Joystik Issue 1

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE THIS ISSUE

arcade
Atari 5200

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(The following is loosely based on this issue's table of contents. (Notes) and bullet lists are added for clarity.)

MESSAGE

JoyStik (editorial by Matthew White)

NEO

2084: ROBOTRON APOCALYPSE!
The most ambitious video-game concept to date. Includes strategies. By Matthew White and Wayne Robert Williams. (arcade strategies; five pages)

THE WINNING EDGE

PAC-MAN: BEYOND THE NINTH KEY
For the experts only. Authoritative patterns from the Apples to the limitless stretch of Keys. (arcade strategies; four pages; by Matthew White and Wayne Robert Williams)

INNERVIEW

EUGENE JARVIS
The mind behind Defender, Stargate, and Robotron discusses the fine art of video-game design. (two-page interview)

FEATURES

THE EVOLUTION OF SPACE GAMES: HOW WE GOT FROM SPACE INVADERS TO ZAXXON
Includes strategies for Omega Race, Defender, and Zazzon. (includes the following sections:)

• Arcade Games (two-pages)
• Omega Race (arcade strategies; six pages)
• Defender (arcade strategies; six pages)
• Zaxxon (arcade strategies; six pages)
  

VIDEO DEBUT: A REPORT ON THE AMUSEMENT OPERATOR'S EXPOSITION
Scott Philips leads you through the baffling world of video-game promotions. (two pages)

PAC-MAN DAY
The colorful world of Pac-Man is finally presented in all its glory. (three pages)

TEMPEST
Top strategies for this electrifying game. (arcade strategies; six pages)

PHOENIX
A novel approach to the most misunderstood video game. (arcade strategies; five pages)

THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR...
David and Sandy Small explain the technical mysteries behind "Another Creature for my Amusement!" (one page)

DEPARTMENTS

FUTURE WAVES (news section; by David Stuart)
The newest and the most bizarre: an electronic Yo-Yo, a video Fantasy, and a battery-operated Defender.

• You've Got To Have A Gimmick (news section intro)
• Fantasy
• The Electric Yo-Yo (arcade)
• Defender (handheld stand-alone)
• Chopper Command
• Atari 5200 (upcoming system news; bullet-points)
  

COMPUTER GAMES '82
The wonder and magic of role-playing games. (subtitled 'Dnd;' by David and Sandy Small; four pages)

HOME VIDEO
Phil Wiswell separates the innovative from the imitative in Atari, Intellivision, Activision, and others. ('The New Video Games: Imitations or Innovations?;' two pages)

TECHNOCRACY (tech related news/trivia)
The technical world as it relates to video games. Information on Tron. And a Pac-Man phone.

• Tron: The Movie
• Computer-Generated Images
• Tron Games (Midway, Mattel, Tomy)
• More Pac-Mania (Pac-Man phone)
  

JOYSTIK CHARTS
High scores and favorite games.