## ~Tamagotchi News Links~

Below are many articles about Tamagotchi and relation to. Most of which are older. It's really interesting reading these articles, it gives you an idea of what it was like when Tamagotchi first came out, how hard it was to find even one for retail price and getting your hands on one was a difficult task. They depict the history of Tamagotchi in the news and what it was like during the height of the Tamagotchi craze. Each of the articles are linked with the title mentioned, writer, company, and date published, along with my comments on what's written.

While I am still looking for more to add to this page, if you have any articles or know of any that I don't have here and would like to send them to me or send me the URL, that would be appreciated, especially more current articles would be great (something I had great difficulty finding, even with Ocean and Forest Tama coming out soon). Please e-mail me if you can help bring more articles to this page, and if any are dead links I'd appreciate a note if you find any. Thanks and enjoy!

- Tamagotchi News Page
  -Cheeky Wombat - 6/14/98
  -Many different announcements and news articles of many Tamagotchi and Virtual Pets.
  -Updated often.

- Tamagotchi cyberpet invades PC
  -By Arif Mohamed, ZD Net News, 10 December 1997
  -Short article regarding the Tama CD-ROM

- Tamagotchi is BORN
  -Gremlin Interactive. 12/10/97
  -Short article with demo download of the Tamagotchi CD-ROM & images.

- Tamagotchis Battle to the Death!
  -By Chris Johnston, videogames.com, 12/8/97
  -Article on DigiMon, before release to the US.

- Don't Bother Buying A Tamagotchi (news)
  -Chris Rae's opinion - 11/11/97
  -An entire website dedicated to this man's opinion and his thoughts on how to make Tamagotchi better.

- Deconstructing Tamagotchi
  -By Curt Feldman, GameSpot News, 10/22/97
  -Not really about Tamagotchi, but very interesting, read it!

- Tamagotchi Hits Game Boy
  -By Staff, videogames.com, 10/8/97
  -Short announcement regarding Tama on Gameboy.

- Entrepreneur uses Web to sell Tamagotchi toys
  -By John Motavalli, ZDNet Australia News, 9/30/97
  -Article about how someone made it big selling Tamagotchi over the web, and other things.

- Tamagotchi: Sink or Swim
  -By Curt Feldman, videogames.com, 9/26/97
  -Interesting article about a device that lets you bring Tamagotchi in water and be able to care for it!
  -If anyone finds one of these I will buy it from you! I want it! :)

- Tamagotchi Is Unstoppable
  -By Chris Johnston and Harley Jebens, GameSpot News, 9/16/97
  -News on the craze and products associated with Tamagotchi.

- Tamagotchi Hits Home
  -By Chris Johnston, videogames.com, 9/12/97
  -Article with good pics of Nintendo 64 Tamagotchi

- First Look: Tamagotchi on Game Boy
  -By Chris Johnston, videogames.com, 9/7/97
  -Good article with information on Tamagotchi for Gameboy, with great pictures!

- Tamagotchi Coming Internet Via Microsoft
  -By JENNIFER Del MEDICO c.1997 Bloomberg News, 8/28/97
  -Tamagotchi's involvement with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0

- Microsoft to "Activate" Tamagotchi
  -By Kate Hedstrom, GameSpot, 8/27/97
  -Short article about the release of Tamagotchi on CD-ROM

- Tamagotchi Virtual Pets Landing on Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0; 7th Level, Bandai and Microsoft Launch Alien Invasion on the Net
  -TechMall, DALLAS, 8/27/97
  -Talk of future Tamagotchi Merchandise.

- Virtual Gangster Gets Censored
  -By Chris Johnston, GameSpot News, 8/6/97
  -News about the Virtual Gangster.

- Just Another Day's Work
  -By Murakami Mutsuko, 7/25/97. Pathfinder
  - Aki Maita article, the mother of Tamagotchi.

- Bandai Unleashes 64-bit Pet
  -By Chris Johnston, videogames.com, 7/9/97
  -Info on Tamagotchi for N64.

- Bandai and 7th Level Hatch Tamagotchi
  -By Chris Johnston, GameSpot, 6/18/97
  -Article on the CD-ROM

- Beanie Baby & Tamagotchi News page
  -A New Pet Rock for the Digital Generation - from Newsweek Magazine 6/9/97
  -A few articles, including Tamagotchi. The one I've listed talks about worries people have with Tamagotchi and how it effects younger kids.

