July 1992

Nintendo bails on coinop Sega teams up with Sony Sound card pioneer Adlib bites the dust These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1992. 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 History of How We Play and our very own Department of Corrections is our cohost. You can find his other fine retrogaming work here: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ 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: Wizkid Video Version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-71057943 https://www.mobygames.com/game/wizkid-the-story-of-wizball-ii https://www.mobygames.com/game/wizball 7 Minutes in Heaven - Cannon Fodder - https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-62260663 100th Episode - 7 Minutes in Heaven Spectacular - https://www.patreon.com/posts/100th-episode-7-62261269 Corrections: June 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-1992-69739257 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_Tech_Expressions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#Seal_of_Quality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGrafx-16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM https://tcrf.net/User:Eientei95/SNES_CD https://www.mobygames.com/game/dark-castle 1992: Play Meter warns coin men of the coming home invasion Play Meter July 1992, pg. 119 Jim Trucano - AMOA - https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975 July 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1982-70742832 Nintendo scales down coin op operations RePlay July 1992, pg. 3 NES Arcade variants - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System_models#Arcade_variants Super System - https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_Super_System Al Stone - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/obituary-alan-stone-nintendo-of-america-cofounder-onetime-sega-enterprises-ceo Sega loses big in patent case https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20036%20%28July%201992%29/page/n31/mode/1up https://patents.google.com/patent/US3900886A/en https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-11-fi-275-story.html https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/patent-suits-aggravate-us-japan-trade-tension_19920525.html Sega and Sony go all in on CD https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-50/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1992/05/21/sony-sega-form-alliance-for-games-entertainment/7b81f177-c961-4058-a703-cc890f7cacb8/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/sony-electronic-publishing-ltd Camerica anounces Aladdin https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_036_July_1992/page/n107/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_Deck_Enhancer Video Game Historian Video on Aladdin Deck Enhander - https://youtu.be/_eG-PSZU5MI Apple loses GUI suit https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-07_OCR/page/n31/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/24/business/most-of-xerox-s-suit-against-apple-barred.html Newton promises a consumer friendly computer future https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-07_OCR/page/n19/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton Analogue control made easy https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_96/page/n7/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_96/page/n9/mode/1up https://www.ebay.com/p/1118763648 https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1992.07/page/n12/mode/1up Columbus anniversary brings out the exploring https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_96/page/n31/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/discovery-in-the-steps-of-columbus https://www.mobygames.com/game/seven-cities-of-gold-commemorative-edition https://www.mobygames.com/game/exploration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus SSI plans for the future https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_96/page/n31/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-dd-add-licensees/offset,100/so,1d/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-campaign-setting-dark-sun https://www.mobygames.com/game/al-qadim-the-genies-curse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun Sierra announces Scary Tales series https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_96/page/n47/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/roberta-williams-phantasmagoria Ken Williams - Sierra - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706 https://www.filfre.net/tag/phantasmagoria/ Help make a porn game! https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1992.07/page/n13/mode/1up https://picclick.de/Pussy-Puzzle-Digital-Harem-Erotik-SEX-Erotic-324652667114.html?refresh=1 Street Fighter 2 is coming to home computers https://archive.org/details/TheOneIssue46Jul92/page/n12/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior Double Dragon movie announced https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_036_July_1992/page/n107/mode/2up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106761/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4 https://doubledragon.fandom.com/wiki/Double_Dragon_(comic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Barks The Lawnmower Man promises to do for VR what Tron did for video games https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1992-07/page/20/mode/1up https://youtu.be/BO1Nae_EBvQ Probe abandons computer game development https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1061992Jul/page/n6/mode/1up Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim - https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122 Lucasfilm Games becomes LucasArts Games https://archive.org/details/TheOneIssue46Jul92/page/n12/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm_Games Microprose buys Vektor Grafix & Paragon http://amr.abime.net/issue_15_pages pg. 10 https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1992-07/page/16/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,570/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 https://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/sid-meiers-civilization https://www.mobygames.com/game/bloodnet The Learning Company goes public https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_96/page/n19/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/rockys-boots https://www.mobygames.com/company/learning-company Ad Lib files for bankruptcy https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-07_OCR/page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Lib,_Inc. 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