Astro Bits
News Item from:
"Astro Bits." Electronic Games, 1.1 (Aug. 1982): 11. Print.


*  The biggest news from the company that took over the Bally Professional 
Arcade is that both manufacturer and machine have a new name-- again.  Although 
research initially failed to turn up the fact, it seems that there is another 
Astrovision out there in the marketplace.  To avoid problems with that concern, 
a distributor of X-rated videotapes, the videogame outfit has taken the name 
Astrocade for the machine and company itself.


*  Two major licensing agreements soon bring star characters from other media 
into the world of videogaming.  Astrocade has concluded agreements for games 
based on Conan and G.I. Joe.  The two titles, both reworkings of programs 
already in development, should be available quite soon.  (Conan is based on the 
Quest for the Orb game which the game-maker had previewed at 1982 industry 
shows).  G.I. Joe, on the other hand, will be an enhanced version of a cassette 
title originally produced by one of the independent software suppliers for the 
Astrocade senior programmable videogame system.