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  • Electronic Games, January 1984

    Electronic Games, January 1984 – #VideoGames #arcade #ComputerGames #1980s #80s #1984 #Atari #Commodore #Apple

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    Electronic Games is the granddaddy of all video games magazines. While it was only around a couple of years, it had a huge influence. The January 1984 issue includes:

    • Switch On!
    • Hotline
    • Meet Pac-Man’s Video Godfather
    • Readers Replay
    • The Ultimate Gaming Gift – Read about the most exquisite game station ever built.
    • Games On Disc – The dragon’s out of its lair and brought some friends along.
    • EG Goes Continental – Think only Americans read EG, huh? Think again.
    • Computer Gaming Section
      • Software Showcase
      • Articles of War
      • Passport to Adventure
      • Think Tank
      • Electronic Pressbook
    • The 1984 Arcade Awards – The best videogames, computer games, coin-ops, and stand-alones of 1983!
    • The Players Guide To Atari Computer Software – From action to strategy games, Atari owners have the pick of the lot.
    • Kideo: Games for the Younger Set – The second of a three-part series on gaming for tots.
    • New Products
    • In Control
    • Inside Gaming
    • Programmable Parade
    • Insert Coin Here
    • Strategy Session
    • Q & A
    • Games Library
    • Stand-Alone Scene
    • Reader Poll
    • Coming Attractions

    …and more!


  • Videogaming Illustrated, June 1983

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    The June 1983 issue of Videogaming Illustrated

    Videogaming Illustrated, later Videogaming and Computer Gaming Illustrated, was one of several relatively short-lived video games magazines from the early to mid 1980s that all died with the crash. The June 1983 issue includes:

    • The Keyboard
    • Eye On
    • VIP: Ray Bradbury
    • Fiction: Endgame
    • Supergaming
    • Close Up: Star Trek Games
    • Cinema: The Computers of Star Trek
    • Conquering: Spider Fighter
    • Print Out
    • Conquering: Phoenix
    • Preview
    • Focus On: Electronic Dungeons & Dragons
    • Arcadia: The Making of a Pinball Machine
    • Conquering: Moon Patrol
    • Conquering: Satan’s Hollow
    • Golden Pons
    • Input
    • Championship Videogaming
    • Computer eyes: What’s a ‘K’?
    • RAMblings
    • Video Victor
    • You Read It Here First

    …and more!