Racing the Beam : the Atari Video Computer System - Index of

Read-only memory (ROM)
mask ROM, 21
sprite graphics and, 71
use in early video games, 13, 20–23
VCS, 88, 102, 103, 108, 120, 138
Realsports Boxing, 137–138
Reas, Casey, 149
Reception/operation level, of digital
studies, 145, 146
Relay Moe, 38, 39
Remediation, 146
Resolution devices, lower-powered, 141
Retail sales
of Atari VCS, 4, 6, 122
of handheld electronic games, 121–123
of Pac-Man (VCS game), 76
of Pong (dedicated home game), 10–11,
120–121
of VCS cartridges, 12, 75–76, 91, 99,
122
River Raid, 6, 104
Robinett, Warren
Adventure development, 5, 44–46, 49–
56, 58, 65, 92
credit for royalties, 60, 61
game signing, 59–60
Slot Racer development, 43, 46
Robot Pong games, for Video Olympics,
38–40
ROM. See Read-only memory
Ross, Scott, 124
Russell, Steve, 7
Salvo, Ed, 128
Same-screen sprite register, 105
Scrolling, 106
Seaquest, 105, 132
Sears Telegames, 121
Sea Wolf, 86
Sega Master System, 134, 137
Sesame Street games, 124
Shark Jaws, 125, 126
Shaw, Carol, 104
Shay, Nukey, 77
Shooter games, 96. See also specifi c
shooter games
Side pager, 107
Side scroller, 107
Sigma 7 minicomputer, 125
SimCity, 110–111
Simon, 121
Skiing, 105
Skinning, 105
Sky Skipper, 123
Slocum, Paul, 132, 142
video games for the VCS (see Combat
Rock; Synthcart)
Slot machines, 7
Slot Racers
boundaries for virtual space, 46
collision detection, 48
description of, 43
horizontal symmetry of playing fi eld,
47
mazes, 68
playfi eld graphics, 48
programmer (see Robinett, Warren)
single screen, 106
sprites, 108
VCS adaptation, 44
SLSA (Society for Literature, Science,
and the Arts), 147
Smith, Bob, 88, 116
Smith, Jay, 121
Social context, of video games, 78–79
Society for Literature, Science, and the
Arts (SLSA), 147
Soft censorship, 134
Software platforms, 148
Sonar Sub Hunt, 121
Sound. See Music, in-game
Space Invaders (arcade game), 31, 65, 85
licensing, 124
playing fi eld, 5
Space Invaders (VCS game) 66, 86, 96,
104
sprites, 70–71, 72, 73–74
Space shooter games, 65
Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space, 34,
117
Spacewar (PDP-1), 5, 7, 8, 31, 51–52,
84–86
Space Wars (Cinematronics), 84
Spectravision’s Chase the Chuckwagon,
124
Spider-Man (VCS game), 123
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