1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 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. 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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 &amp;amp; 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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