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Magnavox Odyssey goes on sale VCS games grow up Atari's 5200 bets on classics
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 September 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.
Ethan from the The History of How We Play is our cohost. You can find his other fine retrogaming work here: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ or https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E
Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine
And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM
Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected]
Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Cytron Masters Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72623378 https://www.mobygames.com/game/cytron-masters https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,8515/ Joel Billings - SSI - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469 Corrections: August 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1982-70742832 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600_hardware https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Aladdin%27s_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_(video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/communist-mutants-from-space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEM_(desktop_environment) Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari - https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framebuffer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_nut#CornNuts Mitsubishi Luma Video Phone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJgBhesWdfg https://www.technologizer.com/2012/02/12/atari-oddities/9/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kaplan
1972 Magnavox goes on sale https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94004237/magnavox-odyssey-showing-at-car/ Magnavox's Odyssey 50th Anniversary Special - https://www.patreon.com/posts/72485867
Time Out incorporates https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73836916/time-out-family-amusement-center/ https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/08/18/time-out-arcade-amazing-classic-arcade-pictures/ https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2021/11/29/why-computer-space-was-a-success/
1982 New penalties for copyright infringement signed into law Replay Septmeber 1982 pg. 9 Play Meter September 15, 1982 pg. 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGb7ZbEa0e8 https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Myron-Sugerman-ebook/dp/B0773ZWFTJ https://youtu.be/tvZgqYGEqR0
Restrictions, fee hikes, permits, and bans... Games People Pay September 4, 11, 18
Distributors aren't accepting trade ins Play Meter September 15, 1982 pg. 18, 10 https://ubm-twvideo01.s3.amazonaws.com/o1/vault/gdc04/slides/everything_you_need_to.pdf
Atari Coin-Op cuts manpower https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n2/mode/1up
Stern gets out of pinball Play Meter September 1982 pg. 29 https://www.mobygames.com/company/stern-electronics-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(game_company)
RePlay adds conversion kits to their annual equipment guide Replay Septmeber 1982 pg. 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_conversion https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/mr-do
Zaxxon ad goes national Play Meter September 1982 pg. 36 https://youtu.be/u3NUO2GFGAI
Sega brings 3D to the arcade Replay September 1982 pg. 26 https://youtu.be/6Z6PJ6sOmXg https://www.mobygames.com/game/subroc-3-d https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo
Bushnell to return to game making Games People Pay September 18, 1982 pg. 1 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n3/mode/1up Roger Hector - Atari, Disney, Sega, Namco, Sente - https://www.patreon.com/posts/72058794 https://www.mobygames.com/company/bally-sente-inc Pacman screen breaks https://archive.org/details/video-games-player-volume-1-number-1-fall-1982/page/n8/mode/1up https://pacman.fandom.com/wiki/Map_256_Glitch
Midway sues Pacman guide book makers Replay September 1982 pg. 25 https://casetext.com/case/ty-inc-v-publications-international Games People Pay September 4, 1982 pg. 1
Pacman cartoon debuts Replay Septmeber 1982 pg. 20 https://youtu.be/t-Ex3Ce1KNU https://youtu.be/oNyXYPhnUIs https://youtu.be/Q84HUwBJPxk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Land
Coleco breaks quarterly earnings record Playthings September 1982 pg. 11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco
Colecovision gets nearly half a million orders Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision
Atari bets on classics while Coleco taps into the arcades https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n3/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/atari-5200/1982/ https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/colecovision/1982/
Atari announces 2600 emulator for 5200 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n3/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20170513013736/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/cx55.html
Intellivision 2 announced https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#Intellivision_II Mattel drops Intellivision Keyboard Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://retroconsoles.fandom.com/wiki/Keyboard_Component
Milton Bradley buys GCE Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n3/mode/1up
Parker Brothers predicts $200 million in video game sales Toy & Hobby World September 1982 Tom Dusenberry - Parker Brothers - Hasbro - Atari - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42807419
Games by Apollo expands https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/apollo-inc https://gamehistory.org/wabbit/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/spectravideo-international-ltd
Mattel ships defective carts https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/mattel-electronics
