Atari Coin Connection

SEPTEMBER 1983 VOLUME 7 NUMBER 8
1983 National Sports Festival Could
Be the Start of Somet g 01 pie
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coin video game. Gold, Silver and Bronze·
awards were given to the top three overall
tournament champions as well as the res-
pective top three winners at each site.
Of the 2,825 athletes in attendance on
June 23, 463 or 16% .participated in the
Atari competition. They learned about the
tournament from entry forms inserted in
Participants' Registration Packets, posters,
pre-registration forms to be deposited in
Atari Video Games Contest receptacles lo-
cated in athletes' hospitality rooms in the
four dorms, and by word of mouth. Mari-
ann Layne, Manager of Marketing Serv-
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fter a stint in Syracuse (1981) and
another in Indianapolis (1982), the
fifth edition of the United States
Olympic Committee's National Sports Festi-
val returned to its birthplace in Colorado
Spri ngs. The 1983 event ran from June 24
through July 3 and provided the last major
get-together of America's top athletes in
this pre-Olympic year to hone their skills for
the ultimate challenges at Sarajevo next
February and Los Angeles next July. And
so the countdown has begun for all the
gifted hopefuls.
Colorado Springs, aptly nicknamed the
'Amateur Sports Capital of the United
States," is the home of the United States
Olympic Committee, the Olympic Training
Center and seventeen amateur sports fed-
erations. With first caliber sports facilities,
including those at the Air Force Academy,
as well as climate and altitude conditions
conducive to superior athletic perform-
ance, Colorado Springs can boast of a her-
itage rich with a diversity of sports activities
from classic international competitions to
innovative youth programs.
And speaking of youth, Atari was pre-
sent this year to conduct a one-day video
games contest exclusively for the enjoy-
ment of those athletes participating in the
National Sports Festival. Contenders were
invited to match skills against our leading
coin video games-the 'Atari Triathlon." Six
minutes of supreme effort provided a true
Olympian test for each entrant with a com-
petitive format based on one game of Pole
Position* and a two-minute time limit on
both Millipede™ and Xevious**.
Games were provided by Bill Curley,
Vice President and General Manager of
Philip Moss Distributing, and maintained
by B. I. Smith of S & S Amusement Com-
pany in Colorado Springs. The tournament
sites were the athletes' dormitories at the
Air Force Academy, Colorado College,
Olympic Training Center, and Deaf and
Blind School. Both advance and onsite
registration took place. Players with the
highest combined scores received a varie-
ty of Atari product prizes, including the
ATARI 2600r"' Video Computer System, the
ATARI 400™ Computer, assortments of car-
tridges for both, and one coveted Xevious
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Look Out
New Orleans!
We're coming into the final stretch
now ... can't you just hear the
sweet soulful sounds of that Bour-
bon Street jazz band? Can't you
just taste that good ol' Cajun food?
Can't you just imagine the flood of
excitement that will be set loose
when video games meet Dixieland
in one big bang?
AMOA Exposition 1983 pro-
mises to stir the soul and arouse
the imagination. The industry is in
for a new leaf of technological
wizardry. And ATARI will be there in
booths numbering 811-831 and
910-930 for the run of the show
(October 28-30) ... doing our part.
Join us! For a little hand-jive. For
a little shrimp creole. For a lot of
surprises. And even more razzle-
dazzle.
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