Volume 3/No. 7
April, 1977
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PLAt' METER
Staff
Features
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
Richard S. Dietrich
International Editor:
David Snook,
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
DickWelu
Mary Claire Blakeman
J .W . Sedlak
Randy Fromm
Art Direction :
Meyer Alewitz
Typography :
Skybird Typography
Advertising Representatives:
Ralph C. Lally II
Carolyn Desmond
Advertising Production :
Don Randon
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
Are Your Games Game? ...... ......... ..... .... ... 27
The third and final of Roger Sharpe's series on the
pinball player's relationship to the game he plays.
Arcades PillS ..... ... ... .. .......... .......... .... 29
The arcade of the future will not be a bunch of machines
stuck in a store according to J .W . Sedlak . Wha t else is
there? Sedlak suggests some things you can do now.
Pachinko GoesAmerican ......... ... .............. 31
Will Japan's mania make it here? Mary Claire Blakeman
looks at Pachinko in America, its beginnings and future .
The Holdup Man ............. .................. ... 56
What do you do if you ' re arcade is held up? Security expert
Harold Gluck offers some suggestions from the police .
Departments
From the Editor .. .. ......... ......... ... .... ... .. .. 6
Editorial ....... ....................... ............. 8
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Mailbox ................. ......................... 12
Coinman of the Month ...... ............ ... ........ 14
Operating ......... ... ..... ....... ... .. ... ....... . 18
Critic's Corner .................................... 34
Manufacturing ............................ ........ 38
Music Programming .................. .. , ......... 44
Ask the Experts ................... ... .... .... ..... 52
This month's question : What are the top ten arcade pieces
of all time . The experts answer in this new department.
Distributing .. ...... ... ..... .... .... ............... 58
Technical Topics ..................... ............. 61
New Products .. ... .............................. . 64
Classified .................................. ...... 73