Sega launches the SegaCD, Nintendo and Sony kiss and make up & Intel goes multitasking

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 December 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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Corrections: November 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/november-1992-76972106 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Manufacturing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Space_World https://www.mobygames.com/game/jaguar/defender-2000 https://www.retroplace.com/en/games/179282--teenage-mutant-hero-turtles-the-coin-op https://www.patreon.com/posts/leonard-tramiel-71643153

1992 Sega teams up with GE Play Meter Dec. 1992 pg. 3 Replay Dec. 1992 pg. 30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real3D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_arcade_system_boards#Sega_Model_2 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/virtua-fighter/screenshots https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-laser-games-inc

Exhilarama coming to a mall near you Play Meter Dec. 1992 pg. 30 https://arcadepreservation.fandom.com/wiki/Exhilarama

Redemption is on the rise Play Meter Dec. 1992 pg. 103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemption_game

SNES Street Fighter hits coindrop Replay Dec. 1992 pg. 30 https://www.mobygames.com/game/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior

SegaCD launches! https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20041%20%28December%201992%29/page/n59/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_CD

Nintendo and Sony make up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20041%20%28December%201992%29/page/n57/mode/1up

Move over bit-wars, the meg-wars are here! https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%203%20%28December%201992%29/page/n16/mode/1up

EA is turning Japanese https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-12/page/n21/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_101/page/n115/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/electronic-arts-victor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts_Victor

Virtual VCR is coming to SeagCD https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20041%20%28December%201992%29/page/n286/mode/1up https://segaretro.org/The_Colors_of_Modern_Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrxb31N_VU

SF2 comes to the NES https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20041%20%28December%201992%29/page/n87/mode/1up https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Master_Fighter_VI%27

Intel introduces new interrupt architecture https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-12_OCR/page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Programmable_Interrupt_Controller

Infogrames drops the Amiga https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1111992Dec/page/n9/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-55/page/n11/mode/2up

Sierra moves Amiga port development to Europe https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1992.12/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/revolution-software-ltd https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_101/page/n65/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%203%20%28December%201992%29/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/kings-quest-vi-heir-today-gone-tomorrow https://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-kyrandia/cover-art/gameCoverId,881/

Shareware gets more respect https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_101/page/n67/mode/1up

ESPN sues EA over EASN https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%203%20%28December%201992%29/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/john-madden-football-93/cover-art/gameCoverId,49414/

Bell Atlantic moves to test streaming video Play Meter Dec. 1992 pg. 27 Replay Dec. 1992 pg. 17

Deadly Moves ad is just bizarre https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_041_December_1992 pg. 210 https://gamefabrique.com/games/power-moves/#&gid=1&pid=/posters/power-moves.jpg https://www.mobygames.com/game/deadly-moves

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30 years ago: Sega launches the SegaCD, Nintendo and Sony kiss and make up & Intel goes multitasking

These stories and many more on the latest episode of the VGNRTM

The video game market crashes, Coinop is on the skids & Home computer competition heats up

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 December 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Wouter, aka Wiedo, is our cohost. You can find his awesome twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/wiedo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SW2_WXgbbo and https://redcircle.com/shows/newgameoldflame

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Corrections: November 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/november-1982-75944920 https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuf_detail.php?manuf_id=1703&orig_game_id=8767 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Space August 1981 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-1981-55291660 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game) https://www.retroplace.com/en/games/169330--radio-shack-tandyvision-one https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/activision-publishing-inc/offset,1475/so,1d/list-games/ Robert Kniskern - Gamemaster - https://www.patreon.com/posts/robert-kniskern-64771353 https://www.mobygames.com/game/pinball-construction-set/cover-art

1962 Arthur C Clarke predicts networked AI wiping us out https://www.nytimes.com/1962/12/09/archives/spark-of-the-second-industrial-revolution-it-is-the-electron-and.html?searchResultPosition=12

1972 Final Apollo mission lands on moon https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/08/archives/ronald-ellwin-evans.html?searchResultPosition=34 https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/06/archives/last-of-apollos-set-for-liftoff-to-moon-tonight.html?searchResultPosition=45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program

