PCs get upgraded,
MSX comes to Europe &
Coinop goes cartridge

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 August 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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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_Mission
    http://www.mayhem64.co.uk/interview/caswell.htm

Corrections:
August 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-1984-121143199
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco
    https://archive.org/details/game_machine_magazine_jp
    https://machinerobo.fandom.com/wiki/Machine_Robo:_Revenge_of_Cronos
    

1964:
Libraries of the future are online
    Popular Electronics Sept. 1964, pg. 28

1974    
Atari buys Kee
     https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-09-21.pdf  pg. 36

Fred introduced in PCC
    https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/1974/08/020031/13rRUB7a13N   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSMAC_ELF
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Weisbecker
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSlDY6ZPIvY

1984
Toy stocks rally
    Traditional toys soar as electronic games flash 'Tilt', The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 2, 1984, Section: Business, Pg 1-8, Byline: Don Bauder        
    Plastic robots from Japan changing the shape of the toy market, Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA), September 21, 1984, Friday, Section: Business; Pg. 19, byline: Francine Kiefer

Nintendo preps for cartridge future
    Replay September 1984, pg. 3
    
Williams enters new production year with caution
    Replay September 1984, pg. 3
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/17500/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi/
    
Coin op revenue hit over drinking age laws
    Replay September 1984, pg. 7
    https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big-dig
    https://youtu.be/7zr4RBw5un4?si=euu-naPtomBbqME3

Tower of Druaga gets write up in Super Soft
    Super Soft Magazine, September 1984, pg. 2
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/19625/the-tower-of-druaga/
        
Save the 7800 campaign started
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-6/page/93/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://fanlore.org/wiki/History_of_Star_Trek_Fan_Campaigns

Atari renegotiating Lucasfilm deal
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-6/page/88/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Chip maker feels video game fall
    "GOULD'S WOES SPUR STOCK DROP, The New York Times, September 7, 1984, Friday, Late City Final ,Edition, Section: Section D; Page 1, Column 6; Financial Desk, Byline: By ERIC N. BERG
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gould_Electronics"

Atari Japan to close
    Atari Inc. planning to pull out of the Japanese market, The Japan Economic Journal, September 25, 1984, Section: SERVICE/LEISURE/FOOD; Pg. 17

No mention of video games in Playthings
    Playthings, September 1984
    
Upgrade your PC
    Creative Computing September 1984 pg. 125

Commodore and Atari target the middle
    Commodore, Atari Spar in Mid-Price Fight, ADWEEK, September 3, 1984, Eastern Edition, Byline: Gail Belsky
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-27/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

Computer Entertainer doesn't believe Atari can deliver
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-6/mode/1up?view=theater

Sinclair financials dissapoint
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-27/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_QL

Byte reviews the QL
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Byte/80s/Byte-1984-09.pdf  pg. 415

Amstrad disk drive announced
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-27/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC

Europe to get MSX'd
     MSX home computers to be shipped to Europe, The Japan Economci Journal, September 4, 1984, Section: Information Processing, Pg. 14
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-27/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-20/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

Philips ready to launch MSX machine
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-06/mode/2up?view=theater
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_VG_8000

Plus 4 delays will limit supply
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-13/mode/2up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-20/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

The C16 kills the Vic20 in Europe
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-13/mode/2up?view=theater

Currys gives up on PC market
    Company Briefing: Currys cuts its Micro-C losses / Micro computer shops closed, The Guardian (London), September 4, 1984

Elite released
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-27/page/n67/mode/1up?view=theater

Deus Ex Machina brings multimedia home
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-06/mode/2up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-13/page/n59/mode/2up?view=theater
    Complete Playthrough: https://youtu.be/WhtI3BEgZwE?si=18V8aCTW6H6ek52l

The Mimi travels to the Apple II
    'Voyage of the Mimi'' Beckons Youngsters to Science Careers, The Associated Press, September 10, 1984, Monday, PM cycle, Byline: By LEE MITGANG, AP Education Writer
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Mimi  
    https://archive.org/details/VoyageOfTheMimi4amCrack/Voyage%20of%20the%20Mimi%20-%20Rescue%20Mission%20title%20screen.png

Find the treasure... using your computer!
    Paperback Picks, United Press International, September 4, 1984, Tuesday, BC cycle, Section: Lifestyle
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure:_In_Search_of_the_Golden_Horse

Melbourne returns to Middle Earth
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_035_1984-09_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n21/mode/2up?view=theater      
    https://www.mobygames.com/group/7319/the-tolkien-software-adventure-series/

Ultimate announces "the first step in a new generation of computer adventure simulation developments."    
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-27/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

Beach Head to get Speccy port
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_035_1984-09_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n23/mode/2up?view=theater    
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_035_1984-09_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n25/mode/2up?view=theater

Activision licenses to Japan
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-27/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-20/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater

Synapse sues Atari
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-06/mode/2up?view=theater

IBM enters office suite market and shoots down Kmart. p Jr rumor
    IBM in Merger Talks With Rolm / Unveils New Software, The Associated Press, September 25, 1984, Section: Business News, Byline: James F. Peltz
    
Software Toolworks cooking book
    No Headline in Original, PR Newswire, September 25, 1984

PC Paintbrush announced
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Byte/80s/Byte-1984-09.pdf  pg. 9
    
SEC goes digital
    S.E.C. inaugurates computer filing system,  The New York Times, September 25, 1984, Section D, Page 1, Column 1, byline: Kenneth B. Noble    
    https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/25/business/sec-inaugurates-computer-filing-system.html

NABU on the ropes
    In Danger of Folding, The Associated Press, September 19, 1984, Section: Business News, Byline: Norman Black

Viewdata still not catching on..
    Futures (Micro Guardian): How the Post Office failed to deliver / Prestel, The Guardian (London), September 13, 1984
    https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-09-20/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater   <br