INTERNATIONAL DATELINE
Rowe
Holds
School
In a two day session held recently,
AMD' s Leo Ankus and Val Umashev
of United Coin , Brisbane, combined
to introduce Rowe AMI 's first
solid-state service school in Queens-
land. The school was held at
United's Fortitude Valley showroom .
The R-81 unit was subjected to an
intense examination by enthusiastic
operators and technicians who
converged from as far as 1,000 miles
to view and study the new
equipment.
Operators present also had a
preview of a Bally solid-state pinball.
All agreed that machines such as
those displayed should reduce ef-
fectively field service and associated
costs.
Pinball
Record
What is the record for marathon
pinball playing? The latest claim
comes from Australia.
Two Queensland youths set out to
break the world record in early May.
Ian Jameson and Phil Wain began
their marathon at 12:30 p.m .
Wednesday May 4, with a Guiness
Record Book official and a doctor on
hand . Breaking every three hours for
fifteen minutes, the boys worked
against what they thought was the
record .
The official record, according to
Jameson, was 86 hours set in the
U.S. But late last year in Northville,
Michigan's Arcade 5, a young
woman, Vilia Zemaitis, played for 93
consecutive hours, and notification
of her performance, which followed
Guiness marathon rules, was sent to
the record book company .
Playing five separate machines
supplied by United Coin at their
Focal Point Arcade in Brisbane, Ian
and Phil played until 8:30 a.m . on
Sunday, May 9 - 92 hours. But was
that a record?
No matter. Ian was at any rate not
satisfied with 92 straight hours of
pinball play and on May 11, he began
a new marathon attempt, this time
joining with another Brisbane youth
Phil Saicca. Sponsored by a local
radio station, the boys played 136
consecutive hours, a new record for
sure . We think.
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• Battery operated
• Compact - Width 12"
Depth 12", Height 8"
Shipping Weight 16 Ibs.
• Caution this game is
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