Atari Coin Connection

Space Duel" Officially Introduced
Layne, Manager of Marketing Services.
Every distributor office attending received
promotional literature kits. Space Duel
and a videotape demonstration of
tari® distributors recently en-
joyed a preview of Space
Duel at special luncheon
meetings held to officially introduce
the exciting new space challenge
T-shirt,
the
game.
erated
‘The game preview program has prov-
en to be very valuable," Don Osborne
later commented. “It allows us to present
our entire game package, from demon-
strating game features to explaining our
promotional and service support programs.
And our distributors have enjoyed the op-
portunity to place orders for the latest
tributors at
games
game. The meetings were held in
San Francisco, Chicago, and New
York on February 16, 18, and 19,
respectively.
Ken Harkness. President of the Coin-Op-
Games Division welcomed the dis-
each meeting. Next they were
Ken Harkness, President
immediately."
of Coin-Op, intro-
duces Space Duei to the audience
distributors in San Francisco.
of
given the opportunity to experience the
Space Duel challenge for themselves.
Everyone was Impressed with the electrify-
ing 3-D screen graphics and many com-
mented on the exceptional realism of this
After lunch. Don Osborne, Vice-
President of Sales for the Coin-Op division
described the game’s special features in-
cluding the spectacular QuadraScan™
Color monitor display system and new
4-speaker sound. Also on hand to speak
with the distributors were Frank Ballouz,
Vice-President of Marketing, and Mariann
game.
Laura Burgess of Marketing Services
hands videotaped game piay demonstra-
tion to
Jim Weatherhead.
ATARI
On
began back
the
Move
the 1850's
in “the little cornfields" 25
miles southeast of San Francis-
It
all
co,
in
known today as
Milpitas. In
1856, with a population of 825.
the first school was built. A year
later a hotel, general store and
post office sprouted. In 1954
Milpitas was incorporated, and
in 1975 a new post office was
Today, Milpitas has grown
to include a high school, 20
churches and, since January
1982, a new ATARI facility.
built.
Fred McCord, Field Service Manager,
demonstrates Space Duel game play
Sandy Bettelman of C.A. Robinson.
vale area. Instead of rows of
Games
Division, as well as Fi-
Assembly, the Woodshop
and Silkscreen
facilities
have
arrived!
For those used to the bus-
Valley spread, Mil-
Dangelo, executive secretary,
keeping tabs on the
progress of the new Coin-op En-
gineering building across the
street." ATARI has only just be-
tling Silicon
pitas
is
of-
you can see
mountains from the ATARI build-
ings. The fields are open and
spacious, and early mornings
with the farmers out tending
their crops resemble a scene
from a Steinbeck novel.
Even more changes will be
taking place soon. As Regina
fice buildings,
The Marketing, Sales, Fi-
nance and Personnel depart-
ments of ATARI Coin-Operated
nal
to
definitely
a change.
said: “I like
A
car heading toward the facility
might pass a farmer's truck or
two as opposed to the jam-
packed freeways in the Sunny-
New
ATARI
California.
facility in Milpitas,
gun
in
Milpitas.