Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, July 27, 1983
Laser video game targeted
to boost slumping industry
by Tim Ward
epo
When Dirk the Dt
Battalion Reporter
)aring enters
the castle and slays the dragons
with his swift sword, he may not
only save Princess Daphina but
also the video game business.
video game,
may be just
A new laser
“Dragon’s Lair,”
what the doctor ordered to help
the slumping video game busi
ness, says Ross Todaro Jr. of
Todaro Amusement and Vend
ing Service.
Cinematronics Inc., in Cali
fornia, developed the new game
in hopes of boosting video game
sales and interests, he said.
Todaro said “Dragon’s Lair”
is the first video game to use a
laser recorded disk and a video
playback machine.
“What they’ve done is elimin
ate a lot of chips and transistors
and put the information on a
laser disk,” Todaro said. “An im
age is projected from the disk to
a television-type screen. The
player is really watching the
video playback of a cartoon.”
The Memorial Student Cen
ter game room received one of
the video games last Thursday.
There are 20 of the dragon
games in Texas, and Texas
A&M’s is the only one between
Houston and Dallas.
Texas A&M was chosen as a
site for the game because of the
great access to young college stu
dents, he said.
“Cinematronics wanted this
game played and tested by col
lege students,” Todaro said.
“The video skills of A&M stu
dents are very high, and I be
lieve if the game were tested in
any other location I wouldn’t be
doing the manufacturers jus
tice.”
Todaro said the laser video
game costs twice as much as the
regular games and may be a
gamble to buy.
“These games are for testing
and may become popular right
now and then fade away,” he
said. “They cost about $4,800,
and we don’t know if they will
pay for themselves. Because of
the slump, that’s a gamble we
must take.”
Texas climber’s body
recovered on Monday
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ASPEN, Colo. — Pitkin Coun
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ing the weekend.
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the victim as “Champ” Wesley
Baron of Conroe, Texas.
Undersheriff Don Davis says it
appeared Baron tipped back
wards and was unable to regain
his balance because of his heavy
backpack. Officers in a helicop
ter recovered his body Monday.
Davis said Baron and his
companion were not roped
together because the terrain was
not difficult.
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