Laser Disc premieres https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93514522/first-public-showcase-of-discovision/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserDisc

1982: NYT Timeline Our Crash Episodes: The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 1: Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-75643983 The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 2: Everyone Else https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-76259421

Atari secures Destron licenses https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/03/business/briefs-073723.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/06/02/gdis-slither-the-1-3-million-dollar-crash-burn/

Video Game Update newsletter bullish on CES https://retrocdn.net/File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.1_09.pdf

Games By Apollo files for bankruptcy https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/07/business/a-squeeze-in-video-games.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_by_Apollo

Warner announces earnings guidance adjustment https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/09/business/atari-relieves-executive-of-duties.html?searchResultPosition=5 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/09/business/dow-loses-9.85-in-late-selloff.html?searchResultPosition=7

Atari sues Coleco over Module 1 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/09/business/coleco-industries-is-sued-by-atari.html?searchResultPosition=9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision#Atari_2600_expansion

Atari stock plummets further https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/10/business/video-game-industry-is-jarred-anew.html?searchResultPosition=11 Mattel and Warner continue decline while others begin to recover https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/11/business/mattel-stock-buffeted-by-video-game-scare.html?searchResultPosition=13

Atari Announces 1200XL https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/14/business/a-new-computer-is-offered-by-atari.html?searchResultPosition=20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family#Models

Warner's problems not limited to Atari https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/19/business/a-myriad-of-problems-for-warner.html?searchResultPosition=25

Atari 's problems start at the head https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/19/business/the-game-turns-serious-at-atari.html?searchResultPosition=26 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1983/03/17/atari-to-tap-smart-phone-market/b90e4689-b038-41eb-8bed-bc27fca4366d/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/02/09/Atari-transforms-video-game-into-home-computer/3105413614800/ https://www.technologizer.com/2012/02/12/atari-oddities/9/

Ray Kassar caught in insider trading investigation https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/24/business/warner-reports-atari-insider-case.html?searchResultPosition=29 Warner calls off Madison Fund purchase https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/25/business/madison-bid-halted-by-warner.html?searchResultPosition=32

Warner begins to recover https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/31/business/increase-in-broker-rate-pushes-dow-down-12.23.html?searchResultPosition=36

AMOA muted despite standouts Replay Dec. 1982 pg. 46 AMOA 1980 Special Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42756585 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/qbert https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/joust https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/popeye https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/super-pac-man https://segaretro.org/Sega_LaserDisc_hardware https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/pole-position https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/buck-rogers-planet-of-zoom https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/front-line Dark Planet video - https://youtu.be/e74YU-pWtF4

Japan Amusement Machine Show muted Play Meter Dec. 15, 1982 pg. 44

Silco to bring home games to the arcades Replay Dec. 1982 pg. 43

Pizza Time Theatre opens 200th store https://showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes2-4.pdf Coke adds games to vending machines Replay Dec. 1982 pg. 105 https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Bandai/CatchACoke.htm

Replay editor goes hardcore Reagan Replay December 1982 pg. 3

Surgeon General warns against video games Replay Dec. 1982, pg. 15 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/10/us/around-the-nation-surgeon-general-sees-danger-in-video-games.html https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n9

Pacman is keeping the kids off drugs Playmeter Dec. 1, 1982 pg. 16

Epileptic seizures caused by games https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing1982-12/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/arcade/dark-warrior https://www.epsyhealth.com/seizure-epilepsy-blog/video-games-and-seizure-safety

Atari Semiconductor Group founded Play Meter Dec. 15, 1982, pg. 42

Financial records broken Toy & Hobby World Dec. 1982 VentureVision enters VCS market https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n10/page/n2/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/venturevision https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,26573/

Zimag enters video game market https://retrocdn.net/File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.1_09.pdf https://www.mobygames.com/company/zimag

MysteryDisc brings Laser disc gaming dream to life https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n10/page/n2/mode/1up https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/39318/V-MD-82-001/MysteryDisc-1:-Murder-Anyone

