Mortal Monday,
F-15 Strike Eagle saved by Falcon,
Sega announces Saturn
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 September 1993.
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: General Chaos
Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-93420048
https://www.mobygames.com/game/23830/general-chaos/
Corrections:
August 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-1993-91387119
5th Anniversary Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/5th-anniversary-92773072
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/63391/battletoads/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/8131/virtua-racing/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Famicom_Naizou_TV_SF1
https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Nintendo_Television
Ethan, in fact, playing Wizkid - https://www.patreon.com/posts/71057943
1993
September 13th is Mortal Monday
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater
Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122
Gregory Fischbach Part 1 - Activision - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120
Chris Garske - EA - Activision - Sierra - Sega - GT Interactive https://www.patreon.com/posts/39835860
Street Fighter 2 sequels not as pricey as expected
https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/133/mode/1up?view=theater
Bill White switches sides
https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater
Nintendo Espana founded
https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-64/page/n7/mode/1up
Sega beats Nintendo at CES
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n85/mode/1up?view=theater
CES closes to the public
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
Multimedia is the new hotness
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N012.1993.09-fl0n/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW4OQcBaV5c&list=PLBw24bgyD-sJkM_K9uPP6N73WwyxRFLaW
https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-september-1993/page/61/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1201993Sep/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.filfre.net/2023/10/a-digital-pornutopia-part-1-the-seedy-rom-revolution/
https://www.filfre.net/2023/11/a-digital-pornutopia-part-2-the-internet-is-for-porn/
MPEG becomes standard
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
Commodore sets big goals for CD32
The One , Sept. 1993, pg. 14
CDI gets FMV add-