September 2001

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Bejeweled addiction sweeps the world Atari classics are coming to phones & Companies are dying in droves

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 September of 2001. 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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Time Codes: 7 Minutes in Heaven: 14:48 Corrections: 23:56 Time Jump: 40:32

Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57280976 https://www.mobygames.com/game/max-payne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Payne Corrections: August 2001 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/55664565 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive Remember Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_XkN2v7OM Hit Save Preservation - https://hitsave.org/blog/nintendo-e-reader-preservation-the-ren-e-ssance/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/theme-park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Mouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast_online_functionality SegaNet launch - December 2000 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/46179124 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief:_Deadly_Shadows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Cooper#Film_adaptation

2001: Sega debuts new coinops... in an industrial park https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_101.pdf&page=7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveRunner https://www.mobygames.com/game/virtua-fighter-4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_arcade_system_boards https://www.wilcoxarcade.com/single-post/2018/09/19/lets-talk-about-this-unis-soccer-arcade-game The world goes bejeweled crazy https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n33/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/bejeweled-deluxe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bejeweled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PopCap_Games Atari 2600 classics coming to cellphones https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n35/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/ifone https://web.archive.org/web/20040619153334/http://www.ifone.com/ Infogrames to become Atari https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n35/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari#Atari_SA_(2001%E2%80%93present)

eb1.com brings online game rentals to your PC https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n35/mode/1up https://www.gamespot.com/articles/eb1-to-offer-microsoft-games/1100-2818523/ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-01-next-big-thing-or-next-big-bubble https://web.archive.org/web/20020401000000*/eb1.com

Zoogi brings gambling to video games https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n39/mode/1up https://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article/the-zootec-group-launches-zoogi-129544 https://web.archive.org/web/20010515235752/http://www.zoogi.com/

Back to the Roots gets highlighted in Micromania https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue80/page/n41/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20010201151200/http://www.back2roots.org/ http://www.back2roots.org/ GBA gets emulated https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_106_September_2001/page/n127/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/History_of_emulation#Game_Boy_Advance

Pinball gets the emulation treatment https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_106_September_2001/page/n132/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PINMAME https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Pinball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect Final Fantasy The Spirits Within bombs https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_101.pdf&page=13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Within#Box_office https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3008595457/weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_tab#tabs Max Payne - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467197/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Blizzard wins in Diablo dispute http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=UEMtR2FtZXMvMjAwMQ== pg. 10 https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/04/review-of-a-man-apart A Man Apart - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266465/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.mobygames.com/game/diablo Warcraft - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803096/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.mobygames.com/game/lost-vikings

Ion Storm Dallas shuts down https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_206/page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Storm#Closure

Deicide of God Games https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue80/page/n6/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/gathering Dynamix is no more https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue80/page/n6/mode/1up https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sierra-reorganizes-its-operations/1100-2804362/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/dynamix-inc Ken Williams Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706

Michael Crichton closes Timeline http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=UEMtR2FtZXMvMjAwMQ== pg. 13 https://www.mobygames.com/company/timeline-computer-entertainment American McGee Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970 https://www.mobygames.com/company/red-storm-entertainment-inc 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/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/

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