December 1991

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Trip Hawkins lays the groundwork for 3DO Broderbund goes public Sony shows off the Playstation

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 December 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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Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/60604386 https://www.mobygames.com/game/john-madden-football-92 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/sports/football/john-madden-dead.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL

Corrections: November 1991 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/59604459 https://www.mobygames.com/game/samurai-warrior-the-battles-of-usagi-yojimbo https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy/legend-of-zelda-links-awakening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!_(TV_special) 1991: Microprose joins forces with Jaleco in the arcades Play Meter, Dec 1991, pg. 3 https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/arcade/microprose-software-inc/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaleco https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/botss-battle-of-the-solar-system Wild Bill Stealey Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924

Philip Morris warns game makers not to use their logos Play Meter Dec 1991 https://apnews.com/article/aead3784fe9b026135c11be89a49bae7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/03/13/cigarette-logos-in-video-arcade-games-prompt-complaints/dd576ebc-1048-4da3-b75a-60788fd14d7a/ https://www.sega-16.com/2016/09/philip-morris-sued-sega-over-unauthorized-malboro-ads/

Software Publishers Association Conference sees choppy waters on the hoirzon https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_89/page/n115/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_and_Information_Industry_Association Joe Morici Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000

Tokyo's International Electronics Show awash with CD Roms https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20029%20%28December%201991%29/page/n165/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-i https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-FX

Sony shows off PlayStation at Tokyo Electronics show https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20029%20%28December%201991%29/page/n163/mode/1up https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Nintendo_PlayStation March 1991 Jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/49507040 Phillips launches line of CD PCs https://archive.org/details/pc-review-02/page/8/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/pc-review-02/page/n8/mode/1up

San Mateo Software Group is formed https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_89/page/n122/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20191123020757/http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/john_edelson/interview_john_edelson.html https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_89/page/n147/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_3DO_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Blaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer#History

Commodore updates the Amiga https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Power_Issue_08_1991-12_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.amigawiki.org/doku.php?id=de:parts:agnus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga

Robocop 3 to sport special hardware protection https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue991991Dec/page/n9/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/robocop-3_ Civilization gets reviewed by Computer Gaming World https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_89/page/n85/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(video_game)

Broderbund is going public https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_89/page/n122/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderbund Gary Carlston Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Print_Shop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Sandiego

Mediagenic files for bankruptcy https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_89/page/n122/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision

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/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.