November 1991

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Gambling comes to the NES, Master System games are coming to the GameGear & Gameboy goes FPS

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 November of 1991. 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 Mads from the Retro Asylum to join us. http://retroasylum.com and https://playthroughpod.com/

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Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/59601856 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/spider-man-the-videogame https://www.mobygames.com/game/art-of-fighting https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/captain-america-and-the-avengers https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/simpsons Corrections: October 1991 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/58472276 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndicate_(series) https://deadline.com/2021/10/dune-sequel-greenlit-by-legendary-warner-bros-theatrical-release-1234862383/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics 1991: MidiMaze is coming to Gameboy https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue50Nov91/ACE_Issue_50_Nov_91/page/n6/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_Maze https://www.mobygames.com/game/faceball-2000 Faceball 2000 Battle of the Ports - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD0hm1F0qHI

Atari launches Lynx 2 https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-34-november-1991/page/n23/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Lynx#Lynx_II Master System to Game Gear converter released https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3328-mega-play-vol2-no6-november-december-1991/ pg. 14 https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1991-11/page/42/mode/1up https://segaretro.org/Master_Gear_Converter

Minnesota to test NES based online gambling system Play Meter November 1991, pg. 24 Minnesota drops plan to test NES based online gambling system Playthings November 1991 https://kotaku.com/when-nintendo-wanted-to-bring-gambling-into-american-ho-5838193 https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/4706-nes-modem-and-minnesota-state-lottery-cart/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Computer_Network_System Psygnosis teams up with EA to publish on Genesis https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue50Nov91/ACE_Issue_50_Nov_91/page/n10/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/shadow-of-the-beast https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/killing-game-show

Sega still miffed over Stormlord https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_028_November_1991 pg. 114 https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-34-november-1991/page/n21/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/razorsoft-inc

Multix wants to bring NES gaming to your PC https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_028_November_1991 pg. 114 http://www.multix.com/product.htm https://archive.org/details/game-zone-01/page/10/mode/1up

Computer Gaming World magazine goes ... console? https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_88/page/n69/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_88/page/n77/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_88/page/n91/mode/2up

Revolution Software takes on SCUMM https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue50Nov91/ACE_Issue_50_Nov_91/page/n8/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Theatre https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/game-engine-virtual-theatre https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/game-engine-scumm

US Gold is getting out of the arcade port business https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Power_Issue_07_1991-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n9/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/us-gold-ltd/offset,100/so,1d/list-games/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_the_Exploding_Fist Digital Research has been acquired by Novell https://archive.org/details/1991-11-compute-magazine/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Research

FMV is coming to a PC near you https://archive.org/details/megazoneau18/page/n6/mode/1up Maxwell group announces US publishing arm https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-34-november-1991/page/n21/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/arena-entertainment Robert Maxwell found dead at sea https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/06/world/robert-maxwell-found-dead-off-canary-islands.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell

Dr. Seuss has passed Plaything November 1991, pg. 15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!_(TV_special) 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.