Play Meter

Issue: 1978 July 15 - Vol 4 Num 13

Mailbox .. . .
high quality and order heets to
replace u ed parts would be
upplied after the initial order is
purcha ed.
anything for you on Race by Fun
Games. Yes, the company is out
of business, and there's no
forwarding address, at least one
that we have.]
Steve Kaplan
118-18 Union Turnpike
Queens, New York 11415
[Ed - Our technical editor thinks
it's a good idea. Word from Robin
Minnear, the Game Doctor, is
"Do it to it!" To those of our
readers who would like to give
their opinions to teve about the
idea, please send your responses
directly to him at the above
address.]
Well-voiced
Follow through
Your efforts to have a coin
machine show in your town are, I
think, well worth following up,
especially with the combination
of giving our customers the
chance to broaden their outlook.
It is high time someone follows
this idea through.
Peer v. Oertzen
Lowen-Automaten
West Germany
Opinion sought
I would like to get your opinion
(and that of your readers) as to
what you think of an I.C.
company that would supply kits
for the major pin manufacturers
(Bally, Stern, Gottlieb, Wil-
liam ). The I.C.s would be of a
The article by David Pierson
regarding the Chicago Sun-Times
("Witch Hunts, Head Hunts-
Here Comes The Times," PM,
Mar., p. 25) was well-voiced.
Charles K. Mulhall
North Ireland
I would like to know if t here
are any book available on the
t heory and repair of T. V. video
game and game with micro-
proce or circuitry. A list of any
book t hat you are aware of
would be greatly appr ciated.
The e books seem impossible
to find.
Ronald E. Olcott
Morrisville, New York
[Tech. Ed- The only books writ-
ten were by Kush N Stuff
Amusement Electronics and in-
clude a textbook of video game
logic and several other data
books. Some of these may still be
available through Wico Corpora-
tion, 6400 W. Gross Point Road,
Niles, IUinois.]
No schematics
We purcha ed a game that
needs repair. We do not have the
schematic for it, and we find the
company is out of business.
Would you know how to go about
finding out if anyone took over
the company? The game is called
Race, and it i by Fun Games.
C. Mirable
United Automatic Coin
N . Bay Shore, New York
[Ed - We"ve been unable to locate
Wanna score a year's supply
of ~LAY
Murphy revisited
Expanding on Murphy' Law
by Dick Welu (PM, May, p. 48)
wa fanta tic. How true ... How
true .. .It's fun to laugh and kid
about our problems.
Just a minute! The phone'
ringing ...
Well, I got a service call 38
mile down the road, one of
Holbert'
Trade-In's I'll bet!
Great work!
Charles H. Martin
CSSK Amusements
York, Pennsylvania
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Books?
Location lost
I re ently lost a good location
when my supplier sold the owner
four brand new games without
finding out who the operator wa .
My Power Play and Eight Ball
were
t by a Mata Hari and
three uprights.
The ale manager of the
di tributor hip told me he made a
PLAY METER , July, 1978
lot of money selling the equip-
ment.
The distributor is really high
clas ?
Harry Steinberg
Wingate Enterprises
COCKTAIL TABLE
BONANZA!!
I.R.S.
I thoroughly enjoyed your May
15 is ue featuring tournaments
and promotions. Our whole in-
du try benefits from each and
every well -planned promotion.
Being one of many people
re pon ible for the Bally Super-
Shooter tournament. I would like
to enlighten the authors of some
of your articles a to a point of
which they are probably un-
aware . The U.S Internal Reve-
nue ervice has ruled any pinball
machine used in a tournament
where an entry is charged. or if
the conte tants mu t pay to play
the game. and where prizes or
trophie are awarded. then such
machines require a $250 federal
gambling tamp.
The danger in running a pinball
tournament contrary to t hi
ruling could promote litigation
and ub equent publicity which
could be construed to indicate
pinball machines are gambling
device.
The question also arises t hat if
the $250 federal tax stamp is
purchased for a tournament
machine. t hen this is admission
by the operator he is operating a
gambling device and. henceforth.
illegal in most states.
Merrill Millman
Aladdin's Castle, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
[Ed - We have received several
s1.J,ch letters from other operators
throughout the country, and this
spurred PLAY METER to in-
vestigate the reason for such a
regulation. Our story on this
problem of pinball machines
being labelled gaming devices
appears in this issue. Also,
operators should note a related
story in the "Operating" section
of this issue which contains a
similar ruling by the I.R. S.
designating some' new video card
and dice games as gaming
devices].
PLAY METER , July, 1978
U.S. BILLIARD
Survival .••••......•..•.• $395
BAILEY Fun Four . • ...... • 545
FUN GAMES Take-5 ....•• 595
MICRO 21 ......••.•..•... 995
MICRO Super Stud ...•••• 995
MICRO
Strikes n' Spares .•...... 1095
MEADOWS Flim Flam
(new) • ....•.............• 495
MEADOWS Trax ......•.. 495
GREMLIN Comotion I ..... 895
GREMLIN Comotion II . •.. 895
ATARI Tank 11 ........ .•.. 795
MIDWAY Gunfight ....... 995
ELCON Baseball .......... 895
ELCON Blockbuster
Nt Four ... ..••. ...... ..• 1295
DIGITAL Knockout ....... 395
All tables in perfect condition!
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please.
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