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Distributors give conversion boards the cold shoulder
Atari looks down on the competition
The computer price war 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 October 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/
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https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle
Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-74255622
https://www.mobygames.com/game/smurf-rescue-in-gargamels-castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs#Television_series

Corrections:
September 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-1982-72623643
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero

1972
Star Trek comes to the arcades
Cashbox October 14, 1972 pg. 57
https://www.mobygames.com/game/star-trek__

1982
Arcade industry faces massive slow down
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/24/business/what-s-new-in-video-games-taking-the-zing-out-of-the-arcade-boom.html

Burger Time rights split
Replay Oct. 1982 pg. 51
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/burgertime

Tarzan stops Taito's Jungle King
Games People Oct. 16 pg. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahfHlIqOLRY
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/jungle-hunt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan

Conversion kits get distributor cold shoulder
Replay Oct. 1982, pg. 13, pg. 35
Replay Oct. 1982, pg. 38, 94
https://www.gamesdatabase.org/all_publisher_games-status_games

Sega shows off video disk tech
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/24/business/what-s-new-in-video-games-and-trying-to-put-it-back.html?searchResultPosition=5
https://segaretro.org/Astron_Belt
https://segaretro.org/Sega_LaserDisc_hardware

Politicians gunning for games
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92045039/legislator-criticizes-custers-revenge/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/firebug/adblurbs
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/15/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-221763.html?searchResultPosition=7
https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/swedish-erotica-custers-revenge
Ed Zaron - Muse - https://www.patreon.com/posts/30697517
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer

Game violence discussion begins
Games People Oct. 2, 1982, pg. 5
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/berzerk

Mattel loses to Phillips
Arcade Express v.1 n5 pg. 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey#Lawsuits

FCC goes after Colecovision
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77695436/colecovision-does-not-have-to-recall/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77695449/colecovision-does-not-have-to-recall/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77787676/colecovision-partial-recall-due-to-fcc/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77787618/coleco-fcc-fine/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision

Warner profits surge
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/19/business/rca-posts-a-profit-warner-tandy-up.html?searchResultPosition=15
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/22/business/big-board-short-interest-climbs-to-record-level.html?searchResultPosition=3

Atari R&D hits $100 million
Games People Oct. 9, 1982 pg. 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_%26_Sutherland

Atari dismisses competitors
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/04/arts/home-video-games-nearing-profitability-of-the-film-business.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kassar

Atari pumps up movie licenses
https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-october-1982/page/7/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-october-1982/page/29/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/raiders-of-the-lost-ark
https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/et-the-extra-terrestrial_

Nitron agrees to buy Astrocade
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/20/business/briefs-232796.html?searchResultPosition=19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Astrocade

Channel F returns!
https://archive.org/details/videogaming-illustrated-october-1982/page/10/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F

Intellivision keyboard component goes back to the drawing board
https://ia902506.us.archive.org/29/items/computer-entertainer-video-game-update_202205/1982-10%20The%20Video%20Game%20Update.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#Keyboard_Component

Conan is coming to the Astrocade
https://archive.org/details/videogaming-illustrated-october-1982/page/49/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3MU8YywoHk

Ultravision joins 2600 fray
Arcade Express v.1 n5 pg. 2
https://www.mobygames.com/company/ultravision-inc

Frobco is selling the Frob
https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-october-1982/page/n73/mode/1up?view=theater
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-frob-26_29983.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIC-20

Apple slashes prices
https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_07-10_1982-10_Computers_in_Business/page/n457/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe
https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_07-10_1982-10_Computers_in_Business/page/n457/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/sim_compute_1982-10_4_29/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater

Apple severs ties with Xerox
https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_07-10_1982-10_Computers_in_Business/page/n457/mode/1up?view=theater

Atari replaces Badetscher with Cavalier
https://archive.org/details/sim_compute_1982-10_4_29/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater

Spectravision announces Vic20 cartridge games
https://ia902506.us.archive.org/29/items/computer-entertainer-video-game-update_202205/1982-10%20The%20Video%20Game%20Update.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectravideo
http://www.atarimania.com/documents/spectravideo_spring_summer_1983_press_kit.pdf
https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/spectravideo-international-ltd/list-games/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIC-20

Spectrum launch a debacle
https://archive.org/details/Sinclair_User_007/page/5/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-10-21/page/n4/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-10-14/page/n4/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Sinclair_User_007/page/14/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum

ZX81 software prices drop
https://archive.org/details/Sinclair_User_007/page/11/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81

Hewson launches ZX81 flight sim
https://archive.org/details/Sinclair_User_007/page/17/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/pilot
https://www.mobygames.com/company/21st-century-entertainment-ltd

Computers adapt to reduce stress
https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_07-10_1982-10_Computers_in_Business/page/n457/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC

Softside editorial discusses the future of computing as a field of study
https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-49/page/n5/mode/1up

Creative Computing explores the origins of the video game
https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1982-10/page/n191/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_for_Two

