November 1992

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. Dale's research and insights can be found on twitter: https://twitter.com/QuarterPast83 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 Mastodon @[email protected] Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Pinball Fantasies Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-76971403 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Fantasies 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 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/ Games That Weren't - 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