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JoyStik also known as How to Win at Video Games was magazine published by Publications International, Ltd. mostly dedicated to arcade video games. It ran for 10 issues from September 1982 to December 1983. Scans can be found through the internet archive.

Issues

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Issue Topics Titles
Vol. 1 No. 1
September 1982
Features "The Evolution of Space Games", "Computer Games '82 DnD",
Home Video "The New Video Games: Imitations or Innovations"
Interviews Eugene Jarvis
Future Waves
Coin-Op
Vol. 1 No. 2
November 1982
Features "On Stage: The Tron Video-game Contest", "Video Games to Come", "Arcade Art: A Study in Computer Graphics"
Home Video "How Do You Choose?"
Interviews Tim Skelly
Hardware
Future Waves
Coin-Op
Consoles
Computers Preppie!
How to Win at Home Video Games
Vol. 1 No. 3
December 1982
Atari 2600
ColecoVision
Intellivision
Odyssey2
Vol. 1 No. 4
January 1983
Interviews Moon Zappa, Frank Zappa
Hardware
Future Waves
Coin-Op
Atari 2600
ColecoVision
Intellivision
Odyssey2
Computers
Vol. 1 No. 5
April 1983
Features "The Arcades of Seattle", "The Game Design Gamble: Part I", "Star Raiders Training Manual", "Game Systems vs. Computers: Which Side Are You On?", "When Video Games are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Play Games"
Interviews Susan England (Silver Sue's, a Chicago arcade)
Future Waves
Coin-Op
Consoles
Computers EmpireMainframe
Vol. 1 No. 6
July 1983
Features "Game Design Gamble Part II: Hardware", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Star Trek, the Video Game"
Home Video "The Fleeting Fame of the Video Game Designer"
Interviews Roger Hector (Videa)
Future Waves
Coin-Op
Consoles
Computers
Vol. 2 No. 1
September 1983
Features "Simutron's Vision: Arcade of the Future", "Astrocade's Underground", "Choosing a Personal Computer: A Special Report on Graphics", "Game Design Gamble Part III: Software"
Hardware
Coin-Op
Consoles
Computers
Special Edition
October 1983
Coin-Op
Vol. 2 No. 2
November 1983
Features "Interactive Video: The Choice is Yours", "Reaching the Summit of Cannonball Blitz"
Coin-Op
Consoles Pages Missing
Vol. 2 No. 3
December 1983
Features "Electronic Arts: A New Software Breed", "Starmaster: Official Airforce Strategy"
Coin-Op
Consoles
Computers