Page 5 - OSG Presents Classic Gamer Magazine #4

by
Chris Cavanaugh

W Volume 1, Issue 4
Summer 2000

e just flew back from the CGExpo, and boy are our arms
tired! Ha! How do I come up with ‘em? (Actually, we drove.) If Editor-in-Chief:
Chris Cavanaugh
you weren’t at the Expo, shame on you and begin making plans cav@classicgamer.com
for next year’s event!
Just in case you were afraid that the “retro gaming craze” was Managing Editor
coming to an end, you’ve got another think coming! At the Expo, Sarah Thomas
there were new games coming out the wazoo! Intellivision Pro- sthomas@classicgamer.com

ductions is releasing not one, not two, but THREE games. GCE Contributing Writers
Services had TWO new games available for play on your Cole- Chris Lion
covision, and a new game from the guys at Ebivision was up for clion@classicgamer.com
grabs as part of a promotion for the new book, Supercade. Far
from dying, I would say! Damien Quicksilver
dquicksilver@classicgamer.com
Of course, we had our usual booth there (in our usual spot,
no less!) and were fortunate enough this year to get to meet Lee K. Seitz
plenty of our valued subscribers. We even took one lucky sub- lseitz@classicgamer.com
scriber (Mr. Papagiorgio) for a night on the strip, CGM party Kyle Snyder
style! (to this moment, I’m still not sure if we bored him to death). snyder@classicgamer.com
So, thanks to all of you who stopped by to say hello, and thanks
to all of the new subscribers we picked up at the show. Michael Thomasson
mthomasson@worldav.com
So, what do we have in store for you, our valued readers, this
issue? For starters we’re taking a look at some of the merchan- Patrick Wong
dising that accompanied videogames of the 80’s. Michael pwong@classicgamer.com
Thomasson has created another slick cover for us featuring a Earl Green
collage of such merchandising goodies. Was there anything earl@thelogbook.com
they didn’t sell back then?
In our mergers and acquisitions department, we have been Tim Snider
timchrissnider@bright.net
fortunate enough to pick up a couple recognizable names.
We’ve brought Carl Forhan on board to bring us the latest and Carl Forhan
greatest news on the Jaguar and Lynx front. Don’t be silly, of Songbird@atari.net

course he won’t be reviewing his own games! Only we, the edi- Henry Hutcheson
tors, have the right to rip him limb from limb in a review! Wel- Heh111@aol.com
come aboard Carl! Also along for the ride is Leonard Herman.
Yeah, *THAT* Leonard Herman, author of “Phoenix.” Leonard Kevin Savetz
savetz@northcoast.com
will be bringing his vast historical knowledge of videogames to
teach us all a thing or two about when Ralph Baer and Nolan Leonard Herman
Bushnell ruled the earth. We’re also forever indebted to Leonard Rolenta@aol.com
for wearing his CGM t-shirt at the CGExpo while covering the
event for Electronic Games Magazine. Heh, heh, heh! CONTACT INFORMATION Layout and Design
And just to show you we can be both prehistoric and timely, Classic Gamer Magazine Chris Cavanaugh—layout
we bring you coverage of May’s Electronic Entertainment Expo 7770 Regents Road #113-293 and design
as well as CGExpo coverage from July 29-30. We got our pad- San Diego, CA 92122 Sarah Thomas— editing,
photography
dies on the newest games you’ll be seeing in the upcoming e-mail: cav@classicgamer.com Michael Thomasson—
on the web:
months, and frankly things are looking pretty good. Even Galaga http://www.classicgamer.com Cover Artist
managed to do an about face between E3 and CGExpo. Go fig-
ure! LEGAL JUMBO
Entire contents © 1999, 2000, Chris Cavanaugh and Classic Gamer Magazine.
So grab your favorite Pac-Man mug, and get reading! Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Products
named in these pages are tradenames or trademarks of their respective compa-
nies. Classic Gamer Magazine and its staff is not affiliated with the companies or
-Cav products covered in Classic Gamer Magazine. Please consult the “Fair Use Law”
before you beef to me.
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