Volume 3/ No. 17
September, 1977
Staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
David Pierson
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Game Doctors
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
DickWelu
Susan Brenna
J .W. Sedlak
Randy Fromm
Art Direction :
Meyer Alewitz
Typography:
Skybird Typography
Circulation Manager:
Debbie Barnes
Advertising Representative:
Ralph C. Lally II
Advertising Production :
Don Randon
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
Coin Industry PLA Y METER, Sep-
tember, 1977. Volume 3, No. 17.
Copyright 1977 by Skybird Publishing
Company.
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Industry Play Meter are published
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Features
New Games at Charlotte .. .. .... ........... ... .... .......... . 15
Editor Ralph Lally visits the North Carolina Coin
Operators convention and brings back some r.'JWS
about something new in games .
European Flippers and Reluctant Americans .. ...... .... ...... 18
Pinball critic Roger C. Sharpe takes a look into the
perplexing question : Why aren't European pinball
machines better received in the States?
One Year Later ............................... .... ...... .. .. 20
Vic Lesley, former Coinman of the Month, presents the
British view of American games.
Wrestling the Export Elephant ........ .......... .. ..... ... ... . 24
Exproters are human too. Managing Editor David
Pierson interviews six exporters and finds that they
don 't agree on anything either.
Departments
From the Editor .... ..... ............. ........ ..... ..... ....... 4
Mailbox ... .. .. .... ... .. .... .. ....... .................. ....... 6
Coinman ofthe Month .. ....... .. ... ... .. ........ .. .... ..... .. 8
Operating .. .......... ... .... .. .... ... .. .... ...... ....... ... . 14
Music Programming .... ...... .... ........ ...... ...... ..... .. 27
I nternational Dateline ....... ......... .... .... ............... 32
Technical Topics .... .... .... ............. .... .. ...... ....... 34
Distributing ... ......... .... .... ..... .. ....... ... ... ...... ... 36
Critic's Corner ................... ........ .. ................. 42
New Products . ......... .... ........ ....................... .. 46
Manufacturing ... ... .. .. ...... .. ..... ... ... .... ...... ..... .. 52
Onthe Move .... ..... ... ... ...... .. .. .... .... ...... ...... ... . 54
Classified ........... .............. .. .... .... ..... ........... 57
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