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June 1994

Release Date: 10/05/2024

Graeme Bayless - Part 3 - EA, Tiburon, Madden

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Few developers have had as long and prolific a career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios. In Part 3, we talk about job hunting in the games industry at the end of the 90s and his time at EA's Tiburon subsidiary working on Madden 2001 and 2002 as well as developing the NFL Street franchise. What is life like for a dev living in the crunch of annualized sports games? How are new franchises...

July 1994 - Part 2

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Sega's Saturn premiere flops Nintendo goes for cheap VR Commodore bankruptcy gets messy 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 July 1994. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android:...

July 1994 - Part 1

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Sega's Saturn premiere flops, The Game Industry ditches CES for E3 & Nintendo goes for cheap VR 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 July 1994. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device:...

Graeme Bayless - Part 2 - Dynamix, Sierra

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Few developers have had as long and prolific career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios. In Part 2, we talk about his time at Dynamix, a Sierra subsidiary. We find out how he met his wife in the early days of online geekdom, finally put down roots in Eugene, OR, ventured into online game development, experienced the gradual fall of Sierra as it changed hands again and again, worked on games such...

July 1984

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Jack buys Atari Imagine goes belly up Nintendo's Famicom gets Zapped 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 July 1984. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android:...

Graeme Bayless Part 1 - Accolade, SSI, Sega, Hyperbole Studios

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Few developers have had as long and prolific career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios. In Part 1, we talk about his early years, the evolution of the industry, moving from computers at SSI to consoles with Sega and getting up to the boom of FMV games. Recorded: December 2023 Get us on your mobile device: Android: iOS: And if you like what we are doing here at...

June 1994

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Hollywood welcomes Siliwood, Saturn and Playstation begin fight for Japanese consumers & 3DO declared DOA 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 June 1994. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile...

Raymond Yap - Wong's International, Mondex

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

The boom of home computers and electronics in the 1970s and 1980s was as much a success of entrepreneurial endeavor and technological innovation, as it was of the blossoming worldwide supply chain. One of the company's that made it all possible was WONG's International and our guest today, Raymond Yap was their representative in the UK. He helped make sure that the BBC Micro got into UK schools and traveled the world securing suppliers for all manner of electronics. How did that business work? Where did his career lead after this? Raymond tells us of an amazing journey that includes not only...

June 1984

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

The home computer market implodes, Atari announces 7800 & Console software dries up. 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 June 1984. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device:...

Larry J. Dunlap - The Games Network, Imperial Wars

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

The dawn of the home computer seemed to usher in the death of computing's networked past dominated by dumb terminals connected to mainframes, but a few visionaries foresaw a world in which the microcomputer technology invading millions of homes could be connected and the data networks already in consumer hands, such as cable TV and telephones, could usher in a new way of connecting people and distributing software. Our guest, Larry J. Dunlap, was one such pioneer. The company he cofounded, The Games Network almost brought that dream to the world but tragically came up short. Larry tells us of...

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Hollywood welcomes Siliwood,
Saturn and Playstation begin fight for Japanese consumers &
3DO declared DOA

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 June 1994.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here:
https://www.theycreateworlds.com/
and order his book here:
https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Space Ace (SNES)
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https://www.mobygames.com/game/24930/space-ace/

Corrections:
May 1994 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-1994-110575391
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/playstation/comments/p5o3d0/1995_prelaunch_playstation_brochure_promotional/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_arcade_system_boards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruis%27n_USA
https://youtu.be/nrUWIHasHPQ?si=vCitZXMwn3UdXXNZ

1994:
Playmates sees video games as path to diversification
Playmates Toys wins with video games arm, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), June 9, 1994, Section: BUSINESS; Pg. 2

Sega goes to Epcot
Sega is largest exhibitor at Disney's Innoventions Pavilion at Epcot Center; unveils model of 10,000 square foot exhibit at CES, Business Wire, June 22, 1994, Wednesday
https://youtu.be/xhBPuiPY8uY?si=vQVOuYF_Y2jQUzDE

Sega signs deals with Coca Cola and Hudson in Japan
Sega Makes Deals With Coke, Hudson, Newsbytes, June 3, 1994, Friday
Sega heads on-line telecom karaoke venture, Multimedia System Will Transmit Over ISDN Networks, The Nikkei Weekly (Japan), June 6, 1994

Sega announces massive bond issue
TOKYU TO ISSUE 40 BILLION yen IN BONDS, The Nikkei Weekly (Japan), June 13, 1994, Section: CORPORATE FINANCE; Pg. 16 Sega Enterprises to raise 100 bil. yen with CBs, Japan Economic Newswire, JUNE 8, 1994, WEDNESDAY