Cyborg 64 Gazzette debuts
https://archive.org/details/Cyborg-64_Gazette_Issue_1_Vol_1_1982-10-11_Synertech_Design_US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.info_(magazine)

Software Merchandising magazine premieres
https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-october-1982/page/6/mode/1up?view=theater

Computerland goes Software only
https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-october-1982/page/8/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComputerLand

Book retailers eyeing software
https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_07-10_1982-10_Computers_in_Business/page/n456/mode/1up?view=theater
https://web.archive.org/web/20150630082300/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/898798718.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Dalton#Software_Etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldenbooks

Atari Force takes to comics
https://archive.org/details/videogaming-illustrated-october-1982/page/9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/Atari_Force_Volume_1_Number_1_1982_DC_Comics/page/n3/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Force

TV viewers to go to the Starcade
Replay Oct. 1982 pg. 42
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starcade

Star Fighter to make video game dreams a silverscreen reality
https://archive.org/details/videogaming-illustrated-october-1982/page/10/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Starfighter

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The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/
Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/
Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/
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40 years ago:
Distributors give conversion boards the cold shoulder,
#Atari looks down on the competition &
The computer price war heats up

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

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
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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/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

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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.

Peter is on vacation so we have the pleasure of Mads from the Retro Asylum to join us.
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and
https://playthroughpod.com/

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Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven:
Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/63176861
https://www.mobygames.com/game/kick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_(video_game)

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

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/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

i la 1900 marque donc pour le constructeur une véritable “révolution culturelle”, elle n’en oublie ni ne renie pas pour autant ses racines ni le passé, aussi long que glorieux, de la marque en compétition. Sous le capot de cette superbe berline, dont les lignes sont dues à Ivo Colucci, on trouve en effet un brillant quatre cylindres à double arbre à cames en tête (Rare sont alors les berlines de moins de deux litres à disposer d’un tel raffinement mécanique). Dû à Giuseppe Busso et entièrement réalisé en alliage léger, ce moteur, affichant 1 884 cc, est équipé d’un vilebrequin à cinq paliers et développe une puissance de 80 chevaux. Grâce à un poids assez mesuré (1 100 kg à vide), la berline 1900 peut atteindre sans difficultés les 150 km/h, ce qui représente une performance très flatteuse à l’époque pour une voiture à caractère “familiale”. 

i la 1900 marque donc pour le constructeur une véritable “révolution culturelle”, elle n’en oublie ni ne renie pas pour autant ses racines ni le passé, aussi long que glorieux, de la marque en compétition. Sous le capot de cette superbe berline, dont les lignes sont dues à Ivo Colucci, on trouve en effet un brillant quatre cylindres à double arbre à cames en tête (Rare sont alors les berlines de moins de deux litres à disposer d’un tel raffinement mécanique). Dû à Giuseppe Busso et entièrement réalisé en alliage léger, ce moteur, affichant 1 884 cc, est équipé d’un vilebrequin à cinq paliers et développe une puissance de 80 chevaux. Grâce à un poids assez mesuré (1 100 kg à vide), la berline 1900 peut atteindre sans difficultés les 150 km/h, ce qui représente une performance très flatteuse à l’époque pour une voiture à caractère “familiale”. 

We have just been introduced to the artificial heart, the neutron bomb, and the first personal stereo.

But, in the world of pop culture, perhaps nothing was a larger influence on youth and young adults than the Atari 2600.

Join Jay and Tony as they plug in this old school 8-bit system to get down with some one button smashing competition.

The two best friends will recall their initial introduction to the world of video games in the early 80s and what games and moments are most memorable to them. And…were ET & Pac-Man really that bad?! 

The guys will discuss what it was like to purchase video games for the first time and share who in their family & friends also had an influence on their gaming passion.

Switch the TV converter box to all Bs, pop in Missile Command, and dive into this convo with two xennials who reminisce on some serious video game play from over 40 years ago!

IG: https://www.instagram.com/camefromthe80s/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CameFromThe80s

Email: camefromthe80s@gmail.com  

We have just been introduced to the artificial heart, the neutron bomb, and the first personal stereo.

But, in the world of pop culture, perhaps nothing was a larger influence on youth and young adults than the Atari 2600.

Join Jay and Tony as they plug in this old school 8-bit system to get down with some one button smashing competition.

The two best friends will recall their initial introduction to the world of video games in the early 80s and what games and moments are most memorable to them. And…were ET & Pac-Man really that bad?! 

The guys will discuss what it was like to purchase video games for the first time and share who in their family & friends also had an influence on their gaming passion.

Switch the TV converter box to all Bs, pop in Missile Command, and dive into this convo with two xennials who reminisce on some serious video game play from over 40 years ago!

IG: https://www.instagram.com/camefromthe80s/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CameFromThe80s

Email: camefromthe80s@gmail.com  

From stacking inventory on the Parker Brothers loading docks, to being knee deep in the trenches of the video game crash, to founding Hasbro Interactive and helping acquire Magic and D&D, Tom Dusenberry has seen the industry like few others and he's here to share his story, his passion for innovation, and some great inside insight on the business of gaming.