Porn comes to the VCS Games People Pay September 4, pg. 2 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/mystique https://www.mobygames.com/company/jhm-limited https://kotaku.com/porno-hustlers-of-the-atari-age-1847622176 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troma_Entertainment
Horror comes to the VCS https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_Video#History https://www.mobygames.com/company/wizard-video-games
Advertising seen as key to video game sales Toy & Hobby World September 1982 Michael Katz Part Part 1 - Coleco - Epyx - Mattel - https://www.patreon.com/posts/35169258
Data Age gives away free audio record https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n2/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Huxley https://www.discogs.com/release/4773502-No-Artist-Mindscape https://www.mobygames.com/company/data-age-inc https://youtu.be/un-nOHXKGrk
Bruce Davis named VP of Legal Affairs for Imagic https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n4/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Davis_(video_game_industry)
Atari teams up with McDonald's https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_6_Number_7_September-October_1982/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrsrn-fMHcw
Palmtex gets Game & Watch rights Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch
TI rebate hits stocks Toys Hobbies and Crafts September 1982 pg. 14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A
Commodore cuts wholesale prices https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIC-20 Leonard Tramiel - Part 1 - Commodore - https://www.patreon.com/posts/leonard-tramiel-69195513
Intel introduces the 286 https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1982-09_OCR/page/n61/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80286
MSDos is the new CPM https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1982-09_OCR/page/n63/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1982-09_OCR/page/n496/mode/1up https://books.google.de/books?id=BzAEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=infoworld+sept+1982&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitz4i9tKD6AhUL7aQKHQZXDNcQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=infoworld%20sept%201982&f=false pg. 12 https://classictech.wordpress.com/2021/08/26/vector-graphic-vector-4-dual-processor-system/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible#Non-compatible_MS-DOS_computers:_Workalikes
Tandy expands beyond Radio Shack https://archive.org/details/1982-09-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer
Atari teases new computer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62343859/profile-on-atari/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family#600XL_and_800XL
Matushita introduces the 3 inch floppy https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1982-09_OCR/page/n59/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk_variants#compact_floppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC
Creative Software buys Broderbund licenses https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n2/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/creative-software-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/brderbund-software-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx_Fast_Load
IBM Charlie Chaplin ads appear https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing1982-09/page/n25/mode/2up https://youtu.be/kQT_YCBb9ao
The Games Network wants your games https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.5/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.5/page/n26/mode/1up http://tgn-inc.com/
First Star Software announced https://archive.org/details/1982-09-compute-magazine/page/n144/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/first-star-software-inc https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/boulder-dash-series
On-Line Systems changes its name https://www.mobygames.com/company/sierra-entertainment-inc
Gamestar announces solo Football https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.patreon.com/posts/72097282
Brian Fargo releases the Demon's Forge https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.5/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.5/page/n41/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/demons-forge https://www.mobygames.com/game/hunted-the-demons-forge
Invisiclues premiere https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n01sep1982/page/91/mode/1up Michael Dornbrook Part 1 - Infocom - https://www.patreon.com/posts/44335732
Milton Bradley takes games analog Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4907/pac-man-game https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6598/frogger https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6731/donkey-kong
Video game magazine boom hits Games People Pay September 4, pg. 5 https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine https://archive.org/details/vidiotmagazine_202003/Vidiot%2001%20%28Sep-Oct%201982%29%20Premiere%20Collector%27s%20Issue/ https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Videogaming+Illustrated%22 https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E/status/1551241458069504001
D&D movie in the works Toys Hobbie sand Crafts September 1982 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063953/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2 https://www.escapistmagazine.com/inside-the-lost-1980s-dungeons-dragons-movie-gary-gygax-loved/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(film_series)
ET merch anticipation is great Playthings September 1982 pg. 20 Toy & hobby World September 1982 https://www.ebay.de/itm/252701971251 https://www.mobygames.com/game/donkey-kong/cover-art/gameCoverId,242550/ Toys Hobbies and Crafts September 1982 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dukes_of_Hazzard#Casting_of_Coy_and_Vance
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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Magnavox Odyssey goes on sale VCS games grow up Atari's 5200 bets on classics
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 September 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.
