Atari Coin Connection

Missile
Command Tournament
The following top scorers in the
two-night tournament were award-
ed the Missile Command Junior
Olympics Gold, Silver and Bronze
Medals:
Gold: Brian Quist, age 18" Oakridge,
Tennessee 22,990 points
Silver: Chris Erdman, age 15,Long
view, Washington 19,985 points
New
Asteroids™
High Score
Shawn Davies, 19, of Murray,
Utah is the new ASTEROIDS™
record holder. On July 23, 1980 he
play.ed one game of ASTEROIDS for
21 hours and 50 minutes, scoring
10,000,000 points! When Shawn
quit playing he had 16 ships re-
ma.i ning.
Bill Anderson, the operator of the
T's-N-Tilts location where Shawn
played his record-breaking game of
ASTEROIDS, gave Shawn $100, a.
couple of T-shirts, and a hat. Atari
sent him an ASTEROIDS T-shirt as a
reward for his stamina.
''I learned the technique from a
friend of mine, Steve Lefler. He is a
real expert ASTEROIDS player,'' the
ASTEROIDS pro commented. Shawn
estimated that he spent approx-
imately $300 developing his skill
before trying for the record-
breaking 10 million point mark. He
plans on attempting to break his
own record in a few weeks, but this
time Shawn hopes to be accepted in-
to the Guinness Book of World Re-
cords.
Good luck, Shawn, from all of us
at Atari.
continued
Bronze: Donald Fischer, age 15,
Makakilo, Hawaii 18,978 points
Top contestants also received
Atari's Video Computer Systems™,
T-shirts, belt buckles and pens.
Tom Petit, one of Atari's Regional
Sales Managers, who supervised the
tournament commented, "The ath-
letes really enjoyed the opportunity
to play these Atari games and to
compete in the Missile Command
Tournament. And, since all the
students who were in Santa Clara
for the Junior Olympics are in the
age group that plays our games, it
was a great opportunity to broaden
the awareness of Atari, especially
new Missile Command.''
Sue Elliott
Attends Australian AMOA
Sue Elliott, International Sales
Manager for the Coin-op Division,
recently attended the Australian
AMOA at Surfers· Paradise in
Queensland, the Sunshine State.
The show was attended by Aus-
tralian operators, distributors, and
manufacturers of video and pinball
games and juke boxes. The at-
tendees were most enthusiastic
about the products on display. The
largest of the exhibitors, Leisure
and Allied Industries, the Atari
distributor in Austrailia, occupied
over half of the exhibition space.
The "hottest" game in Australia
right now, as it is throughout the
world, is Asteroids™. Leisure and
Allied also exhibited new Missile
Command™ to the Australian trade
for the first time, and it created
quite a sensation. Judging from the
excellent reception, Missile Com-
mand is going to be another big suc-
cess for operators throughout
Australia.
Atarians to Compete in
Coin Slot GoH Toumey
The 1980 Coin Slot Magazine Golf
Tournament will be held at the
Gleneagles Golf Club in Scotland on
September 18 and 19. Atari will be
represented on the golf course by
Gene Lipkin and Joe Robbins, Co-
Presidents of Atari's Coin-Op Divi-
sion, and Skip Paul, Vice-President,
General Counsel. Atari will be pro-
viding promotional customized golf
tees and hand towels to all entrants
in the tournament.
We wish Gene, Joe and Skip the
best of luck.