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Rusty: “Hey you got ‘Pac-Man’?” Cousin Dale: “No.” Rusty: “Uh, you got ‘Space Invaders’?” Cousin Dale: “No.” Rusty: “You got ‘Asteroids’?” Cousin Dale: “Nah...but my dad does... can’t even sit on the toilet some days.” - National Lampoon’s Vacation, 1983 Holiday Greetings From Classic Gamer Magazine Classic Gamer Magazine Winter 2000 3 ClassicClassic GamerGamer MagazineMagazine #2#2 Reset! 5 11 Raves ‘N Rants — Letters from our readers 6 Classic Gamer Newswire — All the latest news 7 7 New Release Schedule 10 Classic Advertisement — Centipede 1983 12 CG Expo New Product Releases 13 Bushnell Begins Book Review New Venture Classic Remakes Reviewed 15 “Extra Life” Lost Arcade Classics — ”Stratovox” 20 “Tron” - A gaming retrospect 21 21 15 Reviews: “Dumbo’s Flying Circus” & “Alien” 23 “Ghostbusters” - We ain’t afraid of no game! 25 Atari 2600 Games — ”At the Movies” 27 Classic Gaming Video Shelf 31 “Howard’s Revenge” - Howard Scott Warshaw chats 35 Pac-Man World A Look Back at “Star Wars” games 38 We de-rezz Tron “The Last Don” - An Interview with Don Thomas 41 My .25 — Movies and Games...the Unholy Mix! 48 Crossword Puzzle — Movie themed 49 61 35 CVG 101 — “Cleaning Your Cartridges” 50 “Catching Up With Buckner and Garcia” 51 Frank’s Video Pinball Palace 52 ColecoVisions “Rocky” 56 Interview with Chris Lion Blows Up “HSW WSH” Classic Gaming on the Web 57 Megaforce Classic Easter Eggs 58 “Deep Thaw” - Chris Lion rips apart “MegaForce” 61 Classic Gamer Magazine Winter 2000 4 by Chris Cavanaugh Volume 1, Issue 2 Yuletide Classic Remake Frenzy Winter 1999 Felicitations! And since you’ll be dragging out the old Directed by: Chris Cavanaugh Fa la la la la!! Tis the consoles for the holi- [email protected] season for classic video- days, you may as games! If you’re like me, well keep the Executive Producer/Editing chances are you have newer ones Sarah Thomas fond memories of your [email protected] handy, as well. classic games tied in with I’m sure you’ve Script Writers the holiday season. For noticed we’ve been Kyle Snyder me they go together like [email protected] recently been inun- milk and cookies for dated with tons of Chris Lion Santa. While you may classic remakes [email protected] think it’s pathetic that and compilation Patrick Wong some of my greatest Christmas games. I say bring ‘em on! Inside [email protected] memories are about videogames, this issue we take a look at a few of they never failed to bring my family Skyler Miller them including the “new” Atari re- [email protected] together for some of our most en- makes of Pong for the PC and joyable holiday moments. PSX, as well as the new Centi- Darrin Powell [email protected] Looking back I realized just how pede for the Sega Dreamcast. much the Atari and ColecoVision There is also an incredible new Michael Thomasson were a part of the family during the [email protected] Pac-Man hack available for holidays. Like a spoiled child, download to play on your Atari Damien Quicksilver those consoles were always the emulator (turn to the Newswire for [email protected] center of attention. When friends details). Also, check out our review Frank Traut and family visited, we would always on Namco’s Pac-Man World. The [email protected] wind up in some intense competi- game is probably more fun than tion playing four-player Warlords, Lee Seitz you would first expect. [email protected] , and some- Lady Bug Pac-Man times even Smurfs. I would even That’s Hollywood! Cinematography find myself gloating a bit because I Also in this issue, you’ll find our Chris Cavanaugh—layout and design could dock my ship for repairs in Sarah Thomas—photography take on the strange marriage of Michael Thomasson—Cover Artist Starmaster while my older cousin Hollywood and videogames. How Tim had difficulties piloting the ship does Tron, E.T., or Revenge of CONTACT INFORMATION to begin with. Classic Gamer Magazine the Beefsteak Tomatoes hold up 7770 Regents Road #113-293 I highly recommend pulling out today? San Diego, Ca 92122 some of your older systems this We also feature three special e-mail: [email protected] holiday season when people come on the web: interviews: Atari programmer http://www.classicgamer.com to visit. A good round of Combat, Howard Scott Warshaw, Atari combined with some “enhanced” Alum Don Thomas, and we caught Egg Nog, will keep you in the holi- up with Pac-Maniacs Buckner and day spirit. LEGAL JUMBO Garcia. So grab your favorite chair Entire contents © 1999, 2000, Chris Cavanaugh and and get comfortable. Lights! Joy- Classic Gamer Magazine. