{"id":20481,"date":"2018-06-12T10:41:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=20481"},"modified":"2018-06-18T17:22:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T21:22:56","slug":"blip-march-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/06\/12\/blip-march-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"BLiP (March 1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blip_02_-_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20482 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blip_02_-_01-665x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"blip_02_-_01\" width=\"665\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FBlip%2FBlip02&amp;twg_show=Blip_02_-_01.jpg\">CBLiP &#8211; Issue Number 2 &#8211; March 1983<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>BLiP was a video game magazine published by Marvel in comic book format. While perhaps not the greatest format for such a magazine, it did provide the opportunity to get a video game magazine with a decent amount of content for quite a bit less than the cost of a traditional magazine. A probable victim of the video game crash, it didn&#8217;t last long though. The March 1983 issue includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Spider-Man<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Spidey joins his creator and a group of fans to try out his new video game.<\/li>\n<li><b>End Game<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Green with envy, the Goblin tries to upstage the star of the new video game.<\/li>\n<li><b>News Blips<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; 3-D video games, electronic phone books, news about arcades.<\/li>\n<li><b>Blip Tips I<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A look at the basketball catridges from the Big Three in home video systems.<\/li>\n<li><b>Blip Tips II<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; How to improve your score at Donkey Kong.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tron<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Why the movie bombed, while the game took off like a rocket.<\/li>\n<li><b>Design Wizard<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Blip talks with Rob Fulop, designer of Demon Attack.<\/li>\n<li><b>Blip Confidential<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Quick tips on improving your score in 10 popular arcade games.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hall of Fame<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; An update on top scorers around the country.<\/li>\n<li><b>Socks and Parcheesi<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; A not-so-serious story about the perils of video games.<\/li>\n<li><b>Video Word Search<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Test your eye-hand coordination with a pencil instead of a joystick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: CBLiP &#8211; Issue Number 2 &#8211; March 1983 BLiP was a video game magazine published by Marvel in comic book format. While perhaps not the greatest format for such a magazine, it did provide the opportunity to get a video game magazine with a decent amount of content for quite a bit less than the cost of a traditional magazine. A probable victim of the video game crash, it didn&#8217;t last long though. The March 1983 issue includes: Spider-Man\u00a0&#8211; Spidey joins his creator and a group of fans to try out his new video game. End Game\u00a0&#8211; Green with envy, the Goblin tries to upstage the star of the new video game. News Blips\u00a0&#8211; 3-D video games, electronic phone books, news about arcades. Blip Tips I\u00a0&#8211; A look at the basketball catridges from the Big Three in home video systems. Blip Tips II\u00a0&#8211; How to improve your score at Donkey Kong. Tron\u00a0&#8211; Why the movie bombed, while the game took off like a rocket. Design Wizard\u00a0&#8211; Blip talks with Rob Fulop, designer of Demon Attack. Blip Confidential\u00a0&#8211; Quick tips on improving your score in 10 popular arcade games. Hall of Fame\u00a0&#8211; An update on top scorers around the country. 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