Atari Coin Connection
Issue: Vol 7 Num 6 - 1983 June - Page 1
JUNE/JULY 1983 VOLUME
N
ow— at last— coin video game
players can take the plunge head-
into the world of LUKE SKY-
in the blockbuster game we
have all been waiting for— the STAR WARS
coin video game! The biggest entertain-
ment phenomenon of our time is explod-
ing on the coin video scene just as the film
on
WALKER*
has exploded into every aspect of our
lives. You cannot ignore the power of THE
FORCE*!
Operators and players alike
will feel
THE FORCE. The force of a powerful new
video game with graphic simulation that is
a visual assault on the imagination. And
special features including music and dia-
logue created right from the movie and
option switches which can be adjusted in
self-test— entirely from the front of the
machine! STAR WARS moves beyond the
realm of a game and into a complete coin
video experience.
The
ER
NUMBER
becomes LUKE SKYWALK-
X-WING FIGHTER*
player
at the control of his
and enters
into
the epic confrontation with
DARTH VADER* and the agents of the
GALACTIC EMPIRE* The new, super real-
the most responsive
as if they
through space, guiding
Lasers are fired by
using the trigger buttons on the bottom or
on top of the grippers.
Game play progresses through three
basic scenes, beginning with the X-WING
approaching the DEATH STAR* in the
flight through deep space. The player is
immediately confronted by the fire of the
EMPIRE’S TIE-FIGHTERS.* Suddenly, the
istic flight
control
game control
is
ever, Players feel
really are blasting
a
7
REBEL X-WING.
attack run through the trench bristling with
laser cannons to drop a single proton
torpedo down the tiny exhaust port and
blow up the DEATH STAR.
For the first time, the STAR WARS coin
video game offers operators the special
feature of option switches which can be
adjusted without opening the back of the
DEATH STAR looms ahead on the screen.
game. Changes are made easily on the
screen in the self-test mode which is ac-
cessed by a switch through the coin door.
It displays a full game statistics package
on the screen, and the whole range of op-
erator options available can then be ad-
justed by using the trigger buttons on the
flight control to make selections where in-
As he
dicated. This exclusive feature provides
flies in
toward the surface of the
a battlefield
planet, the player discovers
laser towers
of
and bunkers through which
he must navigate.
Finally,
he
slips into the
operators with a super opportunity to test
different settings for limited periods of time!
continued on last page
6
N
ow— at last— coin video game
players can take the plunge head-
into the world of LUKE SKY-
in the blockbuster game we
have all been waiting for— the STAR WARS
coin video game! The biggest entertain-
ment phenomenon of our time is explod-
ing on the coin video scene just as the film
on
WALKER*
has exploded into every aspect of our
lives. You cannot ignore the power of THE
FORCE*!
Operators and players alike
will feel
THE FORCE. The force of a powerful new
video game with graphic simulation that is
a visual assault on the imagination. And
special features including music and dia-
logue created right from the movie and
option switches which can be adjusted in
self-test— entirely from the front of the
machine! STAR WARS moves beyond the
realm of a game and into a complete coin
video experience.
The
ER
NUMBER
becomes LUKE SKYWALK-
X-WING FIGHTER*
player
at the control of his
and enters
into
the epic confrontation with
DARTH VADER* and the agents of the
GALACTIC EMPIRE* The new, super real-
the most responsive
as if they
through space, guiding
Lasers are fired by
using the trigger buttons on the bottom or
on top of the grippers.
Game play progresses through three
basic scenes, beginning with the X-WING
approaching the DEATH STAR* in the
flight through deep space. The player is
immediately confronted by the fire of the
EMPIRE’S TIE-FIGHTERS.* Suddenly, the
istic flight
control
game control
is
ever, Players feel
really are blasting
a
7
REBEL X-WING.
attack run through the trench bristling with
laser cannons to drop a single proton
torpedo down the tiny exhaust port and
blow up the DEATH STAR.
For the first time, the STAR WARS coin
video game offers operators the special
feature of option switches which can be
adjusted without opening the back of the
DEATH STAR looms ahead on the screen.
game. Changes are made easily on the
screen in the self-test mode which is ac-
cessed by a switch through the coin door.
It displays a full game statistics package
on the screen, and the whole range of op-
erator options available can then be ad-
justed by using the trigger buttons on the
flight control to make selections where in-
As he
dicated. This exclusive feature provides
flies in
toward the surface of the
a battlefield
planet, the player discovers
laser towers
of
and bunkers through which
he must navigate.
Finally,
he
slips into the
operators with a super opportunity to test
different settings for limited periods of time!
continued on last page
6
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