- Japan's "Print Club" To Follow "Tamagotchi" To United States 06/09/97
  -TOKYO, JAPAN, 1997 JUN 9 (NB) -- By Martyn Williams.
  -Not entirely about Tamagotchi, but about another craze with references to Tama.

- Tamagotchi Virtual Pet - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet 06/05/97
  -TOKYO, JAPAN, 1997 JUN 5 (NB) -- By Martyn Williams.
  -Article about all the Tamagotchi Merchandise soon to be made available in Japan

- The Convergence - Reviews - Bazaar: Tamagotchi
  -By David Nodwell, 6/97 (I believe)
  -Comparison of Tamagotchi to a dog, interesting and fun.

- Japanese Police Raid Companies Offering Fake Tamagotchi 05/30/97
  -TOKYO, JAPAN, 1997/5/30 (NB) -- By Martyn Williams.
  -Short article about the Police raids

- Tamagotchi Mourners Can Weep At Virtual Cemetery 05/29/97
  -TOKYO, JAPAN, 1997 MAY 29 (NB) -- By IT Daily.
  -Article about a graveyard for Tamagotchi and it's mourners.

- The Lighter Side: Singapore schools ban virtual pet
  -Detroit National News, 5/29/97
  -Small article about the popularity of Tamagotchi.

- This is your brain on Tamagotchi
  -San Francisco Examiner, Rob Morse, 5/27/97
  -Very funny article, I’m sure it's not meant to be funny though. Just, the guy whom wrote it basically calls his wife childish and basically stupid for caring about Tamagotchi. They guy almost sounds jealous! Read it, it's great!

- The Telltale Tamagotchi
  -The Netly News, By Mac McKean, 5/23/97
  -An interesting point of view of someone who is very frustrated about not knowing what Tamagotchi is, so he makes a point to dislike it.

- Virtual pet peeve: How much of the latest toy craze can one frazzled owner take?
  -By Michael H. Hodges / The Detroit News, 5/20/97
  -Interesting article written by an adult who just couldn't take it, but still did it! ;)
  -Read it, it's funny! Though a few things he wrote (bed times, weight, etc) make me wonder if he really had a real Tamagotchi.. or if he was just being funny?

- Bandai To Produce PC Software, Tamagotchi on CD-ROM 05/14/97
  -TOKYO, JAPAN, 1997 MAY 14 (NB) -- By Martyn Williams.
  -Information on Tamagotchi coming to CD-ROM

- Nano Babies Go Up Against Tamagotchi and Giga Pets
  --Chris Johnston GameSpot News, 5/12/97
  -Short article about knock-off Tamagotchi

- Much ado about Tamagotchi
  -By Robert Lemos, SAN FRANCISCO, 5/1/97, ZDNN
  -Article about the Tamagotchi craze.

- Tamagotchi vs. Giga Pets: Virtual Battle Royale
  -By Chris Johnston, videogames.com, 5/1/97
  -Good article on the Tama/Virtual Pet craze

- VideoGameSpot's Special Report - In Search of Tamagotchi
  -By Jer Horwitz, 5/97 (I believe)
  -Excellent article! A must read! So very great. Depicts what it was like when Tamagotchi just came out and how hard it was to find it. The story of an adult that didn't even want one, but ended up spending lots of money on them, just because! Just follow the links at the bottom of the page, it's really a long article.

- Tamagotchi Eggs Take Thailand By Storm 04/14/97
  -BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1997 APR 14 (NB)
  -Short article on the craze.

- Driver Saves Tamagotchi, Kills Human
  -By Micheal Mullen, videogames.com, 4/9/98
  -Interesting article about A 27-year-old woman in France, who killed a cyclist trying to care for her Tamagotchi.

- Tamagotchi on Japanese News
  -Several sources, 3/12/98
  -Several interesting articles from over the past year all on one web page.

- New York Times Tamagotchi / Virtual Pet Diary
  -SAN FRANCISCO, By JOE HUTSKO, 3/3/97
  -Very interesting, daily diaries. The above link is to another site that kept a text version of the several days worth. There is a link on the page to get to the real published articles, but you have to sign up and be a member to read the original version, my point; go with this! :)

- A Chicken in Every Pocket
  -By Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post Foreign Service,1/25/97
  -Information on the growing craze of Tamagotchi and what it was like to try and get one in them early days!

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