Ethan from the The History of How We Play is our cohost. You can find his other fine retrogaming work here: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ or https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E
Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine
And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM
Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected]
Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Cytron Masters Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72623378 https://www.mobygames.com/game/cytron-masters https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,8515/ Joel Billings - SSI - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469 Corrections: August 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1982-70742832 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600_hardware https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Aladdin%27s_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_(video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/communist-mutants-from-space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEM_(desktop_environment) Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari - https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framebuffer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_nut#CornNuts Mitsubishi Luma Video Phone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJgBhesWdfg https://www.technologizer.com/2012/02/12/atari-oddities/9/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kaplan
1972 Magnavox goes on sale https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94004237/magnavox-odyssey-showing-at-car/ Magnavox's Odyssey 50th Anniversary Special - https://www.patreon.com/posts/72485867
Time Out incorporates https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73836916/time-out-family-amusement-center/ https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/08/18/time-out-arcade-amazing-classic-arcade-pictures/ https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2021/11/29/why-computer-space-was-a-success/
1982 New penalties for copyright infringement signed into law Replay Septmeber 1982 pg. 9 Play Meter September 15, 1982 pg. 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGb7ZbEa0e8 https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Myron-Sugerman-ebook/dp/B0773ZWFTJ https://youtu.be/tvZgqYGEqR0
Restrictions, fee hikes, permits, and bans... Games People Pay September 4, 11, 18
Distributors aren't accepting trade ins Play Meter September 15, 1982 pg. 18, 10 https://ubm-twvideo01.s3.amazonaws.com/o1/vault/gdc04/slides/everything_you_need_to.pdf
Atari Coin-Op cuts manpower https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n2/mode/1up
Stern gets out of pinball Play Meter September 1982 pg. 29 https://www.mobygames.com/company/stern-electronics-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(game_company)
RePlay adds conversion kits to their annual equipment guide Replay Septmeber 1982 pg. 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_conversion https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/mr-do
Zaxxon ad goes national Play Meter September 1982 pg. 36 https://youtu.be/u3NUO2GFGAI
Sega brings 3D to the arcade Replay September 1982 pg. 26 https://youtu.be/6Z6PJ6sOmXg https://www.mobygames.com/game/subroc-3-d https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo
Bushnell to return to game making Games People Pay September 18, 1982 pg. 1 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n3/mode/1up Roger Hector - Atari, Disney, Sega, Namco, Sente - https://www.patreon.com/posts/72058794 https://www.mobygames.com/company/bally-sente-inc Pacman screen breaks https://archive.org/details/video-games-player-volume-1-number-1-fall-1982/page/n8/mode/1up https://pacman.fandom.com/wiki/Map_256_Glitch
Midway sues Pacman guide book makers Replay September 1982 pg. 25 https://casetext.com/case/ty-inc-v-publications-international Games People Pay September 4, 1982 pg. 1
Pacman cartoon debuts Replay Septmeber 1982 pg. 20 https://youtu.be/t-Ex3Ce1KNU https://youtu.be/oNyXYPhnUIs https://youtu.be/Q84HUwBJPxk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Land
Coleco breaks quarterly earnings record Playthings September 1982 pg. 11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco
Colecovision gets nearly half a million orders Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision
Atari bets on classics while Coleco taps into the arcades https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n3/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/atari-5200/1982/ https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/colecovision/1982/
Atari announces 2600 emulator for 5200 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n3/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20170513013736/http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/5200/cx55.html
Intellivision 2 announced https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#Intellivision_II Mattel drops Intellivision Keyboard Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://retroconsoles.fandom.com/wiki/Keyboard_Component
Milton Bradley buys GCE Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n3/mode/1up
Parker Brothers predicts $200 million in video game sales Toy & Hobby World September 1982 Tom Dusenberry - Parker Brothers - Hasbro - Atari - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42807419
Games by Apollo expands https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/apollo-inc https://gamehistory.org/wabbit/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/spectravideo-international-ltd
Mattel ships defective carts https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/mattel-electronics
Porn comes to the VCS Games People Pay September 4, pg. 2 https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/mystique https://www.mobygames.com/company/jhm-limited https://kotaku.com/porno-hustlers-of-the-atari-age-1847622176 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troma_Entertainment
