Atari Coin Connection

Two New Vi eo Hits from ATA
I®
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Red Baron: Aerial combat
in WWI biplane.
ATARl's Red Baron is a realis-
tic aerial combat simulation. The
player is behind the controls of a
WWI biplane searching the skies
• for the elusive Red Baron. The
horizon shifts and tilts while
three-dimensional hills and val-
leys sweep by below. Suddenly,
on the player's right, an enemy
biplane appears. The player ma-
neuvers his plane, locates the
enemy in his sights and fires.
The enemy is blown away!
Besides the enemy biplanes,
the player must also watch for
blimps which can be shot for
points. On the ground there are
tanks, pyramids and buildings, all
of which make good targets for
strafing runs. Game challenge
and excitement mount when the
enemy planes begin firing back
at the player. The player must
maneuver his plane skillfully and
try to save his fire because his
guns could overheat, leaving him
with no protection from the das-
tardly Red Baron.
Red Baron includes ATARl's
new operator-adjustable Skill-
Sense TM feature, which allows
the game to self-adjust average
game time to correspond to av-
erage player skill in any given lo-
cation. A special High Score ta-
ble displays the top seven scores
on the game. If the power is off,
the non-volatile memory retains
the top three scores. Other spe-
cial features include 4 operator-
adjustable bonus levels, 4 opera-
tor adjustable game "lives", and
ATARl's 19" QuadraScan™
monitor with ultra-realistic 3-D
screen graphics.
Red Baron is available in a
special sit-down version. This sit-
down cabinet totally surrounds
the player, adding to the realism
of the game play.
Frank Ballouz, Vice President
of Marketing, commented: "Red
Baron is a great new game. With
the exciting sound of guns chat-
tering, and the realistic screen
graphics, the player w ill be
transported back to the time
when all that protected the pilot
from death at the hands of the
Red Baron was wits and skill. It's
an incredible video challenge."
WarlordsTM pits player
against firebreathing dragon
and Black Knight.
Warlords, another new video
game introduced recently by
ATARI , takes the player back to
the time when knights defended
their castles from attack by fire-
breathing dragons. In this excit-
ing medieval battle challenge,
the player must protect his cas-
tle from fireballs hurled against
the walls by a fearsome dragon.
The player is armed with a
shield with which he can catch
the fireballs, aim and redirect
them at enemy castle walls. As
the player becomes more skill-
ful in his defense, the dragon in-
creases the frequency and the
speed of his flaming weapons.
The player must constantly pa-
trol his castle walls in order to
save himself from destruction at
the hands of the dragon or the
dreaded Black Knight.
Warlords features include a
new isolated cashbox with sep-
arate locking access door and
a dual coin mechanism, new
Skill-Sense feature that self-
adjusts to provide equal game
time opportunity for any degree
of player skill, a High Score
table that displays high scores
both for individual players and
for teams, and sensational full-
color three-dimensional play-
field graphics.
Warlords is available in up-
right and new cocktail cabinet
models. The cocktail version is
specially designed with tele-
scopic legs for up to 4 players.
Along with the introduction of Red Baron and Warlords,
ATARI is offering full color posters and T-shirts. These items
make great prizes for tournaments and giveaways and help to
draw attention and new players to your location . To order post-
ers and T-shirts, contact ATARI 's Customer Service Depart-
ment, Coin Operated Games Division, 1105 North Fairoaks
Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.