Video & Arcade Games (Fall 1983)

Video & Arcade Games – Fall 1983

Video & Arcade Games was a spin-off from Creative Computing that covers, as the name would suggest, home video games as well as arcade games. This was another early 1980s gaming magazine that didn’t last very long. The Fall 1983 issue includes:

Editorial – What’s in this issue and why
Gamester of the Year contest – Gamer vs. Gamer
Interview – Three Game Designers
High Scores – The creme de la game
Feedback – All about you

Arcade Games

New Arcade Games – Hottest new games at the Amusement Operators Expo
Mastering Q*Bert – How to avoid those ?%!$*?! traps
Mastering Super Pac-Man – Guiding the gargantuan gobbler
Mastering Joust – Staying on top of the heap

Home Video Games

Jedi Arena
Atari VCS Games Roundup – Lock ‘N’ Chase, Jawbreaker, Fast Food, Journey Escape, Spider Man, Cosmic Creeps, Tron Deadly Discs, Wizard of Wor, Eggomania, Rescue Terra 1, Mines of Minos, Bermuda Triangle, Circus Atari, Dragster, Riddle of the Sphinx
Mastering River Raid – And living to tell the tale
The King of Maze Games is a Woman – And what a woman: Ms. Pac-Man
Sneak Preview: Robotank from Activision – Arcade challenges to come
Mastering Fast Eddie – Staying cool and steady
Mastering Skiing – Schuss up and listen
Mastering Othello – Even when the chips are down
Mastering Defender – Home version of an arcade favorite
Vectrex Update: Two Great Games – Rip-Off, Armor Attack
Sid the Spellbinder
Demon Attack – Devilishly difficult
Intellivision II – New Incarnation of a classic
Two for the Intellivision – Swords & Serpents and Bomb Squad

Home Computer Games

Four Games for the Color Computer – A great games machine, too
Five Games for the Apple – Still among the best
Mastering Miner 2049er – Bouncing with Bounty Bob
Five Great Atari Computer Games – New, different, and fun
Four Great Games for the Timex Sinclair 1000 – Yes folks, still ticking
Game Controllers and Accessories – Update on the latest peripherals to improve your game.

Self Contained Games