Siliwood fever has become a pandemic!
GEFFEN RECORDS AND JASMINE MULTIMEDIA DEBUT VID GRID, NEW MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME WITH LARGEST NUger 320 x 240 Video for Windows(TM) and Innovative Game Technology, PR Newswire, June 13, 1994, Monday - 08:30 Eastern Time
Online Services Compete For Attention, Newsbytes, June 16, 1994, Thursday
New Line Cinema and Havas form interactive joint venture, Business Wire, June 1, 1994
Fox Interactive Leaps Quickly Into Game Software Fray, Billboard, June 4, 1994
GTE Interactive Media makes public debut with introduction of innovative line of interactive electronic entertainment; Leading edge creative talent, proprietary technologies and four-year proven track record bring platform diverse, Business Wire, June 20, 1994, Monday
Time Warner Interactive and Byron Preiss Multimedia Co. ink a multi-title affiliate label distribution deal, Business Wire, June 29, 1994, Wednesday
SNL' Now Showing On GameTek CD-ROM, Billboard, June 11, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 66
Disney Software to Top Christmas Wish Lists in '94, Business Wire, June 24, 1994, Friday
Virgin makes sale to Blockbuster, Financial Times (London,England), June 30, 1994, Thursday, Section: Pg. 29
Studios Put New Spin On Game Spinoffs, Billboard, June 18, 1994, Copyright 1994 Billboard Publications, Inc., Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 52
Full Moon Entertainment and Philips Media Games to partner in videogame development; Philips to transform feature films into games, Business Wire, June 28, 1994, Tuesday
SPA and Shareware makers resist ISDA
Software Publishers To Rate Computer Games, Newsbytes, June 16, 1994, Thursday

Nostalgia and dissapointment mar ECTS
https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf pg. 14
A New Generation Of Pac-Man Arrives, Billboard, June 4, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 88

Bill Stealey to return
http://www.kultmags.com/Play%20Time/1994/Play%20Time%201994-06.rar pg. 19

Howard Lincoln delivers CES keynote
King of the Video Game Jungle commands spotlight at Summer CES; Nintendo chairman to deliver keynote address and Nintendo to command largest exhibit space, Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday
CES - Video Industry & 20's Hollywood Compared, Newsbytes, June 23, 1994, Thursday
It's All In The Games; Q&A With Nintendo's Howard Lincoln, Billboard, June 25, 1994

Acclaim announces Turok
Acclaim and Nintendo announce 64-bit video game system development agreement; Acclaim unveils first Valiant Comics title for Nintendo Ultra 64(TM), Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday
Malibu Comics signs deal with Sony Imagesoft, Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday

3DO to show 25 titles at CES
3DO TO SHOWCASE HOT NEW TITLES AT SCES; RETAILERS CALL 3DO A HIT WITH CONSUMERS, Business Wire, June 21, 1994, Tuesday

Japanese devs support 3DO
Video game software giants plan 3DO titles; Capcom to develop Super Street Fighter II Turbo for 3DO, Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday

Goldstar launches 3DO system
GOLDSTAR MULTIMEDIA CATEGORY ENTRY CONTINUES WITH DEBUT OF 3DO INTERACTIVE MULTIPLAYER SYSTEM, PR Newswire, June 23, 1994

Jaguar games and peripherals on show
ATARI CORPORATION ANNOUNCES IT HAS THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO FULFILL ITS BUSINESS PLAN FOR 1994, PR Newswire, June 29, 1994, Wednesday - 09:01 Eastern Time
ATARI CELEBRATES 150+ JAGUAR LICENSEES; EXPANDED LIST INCLUDES PROMINENT NEW NAMES, PR Newswire, June 23, 1994, Thursday - 07:55 Eastern Time

Jaguar goes multiplayer online
Phylon's simultaneous Voice-plus-Data technology in new Jaguar system, from Atari Corp., Business Wire, June 27, 1994, Monday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar

Atari finances sound for 94
ATARI CORPORATION ANNOUNCES IT HAS THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO FULFILL ITS BUSINESS PLAN FOR 1994, PR Newswire, June 29, 1994, Wednesday - 09:01 Eastern Time

Sega looks to the younger set
Sega leverages its expertise in interactive technology to broaden its audience; new Sega Club joins the Sega toy division to attract new, younger customers, Business Wire, June 24, 1994, Friday

VirctorMaxx shows off first consumer level VR
CHICAGO COMPANY UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST AFFORDABLE VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET FOR HOME USE AT CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, PR Newswire, June 21, 1994, Tuesday - 18:41 Eastern Time

Get fit with your SNES
One of the most eagerly awaited products of the year arrives at the, Consumer Electronics Show, courtesy of Life Fitness and Nintendo, Business Wire, June 22, 1994, Wednesday
Aura Systems enters into exclusive distribution agreement for Interactor and AuraSound products for the Australia and New Zealand market Business Wire, June 6, 1994, Monday
INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME IS A HIT WITH BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS, PR Newswire, June 21, 1994, Tuesday - 08:27 Eastern Time

Summer CES 95 gets new home
1995 - New Venue, New Name For Summer CES, Newsbytes, June 27, 1994, Monday

