ISSUE: 5Content
PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE
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Atari 2600 - VCS - Starpath Supercharger
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Atari 5200
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Atari 400
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Atari 800
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Colecovision
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Intellivision - Intellivision II
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Microvision
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Astrocade
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Commodore 64
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Commodore VIC-20
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Panasonic JR-200
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TI 99/4A
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Timex Sinclair
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TRS-80
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arcade
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stand-alones
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handhelds
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(The following based on content page excerpts with bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.)
FEATURES
Dan Aykroyd Is A Vid-Kid
(one page; photo w/caption - actor Dan Aykroyd posing with a Space Duel arcade cabinet.)
The (New!) Old Ballgame
Foul Balls by Bill Knight (four pages; handheld, cartridge, and arcade baseball games; not shown unless noted)
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BB-10 Baseball Game (handheld; by Casio)
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Baseball 2 (handheld; shown; by Entex)
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Head To Head (handheld; by Coleco)
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Pulsonic Baseball I (handheld; by Mego)
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Mattel Baseball (handheld; shown; by Mattel)
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World Championship Baseball (handheld; shown; by Mattel)
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Digital Diamond (by HH Games)
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Blockbuster Baseball (Microvision)
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Home Run (VCS)
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Major League Baseball (Int)
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RealSports Baseball (VCS)
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Super Challenge Baseball (VCS)
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Tornado Baseball (Astrocade)
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Contact Baseball (Col)
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Deluxe Short Stop (arcade)
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Double Play (arcade)
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Deluxe World Series (arcade)
What's Hot At Epcot
Disney's Videogames For The Future by Mike Howell (two pages; Epcot's CommuniCore exhibit; 'games' discussed:)
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Get Set Jet
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The Stars And Stripes Forever
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Compute-A-Coaster
The Orchestra In The Arcade
Turn Down The Change Machine by P. Gregory Springer (three pages; discussing the music clips, sound effects, and digitized voices of video games)
Vid-Kid Of The Month: Todd Rundgren
(one page; photo w/caption - musician Todd Rundgren posing with a Super Cobra arcade cabinet.)
Vidiot's Guide To Videomagazines
Read 'Em And Weep by M.T. Boxx (four pages; video game magazine reviews)
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Electronic Games
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Blip
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Videogaming Illustrated
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Joystik
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Electronic Fun with Computers and Games
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Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games
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Video Games
Arcade Action: The Top 10 Arcade Games
by P. Gregory Springer (three pages; Top 10 arcade games; game overviews and strategies; includes screenshot and cabinet photo unless noted:)
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Pole Position (screenshot only)
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Popeye (screenshot only)
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Millipede
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Q*Bert
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Joust
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Time Pilot
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Mr. Do
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Front Line
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Ms. Pac-Man
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Baby Pac-Man
Arcade Action Closeup: Bump 'N' Jump
by P. Gregory Springer (two pages; game strategies; includes screenshots and arcade cabinet photo)
Vidiot's Pull-Out Cover Poster
(two page spread)
You Can See It, But You Can't Hang It On The Wall
Video Art by Rob Patterson (five pages; video art)
Beach Blanket Video
(three pages; 'Beach Blanket Video: That's the Name of the Game!'; staged photos; beach goers playing handheld and stand-alone video games)
Watching Everything There Ever Was
Now Museum, Now You Don't! by Drew Wheeler (four pages; the Museum of Broadcasting)
The Art Of Monty Python
Silly Days & Twisted Nights by Toby Goldstein (four pages; Eric Idle interview commentary)
Rock Vidiocy
Roll Away The Stones by Dave Dimartino (three pages; the Rolling Stones, the Who; music video reviews)
Places We'd Like To Play Videogames
(one page; photos, unusual areas to play video games)
Duran Duran
(one page; photo w/caption - Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and Simon LeBon posing with a Gravitar arcade cabinet)
DEPARTMENTS
Upfront (approx. one page; editorial by Dave DiMartino; call for reader feedback, magazine's broad definition and coverage of 'video'; not listed in ToC)
Vidiot Mail (approx. two pages; reader mail)
Vidiot News (three pages; news stories)
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Video, Spaghetti Linked! (1st annual American Video Awards results)
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Sex Banned? (attempts to ban or limit "obscene" cable TV programming)
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Love Hurts (gas station attendant fired for playing video game on the job)
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Play Telephone! (Atari-Tel modem / computer R&D)
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Vertical Scan, Man (FCC approves teletext TV experiments)
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I, Ping-Pong Ball (Saker-One arcade game)
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Secret Agent Man (video game designer agents)
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Illegitimate Shortcakes? (Strawberry Shortcake video game; b&w photo, SS creators Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman)
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Cable Cuts (cable services lose stations over copyright fees)
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Videogamers Endangered (one quarter of video game arcades expected to shutter in 1986)
Hardware/Software
by Richard Robinson (four pages; not shown unless noted; b&w photos if shown; electronics coverage including:)
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Atari 2600 (shown)
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Atari 5200
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Colecovision (Coleco 2400)
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Coleco Expansion Module 1 (Coleco 2405; play Atari 2600 games on Colecovision)
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Coleco Expansion Module 2 (shown; streering wheel with foot pedal; Coleco 2413)
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Vectrex (shown; Vectrex HP-3000)
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Intellivision II (Intellivision 5872)
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Intellivoice (Mattel 3330; Intellivision add-on)
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Discwasher Pointmaster Pro (controller)
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Wico Commando Control (controller)
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Atari 400
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Atari 800
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Commodore Vic-20 (shown)
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Commodore 64
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Panasonic JR-200
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Texas Instruments TI 99/4A (shown)
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Timex Sinclair 1000 (shown)
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Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100
Eye/Hand: What's New In Video?
