Electronic Fun with Computers & Games (February 1983)
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Electronic Fun with Computers & Games was a fairly popular video gaming magazine from the early 1980s for the relatively short life it had. It covered arcade games, consoles and computer games. The February 1983 issue includes:
Special Report
- Coming Attractions - A sneak preview of this year's hottest arcade and home games as seen at two of the industry's biggest shows. Q-Bert, Time Pilot, Quantum, Pole Position and Buck Rogers: EF predicts the arcade winners and losers for the year to come.
Feature Articles
- Ripoff's Believe It Or Not! - Obscure untruths and little known fallacies about video games. For example: Who is Calvin Louie and why does he say "Ping" and "Ka-pow?"
- What's In A Name - It isn't whether you win or lose, it's how you name the game. A little history on how some of your favorite games got their titles and what, if anything, their names were before.
Continuing Series
- Gamemakers: My Life Among The Communist Mutants - EF speaks with Steven Landrum about his red hot Starpath game.
- First Screening: Readers' Program - Full steam ahead with Greg Gilfeather's computerized version of Battleship.
Equipment Reviews
- Voice vs. Voice - First movies talked and now games do. Should video games be seen and not heard? Read the Great Debate between Intellivoice and Odyssey's The Voice and decide.
- The Big Apple II - Computers are becoming as American as Apple II. Read all about the Apple II and decide whether the first computer should be your first computer?
Game Reviews
- Hits & Missiles - Dan Gutman dances to Journey Escape...Michael Brown fights Space Wars...Marc Berman battles Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and Art Levis proves that games to Type & Tell. Plus Kid Grid, Amok, Cosmic Fighters and other computer games.
Departments
- Editorial - A word from the editors.
- Letters - We welcome your feedback.
- New Products - The latest in equipment.
- Glitches - An irreverent gazette of gaming news.
- EFG Times - You read it here first.
- ScreenPlay - Michael Blanchet's strategy tips.
- Input/Output - Got a question? We've got the answers.
- Top Ten - The most popular in arcade and home.