February 1984 Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Famicom rules Japan,
Bushnell leaves Chuck E Cheese &
Vectrex put to rest
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 February 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: Campaign '84
Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-84-102259801
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/158302/campaign-84/
Corrections:
January 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/january-1984-100014130
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
    

1954-02    
Anti Comic book bill proposed in New York
    https://www.nytimes.com/1954/02/17/archives/bills-would-curb-immoral-reading-comicbook-committee-cites-torrent.html?searchResultPosition=1
1964-02    
General Precision shows off 47" disc
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/60s/64/Pop-1964-02.pdf  pg. 54
1974-02    
atari and Kee Games arrangement clarified
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_31/page/51/mode/1up?view=theater
Pong boon leads to arcade bombs
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_32/page/45/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_34/page/50/mode/1up
MITS introduces Programmer add-on
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1974/Poptronics-1974-02.pdf   pg. 19   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Instrumentation_and_Telemetry_Systems#Calculators
Sony becomes Heathkit distributor
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1974/Poptronics-1974-02.pdf   pg. 16
Heathkit introduces digital color TV
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1974/Poptronics-1974-02.pdf   pg. 18
Sinclair announces pocket TV
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1974/Poptronics-1974-02.pdf   pg. 18   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV-1
    
Nixon addresses privacy in the age of the computer
    Richard M. Nixon. (February 23, 1974). Radio Address About the American Right of Privacy.. Primary Sources in U.S. Presidential History. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:47DJ-HKP0-01K9-024S-00000-00&context=1516831.    
LA Flipper ban upheld on appeal    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_31/page/51/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-pinball-games-banned-in-los-angeles-20180911-htmlstory.html   
    https://la.curbed.com/2013/7/15/10219774/pinball-and-claw-games-were-illegal-in-la-from-1939-until-1974

1984-02
Bally/Williams merger called off
    Replay Feb. 1984, pg. 10, 21
    
Bally/Midway cancel game leasing plans
    Replay Feb. 1984, pg. 
Nintendo predicts profit drop
    (February 14, 1984). The Japan Economic Journal. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S