Space Fury, Starpath Supercharger, Oink, G.I. Joe Cobra Strike, Super Zaxxon, Time Pilot, How To Beat Home Video Games Vol. 1-3 and more! (six pages; reviews, each with color photo unless noted)
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Ms. Pac-Man (VCS)
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Space Panic (Col)
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Space Fury (Col)
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Starpath Supercharger ('Supercharge Now!' section; Atari 2600 add-on system (shown); games discussed (none shown))
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Communist Mutants From Outer Space
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Killer Satellites
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Fireball
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Escape From The Mindmaster
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Dragonstomper
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Suicide Mission
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Phaser Patrol
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Oink!
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Donkey Kong Jr. (Col)
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G.I Joe Cobra Strike (VCS; b&w photo)
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Strawberry Shortcake Musical Match-Ups (VCS; b&w photo)
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Reactor (VCS; b&w photo)
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Super Zaxxon (arcade; b&w photo)
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Time Pilot (arcade; b&w photo)
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How To Beat Home Video Games Vol. 1-3 ('The Ultimate Tip!' section; videotape reviews (none shown))
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Volume I: The Best Games
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Volume II: The Hot New Games
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Volume III: Arcade Quality For The Home
Captain Vidiot: Questions & Answers (approx. two pages; Q&A)
Cover Illustration & Pull-Out Poster by Gary Ciccarelli
PRIMARY SYSTEMS COVERAGE
- Atari 2600 - VCS - Starpath Supercharger
- Atari 5200
- Atari 400
- Atari 800
- Colecovision
- Intellivision - Intellivision II
- Microvision
- Astrocade
- Commodore 64
- Commodore VIC-20
- Panasonic JR-200
- TI 99/4A
- Timex Sinclair
- TRS-80
- arcade
- stand-alones
- handhelds
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(The following based on content page excerpts with bullet lists and (notes) added for clarity.)
FEATURES
Dan Aykroyd Is A Vid-Kid
(one page; photo w/caption - actor Dan Aykroyd posing with a Space Duel arcade cabinet.)
The (New!) Old Ballgame
Foul Balls by Bill Knight (four pages; handheld, cartridge, and arcade baseball games; not shown unless noted)
- BB-10 Baseball Game (handheld; by Casio)
- Baseball 2 (handheld; shown; by Entex)
- Head To Head (handheld; by Coleco)
- Pulsonic Baseball I (handheld; by Mego)
- Mattel Baseball (handheld; shown; by Mattel)
- World Championship Baseball (handheld; shown; by Mattel)
- Digital Diamond (by HH Games)
- Blockbuster Baseball (Microvision)
- Home Run (VCS)
- Major League Baseball (Int)
- RealSports Baseball (VCS)
- Super Challenge Baseball (VCS)
- Tornado Baseball (Astrocade)
- Contact Baseball (Col)
- Deluxe Short Stop (arcade)
- Double Play (arcade)
- Deluxe World Series (arcade)
What's Hot At Epcot
Disney's Videogames For The Future by Mike Howell (two pages; Epcot's CommuniCore exhibit; 'games' discussed:)
- Get Set Jet
- The Stars And Stripes Forever
- Compute-A-Coaster
The Orchestra In The Arcade
Turn Down The Change Machine by P. Gregory Springer (three pages; discussing the music clips, sound effects, and digitized voices of video games)
Vid-Kid Of The Month: Todd Rundgren
(one page; photo w/caption - musician Todd Rundgren posing with a Super Cobra arcade cabinet.)