Comdex shows both promise and problems of growing computer industry https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/04/business/winners-of-gamble-on-small-computer.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visi_On

The GUIs are coming! The GUIs are coming! https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/07/science/personal-computers-a-big-1983-expected-for-the-digital-mouse.html?searchResultPosition=6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visi_On

IBM sues over trade secrets https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/01/business/ibm-suit-on-secrets-is-settled.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://archive.org/details/InterfaceAge198212/page/n9/mode/1up

IBM buys 12% of Intel https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/23/world/in-unusual-step-ibm-buys-stake-in-big-supplier-of-parts.html?searchResultPosition=6 Atari licenses Donkey Kong for home computers https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n10

Artworx advertises Strip Poker https://archive.org/details/1982-12-compute-magazine/page/n46/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/strip-poker-a-sizzling-game-of-chance

Computer price wars continue https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing1982-12/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater

Mattel enters computer fray https://retrocdn.net/File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.1_09.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Aquarius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#Entertainment_Computer_System_(ECS)

IBM rumored to be entering home market https://archive.org/details/1982-12-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr

Commodore recalls C64s https://archive.org/details/1982-12-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/1up

Sinclair dismantles US operations https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing1982-12/page/n13/mode/1up Electron misses Xmas https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-12-02/page/n4/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_array https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron

British computer makers move to block imports https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-12-16/mode/1up?view=theater

The Source adopts NCBMS standard https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n04dec1982/page/n285/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email

Computerland opens 300th store https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n04dec1982/page/n285/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComputerLand

WH Smith begins stocking the Speccy https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-12-16/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHSmith

Universities begin to introduce computer requirements https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing1982-12/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/12/13/small-computers-making-a-big-splash-on-campus/fd264ead-e32d-4e2e-b6f3-8073d60a012f/ https://www.cs.cornell.edu/wya/AcademicComputing/text/andrew.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M_computer

Mazes and Monsters airs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazes_and_Monsters

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Super FX brings 3D to the SNES NeoGeo breaks the 100 meg barrier The 1200 brings the Amiga into the modern age

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 November 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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Corrections: October 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-1992-75188159 https://gamingdoc.org/technical-documentation/consoles/super-nintendo/official/hardware/cd-rom-system/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Artist#Paint_Studio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICOM_Simulations

1992 NeoGeo breaks the 100 Meg barrier https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic Games LC2 Issue 2 (November 1992)/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Fighting

Star Trek to go VR http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=090&page=010&magazine=zzap Replay November 1992, pg. 20 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%202%20%28November%201992%29/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/1992-09-24/star-trek-beams-into-mall-entertainment-paramount-pictures

WMS buys Aladdin's Castle RePlay November 1992, pg. 3 https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Aladdin%27s_Castle

Music downloads come to coinop Replay November 1992, pg. 163 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)

Nintendo announces SuperFX https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthlyIssue40November1992/page/n46/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%202%20%28November%201992%29/page/n15/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%202%20%28November%201992%29/page/n13/mode/1up https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_040.pdf&page=122 https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-11/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Space_World#Shoshinkai_1992 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthlyIssue40November1992/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthlyIssue40November1992/page/n47/mode/1up?view=theater https://gamingdoc.org/technical-documentation/consoles/super-nintendo/official/hardware/cd-rom-system/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/street-racer/cover-art/gameCoverId,78693/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/mortal-kombat-3 Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153

Sierra coming to SegaCD https://archive.org/details/video-games-de-1992-11/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthlyIssue40November1992/page/n113/mode/1up?view=theater Al Lowe - Sierra https://www.patreon.com/posts/29977733 https://www.mobygames.com/game/sega-cd/rise-of-the-dragon https://www.mobygames.com/game/sega-cd/adventures-of-willy-beamish Ken Williams - Sierra https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706 https://www.mobygames.com/game/sega-cd/secret-of-monkey-island

Tandy gets into CD Rom set top game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Video_Information_System https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-11/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-11/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater

