Bally bathes in Pacman Gold Mattel to develop VCS titles The FCC gives cellphones the greenlight

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 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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Corrections: January 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/61568685 https://foramusementonly.libsyn.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076636/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/qh.asp https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-64-vs-vic-20/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb Leisure Time Electronics News Report - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCjhHyQgq84 1942 Pinball seizures continue to add up https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/01/archives/3261-pinball-machines-seized.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/02 https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/25/archives/pinball-in-jersey-banned-by-court-ruling-upholding-teaneck-law.html?searchResultPosition=4/02/85515039.html?pageNumber=17

1952 New York Police Commissioner takes sledgehammer to gambling machines https://www.nytimes.com/1952/02/28/archives/monaghan-wielding-the-sledge-hammer.html?searchResultPosition=1

Magnetic Tape drives automated clerical worker https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/02/27/84241618.html?pageNumber=35

1962 RCA reveals new experimental IC https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/07/archives/rca-has-new-device-microelectronic-unit-is-13-size-of-aspirin.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_integrated_circuit#MOS_integrated_circuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSFET_applications#MOS_integrated_circuit http://www.bitsavers.org/magazines/Computers_And_Automation/196203.pdf pg. 37

1972 Handcrafted core memory is here to stay https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1972/Pop-1972-02.pdf pg. 49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory

Electronic text editing is coming to newsrooms https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/17/archives/harrisintertype-selling-new-device.html?searchResultPosition=19 https://www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=2&navigation_item=c3a4d7bcc62861ac5d82b09ee1a66ab5&repid=2

Computer industry expected to boom in '72 https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/25/archives/boom-in-computers-is-found-renewing.html?searchResultPosition=1

IBM comes under regulatory scrutiny https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/13/archives/how-big-is-too-big-size-of-ibm-raises-problems-for-trust-busters.html?searchResultPosition=17

1982: Bally is swimming in PacMan profits https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/16/business/pac-man-sublicenses-extend-bally-s-profits.html?searchResultPosition=78 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pac-Man_video_games https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4907/pac-man-game

Mastering Pac-Man hits the best seller charts https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/21/books/paperback-best-sellers-mass-market.html?searchResultPosition=69 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Uston https://archive.org/details/Mastering_Pac-Man_Revised/mode/2up?q=mastering+pacman

Token wars ensue Games People Pay 1982-02 pg. 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983

Stern wins big in court Replay, 1982-02 pg. 42 https://books.google.de/books?id=MslT0l-tzNEC&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=stern+vs+gaglione&source=bl&ots=WflNdFkuy-&sig=ACfU3U2llcvxtwuKx_KtXyLvU0b03wkEFg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLxZX7_v71AhVOQvEDHYyxBLMQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=stern%20vs%20gaglione&f=false https://www.mobygames.com/game/scramble Atari gets trounced in court Games People Pay 1982-02 pg. 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jotEgcEY6-w Play Meter 1982-02 pg.40 http://bogost.com/blog/meteors/ https://imgur.com/a/BaLHs

Mattel announces games for the VCS https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/19/business/briefs-248583.html?searchResultPosition=52 https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/atari-2600/mattel-electronics/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision

IBM and MCA dump Discovision https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/05/business/discovision-to-sell-videodisk-operation.html?searchResultPosition=150 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiscoVision https://www.patreon.com/posts/61568685 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbh1XP4kCT4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserDisc

Fortune 32:16 brings the 68000 to desktops https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-02-rescan/page/n7/mode/1up https://randoc.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/fortune-systems/ https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-02-rescan/page/n443/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST

AMD signs deal to produce Intel chips https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-02-rescan/page/n343/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z8000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices

Intel to distribute MSDOS with systems https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-02-rescan/page/n9/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-02-rescan/page/n341/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M

Everyone wants to be compatible https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/25/business/technology-others-follow-apple-s-lead.html?searchResultPosition=23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Electronic_Publishers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator

More state school systems choose Apple https://archive.org/details/softalkv2n06feb1982/page/36/mode/2up http://hackeducation.com/2015/02/25/kids-cant-wait-apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II

Commodore to spend over $5 million on Shatner ad https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/18/business/advertising-commodore-computers-plans-big-campaign.html?searchResultPosition=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK9VU1aJvTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V-bPLmtAFg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_MAX_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 https://quattrobit.blogspot.com/2019/03/commodore-ultimax-al-winter-ces-1982.html

FCC gives go ahead to cellular radio https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/22/business/fcc-ready-to-issue-cellular-radio-orders.html?searchResultPosition=107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System Government lawyers install Space Invaders on office terminals https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/08/us/briefing-202708.html?searchResultPosition=112

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