March 1982

Piracy runs rampant in UK arcades PacMan fever is everywhere Commodore debuts the C64

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 March 1982. 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: Guttang Gotton/Loco-Motion Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/64415631 https://www.mobygames.com/game/loco-motion

Corrections: February 1982 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/63177692 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserDisc https://www.mobygames.com/game/kick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_(TV_series)#Broadcast_history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnxeyAa1Mo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Telephone_Company 1932 The Connecticut Leather Company is founded https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60429047/coleco-incorporation/ They Create Worlds - Visions of Coleco Part 1 - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hmuip-ef4480 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco

1942 Pinball production must end https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/19/archives/pinball-strategy.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/17/archives/making-game-machines-to-end-may-1-says-wpb.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board

Drive Mobile comes under judicial scrutiny https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/13/archives/new-device-tested-under-pinball-ban-court-sees-demonstrations-for.html?searchResultPosition=2 http://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/mdrivey.htm

Pennsylvania bans free play pinball https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/01/archives/court-hitspin-ball-games-pennsylvania-superior-bench-orders.html?searchResultPosition=3 1962 Pinball games seized in raid https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/21/archives/pinball-devices-seized-in-raid.html?searchResultPosition=1

Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory develops photo scanner https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/28/archives/new-machines-can-see.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scanner#Drum Renting computer time on the rise https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/04/archives/data-centers-aid-small-business-renting-of-computer-time-keeps.html?searchResultPosition=7 1972 Silicon image storage has arrived https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/05/archives/television-framesnatching-playback-storage-spawning-a-business.html?searchResultPosition=51 https://www.cognasys.com/DrHofstein.htm

Computer predicts the end of the world https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/05/archives/the-machine-the-doom-and-the-fool.html?searchResultPosition=23 https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xw3x/new-research-vindicates-1972-mit-prediction-that-society-will-collapse-soon

RCA gets patent for liquid crystal display https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/25/archives/liquid-crystal-display-is-devised-at-rca-rcas-liquid-crystal.html?searchResultPosition=66

1982 The Force is strong with Parker Brothers Playthings February 1982 https://www.mobygames.com/company/parker-brothers https://www.mobygames.com/company/coleco-industries-inc Tom Dusenberry Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42807419

Coke gets into games Play Meter March 15, 1982 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures#1980s:_Coca-Cola,_Tri-Star,_and_other_acquisitions_and_ventures They Create Worlds - Gottlieb Part 1 - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-89fxj-111b603 They Create Worlds - Gottlieb Part 2 - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-6xbge-112f173

UK arcade market in decline Play Meter March 15, 1982 pg. 35 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_005_1982-03_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n25/mode/2up Kevin Hayes Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798

Tempest introduces Skill Step https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_005_1982-03_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n25/mode/2up https://usermanual.wiki/Document/TempestSkillStep.2974291577/html

Deregulation comes to coin op Play Meter March 15, 1982 pg. 17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_restraints https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15352113/why-do-we-keep-buying-vehicles-at-dealerships/ Supreme Court refuses to hear Mesquite Texas case Games People Pay Late Edition March 1982, pg. 9 https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/455/283/ Nintendo goes after Crazy Kong Replay March 1982, pg. 110 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Kong

Twin Galaxies is keeping score Replay March 1982 pg. 136 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Galaxies https://www.twingalaxies.com/

Atari up 50% Games People Pay Late Edition March 1982, pg. 9 They Create Worlds - https://www.mixcloud.com/theycreateworlds/atari-ray-kassar-and-warner/

Toyfare sees battle for gaming market heat up https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=61771436&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQwMDk2MzAxNywiaWF0IjoxNjQ3NzU2NTUzLCJleHAiOjE2NDc4NDI5NTN9.8YjZ5IOI_OxLvRbcF4fy7FeRFCC80355-COi5KID-VQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivoice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivoice#Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM1EW-eQEIo

Atari announces massive ad campaign Playthings, March 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0lFpUqGons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAjb4GLit4E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR_l7YEVKeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opVmjPGzBUg

Pacman released on the 2600 https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E/status/1502030565213712393?s=20&t=TsBTMS354YUjXwWENTg78g https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_(Atari_2600)

Ms. Pac-Man gets reviewed Games People Pay Early Edition March 1982, pg. 7, 9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man Pac-Man Fever the album hits store shelves Replay March 1982, pg. 121 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_Fever_(album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EL27TypZSw

Astrovision announces new games and peripherals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naNbcrxTZ9w https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Astrocade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gez3MlUVpe0

Winter CES brings the computer goods https://archive.org/details/1982-03-compute-magazine/page/n27/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_MAX_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=320 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Astrocade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_(programming_language) http://oldcomputers.net/toshiba-t100.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_PC-1500 https://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_FX9000.HTML https://www.unige.ch/medecine/nouspikel/ti99/ea_mod.htm https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_005_1982-03_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n65/mode/1up

Epyx goes PC https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.2/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.2/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/epyx-inc/1982/

Lucasfilm is the talk of Siggraph https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1982-03-a/page/n89/mode/2up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNB7JaGj-hE https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/rescue-on-fractalus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar#Early_history

Judge in IBM case calls for congressional inquiry https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/06/business/tenacious-judge-in-ibm-case.html?searchResultPosition=16 https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/corporate-monopolies/government_ibm.html

Personal Software becomes VisiCorp https://archive.org/details/softalkv2n07mar1982/page/43/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/softalkv2n07mar1982/page/99/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc

Programs Unlimited begins franchising https://archive.org/details/softalkv2n07mar1982/page/43/mode/1up September 1981 Jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/56209373

Joel Billings takes on Chris Crawford https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.2/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.2/page/n4/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_1.1/page/n4/mode/1up Joel Billings Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Cosmos

Gamers are targetted by Navy recruiters Games People Pay Late Edition March 1982, pg. 8 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087597/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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/

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