Digital World conference highlights rough road for digital video https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_100/page/n60/mode/1up

Laser Disc gaming comes to the Amiga https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Joker_1992-11_Joker_Verlag_DE/page/n55/mode/2up?view=theater Amiga Joker previews Amiga 1200 https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Joker_1992-11_Joker_Verlag_DE/page/n39/mode/2up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Commodore#1992 http://amr.abime.net/issue_19_pages pg. 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Amiga_Architecture_chipset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Advanced_Graphics_Architecture

Acorn bets big on RISC https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-11/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture_family

Sun Microsystems outsources multicore programming to the ruskies https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-11/page/n37/mode/1up?view=theater http://rechenwerk.halle.it/usr/digital-ag/projekte/andere/museum/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechenwerk_Computer-_%26_Technikmuseum_Halle http://rechenwerk.halle.it/usr/digital-ag/RECHENWERK/ http://www.schreibfabrik.de/img/rechenwerk/

Sensible Soccer gets updated http://amr.abime.net/issue_19_pages pg. 10 https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensible_Soccer

Hundred Years War proves costly https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_100/page/n145/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_100/page/n153/mode/1up?view=theater http://hundredyearswar.com/

Maxis establishes specialized subsidiaries https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%202 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimRefinery%20%28November%201992%29/page/n11/mode/2up

SSI gets TSR extension https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%202%20%28November%201992%29/page/n15/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-dd-add-licensees/offset,100/so,1d/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun Joel Billings - SSI https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469 https://www.mobygames.com/game/dark-sun-shattered-lands

Superman to die https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthlyIssue40November1992/page/n261/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Superman

Cinemaware's Jacobs jumps on comics bandwagon https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic Games LC2 Issue 2 (November 1992)/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/malibu-interactive

Dark Horse gets into games https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-11/page/n23/mode/1up

EGM wants you to rat on pirates https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthlyIssue40November1992/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic Games LC2 Issue 2 (November 1992)/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater

ZZap64 comes to an end http://amr.abime.net/issue_1339_pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzap!64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Force

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Atari, Bally, Sega, Namco and so many more... our guest today, Roger Hector, has seen the industry from every perspective during a career that has spanned more than three decades. He shares with us insights into his passions and philosophies on game design, art, and surviving corporate cultures

Recorded March 2022.

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While Warner was crashing due to lower than expected holiday sales from their Atari unit, the rest of the market, competing consoles like Colecovision and Intellivision, as well as game makers like Activision, Imagic, and Parker Brothers, all felt the seismic repercussions of the goliath's fall.

In this second part of our look back at the Video Game Crash, we find out what happened to all the other players on the market, delve deeper into retail saturation and the fallout of the crash.

Recorded December 2022

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Coinop income plummets Wall Street short sellers smell blood Vic20 sales hit a million

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 inNovember 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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1962 ENIAC co-designer predicts smartphones https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/03/archives/pocket-computer-may-replace-shopping-list-inventor-says-device.html?searchResultPosition=9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mauchly

Honewell shows off remote real time computer interface https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/11/28/82771993.html?pageNumber=57 http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2003/12/14/joseph_j_eachus_1st_in_us_to_help_break_german_codes/ https://cryptologicfoundation.org/community/commemorate/in-memoriam-registry-honoree-pages/dr-joseph-j-and-barbara-eachus.html

1972 Supreme Court rules software can't be patented https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/21/archives/high-court-denies-computer-patent-for-programing-60-ruling-is-a.html?searchResultPosition=5 https://www.dwt.com/blogs/startup-law-blog/2020/11/how-to-patent-software

IBM uses games to teach politicians and business men to be bastards https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/20/archives/computer-games-giving-insights-into-city-affairs.html?searchResultPosition=7

Nutting gives award to top distrib https://archive.org/details/cashbox34unse_18/page/n54/mode/1up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22JsjlG_urM

1982 Arcade industry financials split https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_21/page/35/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_22/page/35/mode/1up?view=theater

