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Unlikely Future Videogames 7157204114 ® Video Computer System ,. THERE'S NO COMPARING IT WITH ANY OTHER VIDEO GAME. Only ATARI makes the games·the world wants most. "..~ Games that are innovative. Intense. Incredibly involving . And totally original. In 1980 ATARI invaded the minds of millions with Space Invaders~ It went on to become the single most popular video game in the world and thereby launched the space age game category. Today ATARI Missile Command'" and Asteroids'M are the fastest selling home video games in the country. And judging by its current success in the arcades, ATARI Pac Man** is slated for the same this year. OaATARI' _ __c- "Ind,cales Iradamar1< ollhll la'Io Nne<.ca Corp ""Ind.cat" Iradamlll'k 01 the M,dway MIg Co 01982 A.. " Inc Volume One. Number Three Editor Arnie Katz Executive Editor Bill Kunkel Editorial DlrKtor Bruce Apar Senior Editor Joyce Worley Technical Editors Henry Cohen Jethro Wright III Bill Heineman Switch On! ................ , Inside Gaming ............ 4 4 Strategy Editor Meet Bob Ogdon. the man who put Frank Tetro Jr. the magic In Wizard, the new Contributing Editor! Electronic Games Hotline .... 8 Astro Arcade cartridge. C . Ross Chamberlain W illy Richardson Arcade America . ... .... 4' Leigh Goldstein TestLab ............ Les Paul Robley Electronic Games visits las Vegas' Ar1 expert shows how to fix the Roger Sharpe Circus Circus. where the cOin-op Ken Unon Atari ves' most common problem. action is under the big top. Art Director Q&A ........ A. W ong 14 Games We'll Never See Executl .... Art Dlr tor CNeHope) ........... ... 41 Harvey Hersh Readers Replay ............. 20 O ur humorous look at some unlikely Con,ultanu Graphic ideas for forthcoming games. Creative Concepts Publisher Feature Jay Rosenfi eld Co·Publi>her VideogameOutiook-1982 22 There's new hope for southpaws Arnie Katz The coming year will see several - if they follow this article's Executive Advertising Director new systems and perhaps 100 new sim ple instructions. Bruce Mishk in cartridges. Here's the lowdown! Advertising Director ~11111!1-~ Computer Playland .... 52 Jim Bender 111 21 77HJ800 No-holds-barred analysis of the latest West Coast Adv.... tI.lng game software for the most popular Repr ~~ntatiye microcomputer systems. Paul Turchetta Bill Siapin & Co. 15720 Ventura Blv . Strategy Session . .. SI Encino. CA 91436 Our prize-winning strategy editors (213) 995-0257 show how to be an Intellivision Midwest Adverti.1ns Insert Coin Here ............ • champ and wi n at Tempest. Representative 6 Milton Gerber If you can't StOP the ape in Donkey Those A-maze-ing Gerber & Associates Kong, maybe you can defeat the kitten 2607 North Prindle in Make Trax' Gobble Games ... Arlington Heights. ILL. 60004 (31 2) 398-3032 Pac·Man and similar maze<hases Women Join have taken the arcading world by Production Manas". the Arcade Revolution 10 stonn. Here's the whole Story. Tom Koger .... Circulation Dlr.. ctor Women are now ready and willing to Clubs for Gamers .... William D. Smith challenge the best of the men for electronic arcading laurels. IlIu<triltors """ether your main interest is com­ David Prest one puters or videogames. there's a Brez New Products .............. 14 group that's right for you. Mark Gerber Curtis King Jr. Slam Dunk! .. ~ ... Joe Dyas .. ... Even if you're not a seven-footer. " Bob Schochet Special Section Cove, PhotoJrilPh electronic basketball can provide Les Morsillo THE PLAYERS GUIDE a full measure of sports thrills_ Photography TO ELECTRONIC Programmable Parade 70 Bob Ghi raldinJ ..... David Ross WARGAMES . IS The new games are comiRg! EG's critics separate the winners from ELECTRONIC GAMES (ISSN- Fight past, present and even the also... ans. 0730-6687) Is published bi-monthly future battles with a host of by Ree.. Publishing Company. Inc. 135 Park Avenue South. New York. Passport to Adventure .. , . .. 74 N .Y. 10003 © 1982 by Ree.. Pub­ Castle Wolfenstein dares you to lishing Company. Inc . All rights re­ escape from a Nazi prison! ..rved. © under Universal. Intema­ tional and Pan American Copyright conventions. Reproduction o f edi· Stand-Alone Scene .... .... 