December 2001

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Xbox launches in North America Sony invests in Square Sega takes trade shows by storm

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 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Peter is on vacation so we have the pleasure of being joined by our guest co-host Jon from the Retro Games Squad https://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/

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Corrections: November 2001 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/60019617 https://www.mobygames.com/game/wave-race-blue-storm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara https://www.mobygames.com/game/resident-evil https://www.mobygames.com/game/resident-evil- https://www.mobygames.com/game/sonic-advance https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/gameboy-advance/sega-corporation/2001/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Fargo https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/pool-of-radiance-ruins-of-myth-drannor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_History_of_Video_Games Ethan's Stream - https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/what-to-do-about-steven-kent/

2001: Xbox launches in the US https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue83/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) Sony invests in Square https://archive.org/details/NextGen84Dec2001/page/n26/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/pcgames200112/page/n14/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Within https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_(video_game_company)#Square_Pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psygnosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Studios#Studios

US Supreme Court strikes down anti-violent game ordinance Play Meter December 2001 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Peterson

JAMMA show belongs to Sega https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_104.pdf&page=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD-ROM Greg Fischbach Interview Part 1 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120 Greg Fischbach Interview Part 2 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122

Sega steals the show at TGS https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_104.pdf&page=6 https://segaretro.org/Sega_Chihiro https://segaretro.org/Triforce https://segaretro.org/Sega_NAOMI TDK announces Aquaman game https://archive.org/details/NextGen84Dec2001/page/n26/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/aquaman-battle-for-atlantis

Engineering student lights up GBA https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_104.pdf&page=22 https://www.zdnet.com/article/game-boy-hacking-kit-to-hit-the-streets/

Atlantis brings PC gaming to VR Play Meter December 2001 pg. 34 https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-scallie/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(product) Direct X goes up against OpenGL https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_104.pdf&page=15

EA puts down Ultima remake https://archive.org/details/pcgames200112/page/n15/mode/1up https://reconstruction.voyd.net/index.php?event=project&typeKeyword=remakes3d

Alone in the Dark film rights acquired https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_104.pdf&page=17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_in_the_Dark_(1992_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_in_the_Dark_(2005_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BloodRayne

House of the Dead movie moves forward https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-159-december-2001 pg 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Dead_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_(film)

Scott McCloud takes on gaming https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_209/page/n99/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_McCloud

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