June 1992

Jul 29, 2022

Atari gets trounced in court
Nintendo and Sega slash prices
CD gaming goes OEM

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

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Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven: Toki: Going Ape Spit
Video Version - https://youtu.be/IqGZLAMyqw4
https://www.mobygames.com/game/toki-going-ape-spit
https://www.mobygames.com/game/toki

Corrections:
May 1992 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-1992-68552769
Dread (Amiga) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/dread-binary-big-68405040
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freescape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent:_FreeSpace_%E2%80%93_The_Great_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_52
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garriott

1992:
LA Riots hit coin op
Play Meter June 1992, pg. 3
RePlay June 1992, pg. 15, pg. 48
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

Stuttgart hits Asterix with added tax
https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199206_and_07/page/n121/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/astrix__
https://gauselmann.de/index-2.html
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauselmann
Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924

Coinop supports recycling
Play Meter June 1992, pg. 16
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Recycle_It,_Don%27t_Trash_It!

RePlay magazine highlights family fun centers
RePlay June 1992
Jim Trucano - AMOA - https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975

Parallel market for Street Fighter Championship Edition boards is huge
RePlay June 1992, pg. 39
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition
Correction: Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting Edition was Street Fighter II Turbo in the USA

Capcom to launch SNES arcade stick
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_035_June_1992/page/n107/mode/1up
https://segaretro.org/Capcom_Power_Stick_Fighter_MD
Joe Morici - Capcom - https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815
https://www.gpvideogames.com/Products/22037/the-ultimate-arcade-fighting-stick
https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior

Atari Corporation loses to Nintendo
Play Meter June 1992, pg. 20
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/16/business/company-news-nintendo-suit-by-atari-is-dismissed.html
April 1999 Jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/69717644

Nintendo revenue soars!
RePlay June 1992, pg. 16

Console Price War heats up
https://archive.org/details/Game_Informer_Issue_005_Summer_1992 pg. 43

German SNES price to undercut Megadrive
https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1992-06/page/n24/mode/1up

MegaCD becomes SegaCD
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20035%20%28June%201992%29/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_CD

Matsushita buys into San Mateo Software Group
https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20035%20%28June%201992%29/page/n51/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_3DO_Company

Phillips boosts CDi software library
https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-06/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-i
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dark-castle
https://www.mobygames.com/game/cd-i/mad-dog-mccree

Lucasfilm licenses to Software Toolworks
https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-06/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_95/page/n19/mode/1up
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/secret-weapons-of-the-luftwaffe_
https://www.mobygames.com/game/secret-of-monkey-island-enhanced-version
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/loom

Commodore gives up on selling CDTV as a set top box
https://archive.org/details/1992-06-compute-magazine/page/n30/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV

Commodore kills the A500 Plus
http://amr.abime.net/issue_14_pages pg. 10
https://archive.org/details/amiga-world-1992-06/page/n9/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/amiga-world-1992-06/page/n13/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500#Amiga_500_Plus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_600
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

MicroLeague introduces real time game stats updates
https://archive.org/details/vgce_92-06/page/n22/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/microleague-baseball-iv/promo/promoImageId,549053/

Gamepro introduces its face based scoring system
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_035_June_1992/page/n9/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GamePro
https://www.kultboy.com/Amiga-Joker-Zeitschrift/4/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Play_(Zeitschrift)
https://www.spieleveteranen.de/

Computer Gaming World struggles with VR
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_95/page/n127/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams_(game_developer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/neverwinter-nights_
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimjack

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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