft $2 billion https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_102_May_2001/page/n18/mode/1up https://www.engadget.com/2008-01-24-the-xbox-turns-a-profit.html

Doom III debuts at MacWorld Expo in Tokyo https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_202/page/n32/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3 https://www.patreon.com/posts/44335732

Amusement Operators Union show in Japan is small but brings out the weird https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n18/mode/1up https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8736 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inu_no_Osanpo https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10393

Defender of the Crown to return https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue76/page/n40/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/robin-hood-defender-of-the-crown

Gamers.com is no more https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_202/page/n30/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thresh_(gamer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4_(American_TV_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziff_Davis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechTV#ZDTV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icons_(TV_series)

Dimension Films gets Duke Nukem movie rights https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue76/page/n136/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem#Proposed_feature_film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Boll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_(film)

All your base are belong to us takes the web by storm https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_202/page/n34/mode/1up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfMC2aVhYuo

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