Coinop income per game plummets https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_23/page/49/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_23/page/50/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_23/page/53/mode/1up?view=theater Jim Trucano - AMOA https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975

Bally holds Pacman licensees conference Replay November 1982 pg. 28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/pac-man-games-licensed

Bally advertises Pacman enhancement kit https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_23/page/n66/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_Plus

Bowling alleys second guess video Replay November 1982, pg. 60

Atari Video Adventure opens RePlay November 1982, pg. 21 https://mcurrent.name/atarihistory/video-adventure-photo.jpg https://2warpstoneptune.com/2013/11/12/atari-video-adventure-1982-1990/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200812035512/http://www.atarimuseum.com/otherprojects/atariadventure/atariadventure.html

Sega/Gremlin becomes Sega Electronics Inc https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_23/page/66/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlin_Industries http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-untold-history-of-sega/

KId Stuff record company parent to get into games Toy and Hobby World November 1982 pg. 51 https://www.mobygames.com/company/ije-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameTek

Tandy launches the Tandyvision One https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n7/page/n1/mode/1up https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/video-game-console-tandyvision-one-console-tandy-corp/pgFyg8mEfn1Iqg?hl=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision

Ultravision Video Arcade System does it all! https://ia902506.us.archive.org/29/items/computer-entertainer-video-game-update_202205/1982-11%20The%20Video%20Game%20Update.pdf https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg80-ultravision.htm#page=reviews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultravision_Video_Arcade_System https://www.mobygames.com/company/ultravision-inc

Colecovision gets modulated https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine-1982-11/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater http://www.colecovisionzone.com/page/accessory/accessory.html https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n8/page/n1/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Telstar_Arcade https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam

Atari announces revamped sports game lineup https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine-1982-11/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/realsports-baseball https://www.mobygames.com/game/realsports-volleyball https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/realsports-baseball/screenshots/gameShotId,41355/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/double-dragon/screenshots/gameShotId,41188/

Rebates on games abound! Playthings November 1982 pg. 17, 22, https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n8/page/n1/mode/1up Activision wants to fill your Gaping Holes Playthings November 1982 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/215481-activision-no-gaping-hole-ad/

Toy vendors worried about software lifecycle Toy and Hobby World November 1982 pg. 51

GameLine sends VCS games over the phone https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n8/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_von_Meister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL Shortsellers go after Warner https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/23/business/short-interest-on-big-board-off-1.7-million-shares.html?searchResultPosition=16 Imagic eyes IPO https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/22/business/imagic-scores-in-video-games.html?searchResultPosition=3

Atari sues Imagic https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/30/business/atari-sues-imagic-on-copyright-issue.html?searchResultPosition=4

Atari stops Commodore joysticks https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/09/business/atari-gains-in-patent-case.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://www.reddit.com/r/vic20/comments/axb20b https://8bitrechner.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/vic-20-joy-stick/ Video Wizards enchants the Vic Toy and Hobby World November 1982

Vic20 hits a million https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-11/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater Toy and Hobby World pg. 58 https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-25/page/n4/mode/1up TI rebate to reduce inventory https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-11/page/n567/mode/1up

Atari gives away memory expansion

Panasonic announces home computer https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n7/page/n2/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20101121111936/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=324

Sharp enters low cost micro market https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-18/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_MZ

DEC enters microcomputer market https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing1982-11/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_100 Apple readies Lisa and macintosh https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n7/page/n1/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_(computer)

FTC drops Apple investigation https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-11/page/n566/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n8/page/n3/mode/1up

Oric One on its way https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-008/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric

ZX81 sales soar after price cut https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-008/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-04/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-25/page/n4/mode/1up

Z80s are hot https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-11/page/n566/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog

Speccy shunned by educators https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-04/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-04/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater Micromen - https://youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM

Sinclair to launch Spectrum joystick https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-18/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

Melbourne House cuts deal with Tolkien https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-11/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/hobbit

