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 bottle between man and
machine.
VIDIOT is just the beginning.
What is a VIDIOT?
Grab the controls, we’ll tell you.
The Publisher
CONTENTS
- THE SIGNAL ON THE SCREEN
- PINBALL!
- THE GAME INVADERS
- SPACE ARCADE
- THE GRID: PLAY PERSPECTIVE
- VAN HALEN VIDIOT
- TED NUGENT VIDIOT
- PATTERN PLAY SECRETS
- MAZE STRATEGY
- COMPUTER SKILL LEVELS
- GAME PLANS
- ARCADE ACTION:
Pac-Man, Centipede, Missile Command, Asteroids, Robotron, Pleiads
- ZAXXON
- TRON
- HEART VIDIOT
- PULL-OUT POSTER
- THE GAMES AT HOME:
- THE GAMES TALK BACK:
ColecoVision, Radio Shack, Pac-Man, Gorp Attack, Astrosmash, Parker Brothers
- COMPUTE YOUR GAME POTENTIALS: QUIZ YOURSELF
- THE ARCADE GOES HOME
- THE ARCADE AWAY FROM HOME
- ONE STEP BEYOND
CREDITS
EDITOR
Richard Robinson
EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE
Susan Whitall, Dave DiMartino, Bill Holdship
ART & PHOTO DIRECTOR
Charles Auringer
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTORS
Kathy Kelley, Ginny Cartmell
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Gary Ciccarelli, Al Brandtner, Gary Grimshaw
ART STAFF
Barbara Glynn Cusick, Sue Vinokurow
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Larry Kaplan, Bob Gruen, Michael N. Marks, Omar Newman
PUBLISHER
Connie Kramer
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Harvey Zuppke
ADVERTISING SALES
Bill Cooley & Associates, Doug Sheer, Michael Morgan
CIRCULATION DIRECTOR
Ric Siegel
AND THE STAFF OF CREEM MAGAZINE
Cover Illustration & Centerfold Poster by
Gary Ciccarelli
Special Thanks to Bruce Vending, Inc.
and to Bob Gann & Stu Moore of S&H Amusement and Vending, Inc.