🧠 Inventions of 1992
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Smartphone Concept
2 
Short Message Service (SMS)
3 
Digital Video Disc Concept
4 
Portable GPS Receiver Commercialization
5 
Digital Video Editing Software
6 
Web Server Software
7 
Computer-Aided Drug Discovery
8 
Flat Panel Display Improvements
9 
Email Client Software
10 
Electronic Toll Collection
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON December 18, 1992
Full News Archive
- Headline: Chaos in the Fantasy Factory Review. Impact: If only the 'Fantasy Factory' had hired a competent editor, we might have avoided a timeline where every blockbuster is a chaotic mess of special effects and incoherent plots. Thanks, 'Chaos in the Fantasy Factory,' for setting the bar for future cinematic disasters!. Fact: Did you know that 'Babes in Toyland' was so influential it spawned countless toy-themed horror films? Just kidding, but it really did set a bizarre precedent!.
- Headline: Murray Hill Condo Offering Plan Update. Impact: The struggle of the Donald Zucker Company to sell condos might just be the catalyst for the rise of hipster micro-apartments. Who knew that failing to sell luxury high rises would lead to people willingly living in shoeboxes?. Fact: Did you know that 'affordable housing' is just real estate's version of a unicorn? Everyone talks about it, but no one has ever actually seen one!.
- Headline: Review/Film; Steve Martin as a Healer With Faith Only in Lies. Impact: Steve Martin’s role as a deceitful healer could have inspired generations to treat wellness as a comedy routine, leading to the current trend of wellness influencers who preach self-care while selling overpriced crystals.. Fact: Did you know that the term 'faith healer' was originally coined by a guy trying to get out of paying his medical bills? True story—probably!.
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Spawn #1
$60
The Death of Superman #75
$30
Youngblood #1
$15
X-Men #11
$59.00
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1
$18.00
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Barney the Dinosaur Plush
$150.00
Spin Fighter
$150.00
Super Soaker 100
$700.00
Nickelodeon Gak
$75.00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Action Figures
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Wolfenstein 3D
$17.56
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
$200.00
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
$39.50
Mortal Kombat
$200.00
Super Mario Kart
$4,984.28
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1992 Shaquille O'Neal Upper Deck Rookie Card #1
$250
1992 Derek Jeter Front Row Draft Picks Card
$500
1992 Magic: The Gathering Alpha Black Lotus
$500,000
1992 Marvel Masterpieces - Wolverine Card
$610
1992 Fleer Ultra Michael Jordan Card #27
$1,781