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Video Games Player Volume 1 Number 1

ISSUE: 1Content

PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE

  • Atari 2600 - VCS
  • Atari 5200
  • ColecoVision
  • Intellivision
  • Vectrex
  • Astrocade
  • Odyssey 2
  • arcade

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(The following based on content page excerpts with bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.)

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.  The author of 'The Winner's Book Of Video Games' tells you how to get higher scores.  Plus - eight secret tips to eight super games! (seven pages; general video game strategies, with specific tips for the following:)

  • Asteroids
  • Space Invaders
  • Centipede
  • Defender
  • Missile Command
  • Qix
  • Monaco GP
  • Battlezone

The VGP Profile: BIG DADDY
By Steven Slon.  The Story of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell ('Big Daddy - Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell Is The Father of Video Games'; 4.33 pages; biography / interview commentary)

WIN A YEAR'S WORTH OF QUARTERS!
But there's a catch - you've got to design a video game to win.  The winner will be announced in our next issue. (two pages; contest)

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)

TEXAS SHOOTOUT!
Everything is bigger down there, including tournaments.  After the state tournament in Dallas, one person can call himself the Fastest Gun In The West.  Meet him.  ('Texas Shootout! - 7-11 and Dr. Pepper Team Up For The First State-Wide Championship'; two pages; photos; benefiting the Texas March of Dimes)

THE VIDEO GAME WARS
By Dan Gutman.  There's a battle going on out there.  But it's being fought with lawyers, not lasers.  And in this kind of war, there is one big winner - you! ('Video Game Wars - Who Will Be The Big Winner After The Video Game Companies Finish Slugging It Out?  (You Will!)'; 3.66 pages; discusses many aspects of competition - comparisons in advertising, employees leaving established corporations to form up-starts; lawsuits and legal action)

CAN YOU SURVIVE?
By Michael Blanchet.  The author of 'How To Beat The Video Games' puts you in the middle of ten different games and challenges you to escape death-threatening situations.  Don't choke! ('Can You Survive? - Tricky Situations For Top Players'; six pages; game strategies by presenting a game scenario and its resolution;  games:)

  • 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.  Walt Disney's breakthrough film has the most advanced special effects in movie history.  Find out about the flick and the people that made it. ('The Making Of Tron - Special Effects Leap Into The Future'; six pages; movie discussion; includes 'The Men Behind the Computers' sidebar)

FALL 1982 VIDEO GAME BUYER'S GUIDE
By Sheryl Anthony.  Different people have different needs.  We'll tell you what is the best video game system for you, and which games you'll most likely enjoy playing on it. ('Fall 1982 Complete Home Video Game Buyer's Guide'; seven pages, including 'Video Game System Ratings' sidebar (consoles graded) and 1.66 page 'Software Report Card' (games graded); includes sections:)

  • 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



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    Title: Video Games Player Volume 1 Number 1
    Month: Fall
    Year: 1982
    Publisher: Carnegie Publications Corp.
    Editor: Dan Gutman
    Pages: 68
    Price: $2.95
    Country: United States
    Language: English
    Votes: 0

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