Universal sues Nintendo over Donkey Kong Spielberg signs with Atari Tron disappoints

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 July 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: June 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/69476654 https://jaleco.fandom.com/wiki/Naughty_Boy http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/brute-force/ Jim Trucano - AMOA - https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK7H6gI1py0 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10086 https://youtu.be/bTUrWYv2vtU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Vision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Professor

1982: US Army enlists Atari https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/10/us/briefing-006748.html?searchResultPosition=14 https://www.mobygames.com/game/bradley-trainer

Zaxxon commercial Replay July 1982, pg. 112 https://youtu.be/u3NUO2GFGAI https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/zaxxon

Sega Gremlin opens new factory Play Meter July 1, 1982 pg 17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlin_Industries Jim Trucano - AMOA - https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975

Ms Pacman set to match Pacman Play Meter 1 July 1982 pg 17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man

Bally and Atari both buy into Namco Games People Pay Late July 1982 pg 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco

Nintendo seeks to expand US operations Games People Pay Late July 1982 pg 5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

Coca-Cola buys Gottlieb Play Meter July 1, 1982, pg 22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb

Universal sues over Donkey Kong Games People Pay Late July 1982 pg 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong#Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures

Showbiz and Pizza Time reach a settlement Play Meter July 15, 1982 pg 22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese May 1980 jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-2020-37289753

Fuzzy Wuzzy Wizards want a piece of the pizza action Play Meter July 1 1982 pg 14 https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/820/820.F2d.362.85-3705.html https://tokencatalog.com/token_record_forms.php?action=DisplayTokenRecord&td_id=521569&inventory_id=584463&attribution_id=538537

Alladin's Castle continues aggressive expansion Games People Pay Late July 1982 pg 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco#Expansion_into_other_markets_(1989%E2%80%931994)

Not everyone is happy with home PacMan Games People Pay Late July 1982 pg 7 https://www.mobygames.com/game/pac-man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmjCGpa1V0

Coin op operators see costs jump Vending Times Census of the Industry July 1982, pg. 60 Vancouver bans minors Play Meter 15 July 1982 pg 20

Sega goes to court in England Play meter July 15, 1982, pg 22 March 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-1982-64415756

Colecovision launches! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision

5200 hits inventory snag Video Game Update July 1982 pg 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_5200 AVGN 5200 video - https://youtu.be/AknyR-kRvLc

Emerson Arcadia debuts at CES Video Game Update July 1982 pg 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaUw3_OR_q8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia_2001

Games by Apollo goes big on advertising https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/23/business/advertising-video-game-client-to-benton-bowles.html?searchResultPosition=2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_by_Apollo

Activision earnings way up! Playthings July 1982 pg 11

KC Munchkin is back! Play Meter July 15, 1982 pg 22 https://www.mobygames.com/game/kcs-krazy-chase

Avalon Hill gets VCS fever https://archive.org/details/cgw_5/page/n5/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/avalon-hill-game-company/offset,75/so,1d/list-games/ Joel Billings - SSI - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469

More new companies enter the scene Video Game Update July 1982 pg 2

Spielberg goes Atari Video Game Update July 1982 pg 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Monkeys https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/et-the-extra-terrestrial_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/raiders-of-the-lost-ark https://youtu.be/-UFYpnE_Ob0

Atari announces Swordquest scavenger hunt Video Game Update July 1982 pg 1 https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/swordquest-series

Video game price war feared Play Things July 1982 Mattel loses suit over Odyssey patents https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/27/business/mattel-patent-suit.html?searchResultPosition=16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey#Lawsuits

Dragon 32 is coming https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1982-07/page/n16/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_32/64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_6809

Jon Freeman and Anne West fall leave Automated Simulations https://archive.org/details/cgw_5/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx

Sinclair loses more key staff https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-004/page/n51/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1982-07/page/n37/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM_Coup%C3%A9

Wall Street downgrades Apple's future https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/08/business/market-place-apple-fighting-to-stay-ahead.html?searchResultPosition=9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III

Atari gets big order from Dade county https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/15/business/atari-contract.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-420-brenda-laurel-atari-research

Randall Kottwitz muses on laserdisc https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-46/page/n5/mode/1up Randal Kottwitz - SoftSide - MacUser - https://www.patreon.com/posts/63640307

Tron flops with both critics and analysts https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/09/movies/stock-decline-after-screening-of-tron-irks-disney-studio.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0084827/?ref_=bo_se_r_2 https://www.boxofficemojo.com/month/august/1982/?sort=grossToDate&ref_=bo_md__resort#table https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/07/movies/et-at-87-million-hit-of-summer-box-office.html?searchResultPosition=20 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/14/movies/ex-disney-animators-try-to-outdo-their-mentor.html?searchResultPosition=6 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/09/movies/disney-tron.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://youtu.be/DREG0dOW8jw https://youtu.be/cISmv0IGoQQ https://youtu.be/2BE3NqTRfLc

Arcades eat into MAD magazine numbers Games People Pay Late July 1982 pg 12 https://www.comichron.com/titlespotlights/mad.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_(magazine) https://www.mobygames.com/game/spy-vs-spy

Video games and cable tv erode broadcast audience https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/21/business/advertising-tv-ad-prices-are-raised.html?searchResultPosition=22

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