Japan goes after arcades,
Nintendo's Famicon gets its first licensee &
Gamers come together online

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 1984. 
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: Lazy Jones
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Corrections:
September 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-1984-127470165
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
    https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold
    http://jerrymomoda.com/universal-vs-nintendo-part-i-2/
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/83174490/
    https://www.filfre.net/2016/05/kit-williamss-golden-hare-part-1-the-contest/page_1big/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Uz0LMbWpI    
    https://archive.org/details/zaprisefall00cohe/mode/2up
    

1944    
Coinmen looking forward to VE Day
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-03.pdf  pg. 1   
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-10.pdf pg. 3   
    https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2735    
    https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2736
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-31.pdf   pg. 2
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-10.pdf  pg. 2     
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/44/CB-1944-10-17.pdf   pg. 5

First National Electronics Conference held
    https://www.nytimes.com/1944/10/06/archives/electronics-holds-postwar-promise-war-expansion-of-uses-aids-in.html?searchResultPosition=2

1954    
Popular Electronics debuts
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/50s/54/Pop-1954-10.pdf    pg. 52

Von Neumann joins Atomic Energy Commission
    https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/24/archives/oppenheimer-friend-named-to-the-aec-von-neumann-gets-vacancy-on-aec.html?searchResultPosition=3   
    https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/24/archives/von-neumann-had-key-hbomb-role-princeton-scientist-created.html?searchResultPosition=5

New York Magistrate resigns to head Comics Code Authority
     https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/02/archives/magistrate-resigns-murphy-to-draft-a-code-for-comic-magazine.html?searchResultPosition=4

1964    
UNIVAC experiments with airflow computing
    https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/18/archives/new-digital-computer-introduced-by-univac.html?searchResultPosition=2

Big Tech hit by defense spending cuts
    https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/13/archives/watson-announces-ibm-profits-mark-for-third-quarter.html?searchResultPosition=65

Bowling gets computerized
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/60s/64/Pop-1964-10.pdf   pg. 46

1974    
ASCII code extensions proposed
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1974/Poptronics-1974-10.pdf   pg. 26  
    https://www.aivosto.com/articles/charsets-7bit.html#body 
    
Atari Debuts Touch Me
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-10-19.pdf   pg. 31

Sega sponsors video game tournament
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-10-26.pdf  pg. 45    
    https://segaretro.org/Sega_TV_Game-ki_Zenkoku_Contest    

1984:
Hasbro buys Milton Bradley
    Toys Hobbies & Crafts, October 1984

Warner returns to profitability
    "Posts $24.4 Million Profit Compared With Loss a Year Ago, The Associated Press October 23, 1984, Tuesday, AM cycle, Section: Business News"

Atari Games Inc. established
    Replay, October 1984, pg. 15
    
Jack is looking for cash
    The second time around, Forbes, October 8, 1984, Section: COMPANIES; Pg. 42, Byline: By Anne Bagamery
    Electronic Games, October 1984, pg. 12
    Gerard Leaves as Warner Co-President, The Associated Press, October 16, 1984, Tuesday, AM cycle, Section: Business News

Commodore financials break records
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Apple numbers soar
    Apple earnings soar six-fold in quarter, Financial Times (London,England), October 19, 1984, Friday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 21

TI settles investor suit
    Suit costs TI $12 million, Computerworld, October 15, 1984, Section: COMPUTER INDUSTRY; Pg. 116

Ocean buys Imagine
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/mode/1up?view=theater

Sinclair buys rights to bandersnatch
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-11/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-04/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

Activision to spend big as computer game maker
    ACTIVISION; Details pre-Christmas advertising and promotion plans, Business Wire, October 24, 1984, Wednesday       
    ACTIVISION; Financial results, Business Wire, October 29, 1984, Monday

PCS going into bankruptcy
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-25/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Konami goes public
    KONAMI INDUSTRY TRADED FIRST AT 8,300 YEN, Copyright 1984 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service, OCTOBER 1, 1984, MONDAY

Japanese Arcade law
    https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19841001p/page/n18/mode/1up?view=theater

Japanese arcades diversify
    https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19841015p/page/n16/mode/1up

Chuck E. Cheese operations normalize
    Play Meter, October 15, 1984, pg. 9

Fighting games are all the rage
    Replay, October 1984, pg. 16
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!

AMOA set to be the battle of the carts
    Replay, October 1984, pg. 27, pg. 31

Video Games donated to Smithsonian
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-10-20.pdf  pg. 38
    
Namco moves to Famicom
    https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19841001p/page/n18/mode/1up?view=theater
    http://www.videogameden.com/fc.htm?lor
    
Parker Bros may be getting out
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater
    Tom Dusenberry - Parker Brothers - Hasbro - Atari - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42807419

Adam woes continue
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-7/page/105/mode/1up?view=theater
    Cabbage Patch Sales Boost Coleco's 3rd-Qtr Profit, The Associated Press, October 25, 1984, Thursday, AM cycle, Section: Business News     
    No Headline In Original, United Press International, October 24, 1984, Wednesday, BC cycle, Section: Financial
    Adam promotion costs hit earnings at Coleco, Financial Times (London,England), October 30, 1984, Tuesday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 15

Oric on the ropes
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-04/mode/1up?view=theater

GEC drops MSX plans
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-11/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega to launch MSX in UK
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater     
    https://www.msx.org/wiki/Yashica_YC-64    
    https://www.msx.org/wiki/Category:Yeno

Amstrad bullish on CPC
    Amstrad stays Sugar sweet, The Guardian (London), October 4, 1984, Byline: By MAGGIE BROWN

Commodore prepping 128
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-25/mode/1up?view=theater

Sinclair denies rumors of expanded speccy
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-04/mode/1up?view=theater

Sinclair announces Spectrum+
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-18/mode/1up?view=theater    
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-10-25/page/n17/mode/2up?view=theater

Home computers have the price right, just not the power