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Video Games was an American video game magazine first published by Pumpkin Press in 1982, not to be confused with the German magazine of the same name first published in 1991. Scans of all 21 issues are available though VGHF and the Internet Archive.
1982
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| Vol. 1 No. 1 August 1982 |
Features | "The Absolutely, Positively Last Word on Pac-Man", "They've got their ACT-ivision Together", "Hey Buddy! Can You Spare a Quarter?", "Dr. Video: Video Games as Therapy a Modest Success", "Coin-Op Shop" (Amusement & Music Operators Association and Amusement Operators Expo 1982), "Play Ball!" (Radio Shack Color Computer, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore VIC-20, TI 99/4A, Sinclair ZX-81, Apple II) |
| Interviews | Nolan Bushnell | |
| Hardware | Atari VCS vs. Odyssey 2 | |
| Coin-op | ||
| Books | How to Master the Video Games, How to Master Home Video Games (Tom Hirschfeld), Score! Beating the Top 16 Video Games (Ken Uston), How to Win at Pac-Man, Playing Ms. Pac-Man (Simon & Schuster), How to Beat the Video Games (Michael Blanchet, Winner's Book of Video Games (Craig Kubey) | |
| Vol. 1 No. 2 October 1982 |
Features | "Video Games go to the Movies" (Tron), "The Art of Video Games", "Coleco Has a Vision - Better Games for All" (ColecoVision), "Dr. Video: Video Games & Vision" |
| Interviews | Tim Skelly | |
| Hardware | Astrocade vs. Intellivision | |
| Coin-op | ||
| Consoles | ||
| Books | "The Official I-Hate-Video-Games-Books Column" | |
| Vol. 1 No. 3 December 1982 |
Features | "Siggraph '82: State of the (Computer) Art", "Bull's-Eye" (video game crash of 1983), "Programming for Dollars" (Atari Program Exchange), "The Selling of Intellivision", "From Cutoffs to Pinstripes" (Atari history), "The House that Pac Built" (Midway Manufacturing) |
| Interviews | Ken Uston, George Plimpton | |
| Hardware | Arcadia 2001 | |
| Coin-op | ||
| Consoles | ||
| Books | A Buyer's Guide to Home Video Games (Roger Dionne) | |
1983
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| Vol. 1 No. 4 January 1983 |
Features | "Zen & the Art of Donkey Kong", "Video Games' Holiday Gift Guide", "Parker Brothers Strikes Back", "Confessions of a Pinball Junkie", "Year of the Home Computer" |
| Interviews | Dennis Koble, Bill Grubb (Imagic) | |
| Hardware | ColecoVision, Vectrex | |
| Coin-op | ||
| Consoles | ||
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| Vol. 1 No. 5 February 1983 |
Features | "Can Video Games Save the Radio Star?": 12 (Journey Escape), "May the Atari Force Be With You": 13–14 , "Video Games go to the Movies Part II": 32 , "Future Shock Talk": 37 (Ed Rotberg, Bob Brown, Dave Nutting, J. Ray Dettling, Richard Winn Taylor II, Dave Bischoff), "Easy Home Computer": 43 , "Playing Games with Cable": 71 , "Dr. Video: NCTV Takes Stand on Video Game Violence": 97 , "Wall Street's Switcheroo": 105 |
| Interviews | Marty Ingels: 10 , Ralph Baer: 20 | |
| Hardware: 91–94 | Atari 5200, Starpath Supercharger | |
| Coin-op: 85–88 | "'82 in Review: The Year That Wasn't" (SubRoc-3D, Zaxxon, Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong Junior, Space Duel, Frenzy) | |
| Consoles: 77–80 | ||
| Vol. 1 No. 6 March 1983 |
Features | "Games by Apollo Tumbles Back to Earth": 12 , "Worm War I Ad Has That MAGI Touch": 14 , "Arcade Report Cites Ups & Downs of '82": 18 , "Going Straight to the Sourcebook": 20 (Astrocade), "Intruder Alert!": 26 , "Welcome to the Club": 51 (Women in games), "Rating the Joysticks": 59 |
