Source: Video Games Player – August/September 1983
The awkwardly named ‘Video Games Player’ was another short-lived early 1980s video games magazine that had the misfortune to begin around the time of the crash. The August/September 1983 issue includes:
First Wave – News
- Hot Gossip
- The Video Games Gazette
- Win An Arcade Game! – Enter our contest at your local 7-Eleven
- New Products
- Lights! Camera! Action! Roll ‘Em! – Here come the latest batch of games based on hit movies
- What’s In Store For You – Who’s coming out with what
- How To Turn Your Atari Into A Computer
- The Hotline – The latest news as we go to press
- Are You A Computer Nerd?
Second Wave – Clues
- Can You Survive? – We put you in a tricky situation
- Beat It! – We show you how to rip apart Popeye, Pole Position, Keystone Kapers and Centipede
- The World According To Q*Bert – We caught the lovable munchkin on a bad day
Third Wave – Reviews
- 1983 Golden Joystick Awards – We pick the games of the year
- Video Game Buyer’s Guide
- Colecovision Vs. Atari 5200 – Which super system should you buy?
- Computer Game Buyer’s Guide
- A Year’s Worth of Quarters – Winner of our Design A Video Game contest
…and more!
