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Arcade Alley was a Video magazine column run by Arnie Katz and Bill Kunkel. For early issues, Arnie Katz published under the pseudonym Frank Laney. It was first printed in the summer of 1979 and ran monthly up until August 1984. Scans are partially available through Atari Compendium and the Internet Archive
1979-1980
[edit]| Issue | Topics | |
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| Summer 1979 vol. 2 no. 3 |
Headline | "Atari Video Computer System" |
| Reviews | ||
| November 1979 vol. 3 no. 1 |
Headline | "Bally Professional Arcade" |
| Reviews | ||
| December 1979 vol. 3 no. 2 |
Issue Missing | |
| January 1980 vol. 3 no. 3 |
Headline | "Magnavox Odyssey2" |
| Reviews | ||
| March 1980 vol. 3 no. 4 |
Headline | "The 1st Annual Arcade Awards" |
| Reviews |
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| April 1980 vol. 4 no. 1 |
Headline | "Faster Than A Bullet: Atari's Super Game" |
| Reviews | ||
| May 1980 vol. 4 no. 2 |
Headline | Strategy and Guile: The Magnavox Arsenal" |
| Reviews | ||
| June 1980 vol. 4 no. 3 |
Headline | "What's In A Name?: The Imagination Machine" |
| Reviews |
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| July 1980 vol. 4 no. 4 |
Headline | "The Head of the Class: Mattel's Intellivision" |
| Reviews | ||
| August 1980 vol. 4 no. 5 |
Headline | Mattel-Style" |
| Reviews | ||
| September 1980 vol. 4 no. 6 |
Headline | "From the Mailbag: Time Out for Questions" |
| Reviews | None (Q&A) | |
| October 1980 vol. 4 no. 7 |
Headline | "War in Space: Three New Games Fight It Out" |
| Reviews | ||
| November 1980 vol. 4 no. 8 |
Issue Missing | |
| December 1980 vol. 4 no. 9 |
Headline | "A New Era Begins: Activision Exploits Atari's Success" |
| Reviews | ||
1981
[edit]| Issue | Topics | |
|---|---|---|
| January 1981 vol. 4 no. 10 |
Headline | "Atari's "Adventure": A Game of Heroic Proportions" |
| Reviews |
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| February 1981 vol. 4 no. 11 |
Headline | "Sport Fan's Delight: Skiing, Volleyball, Hockey" |
| Reviews |
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| March 1981 vol. 4 no. 12 |
Issue Missing | |
| April 1981 vol. 5 no. 1 |
Issue Missing | |
| May 1981 vol. 5 no. 2 |
Headline | "'I Want to be Alone': Solo Video Games" |
| Reviews | ||
| June 1981 vol. 5 no. 3 |
Headline | "Lure of the Labyrinth: Exploring Maze Games" |
| Reviews | ||
| July 1981 vol. 5 no. 4 |
Headline | "Most Complex is Not Always Best: Simple Games for the Atari System" |
| Reviews | ||
| August 1981 vol. 5 no. 5 |
Headline | "Computer Cartridges: Beyond BASIC with the Atari 400" |
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| September 1981 vol. 5 no. 6 |
Headline | "Atari's 'Star Raiders' Scores a Direct Hit" |
| Reviews | Star RaidersAtari 8-bit | |
| October 1981 vol. 5 no. 7 |
Headline | "Three New Games: A Space Odyssey" |
| Reviews | ||
| November 1981 vol. 5 no. 8 |
Headline | "A Sports Trio from Mattel" |
| Reviews | ||
| December 1981 vol. 5 no. 9 |
Headline | "'Quest for the Rings' and 'Asteroids': Holiday Classics" |
| Reviews |
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1982
[edit]| Issue | Topics | |
|---|---|---|
| January 1982 vol. 5 no. 10 |
Headline | "The Third Annual Arcade Awards" |
| Reviews |
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| February 1982 vol. 5 no. 11 |
Headline | "Zircon Resurrects Channel F" |
| Reviews | ||
| March 1982 vol. 5 no. 12 |
Headline | "Mixed Reviews for Intellivision" |
| Reviews | ||
| April 1982 vol. 6 no. 1 |
Headline | "Ropin', Ridin', and Skatin' with Activision" |
| Reviews |
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| May 1982 vol. 6 no. 2 |
Headline | "Astrovision's Rising Star" |
| Reviews |
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| June 1982 vol. 6 no. 3 |
Headline | "Pacman: Was It Worth the Wait?" |
| Reviews |
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| July 1982 vol. 6 no. 4 |
Headline | "Cosmic Swarm, Space Jockey Deput" |
| Reviews |
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| August 1982 vol. 6 no. 5 |
Headline | "The Imagic Show" |
| Reviews |
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| September 1982 vol. 6 no. 6 |
Headline | "Space Wars and Space Caverns" |
| Reviews | ||
| October 1982 vol. 6 no. 7 |
Headline | "The First Portable Video Game System" |
| Reviews | ||
| November 1982 vol. 6 no. 8 |
Headline | "Beyond Science Fiction – A New Breed of Games" |
| Reviews | ||
| December 1982 vol. 6 no. 9 |
Headline | "ColecoVision – A New State of the Art" |
| Reviews |
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1983
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| January 1983 vol. 6 no. 10 |
Headline | "Smurf & Ladybug from ColecoVision" |
| Reviews | ||
| February 1983 vol. 6 no. 11 |
Headline | "The Fourth Annual Arcade Awards" |
| Reviews | ||
| March 1983 vol. 6 no. 12 |
Headline | "The Best Computer Games" |
| Reviews | ||
| April 1983 vol. 7 no. 1 |
Headline | "Zaxxon, Turbo, and Two for Apple II" |
| Reviews | ||
| May 1983 vol. 7 no. 2 |
Headline | "Zapping for Truth and Justice" |
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| June 1983 vol. 7 no. 3 |
Headline | "Where the Action Is" |
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| July 1983 vol. 7 no. 4 |
Headline | "Spinoffs – New Tricks for Old Games" |
| Reviews |
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| August 1983 vol. 7 no. 5 |
Headline | "The Sporting Life" |
| Reviews |
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| September 1983 vol. 7 no. 6 |
Issue Missing | |
| October 1983 vol. 7 no. 7 |
Headline | "From Pinball to Purgatory at Electronic Arts" |
| Reviews |
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| November 1983 vol. 7 no. 8 |
Headline | "Wintertime Winners" |
| Reviews |
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| December 1983 vol. 7 no. 9 |
Headline | "Super Gifts for Gamers" |
| Reviews |
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1984
[edit]| Issue | Topics | |
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| January 1984 vol. 7 no. 10 |
Headline | "The Arcade Awards, Part 1" |
| Reviews | ||
| February 1984 vol. 7 no. 11 |
Headline | "The Arcade Awards, Part II" |
| Reviews | ||
| March 1984 vol. 7 no. 12 |
Headline | "We Still Want Action" |
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| April 1984 vol. 8 no. 1 |
Headline | "Video Games Live!" |
| Reviews |
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| May 1984 vol. 8 no. 2 |
Headline | "Keystrokes To Adventure" |
| Reviews |
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| June 1984 vol. 8 no. 3 |
Headline | "Computer Diversions Reviewed" |
| Reviews |
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| July 1984 vol. 8 no. 4 |
Headline | "Games with Character" |
| Reviews |
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| August 1984 vol. 8 no. 5 |
Headline | "State of the Games" |
| Reviews | None (Final Issue) | |