Vidiot's Guide To Videomagazines
Read 'Em And Weep by M.T. Boxx (four pages; video game magazine reviews)
- Electronic Games
- Blip
- Videogaming Illustrated
- Joystik
- Electronic Fun with Computers and Games
- Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games
- Video Games
Arcade Action: The Top 10 Arcade Games
by P. Gregory Springer (three pages; Top 10 arcade games; game overviews and strategies; includes screenshot and cabinet photo unless noted:)
- Pole Position (screenshot only)
- Popeye (screenshot only)
- Millipede
- Q*Bert
- Joust
- Time Pilot
- Mr. Do
- Front Line
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Baby Pac-Man
Arcade Action Closeup: Bump 'N' Jump
by P. Gregory Springer (two pages; game strategies; includes screenshots and arcade cabinet photo)
Vidiot's Pull-Out Cover Poster
(two page spread)
You Can See It, But You Can't Hang It On The Wall
Video Art by Rob Patterson (five pages; video art)
Beach Blanket Video
(three pages; 'Beach Blanket Video: That's the Name of the Game!'; staged photos; beach goers playing handheld and stand-alone video games)
Watching Everything There Ever Was
Now Museum, Now You Don't! by Drew Wheeler (four pages; the Museum of Broadcasting)
The Art Of Monty Python
Silly Days & Twisted Nights by Toby Goldstein (four pages; Eric Idle interview commentary)
Rock Vidiocy
Roll Away The Stones by Dave Dimartino (three pages; the Rolling Stones, the Who; music video reviews)
Places We'd Like To Play Videogames
(one page; photos, unusual areas to play video games)
Duran Duran
(one page; photo w/caption - Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and Simon LeBon posing with a Gravitar arcade cabinet)
DEPARTMENTS
Upfront (approx. one page; editorial by Dave DiMartino; call for reader feedback, magazine's broad definition and coverage of 'video'; not listed in ToC)
Vidiot Mail (approx. two pages; reader mail)
Vidiot News (three pages; news stories)
- Video, Spaghetti Linked! (1st annual American Video Awards results)
- Sex Banned? (attempts to ban or limit "obscene" cable TV programming)
- Love Hurts (gas station attendant fired for playing video game on the job)
- Play Telephone! (Atari-Tel modem / computer R&D)
- Vertical Scan, Man (FCC approves teletext TV experiments)
- I, Ping-Pong Ball (Saker-One arcade game)
- Secret Agent Man (video game designer agents)
- Illegitimate Shortcakes? (Strawberry Shortcake video game; b&w photo, SS creators Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman)
- Cable Cuts (cable services lose stations over copyright fees)
- Videogamers Endangered (one quarter of video game arcades expected to shutter in 1986)
Hardware/Software
by Richard Robinson (four pages; not shown unless noted; b&w photos if shown; electronics coverage including:)
- Atari 2600 (shown)
- Atari 5200
- Colecovision (Coleco 2400)
- Coleco Expansion Module 1 (Coleco 2405; play Atari 2600 games on Colecovision)
- Coleco Expansion Module 2 (shown; streering wheel with foot pedal; Coleco 2413)
- Vectrex (shown; Vectrex HP-3000)
- Intellivision II (Intellivision 5872)
- Intellivoice (Mattel 3330; Intellivision add-on)
- Discwasher Pointmaster Pro (controller)
- Wico Commando Control (controller)
- Atari 400
- Atari 800
- Commodore Vic-20 (shown)
- Commodore 64
- Panasonic JR-200
- Texas Instruments TI 99/4A (shown)
- Timex Sinclair 1000 (shown)
- Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100
Eye/Hand: What's New In Video?
Space Fury, Starpath Supercharger, Oink, G.I. Joe Cobra Strike, Super Zaxxon, Time Pilot, How To Beat Home Video Games Vol. 1-3 and more! (six pages; reviews, each with color photo unless noted)
- Ms. Pac-Man (VCS)
- Space Panic (Col)
- Space Fury (Col)
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Starpath Supercharger ('Supercharge Now!' section; Atari 2600 add-on system (shown); games discussed (none shown))
- Communist Mutants From Outer Space
- Killer Satellites
- Fireball
- Escape From The Mindmaster
- Dragonstomper
- Suicide Mission
- Phaser Patrol
- Oink!
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Col)
- G.I Joe Cobra Strike (VCS; b&w photo)
- Strawberry Shortcake Musical Match-Ups (VCS; b&w photo)
- Reactor (VCS; b&w photo)
- Super Zaxxon (arcade; b&w photo)
- Time Pilot (arcade; b&w photo)
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How To Beat Home Video Games Vol. 1-3 ('The Ultimate Tip!' section; videotape reviews (none shown))
- Volume I: The Best Games
- Volume II: The Hot New Games
- Volume III: Arcade Quality For The Home
Captain Vidiot: Questions & Answers (approx. two pages; Q&A)
Cover Illustration & Pull-Out Poster by Gary Ciccarelli
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