Coin Slot Magazine - #V8N6 - 1983 - February [International Arcade Museum]
NEWS
game offering tremendous excite
VIEWS
ment and challenge as the player
video game experience.
Gaining interest at the show was
battles through to a blazing finish
against a fierce, fire-breathing drag
action that allows the player to
on! An extra-heavy duty flight con
trol stick assures long, trouble free
earnings.
Also making its bow, MONSTER
BASH™, Sega's latest Convert-a-
Game™, proved to be a delight as
players of all ages maneuvered the
game's hero, a wiley red headed
boy named Little Red, through three
exciting scenes of hunt and hide
against three famous monsters.
Fighting off defending Bats, Wolf-
PENGO™. With unique game play
change
cartoon
PENGO
with its
the strategy of this video
game as it progresses,
intrigued players of all ages
light hearted music and
new products was very positive and
strong. Those who were unable to
attend the AMOA may receive fur
ther information on all forementioned
products by contacting an authorized
Sega distributor or the factory at
16250 Technology Drive, San Diega
CA92127.
delightful graphics.
Of special interest to those wishing
to make greater promotional impact
SEGA CHAN™, an almost human
like mechanical robot held court in
the Sega booth.
Also shown for the first time were
Sega Character Cabinets, which
New game
manufacturer
Now from the west coast comes a
new video game manufacturer.
PHOTAR Industries, Inc., has made
men and Spiders, Little Red advances
through Dracula's haunted house,
brought great interest from players,
use of the abundant supply of elec
operators and distributors alike. De
tronic engineers along the west
coast.
Frankenstein's creepy castle, and
signed for smaller players(or seated
Chameleon Man'sspookygraveyard.
adults), these sturdy, colorful cabi
David Hacker, President of the
The most colorful, action packed
nets in the shapes of a robot, a mon
newly formed company, states, "I
game that Sega featured proved to
be BUCK ROGERS™: PLANET OF
ZOOM™. Featuring bizarre alien at
tackers like Robot Zoom Saucers,
Bouncing Robot, Locust Fighters,
and Spidy Jumpers, BUCK ROGERS:
PLANET OF ZOOM is filled with
fast paced action as Buck Rogers
strives to overcome these obstacles,
key, and a monster really stood out
realized the abundance of electronics
at the show. The Character Cabinets
specialists was readily available in
will be made available with Sega's
the area. I coupled that supply with
current games.
the need for new, innovative ideas
A special showing of Sega tech
nology capabilities was a prototype
game of the future entitled ASTRON
BELT™. The game concept utilizes
state of the art laser disc and inter
search out the all-powerful Enemy
active computer generated graphics
Source Ship, and defeat the Source
Ship to liberate the Planet of Zoom.
for game play action of unbelievable
realism and excitement.
Reaction to the show and Sega's
The game's electronics system uti
lizes 128K EPROMs to generate
fantastic game graphics. BUCK
ROGERS game graphics plus great
sound effects, intense action and
unique player controls all combine
to make the game as super as the
hero it is named for.
Also receiving raves from opera
in the video game market." Enter
PHOTAR Industries, Inc.
"One of the major problems in the
video game business," he continued,
"has been in the'paperwork' Most
of the games on the American market
were developed by the Japanese.
Often the translation of technical
data leaves the repairman scratching
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tors attending the show were three
games that Sega had recently intro
duced at the company's international
distributor meeting in September.
Offering plenty of action was Sega's
X-Y Convert-a-Game™, TAC/SCAN™,
an exciting space adventure that
pits a squadron of seven player
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FEBRUARY 1983
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