Video Games Player Issue 1 (Sep 1982)
1Video Games Player Issue 1 (Sep 1982)
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PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE
Atari 2600 - VCS
Atari 5200
ColecoVision
Intellivision
Vectrex
Astrocade
Odyssey 2
arcade
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HOME GAME GOSSIP
(one page; home gaming news)
ARCADE PARADE
(one page; arcade gaming news)
KICK ASTEROIDS!
(and beat ten other video games too!) By Craing Kubey.
Asteroids
Space Invaders
Centipede
Defender
Missile Command
Qix
Monaco GP
Battlezone
The VGP Profile: BIG DADDY
By Steven Slon.
THE VIDEO GAMES GAZETTE
The first newspaper devoted to video games. Join us as we take a trip around the country and see how people like you are enjoying the New National Pastime. ('The Video Game Gazette - All The News That's Fit To Play'; four pages; news stories:)
Pac-Man Bites the Dust! (Pac-Man dies; news parody)
Parker Releases Games For Atari (Parker Brothers plans to release Atari compatible games)
Anyone Who Is Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand (arcade donates to students with perfect attendance)
"I Now Pronounce You Pac-Man and Wife." (couple plans to wed after meeting each other via Pac-Man arcade game)
Quick! Cash In Your Quarters! (Weekly World News reports teenager killed by a video game)
Arcadia "Super Charges" Atari (Starpath Supercharger planned)
Falklands Under Video Attack! (Obliterate game discontinued)
Fair Is Fair (Odyssey named Official Video Game of the '82 World's Fair, Atari named Official Video Games of the '84 World's Fair)
73 Million Points! (Using Missile Command arcade game, $60,000 raised for kidney operation)
Japanese Prefer To Play "Pachinko"
Long Range Plans (Atari planning video games based on film 'Krull')
Why Are These Guys Smiling? (photo; Activision senior designers Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, David Crane, Steve Cartwright and Bob Whitehead)
Pssst! Wanna Free Pair of Bell-Bottoms? (Navy recruiter stalks arcades)
Also At CES... (Playboy Bunnies and Penthouse Pets at SCES)
Dodgers To hit Hyperspace (Ron Cey poses with International Atari Asteroids Tournament player)
Getting Tough With Ripoffs (video game designs protected under copyright; enhancement kits ruled as copyright infringement)
HOW COOL ARE YOU?
A lesson in arcade etiquette. We called on our resident pro, Art Cater, to show you how to mind your manners in your local electronic emporium. You'll be happy to know that Art is recuperating nicely. (five pages; photos with captions:)
Do Not Attract Attention To Yourself
Don't Hog The Machine
Know Your Games
Do Not Distract The Other Players
Shut Your Face
Start Your Game Right Away
Accept Defeat Gracefully
Know When To Leave
ARCADE ART GALLERY
(two page spread; Zaxxon screenshot)
THE VIDEO GAME WARS
By Dan Gutman.
CAN YOU SURVIVE?
By Michael Blanchet.
Pac-Man
Scramble
Tempest
Qix
Eliminator
Frogger
Donkey Kong
Defender
Centipede
Zaxxon
WHAT DOES DONKEY KONG HAVE TO DO WITH DONKEYS?
(and other gaming trivia) (two pages; game quiz)
THE MAKING OF TRON
By David McClain.
FALL 1982 VIDEO GAME BUYER'S GUIDE
By Sheryl Anthony.
Hardware
Atari
Intellivision
Intellivoice
Odyssey 2
Colecovision
Astrocade
GCE
Software
Activision
Imagic
Games By Apollo
STAND UP FOR VIDEO GAMES!
(one page; petition letter to be signed and mailed to the U.S. House of Representatives)
CALENDAR
('Calendar - What's In Store For You?'; one page; release calendar)
Cover illustration by Punz Wolff
Music By:
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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