Star Tech Journal
Issue: 1983-December - Vol 5 Issue 10 - Page 3
STAR*TECH JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1983
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AMOA '83
HIGHLIGHTS
The Technical Monthly
for the Amusements Industry
P.O. Box 1065
Merchantville, NJ 08109
609/662-3432
1983 AMOA International Exposition of
Games and Music, October 27-30, Rivergate,
New Orleans, LA.
NINTENDO/Donkey Kong 3. This new game
introduces Stanley, the gardener, who takes
over where Mario left off. Donkey Kong 3 has
three different playfields and four levels of
difficulty. The game is also offered as a conver-
sion kit (Nintendo-Pait) that comes complete
with new side graphics, marquee, frontplex,
control panel and electronics to change previous
Nintendo releases into the latest Donkey Kong
sequel.
DECEMBER 1983
VOLUME 5, NO. 10
Publisher/Editor
James Galore
Administrative Assistant
LT. DiRenzo
Art/ Advertising Coordinator
Paul Ehlinger
Circulation Promotion
Linda Geseking
Layout
Dale Meloni Graphics
Contributing
Technical Writers
Sam Cross
Duane Erby
Rod Towns
Charles Howell
Wayne McGuire
Russell Gorr
Jake C. Leonard
STAR•TECH JOURNAL, December
1983, Vol. 5, No. 10. Copyright
1983 by Star•Tech Journal, Inc. All
rights reserved. Address inquiries
to: P.O. Box 1065, Merchantville,
NJ 08109. Phone: 609/662-3432.
Subscription rates: USA-$40.00.
Canada-$45.00. Other countries-
$70.00. Please remit payment in
US funds. POSTMASTER: Send
addreaachangeatoSTAR•TECH
JOURNAL, P.O. Box 1065,
Merchantville,
NJ
08109.
STAR•TECH JOURNAL (ISSN
0739-1048) is published monthly
by Star•Tech Journal, Inc., 18 North
Centre St., P.O. Box 1065,
Merchantville, NJ 081 09. Second-
class postage paid at Camden, NJ
and additional mailing offices.
Advertising rates available upon
request. All manuscripts become
property of Star•Tech Journal. No
part of this Journal may be repro-
duced without permission. Contents
of the articles herein are verified as
much as possible. However, any
reader using this information does
so at his/her own risk. Star•Tech
Journal accepts no responsibility
for its advertisers' activities.
ATARI/Firefox, Pole Position IL Major Havoc,
Tx-1. Atari introduced an enhancement kit for
their# 1 driving game called Pole Position II.
This kit offeres three all-new tracks: Suzuka,
Seaside and Test. These, plus the original Fuji
track, will keep this already super-earner going
strong. The kit includes electronics, an instruc-
tion manual, plus all visual materials. Also
shown was a color X-Y (QuadraScan) game,
Major Havoc, housed in a new high-visibility
"High Tech" cabinet. This space adventure
game features dual game play (between waves
a game of Breakout is played) and a series of
progressive levels. Probably the biggest dis-
appointment of the show was Atari's failure to
get their much-publicized laser game, Firefox,
operational. Surrounded by an impressive
(expensive) display showing off the "super-
game" sat three dead Firefoxes in various
cabinet configurations! The game, based on the
Clint Eastwood movie of the same name, is
billed as an" extremely sophisticated combina-
tion of laser disc (Philips) and digital graphics".
By default, generating the most attention at the
Atari booth was another "Pole Position" type
game called Tx-1. The game, developed by
Tazmi/Japan, features three monitors aligned
as one for a cinerama effect Shown in a large
sit-down cabinet with stereo sound effects and
a vibrating seat for realism.
Nintendo's
Donkey Kong 3
VIDEO MUSIC INTERNATIONAL/Star Time.
This company presented a video jukebox avail-
able in a variety of cabinets. The unit Star
Time uses an NEC 25-inch color monitor and
two Panasonic industrial grade tape decks to
present 40 selections of video entertainment
The "brain" is a patented random-access video
controller manufactured exclusively for VMI.