Redemption comes under suspicion in Oklahoma
Play Meter, June 1994, pg. 18

Devs sign up to support 32X
Over two dozen of video game industry's leading software publishers commit to Sega's Genesis 32X; Sega leads all competitors in delivering full 32-bit action at low price, Business Wire, June 2, 1994

Sega signs Truemotion
Sega and Duck announce inclusion of "TrueMotion", Business Wire, June 21, 1994, Tuesday
https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/Duck_TrueMotion_1

Sega starts affiliate label program
Sega launches affiliate label program with Rocket Science Games, Business Wire, June 23, 1994, Thursday

Next Gen duels it out on Japanese TV
https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf

Sony reveals PSX architecture details
Sony Computer Entertainment unveils technology behind new home video game system; LSI Logic's custom CPU to give PlayStation competitive edge in video game hardware market, Business Wire, June 15, 1994, Wednesday

Don't call Playstation a multimedia machine!
Sony soft-pedals high-tech game machine Multimedia Capabilities Outstrip Functions Of Current Software, The Nikkei Weekly (Japan), June 6, 1994

Alias Research to make Ultra 64 tools
Nintendo chooses Alias Research Inc. to create advanced content tools for 64-bit home video game system, Business Wire, June 9, 1994, Thursday
Alias To Develop 3-D Nintendo Graphics Tools, Newsbytes, June 15, 1994, Wednesday

Nintendo hints at 32 bit VR System
https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_59/page/n55/mode/2up

Newsweek declares 3DO DOA
Lost in Cyberspace, Newsweek, June 13, 1994 , UNITED STATES EDITION, Section: BUSINESS; Start-Ups; Pg. 40
SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE ISSUES CLARIFICATION, PR Newswire, June 9, 1994, Thursday - 08:00 Eastern Time

Jaguar software begins to trickle in
https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf pg. 14

Blockbuster/THQ announces Catapult modem
Blockbuster/Davis Video Launch Phone-Based Game Co, Newsbytes, June 7, 1994, Tuesday

Sega wants to appeal to girls
Game Makers Finally Targeting Girls, Billboard, June 4, 1994, Section: THE ENTER*ACTIVE FILE; Pg. 88
https://segaretro.org/Sega_Girls_Task_Force
https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/5/27/18526122/sega-girls-task-force-female-players

Tiger Electronics rules handhelds
https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_59/page/n215/mode/2up

Amiga users wait with bated breath
https://archive.org/details/amazing-computing-magazine-1994-06/page/n7/mode/2up

Acorn delves into PC compatibility
https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf pg. 18

Wing Commander goes FMV
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_119/page/n13/mode/1up

TNG may be over, but the voyage continues on CDRom
Star Trek Next Generation CD-ROM For MPC, Newsbytes, June 9, 1994, Thursday

Pajitnov endorses Spectrum Holobyte games
ALEXEY PAJITNOV, CREATOR OF 'TETRIS(R),' TO ENDORSE SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE'S LINE OF COMPUTER PUZZLE GAMES, PR Newswire, June 10, 1994, Friday - 07:59 Eastern Time

Surf is UP
https://segaretro.org/File:Edge_UK_009.pdf pg. 11

Japanese Ministry Council to review telecommunication regulations
Private council to consider multimedia rules, Report From Japan, June 22, 1994
Media Futures: Japan plays catch-up with US - At first sight advanced information networks might seem like another instance of Japan stealing a march on its competitors in a key new technology. The truth is rather different, Financial Times (London,England), June 13, 1994, Monday, Section: Pg. 15, Byline: By MICHIYO NAKAMOTO

Jurassic Park merch surpasses $1 Billion
JURASSIC PARK' MERCHANDISE SURPASSES $1 BILLION AT RETAIL WORLDWIDE; PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO STAMPEDE OUT OF RETAIL STORES, PR Newswire, June 1, 1994, Wednesday - 07:29 Eastern Time

Microsoft to bring interactive TV to Japan
Microsoft and NTT Announce Interactive Television Agreement, Business Wire, June 22, 1994, Wednesda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetShow
NTT AND SILICON GRAPHICS TO BUILD INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SERVICES SYSTEM FOR JAPAN PR Newswire, June 8, 1994, Wednesday - 00:36 Eastern Time
NTT links sight, sound - and companies Telephone giant forges far-flung alliances in effort to strengthen multimedia position, The Nikkei Weekly (Japan), June 27, 1994, Section: INDUSTRY DIGEST; Pg. 21

The Financial Times profiles Square
A role-play revolution - A Japanese businessman has found that a western approach to motivation has helped deliver spectacular results, Financial Times (London,England), June 28, 1994, Tuesday, London, Section: Management (The Growing Business); Pg. 14, Byline: By EMIKO TERAZONO

Comic book bubble burst fallout continues
https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_59/page/n213/mode/2up

Atari Games RIP (sorta)
Play Meter, June 1994, pg. 3

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