| Interviews | "The Great Debate": 21–24 : Joyce Brothers, Ronnie Lamm, Don Osborne, Mitchell Robin, Philip G. Zimbardo | |
| Hardware: 73–75 | Fairchild Channel F | |
| Coin-op | "Beating the Top 15 Coin-ops": 35–50 (Q*bert, Super Pac-Man, Tutankham, SubRoc-3D, Joust, Moon Patrol, Pengo, Jungle Hunt, BurgerTime, Defender Pinball, Donkey Kong Jr., Dig Dug, Millipede, Front Line, Tron), "Three Days in Heaven": 65 (AMOA 1982), "Imagic's Offering Couldn't Be Refused": 75 , "Atari v. Coleco & Imagic; This Means War!": 80 | |
| Consoles: 69–71 | ||
| Vol. 1 No. 7 April 1983 |
Features | "The Astrocade Question: Sink or Swim?": 10, 12 , "Computer Comix Bring Capers to Paper Screen": 14 , "Oh Nooooo! It's Mr. Bill": 16 (Licensed games), "Astron Belt! The First Videodisk Game": 17 , "The Life and Times of Q*bert & Joust": 26–30 , "CES": 39–46 , "The Silicon Valley Story": 49–56 , "Journey to the Center of Epcot": 57–60 , "Are Video Games a Radiation Hazard?": 76 |
| Interviews | Jim Levy: 20–25 | |
| Hardware: 70–72 | Timex Sinclair 1000 | |
| Coin-op: 67–69 | "Was There Life Before Space Invaders?": Death Race, Shark, Bazooka, Desert Patrol, Frogs, Digger, Space Panic, Crazy Climber, Starhawk, Speed Freak, Gun Fight, Seawolf, Space Wars | |
| Consoles: 62–66 | ||
| Books: 73–74 | Apple Crunch (Frederic Vincent Huber) | |
| Vol. 1 No. 8 May 1983 |
Features | "The Buck Starts Here": 8 (Buck Buchanan (radio host)), "Live and Learn": 12 (Microzine), "Snap to It": 14 (Pachinko), "Deadly Discs": 19–23 (Murder Anyone?), "Cartoons, Comics, Muppets": 26–32 , "Time Machines": 34–41 (Handheld games), "Screen Gems": 46–51 (Televisions), "Score One Bonus Life": 52–59 |
| Hardware: 76–79 | VIC-20 | |
| Coin-op: 61–66 | ||
| Sports Games: 67–70 | ||
| Consoles: 72–75 | ||
| Vol. 1 No. 9 June 1983 |
Features | "All Keyed Up": 35–51 (Intellivision II, My First Keyboard, Entex 2000 Piggyback, Odyssey 3, Coleco Adam, Astrocade), "The Flipside: Q*bert Makes the Jump Over the Pinball": 72 (Q*bert's Quest), "Hosting a Home Video Game Tournament": 74–75 , "The New Contender": 75 (Milton Bradley) |
| Interviews | Arnold Greenberg: 22–28 , George Opperman: 30–33 | |
| Hardware: 52–54 | VIC-20 | |
| Coin-op: 66–71 | ||
| Sports Games: 67–70 | ||
| Consoles: 72–75 | ||
| Books: 76–77 | Video War (Stephen Manes) | |
| Vol. 1 No. 10 July 1983 |
Features | "A Fight to the Finish": 11 (WarGames), "Beware of the Hot Tomato": 12 (Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes), "Easy Rider": 14 (The Saker One Space Probe), "A Seemingly Never Ending Courtship": 16 (Nolan Bushnell), "Between the Covers of Star Raiders (comic)": 18 , "Your Show of Shows": 22–23 (Starcade), "That Championship Season": 30–36 (Twin Galaxies), "Coin Op '83: Arcade Games Show Off": 38–49 (AOE 1983), "Dragon's Lair: Enter the Dragon": 50–52 , "The Flipside: Making a Double Play for Coin-Op": 60–61 (Mazer Blazer, Joust), "Image Makers: UCLA's Conference on 'Video Games and the Graphic Designer'": 70–73 |
| Interviews | Robert L. Hunter: 24–29 (CBS Electronics), Tom Campbell: 50–52 (Stern Electronics) | |
| Hardware: 52–54 | Vectrex: 74–77 , Atari 800: 78–81 | |
| Coin-op: 53–59 | ||
| Consoles: 64–69 | ||
| Vol. 1 No. 11 August 1983 |
Features | "The Videoization of Saturday Morning Television": 10–11 , "Art Imitates Life": 20–23 (WarGames), "Small Wonders: The Downsizing of Video Games": 70–72 (Handheld games, Game & Watch), "Home Carts That Kid Around": 77–78 (Oink!, Shootin' Gallery, Cookie Monster Munch) |
| Interviews | Frank O'Connell: 24–29 (Fox Video Games), Jim Caruso: 30–32 (Starcade) | |
| Hardware: 52–61 | TI 99/4A | |
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| Computers: 54–56 | ||
