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VIDIOT
Fall 1982
Special Issue


The Signal On The Screen


Pinball!

Van Halen Vidiot

Ted Nugent Vidiot

Arcade Action
Pac-Man, Centipede, Missile Command, Asteroids, Robetron.

The Games At Home
Atari, Atari System X, Intellivision, texas, Apple, Vic 20.

The games Talk Back
Coleco Vision, Radio Shack, Pac-Man, Gorp Attack, Astrosmash, Parker Brothers.

Compute Your Game Potentials: Quiz Yourself

The Arcade Goes Home

The Arcade Away From Home
What is a VIDIOT?

A VIDIOT is a game player. An excellent video player. One who plays the games as a way of life, for inner satisfaction. A soldier who wins, whose strategy is superior. A master video game player.

A VIDIOT? Really

Someone who wants to beat the machine.

VIDIOT is the name of this magazine, featuring a special look at the world of video, its lunacy, its addiction, its fun.

VIDIOT explores the realm of video as a game, a form of recreation and a lifestyle. VIDIOT takes the phenomenon and puts it into perspective, the true battle between man and machine.

VIDIOT is just the beginning. What is a VIDIOT?

Grab the controls, we'll tell you.

—The Publisher
Cover Illustration by Gary Ciccarelli CREEM Charlie Auringer | Dave DiMartino| Bill Holdship | Connie Kramer | Richard Siegel | Susan Whitall | FOUNDER Barry Kramer 1943-1981