Mike Singleton wants to make you a Starlord https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-11-25/page/n10/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/starlord https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_013_1982-11_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n97/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,17924/ Shadowfax video - https://youtu.be/uIQsoAPUfSA

Software Peguin wants you to fight piracy https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n03nov1982/page/10/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIQsoAPUfSA

Snoopy targets Creative Computing https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/08/business/video-snoopy-draws-lawsuit.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197906/page/n59/mode/1up?q=snoopy http://gb64.com/game.php?id=6979&d=18&h=0

Pinball Construction Set previewed https://archive.org/details/Softline_1982_11/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater Export ban placed on chess computer https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-11/page/n572/mode/1up RECHENWERK computer museum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHWvhaiq2D8

Time highlights the PacMen https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19821025,00.html Replay November 1982 pg. 176

Action figures make a comeback Playthings November 1982 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy premieres on US TV https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/04/arts/tv-british-comedy-a-galactic-hitchhike.html?searchResultPosition=20 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081874/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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ATTENTION:  This is a re-upped version of the episode with corrected audio.  We apologize for the previous entry.

On December 8th, 1982, Warner Communications, parent company of Atari, announced that their guidance to investors concerning their profit outlook would be dramatically lower than it had expected.

While many in the video game space had felt unease at the meteoric rise of the industry over the previous 12 months, the news about Atari missing its targets would be the spark that would ultimately crash the North American console market and almost wipe the industry out completely. How could it come to this? What mistakes were made that caused this new medium to be so fragile?

Hello, and welcome to a very special episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine. This first part of our look back at the Video Game Crash focuses on Atari, its role in creating the console industry, the business decisions that laid the foundation of its demise and its fall.

I'm your host Karl and we have gathered three luminaries in the area of video game history and friends of the show to break down this most formative event in the history of video games. Regular listeners will be familiar with our resident Warden of the Department of Corrections and author of the History of How We Play blog, Ethan Johnson. Dale Geddes, the world renowned FCC regulation specialist.And the master historian, and the man behind the They Create Worlds podcast and book, now available from fine retailers everywhere, Alex Smith.

Recorded November 2022

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On December 8th, 1982, Warner Communications, parent company of Atari, announced that their guidance to investors concerning their profit outlook would be dramatically lower than it had expected.

While many in the video game space had felt unease at the meteoric rise of the industry over the previous 12 months, the news about Atari missing its targets would be the spark that would ultimately crash the North American console market and almost wipe the industry out completely. How could it come to this? What mistakes were made that caused this new medium to be so fragile?

Hello, and welcome to a very special episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine. This first part of our look back at the Video Game Crash focuses on Atari, its role in creating the console industry, the business decisions that laid the foundation of its demise and its fall.

I'm your host Karl and we have gathered three luminaries in the area of video game history and friends of the show to break down this most formative event in the history of video games. Regular listeners will be familiar with our resident Warden of the Department of Corrections and author of the History of How We Play blog, Ethan Johnson. Dale Geddes, the world renowned FCC regulation specialist.And the master historian, and the man behind the They Create Worlds podcast and book, now available from fine retailers everywhere, Alex Smith.

Recorded November 2022

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Arcades take on theme parks Amstrad and Sega team up EA buys Origin

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 October 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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Corrections: September 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-1992-72907608 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_data_leak https://kotaku.com/star-fox-hack-boosts-its-notoriously-choppy-framerate-1848062643 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Studios http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/amigahistory/sales.html

September 2002 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-2002-73539855 https://snk.fandom.com/wiki/Eikichi_Kawasaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRoc-3D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Oldfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi_Games#Havas/Vivendi https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/cryo-interactive-entertainment/offset,100/so,1d/list-games/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/exxos

1992 Japanese arcade makers go big RePlay Oct. 1992 pg. 22 RePlay Oct. 1992 pg. 137, 157 https://www.giantbomb.com/simdrive/3030-48073/ Jim Trucano - AMOA - https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/dino-rex

Namco's Wonder Eggs takes on Disney Replay October 1992, pg. 185 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Eggs https://ultimatehistoryvideogames.jimdofree.com/galaxian-3/