| Consoles: 62–69 | ||
| Vol. 1 No. 12 September 1983 |
Features | "Computer Whiz TV": 16 (Whiz Kids), "Faded Glory: The Decline, Fall and Possible Salvation of Home Video": 18–20 , "Getting Physical: Video Games Go Aerobic": 30–33 (Aerobics Joystick), "Electrifying Sights": 34–48 (Summer CES 1983), "Monty Makes a Deal": 72–73 (Monty Plays Scrabble) |
| Interviews | John Farrand, Don Osborne: 22–28 (Atari Coin-Op) | |
| Hardware | Astrocade: 62–65 , Apple IIe: 74–76 | |
| Coin-op: 50–60 | ||
| Computers: 66–67 |
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| Consoles: 68–71 |
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| Vol. 2 No. 1 October 1983 |
Features | "Atari Force: The Adventures Continue": 12–13 , "Fall Electronics Review": 28–39 (Summer CES 1983), "War Games: A Battle Plan for Attacking Video Simulations": 40–48 (strategy games), "Little Feats: Potent Portables with Features to Spare": 76–77 (Game & Watch: Mario's Cement Factory, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong II, Sky Attack) |
| Interviews | Richard Stearns: 18–26 (Parker Brothers) | |
| Hardware | Coleco Adam: 67–68 , "System Analysis" (Ultronics Sonic, Mattel Aquarius, Atari 800XL, Video Tech Laser, Tomy Tutor, Panasonic JR 200), Spectravideo SV-318: 78–80 | |
| Coin-op: 50–60 | ||
| Computers: 72–75 |
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| Consoles: 61–65 | ||
| Vol. 2 No. 2 November 1983 |
Features | "The Junkmen Cometh": 10–11 (Lance Williams), "The Music Man": 19–20 (Ed Bogas), "The Making of Star Wars: Going Behind the Scenes at Atari Coin-Op": 23–27 , "Sweet Seventeen: Getting a handle on joysticks and controllers": 30–36 , "Welcome to the Computer Age": 39–54 |
| Books: 78 | Race Against Time with Mazewarps (Vladimir Koziakin) | |
| Coin-op: 62–71 |
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| Computers: 56–60 | ||
| Consoles: 72–77 | ||
| Vol. 2 No. 3 December 1983 |
Features | "The Rites of Passage: An Open Letter to Video Games Designers": 20–21 , "At Your Service": 23–27 (CompuServe), "The Laserdisc Age Begins": 33–36 (Space Ace), "Fantastic Fantasy: Data East's Bega's Battle": 39–41 , "The Racer's Edge: Taito's Laser Grand Prix": 44–45 , "Airborne Adventure: Gottlieb/Mystar's M.A.C.H. 3": 45–46 , "Sensory Feedback: Computer Development Looks Toward Touch, Sight, and Sound": 49–51 |
| Interviews | Michael Uslan: 28–31 (Swamp Thing), Rob Fulop: 52–54 (Fathom) | |
| Hardware | Coleco Gemini: 78–81 | |
| Coin-op: 56–62 | ||
| Computers: 72–77 |
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| Consoles: 64–71 | ||
1984
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| Vol. 2 No. 4 January 1984 |
Features | "Wizardry Wonders: A Novel Idea": 10 (Warlords (comic)), "Chuck E. Cheese Builds a Better Mousetrap": 14–15 , "The Art of Video Games: The Wave of the Future": 27–30 (Lifespan, Moondust), "The Laser Age Continues": 31–33 , "The Birth of a Nation: Discovering the True Beginnings of Video Games": 41–43 (Tennis for Two, Spacewar!, Magnavox Odyssey, Computer Space, Pong), "Harry E. Williams: Rememberances of a Coin-Op Legend": 49–51 (Williams Entertainment), "Some Holiday Season Handiworks": 80–81 (Tabletop games, Q*bert, Mario Bros, Space Rescue, Space Shuttle) |
| Interviews | Phil DeGuere: 21–25 (Whiz Kids) | |
| Hardware: 44–46 | Commodore 64 | |
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| Computers: 72–79 | ||
| Consoles: 64–71 | ||
| Vol. 2 No. 5 February 1984 |
