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The Video Game Newsroom Time Machine is a weekly retro gaming podcast in which we travel back in time to see what was making headlines 40, 30, and 20 years ago in the arcade, video game, and computer gaming business and interview industry veterans. 

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May 21, 2022

Nintendo cuts prices to keep up with Sega
Windows 3.1 brings GUIs to the masses
Lucasarts wants to bring simulations to the arcade

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 April 1992.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Woulter, aka Wiedo, is our cohost. You can find his awesome twitter feed here:
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Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven: Agony
Video Version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/66705785
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agony_(1992_video_game)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/shadow-of-the-beast
https://www.mobygames.com/game/altered-beast
https://www.mobygames.com/game/zool-redimensioned
Jerry Wolosenko - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42014024

Corrections:
March 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/65554323
https://niwanetwork.org/wiki/SNES-CD

1992
ACME arcade show leaves street operators in the lurch
Play Meter pg. 66
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/gi-joe-a-real-american-hero__
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/x-men___
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/total-carnage
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/viewpoint
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/space-pirates
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/golden-tee-golf-ii
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/aero-fighters
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2951682/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRw4bOOcf0&t=74s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Traveler_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holosseum

Rediffusion is going for full immersion
https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue55Apr92/ACE_Issue_55_Apr_92/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=commander&page=detail&id=70724
https://techmonitor.ai/technology/rediffusion_simulation_diversifies_into_super_games_machines_with_commander

Capcom runs Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition arcade cab ad in consumer mags
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20033%20%28April%201992%29/page/n12/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_033_April_1992/page/n12/mode/1up
RePlay pg. 14

Modem mania is coming to consoles
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_033_April_1992/page/n15/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleplay_Modem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Channel

Nintendo cuts SNES price
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_033_April_1992/page/n91/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System#Launch

Mario goes PC
http://amr.abime.net/issue_12_pages pg. 15
https://archive.org/details/the-one-for-amiga-games-43-1992-04/page/n10/mode/1up?q=the+one+1992
https://www.mobygames.com/game/mario-is-missing
https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/mario-educational-games

Steve Jobs goes PC
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-04_OCR/page/n32/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTSTEP

Windows 3.1 has arrived
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-04_OCR/page/n43/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1x

CDTV becomes a computer
https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-04/page/n19/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV

Epyx targets laptop gamers
https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-04/page/n25/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/msdos_epyx_getaway_laptop_entertainment_6_pack_1991

New Publisher Mirage aims to be the real deal
https://archive.org/details/the-one-for-amiga-games-43-1992-04/page/n8/mode/1up?q=the+one+1992
https://www.mobygames.com/company/mirage-technologies-multimedia-ltd

Gravis announces the PC Gamepad
https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-04/page/n23/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravis_PC_GamePad

Carmen Sandiego movie rights sold
https://archive.org/details/Game_Informer_Issue_004_Spring_1992/page/n28/mode/1up
Gary Carlston- Broderbund - https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167742/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7042146/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Lotus Founder fears for future of Internet
https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1992-04_OCR/page/n32/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kapor

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.