Lethal Weapon pinball goes for the bucks https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%201%20%28October%201992%29/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_Weapon_3_(pinball)

Street Fighter 2 championship edition gets modded RePlay Oct. 1992 pg. 21 RePlay Oct. 1992 pg. 30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II#Updates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II:_Rainbow_Edition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man Kickman - https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-man-63176861

Gameboy gets a job https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AHobbyConsolas_ES_013.pdf&page=7 https://youtu.be/SZcrPM-jDqY

Piracy comes to consoles https://archive.org/details/video-games-de-1992-10/page/n59/mode/2up https://segaretro.org/Super_Magic_Drive https://videogamedevelopmentdevices.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Magicom

Action Enterprises announces Action Gamemaster https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_039_October_1992/page/n141/mode/1up https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Action_Gamemaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_52

Super Grafx is dead https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20039%20%28October%201992%29/page/n75/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Engine_SuperGrafx

TurboDuo hits the US https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_039_October_1992/page/n81/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboDuo

16 bit lightguns have arrived https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20039%20%28October%201992%29/page/n55/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menacer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Scope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Squad_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Scope#Compatible_games

Nintendo premiere Mario Paint! https://archive.org/details/video-games-de-1992-10/page/n19/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Paint https://commodore.software/downloads/download/670-desktop-publishing/15244-the-newsroom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64DD#Released

Sega licenses laser disks https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_039_October_1992/page/n92/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_CD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LaserDisc_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatcher_(video_game) Amstrad and Sega team up https://www.retromags.com/magazines/uk/pc-review/pc-review-issue-6/ pg. 19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_Mega_PC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad

PC price war hits the UK https://www.retromags.com/magazines/uk/pc-review/pc-review-issue-6/ pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambra_Computer_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elonex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International

Intel running contest to name next gen chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium#Overview https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-10_OCR/page/n31/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium Amiga Joker reviews Atari Falcon https://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1992-10/page/n105/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199210/page/n57/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon

Winzip reviewed https://archive.org/details/1992-10-compute-magazine/page/n41/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinZip

PC Games debuts http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=UEMtR2FtZXMvMTk5Mg== https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Games

Electronic Games is back! https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%201%20%28October%201992%29/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Games

Broderbund expands affiliate label program https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%201%20%28October%201992%29/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_99/page/n15/mode/1up Don Daglow Part 2 - Broderbund - Beyond Software - Stormfront - SSI - https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 Ronald Spitzer - New World Computing - https://www.patreon.com/posts/59922334 Michael Katz Part 2 - Atari - Sega - https://www.patreon.com/posts/63732329 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderbund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Software_Toolworks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humongous_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts

EA buys Origin https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v9n10/page/n1/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts https://www.filfre.net/2019/09/origin-sells-out/

Sierra acquires Bright Star https://www.retromags.com/magazines/uk/pc-review/pc-review-issue-6/ pg. 18 https://www.mobygames.com/company/bright-star-technology

Hi-Tec hits the skids https://archive.org/details/ZZap64Issue0891992Oct/page/n9/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/hi-tec-software-ltd https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/daffy-duck/

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30 years ago: Arcades take on theme parks, #Amstrad and #Sega team up & #EA buys #Origin

These stories and many more on the latest episode of the VGNRTM

No family name is more associated with the early popularization of computers than Tramiel. We speak with Leonard Tramiel, son of Commodore co-founder Jack Tramiel about his life growing up around tech, his role in Commodore's earliest machines and becoming VP of Software at Atari. In this second part of our interview, Leonard talks about the reshaping of Atari after the crash, the creation of the Atari ST, working with Greg Kildall on TOS, relaunching the VCS and 7800, the development of the Lynx and Jaguar, working with greats like Jon Carmack and Jeff Minter, and the ultimate end of Tramiel Atari.

Recorded March 2022.

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Other resources: https://dayintechhistory.com/news/jack-tramiel-family-years-atari/ https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/leonard-tramiel/