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Editor . . .. . ............................. TONY CARTER
Advertising Manager ................. BERNIE ROGERS
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Editorial Addresses : Leisure Play, McMillan Martin,
Northgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe.
Tel: 0524-36241.
Advertising: Tel. 0625 612818.
Europe: Mary Openshaw, 44 Quai Du Commerce
(Box OO), 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
NIPPON DATA keep the customers happy
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PERSONALITY FOCUS on Les Howort 'ornado Mode Produc s 9
LONDO PREVIEWS ten pages of reports and pictures
start on page
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INSIDESTORYonStreets. ocompany t onew Imoge
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ARCADE with more than a touch of luxury
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CENTURY look at new developments
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SUMMIT'S new range of machines
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INTERNATIONALsect1onfeoturesocourogeouswomon
from Luxembourg
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HOBBY that become a full-time family Industry
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CT LEISURE move to bigger and better premises.
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TWO ME who gave up steady jobs to launch Bofco
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Leisure Ploy is published and printed by Trelowney Press lid.,
Northgote, Wh ite Lund Estate, Morecambe. Tel : 0524 36241. Every core
is token in compili ng the contents ot this magazine, butthe publlshe11
assume no responsibility In the effect rising therefrom. All prices and
data contained In advertisements ore accepted by us In good faith
OS being correct at the time of 9.oing to press. Advertisers and
publishers cannot be held responsible for any variations affecting
prices or availability otter the publication hos closed for press.
MARY OPENSHAW, our International Correspondent,
can now be contacted by ' phone on
010-32·2·217-10-93.
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Preview in London. Appealing
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must use the control stick to
move the ship in all directions,
also using the four fire buttons
to fire lasers. Shoot out the
yellow zones and release
meteors. Enter the red zone
and use the lasers to destroy
meteors. Avoid collisions and
hostile missiles from the
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Second phase. Move the
ship along the corridors using
the control stick and fire left
and right lasers to destroy
attacking forces. Use left laser
to cut through fortress in the
second corridor. Avoid erupt-
ing volcanoes in the third
corridor and meteor storm in
the fourth corridor. Docking
successfully with the sister ship
enables the ship to proceed to
the third phase.
Third phase. Use upper laser
to cut away the monster and
release the eye. Cut at speed
and pull out quickly to avoid
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COMMENT
To say times are hard in the amusement
machine industry is probably something of
an exaggeration. But they are certainly
harder than they were. The general reces-
sion has caught up with the industry, the
video boom has levelled out and now there
is talk of an extra tax on machines. A
number of smaller companies have had to
call in the receiver and others are on the
"critical list".
All this was reflected at the London Pre-
views where money was short and faces
long.
The prospect of an " ad valorem " tax on
amusement machines could not have
come at a worse time. Anyone who advo-
cates this blow beneath the belt can have
Leisure Play - November
no idea of the current state of the industry.
As BACTA General Secretary Alan Willis said,
it could be the differenece between
business showing a reasonable profit and
recording a resounding loss.
In the light of the current difficulties it is ·
heartening to see so many companies
taking a positive attitude and not scream-
ing " hurt".
A typical example of the positive
approach came from Ace Coin Equipment
who set out on a tour of the country with their
latest video awp and other equipment only
a fortnight after the London Previews. They
took their goods to the people who didn't
get to the Previews and their enterprise was
rewarded with substantial sales. This is
exactly the fire-in-the-belly spirit the industry
must adopt in these difficult times.
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