VMl's
Star Time
Continued on next page.
3
AMOA '83
HIGHLIGHTS
The Technical Monthly
for the Amusements Industry
P.O. Box 1065
Merchantville, NJ 08109
609/662-3432
1983 AMOA International Exposition of
Games and Music, October 27-30, Rivergate,
New Orleans, LA.
NINTENDO/Donkey Kong 3. This new game
introduces Stanley, the gardener, who takes
over where Mario left off. Donkey Kong 3 has
three different playfields and four levels of
difficulty. The game is also offered as a conver-
sion kit (Nintendo-Pait) that comes complete
with new side graphics, marquee, frontplex,
control panel and electronics to change previous
Nintendo releases into the latest Donkey Kong
sequel.
DECEMBER 1983
VOLUME 5, NO. 10
Publisher/Editor
James Galore
Administrative Assistant
LT. DiRenzo
Art/ Advertising Coordinator
Paul Ehlinger
Circulation Promotion
Linda Geseking
Layout
Dale Meloni Graphics
Contributing
Technical Writers
Sam Cross
Duane Erby
Rod Towns
Charles Howell
Wayne McGuire
Russell Gorr
Jake C. Leonard
STAR•TECH JOURNAL, December
1983, Vol. 5, No. 10. Copyright
1983 by Star•Tech Journal, Inc. All
rights reserved. Address inquiries
to: P.O. Box 1065, Merchantville,
NJ 08109. Phone: 609/662-3432.
Subscription rates: USA-$40.00.
Canada-$45.00. Other countries-
$70.00. Please remit payment in
US funds. POSTMASTER: Send
addreaachangeatoSTAR•TECH
JOURNAL, P.O. Box 1065,
Merchantville,
NJ
08109.
STAR•TECH JOURNAL (ISSN
0739-1048) is published monthly
by Star•Tech Journal, Inc., 18 North
Centre St., P.O. Box 1065,
Merchantville, NJ 081 09. Second-
class postage paid at Camden, NJ
and additional mailing offices.
Advertising rates available upon
request. All manuscripts become
property of Star•Tech Journal. No
part of this Journal may be repro-
duced without permission. Contents
of the articles herein are verified as
much as possible. However, any
reader using this information does
so at his/her own risk. Star•Tech
Journal accepts no responsibility
for its advertisers' activities.
ATARI/Firefox, Pole Position IL Major Havoc,
Tx-1. Atari introduced an enhancement kit for
their# 1 driving game called Pole Position II.
This kit offeres three all-new tracks: Suzuka,
Seaside and Test. These, plus the original Fuji
track, will keep this already super-earner going
strong. The kit includes electronics, an instruc-
tion manual, plus all visual materials. Also
shown was a color X-Y (QuadraScan) game,
Major Havoc, housed in a new high-visibility
"High Tech" cabinet. This space adventure
game features dual game play (between waves
a game of Breakout is played) and a series of
progressive levels. Probably the biggest dis-
appointment of the show was Atari's failure to
get their much-publicized laser game, Firefox,
operational. Surrounded by an impressive
(expensive) display showing off the "super-
game" sat three dead Firefoxes in various
cabinet configurations! The game, based on the
Clint Eastwood movie of the same name, is
billed as an" extremely sophisticated combina-
tion of laser disc (Philips) and digital graphics".
By default, generating the most attention at the
Atari booth was another "Pole Position" type
game called Tx-1. The game, developed by
Tazmi/Japan, features three monitors aligned
as one for a cinerama effect Shown in a large
sit-down cabinet with stereo sound effects and
a vibrating seat for realism.
Nintendo's
Donkey Kong 3
VIDEO MUSIC INTERNATIONAL/Star Time.
This company presented a video jukebox avail-
able in a variety of cabinets. The unit Star
Time uses an NEC 25-inch color monitor and
two Panasonic industrial grade tape decks to
present 40 selections of video entertainment
The "brain" is a patented random-access video
controller manufactured exclusively for VMI.
VMl's
Star Time
Continued on next page.
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