
← Video Game Newsroom Time Machine26 aug 2025 · 3 u 02 min
October 1984
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.
Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here:
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