{"id":25569,"date":"2020-09-10T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=25569"},"modified":"2021-07-19T09:54:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T13:54:19","slug":"tv-gamer-june-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/09\/10\/tv-gamer-june-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Gamer (June 1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FTVGamer%2FIssue8406&amp;twg_show=TVGamer840600001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25570\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/TVGamer840600001-751x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FTVGamer%2FIssue8406&amp;twg_show=TVGamer840600001.jpg\">TV Gamer &#8211; June 1984<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ebay\/VintageGames.html\" width=\"320\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>TV Gamer was a relatively short-lived gaming magazine published in the U.K. in 1983-1985. the June 1984 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Cover Feature<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Adventure Games<\/b> &#8211; Enter a new and fascinating world with Mike Lewis&#8217; guide to being a silicon adventurer. With 15 special adventure games reviewed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Steve Kitchen: Games Designer<\/b> &#8211; Read Darrin Williamson&#8217;s revealing account of one of America&#8217;s most famous programmers and his two year design marathon on Activision&#8217;s Space Shuttle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Arcade Scene<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dragon&#8217;s Lair<\/b> &#8211; How to get a kiss from a maiden who looks and sounds like Marilyn Munroe for only 20p. Andy Harris guides you through the country&#8217;s most popular disc game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Depth<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Star Raiders<\/b> &#8211; Try Atari&#8217;s HCS version of this fine space codkpit game with David Harvey.<\/li>\n<li><b>Atic Atac<\/b> &#8211; Dave Bishop reveals the elaborate details of the haunted house with 151 (or more?) rooms.<\/li>\n<li><b>Alechemist<\/b> &#8211; Rescue your kingdom from the evil warlock in this unique adventure.<\/li>\n<li><b>Adventure<\/b> &#8211; David Harvey unravels this fine old VCS stalwart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Game of the Year<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>TV Gamer Awards<\/b> &#8211; Readers tell us which are the year&#8217;s greatest games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special Feature<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Chris Tarrant writes<\/b> &#8211; Being a TV personality is no protection from trauma when you are subjected to a day&#8217;s screen games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Systems<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Oric-1 and ATMOS<\/b> &#8211; Darrin Williamson tries out the new ATMOS as a games player &#8211; how does it compare with the tried-and-true ORIC-1? Read on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Competition<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Cartoon Caption<\/b> &#8211; Win an Oric ATMOS and find a caption for Dicky Howett&#8217;s cartoon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reviews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The latest and the best games<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regulars<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial<\/li>\n<li>News<\/li>\n<li>Top Score<\/li>\n<li>Top 20<\/li>\n<li>TV Gamer Club<\/li>\n<li>Advertisers and back matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: TV Gamer &#8211; June 1984 TV Gamer was a relatively short-lived gaming magazine published in the U.K. in 1983-1985. the June 1984 issue includes: Cover Feature Adventure Games &#8211; Enter a new and fascinating world with Mike Lewis&#8217; guide to being a silicon adventurer. With 15 special adventure games reviewed. Exclusive Steve Kitchen: Games Designer &#8211; Read Darrin Williamson&#8217;s revealing account of one of America&#8217;s most famous programmers and his two year design marathon on Activision&#8217;s Space Shuttle The Arcade Scene Dragon&#8217;s Lair &#8211; How to get a kiss from a maiden who looks and sounds like Marilyn Munroe for only 20p. Andy Harris guides you through the country&#8217;s most popular disc game In Depth Star Raiders &#8211; Try Atari&#8217;s HCS version of this fine space codkpit game with David Harvey. Atic Atac &#8211; Dave Bishop reveals the elaborate details of the haunted house with 151 (or more?) rooms. Alechemist &#8211; Rescue your kingdom from the evil warlock in this unique adventure. Adventure &#8211; David Harvey unravels this fine old VCS stalwart. Game of the Year TV Gamer Awards &#8211; Readers tell us which are the year&#8217;s greatest games. Special Feature Chris Tarrant writes &#8211; Being a TV personality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2524],"class_list":["post-25569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retro-games","tag-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}