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Products named in these stick! Action! pages are tradenames or trademarks of their respective companies. Classic Gamer Magazine and its staff is not affiliated with the companies or products covered in Classic Gamer Magazine. Please consult the “Fair Use Law” before you beef to me. Classic Gamer Magazine Winter 2000 5 Got something to say? Mail us at: Classic Gamer Magazine 7770 Regents Rd. #113-293, Raves San Diego, CA 92122 Or by e-mail: [email protected] ‘n Rants Twilight, Starflight, First Star I Time for Schnapps and See Tonight... Bratwurst! panded computer coverage has come from the demand of our read- Classic Gamers, Dear CGM, ers, so keep your suggestions I am a thirty-something, ex- Thanks for a great magazine! coming in. Also, we hope to ex- military, turned full-time college stu- FINALLY! I waited a long time for a pand our arcade coverage in the dent, who played a PC game called magazine like this to come out. I'm next issue. Starflight back in the 80s. It was a already a subscriber and have a wonderful game, and I have busted question and a comment: numerous brain cells trying to find How about (in the future per- Honorable the game again. Do you have any haps) reviewing the endless classic Mentions suggestions or hints as to where I computer games? Games like Cas- might find it? I would also like to tle Wolfenstein, Raid Over Mos- We were thumbing find a game called Twilight 2000. cow, or Zork? Ahh...the memories. through a few of the Being a dis- It just makes me want more “mainstream” abled vet allows to dig out my old C64. videogaming magazines a lot of time to And how about Arcade on the newsstands and were very review other games? You guys pleased to find these kind words writ- games, and can't pass those up. ten about us. those two were I love everything “Tips & Tricks Magazine” wrote: great! Any and about the magazine. It all help in this just makes me feel '“As you can guess from the title, matter will be great to read an all Classic Gamer Magazine doesn't nec- greatly new review of a clas- Starflight essarily belong in our "Fanzine Patrol" appreciated. sic game like Combat, column. At 52 pages, its size is for example, in the last issue. The enough to distinguish CGM from the -Ken via e-mail classic advertisements are a blast, eight-page Xeroxed 'zines that we and the Atari cartridge showdown usually feature here - but the bigger Ken, on the website is great. difference is that it's entirely in color. I can't wait for the next issue. With retro-feature articles on games We haven’t located the game Damn I wish it wouldn't take so like Donkey Kong, Publisher Chris itself, but we do know of a website long! Hint, Hint! Cavanaugh admits to aiming for the dedicated to PC games of the past. style and content of the original Elec- Go to www.mobygames.com and -George Albanis, via e-mail tronic Games mag from the early '80s. start your clicking. Here you will In some ways, CGM actually exceeds that standard…” find info on Starflight I and II, as George, well as information on a potential “Electronic Gaming Monthly” wrote: Starflight III. First off, thanks for the kind For Twilight: 2000 information, words. Secondly, next issue will be “Reading this issue of CGM was like there is an Internet mailing list dedicated to the classic games of opening up a box of classic gaming dedicated to this game. Send an adventure (including Adventure!). goodies you haven’t seen for e-mail to: [email protected]. This will also give us the opportu- years . A few favorite articles in- com with the phrase “subscribe twi- nity to roll out expanded coverage clude the look back on various ver- light2000” in the body of the e-mail. of the classic computer games as sions of Donkey Kong, a guide to clas- Hopefully that will get you well. Simply put, you can’t talk sic video game collecting and game started. about the adventure gaming genre rarity . and an article without talking about the Zork se- remembering the days ries and Scott Adams. Around of ‘80s video maga- zine “Electronic here we’re suckers for Castle Wolf- Games.” enstein, too. We’d like to note that the ex- Thanks Tips &Tricks and EGM!! Classic Gamer Magazine Winter 2000 6 Bushnell Begins an e-commerce, games, Britmeet 3 New Venture and entertainment network Announced housed on touch screen The U.K. Atari and Chuck E. Cheese terminals located in public classic gaming founder, Nolan Bushnell, currently venues such as airports, event, Brit- serves as Chairman bars, train stations, hotels, meet, will be and CEO of uWink.