August 1992

Nintendo and Sega duke it out at CES Mortal Kombat looks to be a winner Soundblaster gets competition 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 August 1992. 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 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: Noah's Ark Video Version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-ark-71731760 https://www.mobygames.com/game/noahs-ark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/bible-adventures/release-info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldStar Corrections: July 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1992-71059719 Road of the Dead - https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/550714 https://www.mobygames.com/game/menzoberranzan 1992: Mortal Combat is raking in the quarters Replay August 1992 pg. 3 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/mortal-kombat https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n23/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_guilder https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/visual-technique-style-digitized-sprites Capcom does 180 on Championship upright exclusivity Replay August 1992 pg. 12, 25 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II:_Champion_Edition December 1990 jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/december-1990-45937819 Joe Morici interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/joe-morici-37289815 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Amusement_Machine_and_Marketing_Association Song downloads come to karaoke Replay August 1992 pg. 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke#Early_age https://www.brother.cn/digest/history FCC grants telecoms right to transmit TV signals Replay August 1992 pg. 11, 12, 37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Bell_Operating_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._AT%26T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_(franchise) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wix8VnRmnik Exidy gets into the dating game Replay August 1992 pg. 120 https://archive.org/stream/play-meter-volume-18-number-10-september-1992-600DPI/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2018%2C%20Number%2010%20-%20September%201992_djvu.txt https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/DaterBase Sneakers - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 CES opens to the public https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n22/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show#1992 (WARNING: Wikipedia lists 1993 as the year that was open to the public and its wrong.) MarioPaint bows at CES https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1992.08/page/n41/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Paint https://gamicus.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_SNES_Mouse-compatible_video_games Lightguns go XXL https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1992.08/page/n41/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Scope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menacer Nintendo sticks to January 93 release date https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_037_August_1992 pg. 102 Power Play 1992-08 pg. 19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM#Technical_specifications Sega Multimedia Studio opens https://segaretro.org/Sega_Multimedia_Studio https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AHobbyConsolas_ES_011.pdf&page=6 https://www.mobygames.com/company/sega-multimedia-studio Price war comes to handhelds https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20037%20%28August%201992%29/page/n35/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Lynx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear SF2 sells out in 60 minutes https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20037%20%28August%201992%29/page/n35/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior/screenshots https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/mortal-kombat Trade in your A500 for a CDTV https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1071992Aug/page/n6/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500 7 Minutes in Heaven - July 1991 - Champion of the Raj - https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-of-54250971 Sound Card clones abound https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n12/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n54/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n80/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n98/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n126/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n134/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster HP launches color inkjet https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-08_OCR/page/n27/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkjet_printing TV gets interactive https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/05/business/company-news-a-marketer-is-chosen-by-interactive-network.html?searchResultPosition=2 https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_037_August_1992 pg. 14 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1993/01/17/454293.html?pageNumber=127 https://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_television_by_region#Europe University of Chicago uses SimCity to test AI https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_97/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/05/science/peripherals-taking-a-letter-as-far-as-possible.html https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.50.5358&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.256.5059.962?download=true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity Palace closes its doors https://archive.org/details/TheOneIssue47Aug92/page/n10/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_Software 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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