Play Meter

Issue: 1978 February - Vol 4 Num 3

DISTRIBUTING
Key moves to larger quarters
Key Industries , Inc. of Portland ,
Oregon , the exclusive U.S . distribu -
tors of Zaccaria equipment, has
moved into larger quarters .
The company's new facility , which
is 12,OOO-square feet and three times
bigger than Key Industries' old
facility , is located at 2310 S .E.
Clatsop Street, Portland , Oregon
97202. The company's toll free
number 1-800-547-8446 remains
the same .
The new plant will house Key
Industries' business offices, service
department , and large parts depart-
ment .
In conjunction with the move , Key
Industries will now be doing solid
state repair in-house for Zaccaria and
NSM . In addition , the company will
start shipping out of Chicago for its
eastern and southern market. The
western market will continue to
receive its shipments directly from
Portland .
Zaccaria , which has recently re-
leased two electro-mechanical pin-
games, Aerobatics and Nautilus,
introduced a new electronic four-
player flipper game at the A.T.E.
Show in London . The game , Winter
Sports , was unveiled in Associated
Leisure's booth along with still
another single-player electro-me-
chanical pinball game .
Universe
distributes

service
books
Universe Affiliated International ,
Inc. has sent complete service books
and board schematics to all Playmatic
distrihllt ors. In add itio n . service
schools will be offered to all
Pla yma hc distributors requesting
them . Th e complete service program
about to be inaugurated by Universe
Affiliated will be supported by RCA.
RCA 's C-Moss system is employed
exclusively in Playmatic flippers .
Universe Affiliated further an -
nounced that all printed circuit
boards presently employed in Space
Ga mhler. the compa ny's latest fo ur-
player flipper game , will be totally
interchangeabl e with all future Play-
matic models .
The Hillside , New Jersey firm also
announced that it will be offering a
complete test fixture which can be
utilized exclusively for the repair of
Playmatic flippers employing the
RCA C-Moss system .
Universe Affiliated is the exclusive
importer of Playmatic products for
the United States and Canada .
PLAY METER, February, 1978
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PINBALLS
BALLY
Air Aces .... .. ........... 539
Amigo ...... ...... ....... 425
Boomerang .............. 495
Big Show .. . .......... ... 397
Bow & Arrow ... ' ......... 650
Capt. Fantastic ........... 762
Champ .................. 440
Delta Queen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Flicker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 500
Flip Flop ................. 672
Hi Lo Ace ................ 260
Hokus Pokus ............. 645
Knockout ................ 470
Old Chicago . ...... ... . .. 700
Wizard ......... ......... 690
CHICAGO COIN
C»ympks ................. 470
Red Baron ............... 450
Sho~e ................ 460
Soundstage. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 540
Top Ten ................. 440
GoldReoord .... .......... 495
GOTTUEB
Big Brave ... .. ........ .. . 440
Card Whiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750
Duotron ................. 425
Far Out .................. 550
Fast Draw . ............... 625
King Pin ............ ..... 335
~gnatron ... .. .......... 475
Quick Draw .............. 560
Royal Hush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
SOccer ...... . .... .. ..... 475
Solar City .......... ...... 775
Spirit of 76 . .. ...... ...... 660
Super Soccer .... ......... 625
Surf Champ ............. . 735
TargetAlpha ..... ........ 740
Three Hundred ........... 595
Top Score ........... .... 560
1JnWAMS
Fun Fest .................. 390
Grand Prix ... ............. 835
Little Chief .. .............. 588
Pat Hand .. ............... 600
Satin Don ................. 520
Space Mission .. ........... 765
Space Odyssey ... .. ..... .. 685
Toledo . ... ............... 550
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ON IHI
"IO~I •••
Karns
named
Pat Karns has been appointed as
vice president of marketing for
Ramtek's coin machine division .
Karn s, who has held sales mana-
ger positions at Atari , Fun Games,
and Sega , told PLAY METER , "[t's
good to be back in the coin machine
industry." Karns noted that one
reason for his return to the industry
was because of the "long overdue
breakthrough in technology ."
"It's not the same humdrum
products anymore ," said Karns .
"I certainly welcome this new
opportunity , and Ramtek is looking
forward to supplying this industry
with well thought-out products and
exciting technology in 1978 ," he
added .
Ramtek recently introduced one of
its surprises, Boom Ball , at the
IAAPA Show in New Orleans .
"The industry will see some
startling new ideas from us this
spring," said Karns . "It will be a relief
to operators and distributors alike for
this year's buying season . They can
look for some innovative new
prod ucts on the horizon ."
Gottlieb
picks Finger
D. Gottlieb & Company has
announced the appointment of
Richard F. Finger as field service
engineer.
C . Marshall Caras, vice president
of marketing , indicated that "Finger
will conduct service seminars on all of
Gottlieb's solid-state games, test
equipment and procedures ." Gott-
lieb has already conducted its
seminar for distributor personnel in
Chicago in January and is currently
scheduling seminars in cities across
the United States , Canada , and
Europe .
Wayne Neyens , vice president of
engineering , commented , "We spent
a long time looking for the right man.
And his strong background in
engineering and field service adds
Richard F. Finger
another measure of strength and a
new element to 'the Gottlieb System'
for solid-state pinball games ."
Dick Finger's background is in
technical writing , sales, and service
of electronic systems. He has served
as a technical service supervisor and
has conducted training sessions here
and abroad . For several years he was
training director for 3M .
Empire
appointments
Empire Distributing has announc-
ed two appointments .
Max (Mac) Brier has been ap-
pOinted director of customer ser-
vices. A twenty-year-plus veteran of
the coin machine industry with
experience in manufacturing , opera-
ting and distributing , he will be in full
charge of all customer services.
The other appOintment was that of
Ben Har-EI as export-import mana-
ger.
Har-EI, who joined Empire in
1977 as a salesman , will be in charge
of all exports handled through
Empire 's disc, Empire International
Export Corporation .
PLAY METER , February, 1978

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