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Issue: 1978 February - Vol 4 Num 3

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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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Working
inthe pits
Anew
"pin"
game
After the introduction of Meadows
Lanes, Meadows has come up with
still another video bowling game .
The company's 3-D Bowling is a
one- or two-player game that is
presented in three-dimension .
The game comes complete with
colorful, action-packed graphics and
animation . There is a random beer
frame , and the game is based on
regulation scoring .
The player can adjust the speed of
the ball-slow or fast-and can even
hook it . For smaller players, the
game comes assembled with a
slide-out platform step .
The game is a challenge for all
players . For the beginner, it's a
chance to break his "real life" high
game ; and for the experienced
player, there's always that ever-
elusive "perfect 300 game ."
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One of the really big hits at this
past year's A.M.O.A . show was
Dozer from Americoin .
The attractive arcade piece .Iets
players operate their own bull dozer
and plow a load of ore into a mine
pit. Each load plowed into the mine
pit is weighed , scored , and processed
in a simulated refinery and returned
to the ore pile. A skillful player can
earn overtime and additional scoring
for plowing a predetermined amount
of tons of the ore .
The play features include com-
plete control and maneuverability of
the dozer; simulated refining of bull
dozed ore ; control of the dozer blade
for added production ; and adjustable
replay , scoring , and game time .
The game's engineering features
include easy-to-service electro-me-
chanical design and rugged control
handles. There is also a rugged
six-by-nine-inch speaker for extend-
ed fidelity sound .
The piece measures 50 inches
high by 40 inches wide by 35 inches
deep , and it weighs 248 pounds.
Slap shot
Hockey star Bobby Orr is the big
attraction of Bally's latest four-player
electronic flipper game , Power Play .
At the top of the playfield is a
kickout hole with extra strong scoring
power . The value of the kickout hole
is set at 3 ,000 before each ball is shot
and can be advanced to 15,000
pOints . The hole can also light two
out-lanes to qualify for specials .
The out-lane specials are two of
three ways of scoring specials . The
third way is by knocking down all
four targets in either of two banks of
drop targets for the fourth time . Drop
targets are also keys to high scores,
extra balls , bonus advance and , most
importantly , multiplied bonus scores.
The 2X bonus multiplier lights when
all four targets in either bank are
down for the first time for each ball .
The second time down lights 2X
multiplier , and the third time down
lights the 5X multiplier .
The multiplied bonus is not
collected in one operation of the
score counter, as in standard pinball ,
but is collected in steps .
Other features of the new Bally
game include a new multiple step
bonus collection that adds visual
impact to the multiplied bonus .
The backglass features the hockey
star controlling the puck in front of
the opponent's goal.
PLAY METER , February, 1978

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