Nintendo profits crash, Next gen console battle begins & Arcades go 3D 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 October 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: A complete set of links can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95287239 7 Minutes in Heaven: Hired Guns Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-95284763 https://www.mobygames.com/game/6742/hired-guns/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/83985/overcooked/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/59006/spaceteam/ Corrections: September 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-1993-93580366 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Video Game Historian - Aladdin Deck Enhancer - https://youtu.be/_eG-PSZU5MI?si=UkmcQ6RDEs_Ljm-w 1993-10: JAMMA show brings the tech     https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/222/mode/1up?view=theater Riiiiiiiiiiiiidge Racer debuts, remember that one?     https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/64/mode/1up?view=theater     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaBUeINW_3s Sega takes fighting 3D     https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/66/mode/1up?view=theater Sega teams up with W Industries     https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_1993-07-01:_W_INDUSTRIES_MAKES_VIRTUAL_REALITY_A_REALITY_FOR_SEGA         https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_57_Oct_1993/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater Williams sues Capcom     Play Meter Oct. 1993, pg. 3 7-Eleven's coinop exodus continued     Play Meter Oct. 1993, pg. 3      Nintendo reduces profit outlook     (October 5, 1993, Tuesday). Nintendo. The Times. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T2M-8VY0-00H1-F1G8-00000-00&context=1516831.        https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/usd/USD-to-JPY-1993         They expect exports to make up 59% of their sales in the first half of the year and only 42% in the second half.   (October 5, 1993). Nintendo to suffer 1st profit decline in 10 years. Report From Japan. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SKM-Y970-004C-93PW-00000-00&context=1516831. BY YUZO SAEKI, Staff writer. (October 11, 1993).      Nintendo expects profits to fall 26%; HIGH YEN, COMPETITION HURT PERFORMANCE. The Nikkei Weekly (Japan). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-4NH0-000H-H0BX-00000-00&context=1516831.  Garth Alexander and Helen Davidson. (October 10, 1993, Sunday).      Super Mario under threat as Sega closes profits gap. The Sunday Times (London). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T2M-8WK0-00H1-F37F-00000-00&context=1516831.     Garth Alexander and Helen Davidson. (October 10, 1993, Su