Game Freak (magazine)/Volume 1

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Front cover

Game Freak Vol. 1 was the first volume of Game Freak magazine by Taji Corporation (now Game Freak), released in 1983. The front cover of this issue features Taizo Hori from Dig-Dug.

A copy of this magazine is also found on pages 259-271 of Satoshi Tajiri: A Man Who Created Pokémon (book).

Features

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• Pages 2-3: Discusses video games, and shows an arcade cabinet. Page 2 features an illustration of two people next to an arcade with a woman mentioning Galaga.
• Pages 4-5: A table of game titles categorised by genre and four keys (A-E), as such:
• Page 6: "Amusement News" about the top games. In the "Best 5", number 1 is Xevious (Namco), followed by Pole Position (Namco), another game written in kanji, Time Pilot (Konami) and Galaga (Konami), however there is another listing of five games, including two by Sega.
• Page 7-8: "The Game Bug": Might be about video game glitches. Games included are Donkey Kong, Dig-Dug, Fly-Boy, Qix, Janputer, Donkey Kong Jr.
• Page 9-10: Details about mahjong/a mahjong game
• Page 11: Appears to be a feature on easy to draw game characters (かんたんにかける　ゲームキャラクター). Instructs the player on how to draw Q-Bert.
• Page 12: Information on subscriptions(?)
• Page 13: Information on Vol. II, which covers Xevious in some way.

Titles in the game table

• Interceptor
• Gunman
• Subhunter
• Gipsy Juggler [may have also inspired the Japanese name for the Juggler trainer class in Pokémon]
• Super High Way
• Super Block
• Speed Race CL5
• Super Speed Race
• Space Wars
• Zun Zun Block
• Ball Park 1,2
• Top Bowler
• Hustle
• Flying Fortress 2
• Blue Shark
• Missile X
• Basket Ball
• Block C
• Western Gun
• Tramporin
• Cross Fire
• Safari
• Speed Race
• Space Invaders
• Space Invaders 2
• Polaris
• Crazy Balloon
• Astro Zone
• Lupin The III
• Balloon Bomber
• Grand Champion
• Field Gorl
• Space Cyclone
• Indian Battle
• Defender
• Space Chaser
• Straight Flush
• Lunar Rescue
• Marine Date
• Qix
• Super Speed Race GPV
• Rock Climber
• Fitter
• Space Seeker
• Space Cruiser
• Frog & Spiders
• Mahjong II
• Wild Western
• Jungle King
• Time Tunnel
• The Pit
• Alpine Ski
• Bardie King
• Strike Bowling
• Front Line
• Super Rider
• Bardie King II
• Port Man
• Joly Joger