Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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Furiously zapping spaceships Gordon Nash saves his humanoids. J.R. Miller gobbles ghosts as Jeff Davis looks on. □f UuartErs You will meet a Gorfian doom Space Captain as you journeyed toward a dramatic confrontation with the enemy flagship. One slip, and you were devastated. Some galactic defender you are, Space Captain as the image of your ship crumbled into little beads of light and disintegrated on the screen. You were mesmerized. You couldn ' t resist. You moved along the wall of stand-up coin consumers looking for another game. You read the screens. Frogger — 200 points for escorting a lady frog home — and you heard laughter ringing out from the electronic bellies of the Black Knights. Will you come and challenge the Black Knights again? Where could you turn? How would you manage this mania? The answer was simple. Insert coin and prepare yourself for the alien space cadets. H Jennifer Sutter

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Battling the Gorfian Empire Dave Farner maneuvers for position. Galactic Warrior, Sam Seltzer plays video games to strengthen hand-eye co- ordination. R Nelu GBtne Pac Man Fever driving me crazy ... Colorful, luminescent blobs scuttled across a screen in pursuit of a munchy little yellow mouth that consumed line after line of pink dots. Shadow, speedy, bashful and pokey were after the Pac-Man, and with joy-stick in hand, you determined his fate. While he fed upon ghosts, strawberries and cherries, you fed quarters into the slot that launched him into life — and you just couldn ' t stop. But fear not. You weren ' t alone in your mania. When video games drew you into their world of visual isolation, you actually joined a larger community of video game addicts. Gordon Nash put $5.00 a week into the alluring machines to pass the time. Dean Pettrucci allotted $20.00 per week for video games. Who could measure the return on his investment? Who could say how we would answer when the video games called? The evil Gorfian Empire has attacked. Your mission is to repel the invasion ... You were told that Gorfian robots are unbeatable. 24 Video Games

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Clockwise from top left: Career counselor Peggy McConnell enjoys the snow. Billy Dickenson listens to Coach Micholson ' s advice. A stained glass window glows warmly in Wallace Chaple. Dr. McTaggart scans the field for action. Critical eyes observe play practice. Dr. Harms in- structs Jane Edgerly. J. Herbert, B. Hall, R. Dunmyre, C. Emerson 26 Academics