Horror comes to the VCS https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_Video#History https://www.mobygames.com/company/wizard-video-games
Advertising seen as key to video game sales Toy & Hobby World September 1982 Michael Katz Part Part 1 - Coleco - Epyx - Mattel - https://www.patreon.com/posts/35169258
Data Age gives away free audio record https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n2/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Huxley https://www.discogs.com/release/4773502-No-Artist-Mindscape https://www.mobygames.com/company/data-age-inc https://youtu.be/un-nOHXKGrk
Bruce Davis named VP of Legal Affairs for Imagic https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n4/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Davis_(video_game_industry)
Atari teams up with McDonald's https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_6_Number_7_September-October_1982/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrsrn-fMHcw
Palmtex gets Game & Watch rights Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch
TI rebate hits stocks Toys Hobbies and Crafts September 1982 pg. 14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A
Commodore cuts wholesale prices https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIC-20 Leonard Tramiel - Part 1 - Commodore - https://www.patreon.com/posts/leonard-tramiel-69195513
Intel introduces the 286 https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1982-09_OCR/page/n61/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80286
MSDos is the new CPM https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1982-09_OCR/page/n63/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1982-09_OCR/page/n496/mode/1up https://books.google.de/books?id=BzAEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=infoworld+sept+1982&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitz4i9tKD6AhUL7aQKHQZXDNcQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=infoworld%20sept%201982&f=false pg. 12 https://classictech.wordpress.com/2021/08/26/vector-graphic-vector-4-dual-processor-system/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible#Non-compatible_MS-DOS_computers:_Workalikes
Tandy expands beyond Radio Shack https://archive.org/details/1982-09-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer
Atari teases new computer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62343859/profile-on-atari/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family#600XL_and_800XL
Matushita introduces the 3 inch floppy https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1982-09_OCR/page/n59/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk_variants#compact_floppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC
Creative Software buys Broderbund licenses https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n2/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/creative-software-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/brderbund-software-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx_Fast_Load
IBM Charlie Chaplin ads appear https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing1982-09/page/n25/mode/2up https://youtu.be/kQT_YCBb9ao
The Games Network wants your games https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.5/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.5/page/n26/mode/1up http://tgn-inc.com/
First Star Software announced https://archive.org/details/1982-09-compute-magazine/page/n144/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/first-star-software-inc https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/boulder-dash-series
On-Line Systems changes its name https://www.mobygames.com/company/sierra-entertainment-inc
Gamestar announces solo Football https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n4/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.patreon.com/posts/72097282
Brian Fargo releases the Demon's Forge https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.5/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.5/page/n41/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/demons-forge https://www.mobygames.com/game/hunted-the-demons-forge
Invisiclues premiere https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n01sep1982/page/91/mode/1up Michael Dornbrook Part 1 - Infocom - https://www.patreon.com/posts/44335732
Milton Bradley takes games analog Toy & Hobby World September 1982 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4907/pac-man-game https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6598/frogger https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6731/donkey-kong
Video game magazine boom hits Games People Pay September 4, pg. 5 https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine https://archive.org/details/vidiotmagazine_202003/Vidiot%2001%20%28Sep-Oct%201982%29%20Premiere%20Collector%27s%20Issue/ https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Videogaming+Illustrated%22 https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E/status/1551241458069504001
D&D movie in the works Toys Hobbie sand Crafts September 1982 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063953/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2 https://www.escapistmagazine.com/inside-the-lost-1980s-dungeons-dragons-movie-gary-gygax-loved/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(film_series)
ET merch anticipation is great Playthings September 1982 pg. 20 Toy & hobby World September 1982 https://www.ebay.de/itm/252701971251 https://www.mobygames.com/game/donkey-kong/cover-art/gameCoverId,242550/ Toys Hobbies and Crafts September 1982 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dukes_of_Hazzard#Casting_of_Coy_and_Vance
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