Astrovision Shoots for the Stars
High Fidelity Trade News
December 1981 or January 1982 (Exact Date Unknown)


     Astrovision, Inc., has lost no time in shooting for the lead in the 1982 
video game wars.
     Finishing up last year with its entire production capacity sold out, the 
company is unveiling what vice president Ray George describes as a 
"revolutionary new dimension in video games," and a graphics videogame/computer 
that "talks." And underway as of January 6 is a $10 million 1982 television 
advertising campaign.
     Seven new adventure video games "combine, for the first time, the fast-
paced excitement of coin-operated arcade space games with the intrigue of home-
computer 'adventure'-style games," explained George.
     Munchie, The Wizard, Solar Conqueror, Cosmic Raiders, Space Fortress, 
Pirate's Chase and Quest For The Orb run on the Astro Professional Arcade 
(formerly the Bally Video Professional Arcade) and are priced between $24.95 
and $35.95. Except for Space Fortress, which is available now, the games are 
slated for a March delivery.
     Astrovision is also introducing 2 games in the same price range that 
combine education and fun: Coloring Book with Light Pen (for creating art) and 
Music Maker (for creating music).
     ZGRASS-32, the new graphics videogame/computer, is the only personal unit 
that is designed specifically for computer graphics and the only one with NTSC 
broadcast quality video output, making it possible to create animated graphics, 
music, sound effects and original animated games.
     Consumers can start out with an Astro Professional Arcade videogame unit 
and add a personal computer attachment (keyboard and 32K ROM) to get the 
ZGRASS-32.
     "We've already received orders for thousands of ZGRASS-32 units from Bally 
Arcade owners," continued George. "They're anxious to get their hands on it 
because the tremendous power of the ZGRASS language combined with the patented 
Astro Arcade chips will let them create exciting 256-color animation, sound 
effects, three-voice music, and now speech."
     Using a Votrax chip which gives it unlimited vocabulary, the ZGRASS-32 is 
Z-80 micro-processor based, is expandable to run CP/M programs and has built-in 
interfaces to a light pen, graphics tablet, disk drives and joysticks. It also 
has 2 RS-232 ports for 50 to 19,200 baud communications.
     The ZGRASS-32 is being shipped to video game and personal computer dealers 
in April, with a suggested retail price of under $100 (included the Astro 
Arcade).