October 2020

Apple gets ready to go public Sega does what Nintendon't The world gets its first look at the GameCube

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

This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in October of 1980, 1990, 2000. 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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1980: Apple is getting ready to go public https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n02oct1980/page/5/mode/1up https://investor.apple.com/faq/ https://kensbook.com/ https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/ken-williams-interview

Commodore facing scrutiny https://nyti.ms/1kS9Xye https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/?ref_=tt_sims_tt https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/why-nyse-switch-fractions-to-decimals/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International

Hayden Book Company buys Programma International https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n02oct1980/page/2/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/programma-international-inc http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2014/09/programma-international-coin-op.html

Stern Electronics is getting a running start in video games Play Meter, October 15, 1980, pg. 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(game_company) https://www.mobygames.com/game/astro-invader_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/galaxian

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1990: Sega launches Nintendon't ad campaign Plaything, October 1990, pg. 12

Splatterhouse to make Halloween debut on TG16 Plaything, October 1990 https://www.mobygames.com/game/splatterhouse

No such thing as a Nintendo Plaything, October 1990, pg. 20 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-taser-xerox-brand-names-generic-words-2018-5?r=DE&IR=T

DUO FC is gonna bridge the gap between PCs and consoles https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n11/mode/1up http://atarihq.com/tsr/nes/duo-fc.html https://www.mobygames.com/company/capstone-software

Microprose enters the NES market https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-12/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/ultra-software-corporation

EA enters Genesis market with a cross-platform promotion Plaything, October 1990 https://www.mobygames.com/game/budokan-the-martial-spirit https://www.mobygames.com/game/populous https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n58/mode/1up

Activision settles suit with Magnavox https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3006-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-21-october-1990/ pg. 24 https://www.ipmall.info/content/magnavox-co-v-activision-inc-ralph-baers-litigation-files

Mediagenic kills Activision UK https://www.filfre.net/2017/01/a-time-of-endings-part-3-mediagenic-or-the-patent-from-hell/ https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue851990Oct/page/n125/mode/1up

First reports are coming in from The Computer Entertainment Show in London... https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epocha-29/page/n7/mode/1up

Commodore Format magazine launches! https://archive.org/details/commodore-format-magazine-01 Commodore debuts the C286 LT https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_100.pdf&page=4 https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_101.pdf&page=2 https://www.c64-wiki.de/wiki/Commodore-Laptop_C286LT

Commodore profits plunge https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue851990Oct/page/n125/mode/1up "What you see is what you play" ads for Wing Commander hit magazines https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n88/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Commander_(video_game) https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3006-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-21-october-1990/ p. 132 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfRvCSBD4q0 MSX the third... or fourth, announced https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_101.pdf&page=3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX#Evolution https://www.mobygames.com/game/metal-gear_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/snatcher

No one wants to publish The Black Crypt https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_76/page/n9/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/black-crypt https://www.mobygames.com/company/raven-software-corporation Strider 2 is coming... https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-107/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strider_II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LMr6NpVhKA Sega sells Time-Out arcade chain Replay, October 1990, pg. 177 https://arcadetoken.net/tokens/token.php?id=18 https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/08/18/time-out-arcade-amazing-classic-arcade-pictures/ The R360 is coming https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue37Oct90/ACE_Issue_37_Oct_90/page/n8/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R360

2000: Nintendo finally decides on a name for its new console. https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue69/page/n82/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube Sony introduces the GSCube https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n38/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GScube Sega introduces @barai https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n39/mode/1up https://segaretro.org/@barai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX https://pennyarcade.fandom.com/wiki/Div Nintendo buys up Zelda.com https://archive.org/details/NextGen70Oct2000/page/n10/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/*/zelda.com https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/03/10/nintendo-and-porn Speaking of Raven Software... Soldier of Fortune gets qualified as "adult motion picture" in British Columbia https://www.gamespot.com/articles/soldier-of-fortune-classified-as-an-adult-movie/1100-2602950/ https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_195/page/n38/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_of_Fortune_(video_game)#Violence_controversy Indianapolis tries to restrict violent video games https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n38/mode/1up https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1285&context=vulr https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joe-morici-interview

Square pushes online hint system https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n100/mode/1up Unreal is coming to consoles https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue69/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Engine Bioware developing Star Wars RPG https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_195/page/n38/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic Looking Glass may be dead, but Thief lives on https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-10/page/n17/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/thief-deadly-shadows https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,127/ EA gets the Harry Potter license https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-10/page/n20/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/harry-potter-licensees/offset,0/so,1d/ Diablo 2 goes D&D https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-10/page/n171/mode/1up https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Dungeons_and_Dragons:_Diablo_II_Edition EGM talks fan translations https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20135%20%28October%202000%29/page/n35/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/sega-cd/shadowrun__

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