June 1991

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Sonic booms onto Genesis Tengen is shot down in court Sony gets serious about games

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 June of 1991. 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: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53264910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)

Corrections: May 1991 https://www.patreon.com/posts/51886479 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Teen Turbo Teen Intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18e_ID-DpA https://www.haribo.com/de-de/produkte/haribo/super-mario-fruchtgummi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnmower_Man_2:_Beyond_Cyberspace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_3-D 1991: AMOA and AAMA both lobby congress to move to dollar coins Replay, June 1991, pg. 3, 30 Jim Trucano Interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_coin_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper_Gore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman Nintendo announces earnings Playthings, June 1991

Nintendo confirms name of 16 bit system in North America Toy & Hobby World, June 1991, pg. 15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System Game Genie taunts Nintendo https://archive.org/details/video-games-and-computer-entertainment-issue-29-june-1991/page/n2/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Genie#Legal_issues

Tengen slapped with preliminary injunction https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_023_June_1991 pg. 72 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_(company) Kevin Hayes Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Games_Corp._v._Nintendo_of_America_Inc.

Video games may cause epileptic seizures https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue45Jun91/ACE_Issue_45_Jun_91/page/n10/mode/1up https://videogameseizures.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/lawsuits-filed-after-games-caused-seizures/

Camerica confirms plans to release portable NES https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20023%20%28June%201991%29/page/n29/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro_compilations#Quattro_Adventure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_Deck_Enhancer Mario is going CDi Toy & Hobby World, June 1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_CD-i_games CDi ad - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tlrvbyK0F3juMY15W0fRYYLGT8zSLd9C/view?usp=sharing

Sony gets serious about games https://www.facebook.com/olafsson.author https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue45Jun91/ACE_Issue_45_Jun_91/page/n21/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console)

TurboGrafx 16 drops to $99 Playthings June 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzyz2TgGls http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-console-market-of-the-70s-and-80s-part-2/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/bonk-series

US Gold gets Sonic license for home computers https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue45Jun91/ACE_Issue_45_Jun_91/page/n7/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue45Jun91/ACE_Issue_45_Jun_91/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/sonic/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga-cd32/battletoads/credits Atari shows off STylus at CeBIT https://archive.org/details/atari_interface_jun91/page/n5/mode/1up http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/16bits/stpad.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CeBIT Sierra Network to brng popular franchises to the web https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_83/page/n21/mode/1up https://www.filfre.net/2018/02/the-sierra-network/ https://allowe.com/games/larry/inside-stories/larryland.html Al Lowe Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/29977733 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game)

Indiana Jones to get a fourth outing in the form of a game... and a comic https://archive.org/details/theoneforamigagames33199106/page/n13/mode/1up https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis_(comic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis

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/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.