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mills
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Insanity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(console)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerf
https://www.handheldmuseum.com/ParkerBros/index.html
http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-2600-vcs-parker-brothers-usa_publisher_25_2_G.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenner_Products
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonka
https://www.mobygames.com/company/parker-brothers
https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/heavy-shreddin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Studios
https://www.mobygames.com/game/monopoly
https://www.mobygames.com/company/hasbro-interactive-ltd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_HoloByte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroProse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Electronics
http://www.dusenberryentertainment.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Platform,_Micro_Edition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Runtime_Environment_for_Wireless
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glu_Mobile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glover_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Con
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_G._Hassenfeld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garfield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR_Heat_(series)

We sit down with Michael Katz for a second round, this time  covering Epyx's publishing of Lucasfilm's first titles, working with Jack Tramiel's Atari, and helping establish Sega's no nonsense advertising for the Genesis.

Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2
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Epyx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx

Early Lucasfilm titles
https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/lucasarts/offset,200/so,1d/list-games/

Jack Tramiel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tramiel

Atari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari

Atari 2600
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAadfsJrmM

Atari 7800
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_7800

Atari ST
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST

Sega Genesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis

Joe Montana Football
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Montana_Football

Recommended Links:
They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/
Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/
The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/
The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/

In this game club episode we pay homage to the great top-down Gremlin racer Super Cars II. For the first time, we are handing out prizes for the competition winners, so have a listen to find out who wins.

Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum

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Start - 0:05 - Chit Chat
0:05 - 0:20 - Switch / Xbox GameStop trade-in talk, Mitch buy's a Nintendo Switch
0:20 - 1:02 - Mitch ranks the consoles and handhelds he has owned
1:02 - 1:16 - Sea of Thieves, There are Thieves on this Mother F'n Sea

Also, don't forget to check out Player One Podcast at http://www.playeronepodcast.com/

Xbox, Atari 2600, Sega Master System, Playstation 1, NES, Game Gear, Xbox 360, N64, Dreamcast, PSP, Vita, NES, PS3, GameCube, Genesis, 3DS, SNES

Welcome to another fun filled episode of RGDS.

In today's show Andy is Joined by Paul "The Drisk" Driscoll

The guys talk about the A to Z of Atari VCS or 2600 games and what is their favourite choice on each letter.

Show Notes:

Art of Atari - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Atari-Tim-Lapetino/dp/1524101036
AtariAge.com - https://atariage.com
Spiderman advert - https://youtu.be/-usbQDfTIqE
Zippy the Porcupine, buy original cart... https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1052

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It's Christmas Day! Merry Christmas! (If you're listening to this in, like, June, then, um, happy Tuesday or whatever.) Here's a brand new, shiny yuletide package of pod-goodness from me to you.

And maybe, just maybe, if I've been a good little podcaster, there'll be a new game under my audio tree. But what game will it be....? It's a Chrismystery!

So ignore your relatives for thirty-eight minutes or so and come find out!

My thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs "Reformat", "Take a Chance" and "Pinball Spring".

Atari Bytes

It's a Podcast, Charlie Brown

The Atari Bytes Patreon page

The Atari Bytes store at Zazzle.com

Check out my year in review at my blog. It's GOODNIGHT, 2016! presented in the style of "Goodnight, Moon".

Here's an Amazon link to Bill's novel IN THE ST. NICK OF TIME, but you can get it wherever you like to get books.

TecnoCasters Ep. 209 Anonimato en Facebook

Con: Juan D. Guevara Torres, Gaby Barrionuevo, Angel Monjaras y Abrahan Bauza

Producción y Edición: Abrahan Bauza

1. Facebook - de manera anónima? Sera posible? 
2. Apple Microsoft, Facebook, and Google empezaran a informar a sus clientes si las fuerzas del orden le piden sus datos 
3. El juego Call of Duty protagonizado por Kevin Spacey 
4. El Atari 2600 se vuelve noticia le decimos por que
5. Sickweather la aplicación que le predice las enfermedades en donde esta basado en redes sociales. 

Caution: A lot of bosom discussion in this one.

Last week we competed against Polygon.com's video game podcast The Besties and stole their halftime. This week? We review and compete against the Nerdist's Indoor Kids. Who will win? What will we permanently steal from their show? Only God Himself knows.

Plus: a little newsie-woosie, Go For Retro review of Wabbit for the Atari 2600, Dishonored DLC, Elizabeth's increased bust size in the "Rapture" DLC, Elysium and more.

On this week's episode we turn our attention to some of the technology that was cutting edge during our youths. We're joined by the best retro expert we could ask for, The Retroist himself. During our conversation we stroll past all manner of tech gravestones including the Kodak Disc camera, Atari 2600, audio cassettes, the VCR, and the Super Bowl Shuffle (huh?). In our Nerd To-Do's, we learn a little about table-top wargaming and find out which nerd is attempting to assemble the Young Justice version of the Hall of Justice.