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Editor .. . ..... . .. ..... . .... .. . .. . .... ... TONY CARTER
Advertising Manager . ...... . . . .. . ... . BERNIE RpGERS
TONY MASHEDER
Production Director.· · ··············
Technical Director.·· ····· · · ····· ······· · · BOB DUFFY
Editorial Addresses: Leisure Play, McMillan Martin,
~e~~gifl~·61~{~e Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe.
Advertising :Tel.0625612818.
Europe: Mary Openshaw, 44 Quai Du Commerce
(Box 00), 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
SCREE N GEMS from Ace, the game that won top
a wa rd at the ATE..
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THE ATE 1982 was held outside London for the first time.
Twenty pages of coverage starts on page. . .
. 9
THE NORTHERN show at Blackpool moves down the promenade33
PORTUGAL has many problems. First of a two-part
series by Mary Openshaw..
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BARCREST pla yiticecool..
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BRITISH gaming machines were a hit a t the Horeca va. . .
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IMA SHOW reoort by Mary Openshaw.
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PEE P into the past a t Bass Museum ...
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VECTOR - thene wpinballtrom Bally..
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MIDWAY present Kick-Man, the follow-up game to Pac-Man .... 55
EXHIBITORS list for the Northern Show.. .
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Leisure Play 11 published 1:md printed by Tre lawney Preu Lid.
Northgate. White Lund Estate, Morecambe. Tel: 052' 362"1. Every care
Is taken In compiling the contents ollhls magazine, butthe publlsheB
ouume no responslblllty In the effect ri sing therefrom. All prices and
data contained In advertisements are accepted by us In good faith
as being correct at the time ot going to preu. Advertl1er1 and
publlsheB canno t be held responsfble tor any vari a tions affecting
prices or avalloblllty offer the publication hos c losed tor preu.
MARY OPENSHAW, our International Correspondent,
can now be contacted b y ' phone o n
010-32-2-217·10·93.
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have made of vtdeo games is
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the British Army hundreds of
thousands of recruits. Century
Electronics
have
also
attracted a lot of recruits for
their Century Video System. The
Oldham-based company has
companies in the UK, USA,
Japan, Australia, South Africa,
France, Spain, West Germany
and Eire licensed to build their
product.
The Century game module
allows instant game changes
and is so flexible that virtually
any game or novel effect can
be incorporate d.
Century, headed by Joint
Managing Directors Peter
Robinson and David Jones,
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devote most O their energies
to research and development
but still manufacture video
game machines to a high
standard. They have a team of
fir St
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technicians and have built up
a superb Research and
Development department.
The CVS means the operator
can have instant game
cha n r1 e with f i rs t c I ass
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re Ii a b I Ii ty. The system wa s
launched in July last year and
ha S been a t rem end OU S
success. Century l i censed
Dutchford, the Fairford-based
company, to manufacture the
system in the UK.
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COMMENT
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The 1982 ATE, held at the NEC, Birming-
ham, left the trade split down the middle.
There were those who felt the superb facil i-
ties at the ATE outweighed all other con-
siderations and those who were convinced
that London, with its established social life
and attractions for overseas visitors, was the
only place to hold an ATE. •
There is no doubt that the purpose-built
NEC has the edge over any of the London
sites in terms o f facilities. The 1982 ATE must
have been one of the smoothest ever held.
The socia l side suffered - parties were
few and far between. But the prime p urpose
of the ATE is to generate as much trade as
Leisure Play - Februar',,
possible for the industry and the social stde
should be very much a secondary consider-
ation. However, overseas visitors must be
encouraged to spend as much time as
possible at the ATE. They figure prominently
in the plans of many British firms and if
Birmingham does not appea l to them, that
in itself gives London the vote as far as many
firms are concerned.
But did Birmingham get a fa ir chance?
The rail strike, wh ich hit the last two days, the
IMA overlap and the pre-show bad weather,
wh ic h got a lo t o f public ity abroad, con•
spired to put o ff ma ny overseas visitors.
One c ould no t hel p fee ling that Bir•
mingham, with its limitless space, c ould, In
ti me, bec ome the b est possib le site fo r the
ATE.
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