Toys push games off of shelves,
GUIs vie for supremacy &
Coinops' laserdisc dreams dashed
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 December 1983.
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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7 Minutes in Heaven: Porky's
Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-98182124
https://www.mobygames.com/game/22975/porkys/
Corrections:
November 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/november-1983-96193251
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
1973
Coinop braces for oil-crisis fallout
https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_23/page/43/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_24/page/42/mode/1up
http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/space-invaders-and-nishikado/
Ball and paddle goes color
https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_23/page/43/mode/1up
http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of-nutting_21.html
https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_23/page/n47/mode/1up
Kee Games teams up with Atari
https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_24/page/42/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Games
https://archive.org/details/cashbox05unse_9/mode/2up?view=theater
1983
Marschfield kicks games out
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/08/us/massachusetts-town-exiles-pac-man-and-all-that.html
https://eu.wickedlocal.com/story/marshfield-mariner/2021/09/23/marshfield-ma-coin-machine-industries-association-supreme-court-ban-pacman-donkeykong-look-back/8241109002/
AMOA a dud
Play Meter Dec. 31, 1983
Laserdisc is DOA in the UK
https://archive.org/details/play-meter-december-15-1983/page/60/mode/2up
Kevin Hayes - Atari - Namco https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798
Laserdisc games coming home... just not any time soon.
Play Meter Dec. 1, 1983
Sente debuts the Sente Computer System
NewsBytes 12/20/83 - Entering the Snakepit - A Winner:
https://arcadeblogger.com/2019/11/10/bally-sente-saviour-of-the-arcades/
Games People Dec. 18, 1983, pg. 1
https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/search/gallery?manuf_id=63
https://youtu.be/dSwR9ra57uk?si=nY7UQORTBVaK-mLa
Battle of the Cons is over
RePlay, Dec. 1983 pg. 13
Play Meter Dec. 1, 1983
Rosen steps down
Playthings, Dec. 1983, p. 11
RePlay, Dec. 1983, pg. 18
Nintendo profits drop
(DECEMBER 21, 1983, WEDNESDAY). NINTENDO'S CONSOLIDATED NET DOWN 2.3 PCT. Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-P360-001B-N1P6-00000-00&context=1516831.
Nintendo buys Pizza Time franchise
(December 6, 1983). Family restaurant will be opened in Vancouver. The Japan Economic Journal. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-1MS0-000H-H0FJ-00000-