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Activision and Atari bury the hatchet CES is flooded with 3rd party VCS carts Video games give Wall Street the jitters 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 June 1982. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Mads from the Retro Asylum is our cohost. You can find his other fine podcasts here: http://retroasylum.com and https://playthroughpod.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 videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Naughty Boy Video Version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-boy-69425784 https://www.mobygames.com/game/naughty-boy Corrections: May 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/68285778 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/super-cobra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey Tron - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/pac-man Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 1822 Charles Babbage announces Difference Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/engines/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop#Babbage's_(1984%E2%80%931994) 1972 The Carnegie Institute sees computers as future of education https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/02/archives/electronics-seen-as-education-key-carnegie-study-urges-us-aid-for.html?searchResultPosition=16 Nolan Bushnell contracts with Bally https://archive.org/details/1974-06-25-john-britz-depositon-and-exhibits/1974-06-25%20John%20Britz%20Exhibit%202/page/n0/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutting_Associates Atari incorporated https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E/status/1541419743646720001 1982: Bankers bearish on coin-op Games People Pay Early-June 1982 pg. 1 Federal spending cuts hit coinop Play Meter June 15th, 1982 pg. 22 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/03/garden/issue-and-debate-should-video-games-be-restricted-by-law.html?searchResultPosition=3 Chuck E Cheese reports earnings The Pizza Times June 1982 pg. 5 Atari, Gottlieb split Krull license Play Meter June 1st, 1982 pg. 32 https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_04_1982-06_Reese_Communications_US/page/n7/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/krull Japanese imports drying up Play Meter June 1st, 1982 pg. 32 Experts suggest arcade games may become collectible Games People Pay Early-June 1982 pg. 6 Thief ads list Bernie Stolar as director Play Meter June 1st, 1982 pg. 43 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/thief__ https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1735&image=1 Count Up to the Crash! Video Games add pep to dreary CES https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/09/business/the-video-game-sales-war.html?searchResultPosition=2 GCE introduces Vectrex Toy & Hobby World June 1982 pg. S9 Lange Nacht der Computerspiele - https://computerspielenacht.htwk-leipzig.de/computerspielenacht-start/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex Entex introduces Adventure Vision Toy & Hobby World June 1982 pg. S34 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Vision http://www.adventurevision.com/SystemPictures-loose.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entex_Industries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Knight_(pinball) Stand-alone electronic games bet on licenses Toy & Hobby World June 1982 pg. S1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Professor https://www.achtziger-forum.de/viewtopic.php?p=16206 Mattel has finally launched the Intellivision keyboard component... sorta https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_04_1982-06_Reese_Communications_US/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater Don Daglow Part 1 - PDP - Mattel - Intellivision - EA - https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#Keyboard_Component ColecoVision to have VCS add-on https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_04_1982-06_Reese_Communications_US/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision#Atari_2600_expansion Tiger Electronics enters the VCS market Toy & Hobby World June 1982 pg. S20 https://www.mobygames.com/company/tigervision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Electronics https://www.mobygames.com/game/miner-2049er https://www.mobygames.com/game/manic-miner Gauntlet Handheld - https://archive.org/details/hh_tgaunt Fox enters cartridge market https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/07/business/fox-to-offer-video-games.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://www.mobygames.com/company/fox-video-games-inc Jerry Jewell - Sirius Software - https://www.patreon.com/posts/57602735 Activision and Atari bury the hatchet https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_04_1982-06_Reese_Communications_US/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision#Early_years_(1980%E2%80%931982) Activision announces new games Toy & Hobby World June 1982 pg. S21 https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/activision-publishing-inc/offset,1450/so,1d/list-games/ Activision earnings jump ten-fold Toys Hobbies and Crafts June 1982, pg. 13 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/11/business/mattel-profit-17.1-million.html?searchResultPosition=7 Gregory Fischbach Part 1 - Activision - Acclaim - https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120 Fears of crash hit Warner stock https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/04/business/market-place-pac-man-and-beyond.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.#New_owners Toy retailers prepare for the cartridge onslaught Toy & Hobby World June 1982, pg. S1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSR,_Inc. Toy retailers urged to attend CES Toy & Hobby World June 1982 pg. S4 Osborne 1 gets reviewed https://archive.org/details/sim_byte_1982-06_7_6/page/n351/mode/1up?view=theater Corvus shows off their Concept https://archive.org/details/sim_byte_1982-06_7_6/page/5/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/kilobaudmagazine-1982-06/page/n25/mode/1up Commodore takes on IBM https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/22/science/personal-computers-how-much-memory-to-buy.html?searchResultPosition=2 IBM has no time for the UK https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-06-03/page/n4/mode/1up Speccy and Beeb get off to rocky starts https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly?query=1982-06 Timex launches the Sinclair 1000 Toy & Hobby World June 1982 pg. S4 7 Minutes in Heaven - 3D Monster Maze - April 1982 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-3d-66504463 Sinclair to go public https://archive.org/details/Sinclair_User_003/page/13/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research Llamasoft advertises Vic20 games http://minotaurproject.co.uk/lshistory8.php https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1982-06-03/page/n5/mode/1up Creative Computing isn't giving up on video discs https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1982-06/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater 7 Minutes in Heaven - Adventures in Video Land - https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-in-61568657 Byte goes video disk crazy https://archive.org/details/sim_byte_1982-06_7_6/page/3/mode/1up?view=theater Professor equates video games to masturbation Replay June 1982, pg. 83   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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