Video Games (December 1982)

Video Games (December 1982)


Video Games was an early 1980s video game magazine covering systems like the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Arcadia 2001, Vectrex and others of the time. The December 1982 issue includes: Features

• Video Games Interview: Ken Uston - From stockbroker to blackjack whiz to video game maven, the celebrated author knows no bounds. An exclusive interview by Roger Dionne.
• Programming for Dollars - Game designers are turning ideas into megabucks. Who are they, how do they do it and could you become one of them? Dale Archibald is on the case.
• The Selling of Intellivision - The maker of Barbie has come a long way, baby. An inside look at Mattel and its prime-time duel with Atari. Also, a rare interview with George Pimpton. Susan Prince and Steve Hanks do the job.
• The House That Pac Built - Space Invaders, Galaxian, Pac-Man, Gorf, Ms. Pac-Man, Tron! Midway Manufacturing has done them all. On the even of the Company's 25th anniversary, Andrea Stone paid a visit to the coin-op Goliath.

Special Section

• From Cutoffs To Pinstripes - On Atari's 10th birthday, Video Games brings you the company that started it all. An incredible report by Steve Bloom.

Departments

• Hyperspace - A few words of hype from the editor.
• Double Speak - Some words of advice from our readers.
• Blips - Pac-Man gets a TV show, gamer clubs, Siggraph '82, drugs in arcades, the latest and greatest high scores, why Wall Street is saying all those terrible things about video games.
• Soft Spot - Perry Greenberg pulls no punches as he guides you through the ever-expanding software maze. Reviews of 16 brand new cartridges, including Atlantis, Pitfall and The Empire Strikes Back.
• Book Beat - The mad, mad, mad world of a video game book author. Between hands of poker and the change of cartridges, Roger Dionne found the time to tell us how it's done.
• Coin-Op Shop - Eugene Jarvis returns with more expert opinions on the latest batch of quarter-eaters. Je also has a few things to say about Tron.
• Hard Sell - The TV-game system that nobody knows. Introducing Emerson's Arcadia 2001. Critique by Sue Adamo.
• Comic Relief - Our resident funny men are back on the loose. John Holmstrom's "Bernie," Gene Williams' "Joysticks," and Peter Bugge "Video Kid."
• Outtakes

...and more!