🧠 Inventions of 1982
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Compact Disc Player (Consumer)
2 
Laptop Computer Concept
3 
Medical CT Scanner Improvements
4 
Digital Audio Recording System
5 
Artificial Heart Implant
6 
Automated Teller Network Expansion
7 
Home Satellite Television
8 
Computer Virus Concept
9 
Electric Anti-Lock Braking System
10 
Portable Fax Machine
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON September 25, 1982
Full News Archive
- Headline: Fassbinder's Compelling 'Stationmaster's Wife'. Impact: Fassbinder's drama about a manipulating woman led to a surge in manipulative behavior in households around the world, inadvertently causing a spike in reality TV shows where people are rewarded for their duplicitous antics. Thank you, cinema!. Fact: Did you know that Fassbinder was so ahead of his time that if he were alive today, he'd probably be the king of TikTok drama?.
- Headline: Eating Raoul: A Dark Comedy Classic. Impact: This dark comedy about an offbeat couple inspired a generation of hipsters to embrace absurdity and cannibalism in their dating lives. Who knew that 'Sweeney Todd' would be a dating manual for the future?. Fact: Fun fact: 'Eating Raoul' has actually led to fewer people naming their children Raoul, out of fear of the implications..
- Headline: Saturday News Quiz Highlights. Impact: The Saturday News Quiz created a ripple effect where trivia nights became a national pastime, ultimately leading to the advent of social media quizzes that ruin friendships. Thanks, Mary Alma Parker!. Fact: Did you know that the only thing less interesting than Mary Alma Parker's life is the fact that her husband's sermons probably put everyone to sleep?.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1982, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
INTC
Intel
Price in 1982
$0.13
Value in 2025
$274,575
Intel - If you invested $1,000 in 1982, it would be worth $274,575 today (274.6x return)
Rank #3
WMT
Walmart
Price in 1982
$0.06
Value in 2025
$1,791,511
Walmart - If you invested $1,000 in 1982, it would be worth $1,791,511 today (1791.5x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Uncanny X-Men #168
$20.00
Marvel Graphic Novel #5
$95,000
Daredevil #181
$2,600
The New Teen Titans #21
$50
Cerebus #39
$300
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Rubik's Cube
$150.00
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
$143.75
My Little Pony
$150.00
Conway's Game of Life
$100.00
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon!
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Pac-Man
$1,500.00
Pitfall!
$1,000.00
Q*bert
$33,400
Pole Position
$120.00
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
$450.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Cal Ripken Jr. Rookie Card
$3,000
Lawrence Taylor Rookie Card
$18,000.00
Joe Montana Second Year Card
$76,250.00
Donruss Diamond Kings Reggie Jackson
$140