7-11 drops coinop Nintendo disses Sega's rating system Commodore premieres Amiga CD32 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 August 1993.  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:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS:      https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @[email protected] Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Final Fight CD Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-cd-91295414 https://www.mobygames.com/game/5088/final-fight/ Corrections: July 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1993-89127883 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://youtu.be/A-6AKe2pvsQ?si=Y86cYPldukmG2V-H https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway   1993: 7 Eleven moves away from games     Replay August 1993 pg. 3 Microprose shutters arcade division     PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 22     Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924     https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:10/platform:arcade/sort:-date/page:1/ Hong Kong debating anti-violent game law     PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 32 Elite enters coinop     PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 22     https://www.mobygames.com/company/108/elite-systems-ltd/ Wolfenstein goes VR     https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n23/mode/2up?view=theater        https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=wolfenstein-vr&page=detail&id=12612 Super Street Fighter 2 hits Japanese arcades     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n34/mode/1up     https://www.mobygames.com/game/10119/super-street-fighter-ii/ Capcom gets TSR license     PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 3     https://www.mobygames.com/game/63783/dungeons-dragons-tower-of-doom/         https://www.mobygames.com/game/63847/dungeons-dragons-shadow-over-mystara/ Arcade 1 brings arcade history to print     PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 132        https://archive.org/details/arcade-1-1993-book-scans      Atari announces Jaguar launch     https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n55/mode/1up?view=theater        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar        https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n56/mode/1up     Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153 Commodore debuts CD32     http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=QW1pZ2EgR2FtZXMvMTk5Mw==       Amiga Games August 1993, pg.  8, 92        https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32 Sega shows off VR at CES     https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater Sega launches Pico     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n75/mode/1up        https: