Astrocade "Arcadian" FAQ ------------------------------------- Version 1.03 March 21, 2006 The Astrocade "Arcadian" FAQ, created and maintained by Adam Trionfo (ballyalley@hotmail.com) Table of Contents ----------------- 1) About this "Arcadian" FAQ 2) "Arcadian" Volume Overview 3) "Arcadian" Individual Issues 4) What needs to be added or updated 5) Recent Fixes 6) Closing 1) About this "Arcadian" FAQ ------------------------- The "Arcadian" was edited and published by Robert Fabris in San Jose, California from November 6, 1978 until August 15, 1986 (though there are a few one or two page "pre-cursor" newsletters). Currently this FAQ lists dates of publication for all issues of the "Arcadian" newsletter for the Bally Professional Arcade (more commonly known as the Astrocade). This list is helpful for those collecting all of the issues. Robert Fabris has granted permission for the "Bally Alley" newsletter to include the complete newsletter set at www.ballyalley.com. Issues are uploaded periodically. More information is forthcoming, including a history of the newsletter. If people are willing to help then a possible list of published program listings as well as some form of full-volume inclusive table-of-contents or index may be included. 2) Overview of "Arcadian" Volumes ------------------------------ The "Arcadian" newsletter's duration of seven volumes (spanning eight years) totals 864 pages. These break down as: Volume Publication Total Number Dates Pages ------ --------------------------- ----- 1 Nov 6, 1978 - Oct 31, 1979 92 2 Nov 29, 1979 - Sep 17, 1980 106 3 Nov 6, 1980 - Oct 5, 1981 130 4 Nov 10, 1981 - Oct 7, 1982 124 5 Nov 5, 1982 - Oct 24, 1983 182 6 Nov 29, 1983 - Oct 31, 1984 128 7 Jun 1, 1985 - Aug 15, 1986 102 3) "Arcadian" Individual Issues ---------------------------- "Arcadian" Vol. 1 - Complete (11 issues) Issue Date Page Page Num. of Issue Numbers Count ----- ------------ ------- ----- 1 Nov 6, 1978 1-8 8 2 Dec 4, 1978 9-16 8 3 Jan 13, 1979 17-22 6 4 Feb 19, 1979 23-30 8 5 Mar 23, 1979 31-38 8 6 May 4, 1979 39-46 8 7 Jun 15, 1979 47-54 8 8 Jul 20, 1979 55-68 14 9 Aug 18, 1979 69-76 8 10 Sep 31, 1979 77-84 8 11 Oct 31, 1979 85-92 8 "Arcadian" Vol. 2 - Complete (10 issues) Issue Date Page Page Num. of Issue Numbers Count ----- ------------ ------- ----- 1 Nov 29, 1979 1-8 8 2 Dec 22, 1979 9-18 10 3 Jan 15, 1980 19-26 8 4 Feb 25, 1980 27-36 10 5 Mar 24, 1980 37-46 10 6 Apr 25, 1980 47-56 10 7 May 19, 1980 57-66 10 8 Jun 23, 1980 67-76 10 9 Jul 28, 1980 77-86 10 10 Sep 17, 1980 87-106 20 "Arcadian" Vol. 3 - Complete (12 issues) Issue Date Page Page Num. of Issue Numbers Count ----- ------------ ------- ----- 1 Nov 6, 1980 1-10 10 2 Dec 5, 1980 11-30 20 3 Jan 9, 1981 31-40 10 4 Feb 7, 1981 41-50 10 5 Mar 7, 1981 51-60 10 6 Apr 15, 1981 61-70 10 7 May 8, 1981 71-80 10 8 Jun 8, 1981 81-90 10 9 Jul 9, 1981 91-100 10 10 Aug 12, 1981 101-110 10 11 Sep 11, 1981 111-120 10 12 Oct 5, 1981 121-130 10 "Arcadian" Vol. 4 - Complete (12 issues) Issue Date Page Page Num. of Issue Numbers Count ----- ------------ ------- ----- 1 Nov 10, 1981 1-12 12 2 Dec 7, 1981 13-22 10 3 Dec 24, 1981 23-32 10 4 Jan 22, 1982 33-44 12 5 Mar 5, 1982 45-54 10 6 Apr 9, 1982 55-64 10 7 May 7, 1982 65-74 10 8 Jun 11, 1982 75-84 10 9 Jul 6, 1982 85-94 10 10 Aug 6, 1982 95-104 10 11 Sep 6, 1982 105-114 10 12 Oct 7, 1982 115-124 10 "Arcadian" Vol. 5 - Complete (12 issues) Issue Date Page Page Num. of Issue Numbers Count ----- ------------ ------- ----- 1 Nov 5, 1982 1-22 22 2 Dec 3, 1982 23-44 22 3 Jan 14, 1983 45-54 10 4 Feb 18, 1983 55-74 20 5 Mar 14, 1982 75-90 16 6 Apr 4, 1982 91-104 14 7 May 6, 1983 105-120 16 8 Jun 17, 1983 121-134 14 9 Jul 22, 1983 135-148 14 10 Aug 16, 1983 149-162 14 11 Sep 28, 1983 163-172 10 12 Oct 24, 1983 173-182 10 "Arcadian" Vol. 6 - Complete (11 issues) Issue Date Page Page Num. of Issue Numbers Count ----- ------------ ------- ----- 1 Nov 29, 1983 1-10 10 2 Dec 22, 1983 11-20 10 3 Jan 27, 1984 21-30 10 4 Feb 23, 1984 31-40 10 5 Mar 30, 1984 41-50 10 6 Apr 20, 1984 51-60 10 7 May 25, 1984 61-68 8 8 Jun 30, 1984 69-78 10 9 Jul 27, 1984 79-88 10 10 Aug 24, 1984 89-98 10 11/12 Oct 31, 1984 99-128 30 "Arcadian" Vol. 7- Complete (4 issues) Issue Date Page Page Num. of Issue Numbers Count ----- ------------ ------- ----- 1 Jun 01, 1985 1-12 12 2 Dec 20, 1985 13-34 22 3 Mar 21, 1986 35-56 22 4 Aug 15, 1986 57-102 46 4) What needs to be added or updated (as of August 5, 2001) ------------------------------------------------------ -- Where a current version of this FAQ can always be found -- History of the "Arcadian" -- Notes on "pre-issues" -- Briefs on other Astrocade newsletters -- Listing of programs contained in the "Arcadian" (Large endeavor) -- Create index of "Arcadian" (HUGE endeavor) 5) Recent Fixes ------------ 1.03 (March 3, 2006) – Added carriage returns after 79 characters 1.02 (May 29, 2003) - Made this a regular ASCII document. 1.01 (August 5, 2001) - Volume 5, issue 11 had the wrong date. 6) Closing ------- All of the information in this FAQ is as accurate as possible. If there are any errors, omissions or anything else of note that belongs here (or doesn't), then please let me know so I can expand, correct and enhance this FAQ.