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Bally and Astrovision Advertisements and Catalogs - These are flyers, catalogs, and other
miscellaneous advertisements by Bally and Astrovision. Many of these are full color, eye-candy;
worth a look through, especially to see some items that were not released. |
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Flyers |
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JS&A Advertisements from Catalogs - These are the advertisements that
introduced the Bally Professional Arcade to consumors in 1977. It is JS&A that had such
a very difficult time (through no fault of their own) supplying customers with their owners. |
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Postcards - These are postcards sent to (or to be sent by) Astrocade's owners trying to get their
business or offering warranties.
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Sourcebooks - By R.M.H. Glance through these Sourcebooks--
it is highly recommended. Each Sourcebook is a resource, like a catalog for
Astrocade, that contains information like: New Owner Information, System Summary,
Index to all Sources, Arcadian Newsletter program descriptions, Astrocade Inc.
Products, Software and Hardware Sources, Mail Order Dealers, Repairs and Service,
User group Information, and a compilation of sources of software and hardware
products for the Bally Arcade/Astrocade. |
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Spectre Systems Ads - Spectre Systems created cartridges, an analog joystick,
and programming sheets.
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WaveMakers - Ads by WaveMakers. |
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Astrocade Hand Controls Sale - One page. Full page Astrocade Inc. ad that states
"Astrocade Hand Controls for the Low! Low! price of $14.95 per pair (Regular $59.95) You save $45.00!!!!"
There is no date on this ad, but it's probably about 1983. |
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Astrocade Owners!
Half-Page ad from Electronic Games, January 1983
Here's a list of professionals who support your computer with programs, hardware and information to
help you enjoy your Astrocade to the maximum! Contact any of them for details.
ABC Hobbycraft
Arcadian Newsletter
The Astrobug's User's Group
Astrocade Sourcebook
Bit Fiddlers, The
Esoterica, Inc.
George Moses Co.
Home Arcade Electronics
H.A.R.D. Software
L&M Software
Perkins Engineering
R&L Enterprises
SFP Video Expansion
Spectre Systems
Tiny Arcade, The
TV Arcade Sales
Viper System - Alternative Engineering
Each of the companies listed has contact information, along with a brief summary of what
they do. Running this ad was very expensive. Richard Houser, from Astrocade Sourcebook (one
of the companies in the ad), has said that everyone in this ad grouped together funds to run it
for several issues in Electronic Games magazine. When asked if the ad worked at all,
Richard said that it did have noticeable results.
- Magazine Ad. PDF. 2 Pages. 524K (In Context, with magazine and full page)
- Magazine Ad. JPG. 1 Page. 596K (Cropped, for Ad only - Higher-Quality)
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Astrocade Sale - One page. Full page Astrocade Inc. for a console and your choice
of one game for 69.95 as a celebration of Astrocade Inc. getting out of chapter 11. Notice that BASIC isn't noted
as being included. I'm not sure if this was an oversight, or if these blow-out consoles didn't come with it to save money. |
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Astrocade Support List - One page. "Here's a list of [19] professionals who support your
computer with programs, hardware and information to help you enjoy your Astrocade to the maximum!" |
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Candy Man - This two-page L&M Software ad also has an ad for "River City Gambler" on the back as well as a high score contest
for Candy Man (sorry, the contest ended on February 28, 1983!). |
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Edge Software Ad - Two pages. Letter, plus graphics and descriptions
of Bowl, Match, Dots, Mastermind, Maze Race,
Scramble, Secret Decoder, and Lost in Space. |
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George Collins Program List - One page. Three programs listed: Invasion,
Bug!, and Deepspace 2050. |
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George Moses Software - Programs A-E - One page. Lists five programs: A) Analog Non-Digital Clock
B) Astro-Zap C) Timecard Calculator D) Home Budget Keeper E) Screen RAM Word Processor In addition one more program, Life, by Jay Fenton is listed. |
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George Moses Software - Tapes 1-5 - One page. Lists five tapes: 1) Bach's 15 Two-Part Inventions
2) 27 Arcade Christmas Songs 3) Bally Arcade Ragtime 4) 3 Voice Screen RAM Music Assembler 5) Sinfonia to Cantata 29 by J.S. Bach |
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George Moses Music Tapes - One page. Lists Four tapes: 1) Bach's 15 Two-Part Inventions
2) 27 Arcade Christmas Songs 3) Bally Arcade Ragtime 4) Sinfonia to Cantata 29 by J.S. Bach |
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Home Arcade Catalog 1 - Two pages. Astrocade cartridges, cassettes,
and accessories. |
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Home Arcade Catalog 2 - Two pages, grayscale ad. Full-page Treasure Cove advertisement plus
Astrocade cartridges, cassettes, and accessories. Items are on sale. You can download the B&W version (faster to download version) here. |
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SFP Incredible Wizard Postcard - Small postcard about the release of the new
The Incredible Wizard cartridge. |
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JS&A National Sales Group - "This is the first ad for the Bally
Arcade. It was printed in the September 1977 issue of American Scientific.
Although not printed by Bally, JS&A was the only authorized vendor at the
time." - Lance Squire |
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Life - Jay Fenton - One page. This is an ad for Jay Fenton's version of the game life.
According to this ad, the game came with a 10-page manual. |
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Michael White's 'Catalog' - Five pages. Condensed listing of EPROM
cartridges available. Michael STILL can do this. |
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Montgomery Ward Catalog - 2 pages. Two pages of cartridge listings for the classic
early 1980's game systems (including, of course, the Astrocade). |
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New Image Ad - Two pages. Ten cassettes listed with descriptions. |
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Sea Devil - This is a one-page (grayscale) ad for the Bit Fiddlers cartridge game (distributed by L&M Software). |
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Secret of Pellucitar - This is a two-page color ad for the tape game by L&M Software. The back side of the sheet has several smaller
ads for other software (also by L&M Software).
You can read the transcribed ad here here.
What makes this ad interesting is that it adds information that is not included in the instructions
for the game.
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Sebree's Computing - Three pages. |
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SFP Catalog 1 - Sixteen pages. Full of pictures and descriptions. The
best Astrocade catalog I've seen besides The Source. |
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SFP Catalog 2 - Ten pages. Full of pictures and descriptions. Slimmer
than the first one, but still good. |
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SFP Catalog 3 - Four pages. Full of pictures and descriptions. There
is a description of the "Z Grass 100 Computer Keyboard" on page 3. |
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TV Arcade Sales - One page excerpt from TV Arcade Sales catalog (the rest
of the catalog is non-Astrocade). |
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Three Astrocade Ads - Three pages. Personal Computer Breakthrough,
Montogomery Wards Fall/Spring Catalog '79 Listing, and PanaCenters Ad. |
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W&W Software Sales Ad - One page. Descriptions of five games:
Othello, Van Gam, Flight Simulator, Sub Search, and Hangman. |