Addams Family conquers pinball Sega claims lead over Nintendo Street Fighter II gets a sequel

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 1992. 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: Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/63733406 https://www.mobygames.com/game/godfather/credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_(1991_video_game)

Corrections: January 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/61897668 Michael Katz Interview Part 2 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/63732329 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/madden-for-some-football/

1992: Addams Family pinball launches Play Meter Feb 1992, pg. 20 , Replay Feb 1992, pg. 54 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family_(pinball) https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?any=batman&search=Search+Database&searchtype=quick#195 https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4032

The future of the arcade is 3D Play Meter Feb 1992, pg. 34 https://ultimatehistoryvideogames.jimdofree.com/galaxian-3/ Replay Feb. 1992, pg. 23 https://www.mobygames.com/game/galaxian-3

Street Fighter II to get a sequel Replay Feb. 1992, pg. 3 https://www.mobygames.com/game/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Kevin Hayes Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798

Sega claims lead over Nintendo https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20031%20%28February%201992%29/page/n35/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System https://www.mobygames.com/game/space-gun

Nintendo loosens licensing restrictions https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_031_February_1992/page/n131/mode/1up https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9e/0a/d3/9e0ad38e1e57766ce63ec1b15b2eaa29.jpg

Sega settles with Razorsoft https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-02/page/n19/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/stormlord January 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/61897668

Maxivision is bringing a boatload of games to your NES https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-02/page/n105/mode/1up https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Maxivision_15-in-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO7RtMRK2Kc

C64 racks up Christmas sales https://archive.org/details/CommodoreFormatHi000/CommodoreFormatHi01000001.jpg Issue 17, pg. 8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

Commodore raises price of Amiga 2000 https://archive.org/details/info-magazine-47/Info_Issue_47_1992_Feb/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_2000

Broderbund to go public https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-02/page/n21/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderbund Gary Carlston Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733 Don Daglow Interview Part 1 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119 Ken Williams Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706

Nintendo makes bid for Mariners https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/08/business/japan-s-unlikely-bidder-for-us-pastime.html?searchResultPosition=1 The Ultimate History of Video Games - Panel Discussion - https://www.patreon.com/posts/61106591 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Mariners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_sports_league_organization#northamerican https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdome

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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