1 hr 36 min

April 1992 Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

    • Video Games

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:
https://twitter.com/wiedo
Get us on your mobile device:
Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz
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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!
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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_92-0

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:
https://twitter.com/wiedo
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: 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_92-0

1 hr 36 min