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Art Master

The Light Pen is an accessory for the Vectrex released in 1983 by GCE. It was quite revolutionary for its time, but because of the Great Video Game Crash of 1983, it ended up as a commercial failure. Packed in…

31 December 1983

Art Master is a simulator developed by GCE, released 31 December 1983 on Vectrex.

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What Art Master is

Art Master is a simulator game developed by GCE and released in 1983. It is available on Vectrex only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Light Pen is an accessory for the Vectrex released in 1983 by GCE. It was quite revolutionary for its time, but because of the Great Video Game Crash of 1983, it ended up as a commercial failure. Packed in with the accessory was the game Art Master. During its lifetime, GCE managed to release three games for it: Art Master, Melody Master and AnimAction. There was also a prototype, Mail Plane, that never managed to get a release.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are kids and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Art Master launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Art Master come out?
Art Master was released on 31 December 1983 for Vectrex.

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