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Nintendo bows to Blockbuster,

Commodore enters liquidation &

Acclaim-Midway divorce gets messy!



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 April 1994.

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: Rocko's Modern Life

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1994:

Ataris settle with Nintendo

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/26/bu...

Nintendo and Atari Games reach settlement in long-running court case; litigation settlement ends five-year court battle and restores Atari's status as Nintendo licensee, Business Wire, March 24, 1994, Thursday

ATARI CORP. AND NINTENDO REACH SETTLEMENT IN PATENT INFRINGEMENT CASE, PR Newswire, March 24, 1994, Thursday - 19:44 Eastern Time

Atari Corp. falsely characterizes Nintendo/Atari settlement, Business Wire, March 25, 1994, Friday

https://archive.org/details/AtariCorp...

https://archive.org/details/AtariCorp...

https://patents.google.com/patent/US4...



Nintendo gives in to rentals

Nintendo Reverses Stand, Will Play The Rental Game, Billboard, April 30, 1994, Section: Pg. 6



Nintendo finally pays Galoob

GALOOB TO RECEIVE $16.1 MILLION PAYMENT FROM NINTENDO TODAY, PR Newswire, April 11, 1994, Monday - 09:11 Eastern Time



EA and Broderbund to merge

https://archive.org/details/Electroni...



Pearson buys Software Toolworks

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/01/bu...

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/12/bu...



Paramount teams up with Davidson & Associates

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/13/bu...

https://www.avid.wiki/Davidson/Simon_...



Warner consolidates

https://archive.org/details/cashbox57...



TSR and SSI call it quits

https://archive.org/details/Computer_...



WMS to buy Tradewest

BUSINESS BRIEFS: WMS INDUSTRIES INC TO ACQUIRE TRADEWEST IN HOME-VIDEO PUSH, WALL STREET JOURNAL, April 6, 1994, Wednesday, Section: Section B; Page 4, Column 5

WMS Industries to acquire Tradewest Inc., Business Wire, April 5, 1994, Tuesday



Acclaim signs deal for Batman Sequel

WARNER BROS. AND ACCLAIM ANNOUNCE 'BATMAN FOREVER' PACT; Blockbuster Motion Picture to be Released in 1995, Business Wire, April 26, 1994, Tuesday

SEGA SELECTS ACCLAIM AS FIRST U.S. PUBLISHER TO USE PROPRIETARY TITAN TECHNOLOGY FOR COIN-OP GAMES AND HIGH-END SEGA HOME HARDWARE PLATFORMS, Business Wire, April 7, 1994, Thursday

Big Movers in the Stock Market, The Associated Press, April 7, 1994, Thursday, AM cycle



MGM signs up with Sega

MGM, SEGA TO DEVELOP INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAMES, Extel Examiner, April 29, 1994, Friday - 03:15 Eastern Time



Could Disney buy a major...