71 or pictorial content in any torial Treasures await the adventurer manner is prohibited. Single copy & price $2.95. Subscript ion rate: 6 in Mattei's Dungeons Dragons! issues for $ I 5 and 12 issues for $28. Printed in the U.S.A. Reader Poll . .. II WARNING TO PLAYERS: Spacechase™ is a tough game! To win, you have to be tough, too . , . with the brains, speed and skill to sUNive steadily increasing enemy fire from deadly, t Laser-Directed , Heat-Seeking Proton Missiles! You 'll love the challenge of Apollo's Skeet ShootT", too! Both Skeet Shoot and Spacechase are now available at retail outlets near you. Spacechase TIol offers GAMES BY 24 variations for one or two players. Fur the' Delmer Nho hdS ('v"rythll1ql (Jrripr yuu LUStOrT1ILl,d vpr;;lr'n of Spdl ed1dS( featullng v()ur Initials I 1300 E. ARAPAHO ROAD· RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75081 See our ((lupon on page 69 "ATARI and Video Computer SystemTI.! are trademarks of ATAR I, INC. Who are you? Iy studying for that high school diploma. Who am I? leasing the readers is the editor's Most EG readers own a videogame I "Where's Frank Laney?" many read- IP main job, That sounds straight-for­ system. Atari is the favorite, found in ers must've asked themselves after glan- ward enough, but it isn't always easy to 55 % of readers' homes. Owners of the cing at either the masthead on the con­ do. The EG staff had to do a lot of seat­ Odyssey~nd Intellivision each represent tents page or the byline of this editorial. of-the-pants fiying when putting together about 18% of the survey sample. The inimitable co-founder of ELEC- the first couple of issues. Futurists often speak about the golden TRON IC GAMES is alive and well. The reason: Very little is known about age of the personal computer being just In fact, he's me! Contractual obliga­ who, exactly, participates in America's around the corner. It's a lot closer than tions forced me to adopt the pseu­ fastest-growing hobby. that for many arcaders. Nearly one- donym of "Frank Laney Jr." when Bill The typical arcader is a 25-year-old quarter already own a microcomputer, Kunkel and I began the "Arcade Alley" male. Although the number of female and another 44% expect to purchase , column in Video Magazine. The same players is rising rapidly-see Joyce Wor­ one within the next 12 months. Atari's restraints have kept me behind the mask ley's "Women Join the Arcade Revolu­ 400/800 and the Apple II Plus are cur- ever since. tion" in this issue-men still account for rently the most popular. Now things have changed, and I'm 96% of the total. The wide age-spread Like most hobbyists, electronic gam- I free to write and edit material about testifies to the universal appeal of elec- . ers spend a fair amount of time each electronic games under my real name. tronic gaming. About one-fourth of you week on their favorite pastime. About And, yes, it's a great fe~ling. e are under 16, an equal percentage fall five hours is average, though a sizable -Arnie Katz into the 16-25 bracket and the remaining percentage of survey respondents re­ 51 % are over 26. ,port spending over 10 hours per week Arcaders earn' more and have more wrestling with electronic games. education than the general population. Is arcading an expensive hobby? The Roughly 48% come from families with typical player spends about $5 a week. average annual incomes of $20,000- Approximately 28 %. however, shell out $39,000, and an additional 10% live in $15 to $20 a week. households that earn over $40,000 a Future installments of the Reader Poll year. Slightly less than than ' half of you should shed additional illumination on the have some schooling beyond the 12th thoughts, attitudes and opinions of elec­ grade, while nearly one in four is current- tronic gamers. 6 Bectronk Games .J Play & sound just like the MIDWAY arcade ..J 2 skill levels Pac-.Man ™& Galaxian TM games J Arcade type joy stick control ) 3 games In one: ) Record best score Pac-Man ™also plays Head to Head™ Pac-Man ™ Demonstration mode for in-store display (for two players) and Eat & Run ™ National T.V. support in 1st quarter, 1982 "") Galaxlan TM also plays Head to Head™ Galaxian ™ Available for shipment NOW (for two players) and Midway's Attackers TM © 1981 Coleco Industries, Inc. Licensed by MIDWAY MFG. CO. © MIDWAY 1981 • Apollo already under.-\lay. Activision ability to produce media Offers Roper stressed that not public relations events as ex­ all copies of Skeet Shoot con­ Flies High citing and colorful as its Recall tain this malfunction. and The world's first games. At a recent elec ­ A few arcaders have that adjusting the vertical software-only videogame tronics trade show in Las reported a techni cal prob­ hold knob will cure the pro­ company. Activision. con­ Vegas. the company rented lem with Skeet Shoot the blem in many cases. tinues ItS expansion. w ith an actual crop-duster to first cartridge for Atari VCS However, Games by the addition of a new fac­ promote one of its latest produced by a new com­ Apollo is anxious to rectify tory and the hiring of two releases , Barnstorming. pany. Games By Apollo. the situation and establish new designers. Activision In addition to the pilot. According to Apollo's presI­ goodwill with the electronic has also demonstrated an Barnstorming-creator Steve dent Pat Roper.
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