Atari Coin Connection

DON OSBORNE
NAMED WESTERN
REGIONAL SALES
MANAGER
Don Osborne has been named Western
Regional Sales Mana6er for the Coin-
operated products division at Atari, Inc.
Mr. Osborne's primary responsibilities
will be focussed on providing closer
product sales and follow-up support to
Atari distributors in the western states.
In commenting about Mr. Osborne's
new position, F rank Ballouz, Division
National Sales Manager stated "we are
confident that Don's appointment will
add more strength to our continuing
efforts to increase two-way communi-
cation and offer more personalized
service to our distributors throughout
the west.
Mr. Osborne has over twelve years
ex perience in marketing and direct sales.
This is sort of a "fan Letter". I'm
writing to express my appreciation of one
of your coin-operated electronic games,
BREAKOUT TM . I've played it many
times in game centers here in Philadelphia
and enjoy it immensely ... when the
lunch hour rolls around in Center City,
Philadelphia, large numbers of well-
dressed junior-executive types line up at
the various BREAKOUT machines in the
4 game centers and one train station that
have them and play them for much of
their time . There's something about it
that's addictive.
Burt Benenson
Philadelphia, PA
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Following on the heels of the highly
successful 2-player DOMIN OS™, Atari
has just announced the availability of a
4-player cocktail model of this popular
video skill game .
Features include a new hexagonal
table top fabricated from a durable
scratch and burn-resistant laminate
material.
The easy-access 19" monitor is
covered with tempered glass for max-
imum protection.
-Operator options include variable
volume control; one coin per player
credit or one coin for two or four credits,
and number of matches before elimina-
tion to three, four, five or six.
DOMINOS/4 COCKTAIL TM video
game is designed for on-the-spot main-
tenance with special easy-access service
panel, and built in self-test program.
The game can be played by up to 4
players, white vs. black "dominos",
individually or in teams. If there is less
that 4, the games' computer plays the
other positions. The last player with
points on his "score domino" wins.
"DOMINOS/4 COCKTAIL is an excit-
ing skill game as well as an elegant
furniture design" . Frank Ballouz, Atari
National Sales Manager commented. " We
believe it will fit into a wide variety of
sophisticated environments, provide great
entertainment for patrons, an d high
income for opera tors ."
TECHNICAL TIPS
SHOOTING GAMES
There are some misunderstandings as
to the function and operation of the
optic assembly used in pistols and rifles .
This generally leads to improper diagnosis
of problems.
First of all, the optic assembly does
not emit a beam or ray of light. In reality,
the optic assembly receives a beam of
light from the face of the TV picture
tube. This is accomplished by the
presence of a narrow beam width lens
mounted on the end of the assembly
which focuses on a small area of the
picture tube . The light is transmitted
through the narrow beam width lens onto
a phototransistor which converts the light
to a voltage pulse. After amplification,
the light pulse is transmitted to the
computer board for processing.
Now, if a QUACK™ or OUTLAW ™
game has the foil owing symptoms, per -
form the check list :
Symptom: Shot is random or always in
one corner on TV screen.
Cause :
Insufficient light to optic
assembly caused by :
1. Lens missing
2 . TV brightness too low
3. Dirt on the face of the TV
picture tube
4. Plex dirty or scratched.
Symptom: No visible shot.
Cause:
Insufficient light to optic
assembly, defective optic as-
sembly, or defective com-
puter board.
F-1 DRIVING GAME
Symptom: Game is sometimes in the one
coin mode rather than two
coins.
Cause:
The game timer mot or (gas) is
not in "game over position ."
Remember that the game
timer is mechanical and does
not reset to zero when power
is turned on and off.