Air Academy High School - Vapor Trails Yearbook (USAF Academy, CO)

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126 People That Pla Games Or ls It Gomes That Play People? The introduction of electronics in the world of enter- tainment took the nation by laser beam storm. After all, it costa mere guorter to become a warrior in most any galaxy, defending almost anything. For many Americans, being thrust into a world of alien invaders, deadly asteroids, and monster insects was the ideal way to spend an afternoon. Bruce Campbell, a 1976 graduate of Air Academy, captured the world record in Asteroids in December. Hours of wrath for a quarter and suddenly you're a world champion. Video game players knew no age limit: everyone liked to win. But high school students accounted for most of the more than S3 billion Americans have spent on this latest fad for free time. Many of the arcade video games found their way into homes via television video units under such la- bels as Atari, Magnavox Odyssey, and Mattel's Intel- livision. Pong amazed people by letting them con- trol miniature paddles on a screen. Space Invaders' came along in 1978 thrilling people all over again, but both paled in comparison to the inventions the 80's promised. With wristwatches that had a miniature video game screen on them and televisions that could fit into the palm of a hand, what next? was the obvious question. But addictive video games were definitely not on their way out yet. Machines that rasped, I challenge you were surprising, and even frightening, but the technology displayed was amazing and 1982 will definitely be a year to remember these outstanding accomplish- ments. r

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lt really kept me busy l had the opportunity to meet lots of new people which was really a great advantage of belonging to JA Mark Lopez Vrce Pres of Marketing Junior Achievement rs a super learning exper Janet Rossrtto Vrce Pres of Production Junior Achievement gave many students the opportunity to learn a little about business Above students Janet Ros sttto Mark Lopez Paul Dumond Jenny Harrel and Debbie Rosa talk over plans for various projects ience. lt holds lots of rewarding moments. Susie Studer was the president of a 26- member company called Windchime Productions. We made windchimes, ob- viously, she said. ln the beginning our stock cost us 51.00, and we got back 54.46. Now that is pretty good. Wind- chime Productions was in the running for top sales company and company of the year. ar M... -f .ll- Being involved in Junior Achieve- ment took up a lot of your own time,' Susie reported. You needed to be will- ing to work. Sometimes we met on Sat- urdays to produce our product, and we also had to sell it in our own time. l think that JA is a fantastic opportunity for any- one, even for a person not planning to enter the business field. I 125 Student Life

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Home video games allowed a simple TV to become a beeping color battleground Copposite top leftl. Intellivision allowed video athletes to play individually or compete against each other. Liz Paul gears up for a video session against Tim Anderson Coppositie lower leftj. '4 A i I 1 E I 1 l Y . Blasting away, Liz Paul defends her galaxy 0093- Gamesman Pete Peterson battles a computerized brain while playing the electronic memory game Simon Cmlddleb. Losing herself in another world, Tonya Anderson foils aliens Cbottomj. Warrior Tim Anderson blows up allen beings Cabovej. 127 Student Life