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Issue: 1978 February - Vol 4 Num 3

Can Deliver
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
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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
Fish and
flippers
Down
the stretch
They're off to the races with the
latest pinball game from Williams
Electronics.
Hot Tip , a four-player solid state
flipper game , has two eject holes -
one at the top and one left center on
the playfield . Also , there are six drop
targets , an advance target , a left
spinner lane , a captive ball feature ,
single and double bonus scoring , and
strong flipper action .
If the player makes the drop
targets , he lights the 1, 2 , and 3
Horse Shoes . Numbers One and
Two light the left eject pocket to
score extra ball and spinner target to
score thousands . The Number Three
Shoe lights the captive ball feature to
score 30 ,000 when hit. And the Out
Lanes alternate for Special.
The backglass is predominantly
orange and gold , and depicts a comic
scene of jockeys actually "battling it
out " down the stretch .
PLAY METER , February, 1978
Sergeant
Rock
Allied Leisure is back and firing
away in a big way with its latest
arcade piece , Battle Station .
The new game , similar in many
respects to Allied's earlier success
(F-114) , features a true-to-Iife anti-
aircraft machine gun for players to
fire at targets projected on a large
screen .
The object of the game is to stop
planes projected on the screen from
bombing a tank battle station . Point
values of 1 ,000 and 500 points are
awarded for hitting the planes;
additionally , players can win 100
points for hitting a bomb . If,
however, the bomb hits the ground,
the player cannot score any paints
until the explosion ends .
The sound effects, explosion
sequences, and machine gun effects
are realistic . And the fiberglass
projection screen presents a pano-
ramic battleground scene .
The game also comes with an
operator-adjustable extended play
feature .
Marine life is front and center in
Stern Electronic's latest four-player
solid state pinball game .
A two-flipper game , Stingray has
two kick-out holes : the one at the
top of the playfield advances the
bonus and can light the extra ball
lan e, and the bottom kick-out hole
picks up that bonus . The cluster of
three pop bumpers at the top of the
playfield keeps the action fast -paced .
Skill shots include a row of drop
targets on the left side of the
playfield . If all the targets are
knocked down , the special lane will
be lit .
Two lanes leading back up to the
top will also attract a lot of players'
shots . The lane on the left side leads
back up to the top of the playfield ,
and the lane on the right has
roll overs which are especially at-
tractive to players.
The bonus advance can go as high
as 200 ,000 points. And spinning
targets have up to aI , 000 point
value .
Stingray comes complete with a
built-in test program and a complete
accounting program . It also registers
the high score to date to entice first
quarters .
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