Gametronics Conference 1977 Gametronics Conference 1977 Gametronics Conference Proceedings, 1977ABC newscaster Ed Leslie and Ramtek president Chuck McEwan watch as ABC cameraman zooms in on Barricade.Jerry Eimbinder presents award to Nolan Bushnell.Magnavox game designer John Slusarski.Ralph Baer addressing Gametronics conference.NBC newscaster Jack Bates is filled in on the development of TV games by Ralph Baer.Ralph Baer receives Gametronics award for pioneering work in TV game design from Jerry Eimbinder , Publisher of Electronic Engineering Times .Jerry Eimbinder opens activities at Gametronics.Gametronics attendee tries Ramtek's Horoscope.Fingertip control of game action was demonstrated at Gametronics by Peptek Corporation.Al Berglund, engineering planner for Walt Disney Productions, was one of the attendees at Gametronics.Pauline Sly listens to Dr. David Chandler describe Tank Squadron.Horoscope, Ramtek's coin-operated, microprocessor-controlled system, is capable of providing five different charts, based on personal data input.Fairchild's cartridge game records score and time remaining at bottom of screen.Gametronics was conducted January 18-20, 1977 at the Burlingame Hyatt House (located near the San Francisco International Airport)Kam Li addressing audience at Gametronics.Li with Charles Leicht of the Ideal Toy Corporation.NBC newscaster Jack Bates interviews Dr. David Chandler and Ron BaldridgeFairchild's Video Entertainment System.Jerry Eimbinder of Electronic Engineering Times with Nolan Bushnell, board chairman of Atari.THE TRAZOR A NEW INPUT DEVICEStephen Beck, game consultant.Galaxy Game being played at the Tressider Union Coffeehouse.Black Jack is offered on a Fairchild Video Entertainment System cartridge.Ed Joiner, Chicago games consultant, at registration.Opening ceremonies at Gametronics included simulated electronic music.Odyssey 500, introduced by Magnavox in 1977 features player shapes in soccer, tennis, hockey and handball.National Semiconductor's Adversary. The three-game 1976 model is being upgraded to six games on one chip in 1977.Charles McEwan, president of Ramtek.Floor model version of Ramtek ' s "Hit Me."Four players against the machine. For this particular hand of Black Jack, being played on Ramtek' s Hit Me, the machine was beaten by the three players at the left.Circuit-board for Innovative Coin's Spitfire.Atari's "Touch Me" is a non-TV electronic game in which the player attempts to duplicate several bars of a song played by the machine.Sprint, one of Atari's racing games, pits competitors on various racing tracks.Atari's coin-operated game "Breakout" comes in floor console and table versions.Assembling of cocktail-table version of Breakout at Atari.Up to eight players can engage in combat when playing Atari's coin-operated tank warfare game.In Atari's game "Outlaw" the player tests fast-draw ability against the machine's cowboy.An electronic game kit, manufactured by Visulex, is used as an educational system by schools.A cocktail-table game version of Tank is marketed by Kee Games, a division of Atari.Bally's $800 home electronic pinball machine.Sun Sigma's Edward Ho discusses game production in Taiwan.Commodore's home computer PET was demonstrated at Gametronics.Atari's original Pong, introduced in 1972.
