Electronic Fun with Computers & Games (February 1983)

Source: 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.

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