April 2001

Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

PS2 supplies drop to a trickle Naughty Dog has a new master & The Gameboy Advance gets competition from Korea

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 April 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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Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Slug https://www.mobygames.com/game/metal-slug-x

Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49842383 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101081/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichiro_Irimajiri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game 2001: Gamepark enters the handheld arena https://archive.org/details/NextGen76Apr2001/page/n14/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance

iMode brings gaming to phones https://archive.org/details/edgeuk095/page/n15/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a33957256/this-programmer-figured-out-how-to-play-doom-on-a-pregnancy-test/

Arcade game show in London dissapoints https://archive.org/details/edgeuk095/page/n17/mode/1up https://www.flickr.com/photos/gggames/3882148066 Gamepro highlights Namco's System 246 https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3965-gamepro-issue-151-april-2001/ pg. 30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco_System_246 https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120 https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco_System_11

PS2 discontent. https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20141%20%28April%202001%29/page/n24/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2

Dreamcast reborn... as a set top box https://archive.org/details/edgeuk095/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_plc https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/71946-dream-of-dreamcast-settops-dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiVo

Nuon is out https://archive.org/details/edgeuk095/page/n44/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuon_(DVD_technology) https://www.mobygames.com/game/nuon/tempest-3000 https://www.mobygames.com/game/grand-theft-auto-iii

Sony purchases Naughty Dog https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3965-gamepro-issue-151-april-2001/ pg. 30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naughty_Dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavedog_Entertainment Infogrames gets D&D license https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_201/page/n135/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-dd-add-licensees/offset,0/so,3a/ https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 https://www.mobygames.com/company/bioware-edmonton https://www.mobygames.com/game/descent-to-undermountain

Turbine gets former Origin talent https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue75/page/n5/mode/1up

Sierra management gets further shake-up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_201/page/n34/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Longano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brash_Entertainment https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706

Havas becomes Vivendi https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue75/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havas

No game design degree for YOU! https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_201/page/n30/mode/1up https://faculty.rpi.edu/node/34691

Will Machinima democratize movie making? https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_201/page/n44/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115108/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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.