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Abracadabra
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exotic musical
Arabian™
a genie were to grant you three wishes
on your next game purchase, wouldn’t
they be popularity, profitability and return
on investment? Your wish is our com-
mand. ARABIAN creates a magic carpet
voyage into the land of 1001 nights.
where fantasy reigns supreme.
Players work through the story of a
page by page.
young Arabian prince.
He must rescue his princess from the cas-
tle tower. Evil GENIES materialize out of
brass jugs. Wild ROC BIRDS and purple
.
begins again, but the ac-
genies become
angrier and fling more snowballs, and
more roc birds and oscars appear. Even
the brass jugs are rearranged, making it
If
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accompaniment.
Now the story
tion gets faster, the
more difficult to spell ‘ARABIAN”.
With the 8-position joystick, the player
in a much
wider variety of movements than found in
other “jump and climb” games.
creating enormous player appeal! The
Arabian character not only walks and
jumps, but scales walls, climbs over vines
can maneuver the Arabian
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and crawls under rocks. And the
goal is not just to collect all the brass jugs
but to try accumulating them in a specific
sequence. The player also enjoys the add-
ed feature of a strong offensive capability
by using the left or righthanded “kick” but-
tons, to avoid a “squeeze” situation.
Players will fall under the spell of ARA-
BIAN’S storybook graphics while you fall
or ropes,
ghostlike creatures called OSCARS
threaten the Arabian on every page. It’s
1001 new video thrills for the entire family.
On Page 1, our Arabian prince begins
his journey at the bottom of a ship from
which he must work his way to the crow’s-
nest at the top of the mast by the time the
vessel sails into shore. As he climbs up the
rigging, roc birds and oscars dive at him.
into
good
fortune.
'Manufactured under license from Sun Electronics
Although he can move in a variety of ways
elude these meanies, points are scored
big
by kicking them out of the way.
points for clobbering a couple in a row
with one swift kick! The Arabian must also
Corporation.
to
.
try to collect
genies,
.
Moving Up
brass jugs holding devilish
who can appear at any time and
throw magical snowballs at our hero. The
Arabian’s kicking power cannot be used
against this foe, so he must be avoided.
Each brass jug is etched with a letter on
the outside. If the Arabian can collect all of
the jugs in the correct order, he will spell
the word “A-R-A-B-l-A-N” and be awarded
a 4,000-point bonus.
When the Arabian has collected all the
jugs, the player moves on to Page 2 of the
story. Now the Arabian has arrived on
shore. The only way to approach the tower
where the princess awaits him is through
a cave under the cliff, crawling under low-
hanging rocks and climbing across vines.
He must still dodge roc birds and oscars
And, he is still being tormented by the
roc birds, oscars and genies. Sometimes
a pair of beasts will collide and merge into
one super roc bird or super oscar!
By Page 4, the Arabian has entered the
castle. The princess beckons him from
the tower. To reach her, he must ride atop
some flying carpets and then pull himself
up some ropes all the while avoiding the
meddlesome roc birds and oscars and
collecting the brass jugs. Finally, he
reaches his princess and— true to any
great tale of romance— the two fly happily'
into the sunset on a magic carpet to the
ing.
—
Congratulations are extended to Mary
Fujihara on her recent promotion from
Manager to Director of Market Research.
a recognition well-deserved!
spent about $3 a week on
video games. Then tried Xevious. never
touched any other machine but Xevious
again. started spending $5, then $7, but
now I’m up to $10 a week on that game.
was known as an arcade expert. My
friends called me Tron, because always
that time,
Listen to
Your Players!
.
I
I
I
I
I
Jeremy Orr of Btoomingburg, New York
is
I
12 years old, a 7th grader, the user of a
as snowballs pitched by the
genies, and he must still collect the brass
jugs. Finally, he reaches the top of the
cave and climbs out onto a tree trunk.
On Page 3, the Arabian must scale the
castle walls. As flying carpets whiz by, he
must jump from one to the next, taking
care he isn’t knocked off by another car-
as
well
pet flying by too closely. He can duck to
avoid them, but his timing has to be exact
or he will take a tumble down to the
ground. .lose a life. .and gain a halo!
Moss ledges support the brass jugs
which he must try to snatch in the pass-
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home computer, and very much into math
and science. Besides Boy Scouts,
his
hobbies include video games which he
has been enjoying since the ripe old age
of 8. So absorbed has he been in Xev-
ious* lately that
to tell us.
.
.
he
felt
obliged
Sincerely,
Jeremy Orr
of
by permission of author).
Dear Atari Coin Video Games Division:
About 2 weeks ago, my favorite coin-op
games included:
I
to write in
and wed like to share some
commentary with you
his delightful
(reprinted
achieved high scores— always. But not
anymore. Xevious makes me look like I’ve
never been in an arcade before!
... just wanted to say that Xevious is a
new dimension in videogaming. It's going
to be hard to top that one!
Tron**, Zaxxon***, Milli-
pede™, Dig Dug*’**, and Galaga***** At
'Xevious is engineered and designed by Namco Ltd.
Manufactured under license by Atari, Inc. Trademark and
Namco
©
1982.
"Trademark of Midway Manufacturing Co.
"’Trademark of Sega Enterprises, Inc.
""Dig Dug is engineered and designed by Namco Ltd.
Manufactured under license by Atari. Inc. Trademark and
©Namco 1982.
’""Trademark of Midway Manufacturing Co. under
from
Namco
Ltd.
license
.