Copyright is coming for UK pirates Computers invade Toys R Us New York bans arcades but not peep shows

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 1982. 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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Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Kangaroo Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/71537593 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/kangaroo Corrections: July 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1982-70742832 https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Bradley_Trainer Historic Nerd video: https://youtu.be/nNpQyk3trR0 Gauntlet ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJVxbaR5XM Dig Dug commercial - https://youtu.be/NfWq5AFxSr8 Michael Katz Part 2 - Atari - Coleco - https://www.patreon.com/posts/63732329 Michael Katz Part Part 1 - Coleco - Epyx - Mattel - https://www.patreon.com/posts/35169258 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_NIMH

1982: Coin ops come to grocery stores Play Meter August 15, pg. 35

Coin-Op hits summer duldrums Replay August 19982, pg. 3 Replay August 19982, pg. 5 Jim Trucano - AMOA - https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975

Restrictions, restrictions, restrictions everywhere! Play Meter, Replay, Games People Pay. Games People Pay August 28, 1982, pg. 10

Castle Park enters the family entertainment center fray Replay August 19982, pg. 18, 50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fw3iYJ_TY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHxnzDngIt4 Replay August 19982, pg. 32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron

Aladdin's castle branches into food Replay August 19982, pg. 18 Play Meter August 15, pg. 38 https://twitter.com/ArcadeDreamsDoc/status/1396130014526156807

Bally goes high end with Tom Foolery Replay August 19982, pg. 54 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950799/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://youtu.be/6Pkq_eBHXJ4 August 1981 Jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-1981-55291660

Beefsteak Charlie's tries games Arcade Express August 30, 1982 pg. 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beefsteak_Charlie%27s Summer CES sees massive video game presence Playthings August 1982, pg. 43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_5200

Playthings magazine editor tells toy retailers to jump on video game bandwagon Playthings August 1982 Michael Katz Part 2 - Atari - Coleco - https://www.patreon.com/posts/63732329 Michael Katz Part Part 1 - Coleco - Epyx - Mattel - https://www.patreon.com/posts/35169258

Atari slashes price of 5200 Arcade Express August 30, 1982 pg. 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_5200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision

Intellivision offers $50 rebate Arcade Express August 30, 1982 pg. 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision

Atari gets ET rights https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/19/business/atari-gets-et-rights.html?searchResultPosition=2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_(video_game)

Coleco recalls Donkey Kong carts Arcade Express August 30, 1982, pg. 1 https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/donkey-kong

Arcadia wants to Supercharge the VCS Playthings August 1982, pg. 43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starpath_Supercharger https://www.mobygames.com/game/communist-mutants-from-space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayCable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_Disk_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Channel

Philips announces Odyssey3 https://archive.org/details/videogaming-illustrated-august-1982/page/13/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey_2

PDI announces console games Arcade Express August 30, 1982 pg. 4 https://www.mobygames.com/company/program-design-inc

CommaVid joins VCS cart fray The Video Game Update August 1982 https://www.mobygames.com/company/commavid-inc

Lucasfilm enters VCS market Playthings August 1982, pg. 43 CBS to distribute Colecovision internationally Playthings August 1982

Counterfeiting hits home market Playthings August 1982 TI heats up price war https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/04/business/home-computer-rebate-is-offered.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-08-19/page/n4/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A

Atari announces $50 price cut at CES https://archive.org/details/1982-08-compute-magazine/page/n19/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family

Tandy closes out 4k CoCo https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-08-19/page/n4/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer

Toys R Us begins to carry computers https://archive.org/details/1982-08-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us

Everyone wants to make it to retail https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-08/page/n446/mode/1up

Timex launches souped up ZX81 https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-08/page/n444/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81

Sony introduces SMC-70 https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-08-05/page/n4/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_SMC-70

IBM PC sales expected to rise https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-08/page/n444/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer

Apple profits for the year rise https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-08/page/n444/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComputerLand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh UK Government announces micros for schools scheme https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-08-05/page/n4/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-08-12/page/n4/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINK_480Z https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro

New York shuts down arcades but not peep shows Play Meter August 1, pg. 19

Sega wins UK court battle Play Meter August 15, pg. 24 https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-08-05/page/n12/mode/1up

Atari extends copyright fight internationally https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-08-26/page/n3/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/vic-20/vic-men https://www.mobygames.com/game/vic-20/pac-man

Astrocade sues Atari & Commodore Arcade Express August 30, 1982, pg. 1 https://archive.org/details/ballyalley_Press_Release_Patent_Infringement https://books.google.de/books?id=ZTAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=astrocade+lawsuit+commodore&source=bl&ots=e07mUP1sEM&sig=ACfU3U2ZAsFdARGqjVKnm3KWAhgSlx_26A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEgIzy1PD5AhVmQPEDHUK4CI8Q6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=astrocade%20lawsuit%20commodore&f=false https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/patents/patent/US-4296930-A https://patents.google.com/patent/US4301503A/en https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1982-08/page/n12/mode/1up

Cornnuts sues Midway Replay August 1982 pg. 68 https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Bay-Area-history-of-Corn-Nuts-Oakland-snack-16194249.php Games People Pay August 21, 1982 pg. 2 Atari starts new research lab Replay August 19982, pg. 21

The Games Channel wants to take epic gaming online Replay August 19982, pg. 66 http://tgn-inc.com/ https://larryjdunlap.com/meet-larry/

Steve Wozniak announces the Us Festival https://archive.org/details/Micro_NO._51_1982-08_Micro_Ink_US/page/n8/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Festival

Larry Kaplan leaves Activision Arcade Express August 30, 1982 pg. 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac

Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

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