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News

Atari geared up for

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games market boon

THERE is going to be a dra-

matic upsurge in the games

machine market this year,

and Atari is determined to be

ready for it.

It is no accident the com-

pany brought out the XE

computer games system to

complement its 130XE and

redesigned 20 million-selling

2600VCS.

"We expect a major revival

in the video console sector

during the last quarter of 1987

if not before", a company

spokesman told Atari User.

"We believe the average

age of prospective buyers is

getting younger because the

big market for sub-E100

hardware was not catered for

have a games software range

that is second to none".

Atari originally estimated it

would sell 150,000 8 bit com-

puters and games consoles in

1987. But this ﬁgure had to be

hurredly revised when

advance orders for 70,000

units were placed in the ﬁrst

few weeks of the year.

The company began talking

about selling at least 200,000

- and possibly a quarter of a

million - games machines in

1987.

And, with orders for VCS

machines currently standing

at 90,000 units, even this

ﬁgure looks like being

exceeded before the begin-

ning of next year.

ATARI 8 bit games producer

STV Software has slashed

prices on its current and

future arcade-style programs

Recently released Joe &

the Nuclear Caverns will now

cost E7.99 on disc and £3.99

on cassette instead of E10.99

and E7.99,

The same new prices will

apply to Darg - due Out late

July - and Pothole Panic

(featuring Joe) which is due

for release in the autumn.

"After talking to dis-

tributors handling our

products we have decided to

go for quantity sales instead

of holding up prices", said

Peter O'Carroll, managing

director of STV Software

(021-770 1003).

''A look at the latest charts

shows that budget games are

among the biggest sellers

today and we have to

compete with them".

This month's new release,

Darg, features an alien who

crashlands on earth and must

locate and dig for the special

crystals he needs to refuel his

space ship.

Pothole Panic will be a

follow-up to Joe & the Nuc-

lear Caverns with Joe lost

underground and having to

dynamite his way to the

surface.

Atari's XE games system

properly in 1985 or 1986.

"This means there are a lot

of under lOs out there who

aren't really ready for a

proper micro but are keen to

get their hands on a games

machine.

"And it doesn't hurt Atari's

prospects that we already

Competition is hotting up

ATARI faces some stiff

competition in what is

expected to be a bonanza

market for games machines

this year, particularly at

Christmas.

The company's new con-

soles will come up against

opposition from Nintendo

and Sega.

Mastertronic has just

signed a deal for the UK dis-

tribution rights to the Sega

Games Console and claims:

"This is a very important

project for us - consoles are

going to be very big sellers

this Christmas".

But Atari would appear to

have the edge over the

competition.

The Ninentendo Entertain-

ment System - marketed in

the UK and Europe by Mattel

- costs E130 and the Sega

Games Console E99

compared to the Atari XE at

£89.95.

And while the Sega

machine will be launched

with only 12 games cartridges

and the Nintendo with about

27, Jack Tramiel has already

promised the XE will be

backed by more than 400

pieces of software.

In addition, Atari has the

lead in persuading High

Street stores to stock its new

product.

Dixons, Currys and

Woolworths are virtually

certain to give shelf space to

the XE, and W H Smith

another probable outlet.

Micros in

action

Serious attraction

MINI OFFICE II is well on its

way to becoming the biggest

selling serious software pack-

age ever produced for the

Atari 8-bit range.

Launched at the Atari Com-

puter Show in London in

April, the product was an

instant hit with the thousands

of visitors who ﬂocked to the

Novotel.

Several standholders

stocked the package and they

were impressed by its

enthusiastic reception and

bumper sales.

The E19.95 disc - with its

word processor, spreadsheet,

database, graphics, comms

and label printing modules -

is continuing to dominate its

sector of the market.

Mike Jones of leading dis-

tributor Software Express

told Atari User: "Mini Ofﬁce II

is a fantastic product, which is

why it is selling very well in

all parts of the country - I

even had an order for 10 from

Ireland the other day". And

THE thriving Shropshire Atari

User Group took its message

on to the streets in June to

show people its micros in

action.

An estimated 200,000 visit-

ors to Telford Town Centre

saw demonstrations of Atari

hardware and software

during the six-day exhibition.

It is the latest community

venture by the group which

has won praise for the way it

provides computing advice

and assistance to local vol-

untary organisations.

John Hambly of Silica Distrib-

ution said: "There is nothing

to compare with Mini Ofﬁce II

in the Atari 8 bit market. The

nearest competition is

American and twice the

price".

July 1987 Aran User 5

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