The Player's Strategy Guide to Atari VCS Home Video Games

By Bill Kunkel, Arnie Katz, Frank Tetro, Jr.

Subjects: Tele-Arcade, Bowling, Activision, Atari VCS, Indy 500, Fishing Derby, Hangman, Video Chess, Brain Games, Night Driver, Slot Racers, Space War, Video Checkers, Casino, Circus Atari, Concentration, Games, Atari Video Computer System, Videogames, Apollo, Stampede, Skeet Shoot, Basketball, Super-Breakout, Dodge 'Em, Surround, Hobbies, Electronic Games, Passtimes, Street Racer, Breakout, Spacechase, Maze Craze, Video Pinball, Laser Blast, Warlords, Video Olympics, Backgammon, Othello, Codebreaker, Championship Soccer, Sky Diver, 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, Combat, Pac-Man, Barnstorming, Football, Grand Prix, Asteroids, Outlaw, Atari 2600, Kaboom, Bridge, Tennis, Ice Hockey, Missile Command, Freeway, Boxing, Games by Apollo, Checkers, Dragster, Air-Sea Battle, Home Run, Adventure, Human Cannonball, Video games, Space Invaders, Superman, Golf, Skiing, Puzzles, Strategy

Description: This is a review, tips, hints and strategy guide for the games released on the Atari Video Computer System (VCS). The first section of the book is a listing of all 57 commercially available games for the VCS (at the time the book was published), each entry is broken up into six parts; 'Type of Game', 'Number of Players,' 'Solitaire Suitability,' 'Head to Head Suitability,' 'Complexity,' and a review 'Description.' The second section of the book has the tips and strategy for 25 games, each of these games is represented with at least one black and white illustration. The last section of the book is a look at the future of Atari and the companies that were making games for the VCS. The book ends with a 'Glossary', of terms and words used in the book. The individual authors are listed on the title page, with only 'From the Editors of Electronic Games,' mentioned on the cover. The book was originally published in the USA, as ISBN: 0440170583 and cost $2.95, it was later published in the U.K. ISBN: 0140066020 for £1.50, and $4.95 for Australia.