November 2001

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

9/11 rocks the world of gaming Gamecube launches in Japan Pokemon gets its own handheld

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 2001. 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/59955071 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Monkey_Ball_(video_game) https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/Monkey_Ball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dole_Food_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kidd

Corrections: October 2001 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/58914230 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes#Figuren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LimeWire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnutella https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOD_(file_format) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Tristan-Donovan/dp/1250082722

2001: 9/11 gets games cancelled https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_103.pdf&page=17 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2001/09/20/0000103826 https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/121 pg. 11 https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/groups/1/1/897/thumb_620x2000/ra2box_0002pre911_rare.png Spiderman Teaser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozz8uxW733Q

Gamecube launches in Japan https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_103.pdf&page=6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube https://www.mobygames.com/game/luigis-mansion https://www.mobygames.com/game/wave-race-blue-storm https://www.mobygames.com/game/super-monkey-ball Microsoft postpones Japanese launch of Xbox https://archive.org/details/NextGen83Nov2001/page/n13/mode/1up May 2001 jump: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52306821

93% of PS2 owners use their machines to play DVDs https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/121 pg. 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3

Spaceworld 2001 shows the future of Nintendo https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_103.pdf&page=64 https://archive.org/details/NextGen83Nov2001/page/n14/mode/1up https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/121 pg. 7 pg. 40 https://archive.org/details/NextGen83Nov2001/page/n31/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._Melee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_The_Wind_Waker Early Zelda tech demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEF9Utdu-L0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Breath_of_the_Wild

Pokemon gets its own console https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/121 pg. 45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi Euro-Man makes currency exchange fun https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_103.pdf&page=21 https://www.mobygames.com/company/engine-software-bv

Troma tries its hand at games. https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_103.pdf&page=22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troma_Entertainment https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462485/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117609/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/279640/ Sam and Max are hitting the road again https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue82/page/n7/mode/1up https://samandmax.co.uk/games/plunge-through-space/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_%26_Max Books about the history of games abound https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_103.pdf&page=23 http://www.arcade-fever.com/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/supercade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_IV:_The_History_of_the_Videogame_Industry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_History_of_Video_Games

Games are rotting your brain https://www.eschoolnews.com/2001/08/29/study-computer-games-might-stunt-learning/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/scientists-link-computer-games-to-brain-damage-3002093389/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuta_Kawashima https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_108_November_2001/page/n29/mode/1up

Tokyo Game show cancels Spring show https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue82/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Game_Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Entertainment_Supplier%27s_Association

Interplay gets last laugh https://archive.org/details/NextGen83Nov2001/page/n17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Interactive

Bioware sues Interplay https://archive.org/details/pcgames200111/page/n17/mode/1up https://www.gamebanshee.com/news/67374-bioware-sues-interplay.html https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bioware-files-suit-against-interplay/1100-2813738/ http://www.ironworksforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33641 Don Daglow Interview Part 2 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/baldurs-gate-series https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/neverwinter-nights-series https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/pool-of-radiance-ruins-of-myth-drannor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volition_(company) Konami buys 45% stake in Hudson Soft https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/121 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Soft

Activision buys Treyarch https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue82/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treyarch https://www.mobygames.com/company/treyarch-corporation Correction: Treyarch only ported Spiderman to the Dreamcast.

Jon Romero and Tom Hall are back! https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue82/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeystone_Games Dinamic Multimedia closes its doors https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue82/page/n6/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinamic_Software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinamic_Multimedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microman%C3%ADa

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.