Electronic Fun with Computers & Games (February 1983)

Electronic Fun with Computers & Games (February 1983)

Electronic Fun with Computers & Games was a fairly popular video gaming magazine from the early 1980s for the relatively short life it had. It covered arcade games, consoles and computer games. The February 1983 issue includes:

Special Report

• Coming Attractions - A sneak preview of this year's hottest arcade and home games as seen at two of the industry's biggest shows. Q-Bert, Time Pilot, Quantum, Pole Position and Buck Rogers: EF predicts the arcade winners and losers for the year to come.


• Future Fact/Future Fantasy: Holography - We've hot a hologram for...you! Holograms are 3-D photographs and can be used in games. In fact, Gunsmoke, a holographic game, is already available. Are holograms the picture of what's coming in games? The first in a series on the future.

Feature Articles

• Ripoff's Believe It Or Not! - Obscure untruths and little known fallacies about video games. For example: Who is Calvin Louie and why does he say "Ping" and "Ka-pow?"


• What's In A Name - It isn't whether you win or lose, it's how you name the game. A little history on how some of your favorite games got their titles and what, if anything, their names were before.


• Parlez-Vous BASIC? - After reading this article you'll be well on your way to speaking computer like a native. In this chapter you'll learn to make your computer talk back to you. The first in a series.

Continuing Series

• Gamemakers: My Life Among The Communist Mutants - EF speaks with Steven Landrum about his red hot Starpath game.


• First Screening: Readers' Program - Full steam ahead with Greg Gilfeather's computerized version of Battleship.

Equipment Reviews

• Voice vs. Voice - First movies talked and now games do. Should video games be seen and not heard? Read the Great Debate between Intellivoice and Odyssey's The Voice and decide.


• The Big Apple II - Computers are becoming as American as Apple II. Read all about the Apple II and decide whether the first computer should be your first computer?

Game Reviews

• Hits & Missiles - Dan Gutman dances to Journey Escape...Michael Brown fights Space Wars...Marc Berman battles Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and Art Levis proves that games to Type & Tell. Plus Kid Grid, Amok, Cosmic Fighters and other computer games.

Departments

• Editorial - A word from the editors.
• Letters - We welcome your feedback.
• New Products - The latest in equipment.
• Glitches - An irreverent gazette of gaming news.
• EFG Times - You read it here first.
• ScreenPlay - Michael Blanchet's strategy tips.
• Input/Output - Got a question? We've got the answers.
• Top Ten - The most popular in arcade and home.
• Reader's Tips - Your hints for higher scores.
• A Show of Handhelds - The latest in games-to-go.
• The E.A.T. Report - Jens von der Heide on games.
• Top Secret - The latest in gaming gossip.

...and more!