Features | "Entering Another Dimension": 12 (Bouncer), "Showtime in New York A Visit to the Electronic Fun Expo": 18 , "Elements of Style: The Origins of Game Design and Play Themes": 21–23 , "A Fight to the Finish: Atari's New Firefox Soars Across the Video Screen": 26–28 , "Coin-Op's AMOA Showcasing 1984's Arcade Attractions": 30–40 , "Mind Games: Interactive Play Opens New Doors to the Future": 54–59 |
| Hardware: 75–77 | Compact Computer 40 | |
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| Computers: 60–65 | ||
| Consoles: 66–72 | ||
| Books: 73–74 | Screen Play: The Story of Video Games (George E. Sullivan) | |
| Vol. 2 No. 6 March 1984 |
Features | "Automan: Solving Crimes from Another Dimension": 10, 13 , "Star Struck": 14 (The Last Starfighter), "The Sente Solution: Snake Pit and 'SAC's'": 16 , "Video Games First Annual Players' Choice Awards": 21–23 (Pole Position, Pitfall!), "Track & Field": 24–26 , "Follow the Leader: Spin-offs Jump to the Q*bert Challenge": 28–31 ((Q*bert, Boing!, Frostbite, Rabbit Transit)2600, Q*bertINTV,Coleco,5200, (Mr. Cool, Pharoah's Pyramid)C64), "Astrocade's Extended Play": 68–69 |
| Interviews | Michael Katz: 55–59 (Epyx), Mickey Elfenbein, Don Thompson: 32–36 (Xonox, Spike's Peak/Ghost Manor, Chuck Norris Superkicks/Artillery Duel, Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot, Tomarc the Barbarian), Ros Valory: 71 (Journey Escape) | |
| Hardware: 75–77 | Super Action Controller (Super Action Baseball, Rocky Super Action Boxing) | |
| Coin-op: 37–50 | ||
| Computers: 60–65 |
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| Consoles: 75–81 | ||
| Books: 73–74 | Time Lost (Joseph Girratano), 30 Games for the Timex/Sinclair Computer (Bill L. Behrendt) | |
| Vol. 2 No. 7 April 1984 |
Features | "Mind Over Matter": 21–22 (galvanic skin response), "Going Full Cycle": 24–29 (Star Rider), "Conventional Wisdom: Spotlighting Developments at the Winter CES": 30–37 , "Getting a Handle on your Game With Controls at your Feet": 38–41 , "The Trends and Transformations of Home Video '84": 66–69 |
| Hardware: 70–73 | Coleco Adam | |
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| Computers: 76–82 | ||
| Consoles: 58–65 | ||
| Books: 74–75 | Your First BASIC Program (Rodnay Zaks), Cosmic Games for the Commodore VIC-20 (Hal Renko, Sam Edwards) | |
| Vol. 2 No. 8 May 1984 |
Features | "On Target: Behind the Scenes of Laser Games Atomic Castle": 24–28 , "Young At Heart: Playing the Field with Children's Video Games": 30–34 (Cookie Monster Munch, Big Bird's Egg Catch, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Snoopy and the Red Baron, Pigs in Space) |
| Interviews | Joseph Deken: 20–22 (Computer Images), Thom Kidrin: 27–28 (Laser Disc Computer Systems), Nolan Bushnell: 68–73 | |
| Hardware: 65–67 | Timex Sinclair 2068 | |
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| Computers: 76–81 |
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| Consoles: 59–64 |
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| Books: 74 | The Complete Buyer's Guide to Personal Computers (Tim Hartnell), The McWilliams Word Processor Instruction Manual (Peter A. McWilliams) | |
| Vol. 2 No. 9 Summer/Fall 1984 |
Features | "Just for the Fun of it: Mylstar is Still Going Strong as a Coin-Op Giant": 20–22 , "The Championship Season": 24 (Track & Field), "Screen Gem: Will The Last Starfighter be Summer '84's Blockbuster Hit?": 40–43 , "A Sight to Behold: Exidy Brings on Crossbow, The Big Brain Game": 57–59 |
| Interviews | Walter Day: 28–30 (Twin Galaxies) | |
| Hardware | Atari 7800: 25–27 , Roller Controller: 44–46 | |
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| Computers: 14–19 |
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| Consoles: 52–56 | ||