Play Meter

Issue: 1978 June 15 - Vol 4 Num 11

Corner
kick
World Cup , Williams ' latest solid
state four-player pingame features a
unique dual electronic sounds sys-
tem .
The innovative sounds system and
memory features of the game create
a new action and amusement.
Players compete on an action-pack-
ed playfield based on the theme of
the world 's most popular sport - soc-
cer.
World Cup provides the operator
with the choice between two fas-
cinating and appealing types of
electronic sounds . With just the flip of
one switch, the operator can select
either a musical notes system or
outer space. futuristic sounds , each
synchronized to the action on the
playfield .
World Cup also features memory
features . which not only recall each
player's score from ball to ball, but
also each individual's number of
goals and "Star" feature . Even when
the game is completed, each player's
score. goals and playfield are
displayed in sequence, as well as the
machine 's highest score. until the
next game is played .
Renowned soccer player Kyle
Rote . Jr. has joined the Williams
team to promote World Cup and
says the game "brings the exciting
international game of soccer to the
fingertips of pinball lovers . It 's
challenging and super-fu n ." Besides
starring on the soccer field for the
Dallas Tornado . Rote has partici-
pated and won three consecutive
.. uperstars" athletic competitions on
ABC-TV .
The game's playfield highlights
include three rollover lanes to score
eit her goals or create super bonus
opportunities.
rollovers.
bottom
shooters and side eject pockets,
which register goals, add up points
a nd th n se nd the ball spinning into
new areas of the playfield for added
action and scoring . A bright score-
board records the number of goals
scored by each player and continues
to do 0 for each ball thereafter.
PLAY METER, June, 1978
Scrambled
eggs
Meadows Games has introduced a
new one- or four-player stand- up
video game where players juggle
eggs served by another player to a
juggler figure on the screen .
The game , Gypsy Juggler , pro-
vides a high skill factor and invites
replay by encouraging players to
compete for high scores against
opponents or against themselves .
Players try to add eggs to the
juggling act by pressing the "Add-
Another-Egg" button . They can add
a maximum of four eggs. If the player
successfully adds one egg , he gets
five points ; for two eggs, fifty points;
three eggs, 100 points; and 200
pOints for four eggs .
Players do not get any score for
bouncing eggs off the juggler's head .
Misses count as the juggler dropping
an egg , and these misses can be
operator adjustable from two to nine .
When an egg breaks, a "peeping"
chicken pops out of the broken egg
and exits off the screen .
Eleven different sounds accom -
pany the juggling act.
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Black
Jack
Jumpl
Bumpl
Crash!
Burkheister of Scituate , Mass-
achusetts has introduced three dif-
ferent video wall games- Crash.
Jumpers . and Bump .
The wall units have a dimension of
33 by 23 by 14 inches and a weight
of only about 85 pounds .
Crash is a well-known one- or
two-player game in which the players
try to break thro ugh and clear an
eight-row brick-like wall by ricochet -
ing the ball against the wall off a
paddle .
Jumpers is a highly-successful
one- or two-player game in which the
player bounces two little men
alternating off a seesaw in order to
pop a triple row of balloons.
Bump is also a one- o r two -player
game . The players direct an arrow
toward randomly -appearing and dis-
appearing credi t fields . Hitting the
border of the playfield or the other
player's arrow is a penalty . The
arrows vary in speed and length
depending upon the skills of the
players .
A fourth game will be available
shortly , a wall video version of the
card game 21 . That game will be
supplied with an electronic credit and
pay-out mechanism allowing bets
against the machine .
The wall units are supplied in a
wood-grain finish or in an orange-
color finish . Every game is built to fit
a standard wall mount which is
supplied with every game .
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Players can try their hand at trying
to beat the dealer in a new
four-player electronic flipper game
from Bally called Black Jack .
The player picks up bonuses by
beating the dealer's "hand ." This is
done by shooting the ball into the
kickout hole (at the righthand side of
the playfield) . The player's and
dealer's hands are displayed on the
playfield with point totals of 17
through 21 .
The player can pick up additional
points to rai e the total of paints in his
hand by hitting the targets and
roll overs which are marked to
advance his hand. while trying to
avoid hitting the targets which will
advance the dealer's hand . Game
strategy can also include th e player
advancing the dealer's hand to the
top value of 21 so that the cycle starts
over again at 17 and thus at a lower
value than the player's hand .
Beat the dealer values range from
2X. through 3X . 5X . Extra Ball , to
pecial. The first three values
double. tripl e. or multiply the bonus
by five . Th remaining two values
deliver extra balls or score specials.
Thus . beat the dealer scoring is the
key to top-scoring potential.
Ashu leto
solid state
A new era in the production o f
shuffle alleys has been launched with
United 's Topaz . the industry 's first
solid state shuffle alley , introduced by
Williams Electronics. Inc.
Topaz , available from Williams'
Chicago plant . blends the innovative
benefits of solid state electronics with
the years of manufacturing experi -
ence Williams has gained as a
producer of shuffle alleys .
The six -player Topaz features
rapid digital scoring , unique and
exciting play -action sounds and five
challenging games to play , including
flash . strike 90. regulation. 6th
frame. and rota .
Located behind the handy f1ip -
down backboard are the game 's solid
state components . easily accessible in
the compact , streamlined cabinet.
Al so . the new lightweight of Topaz
(390 pounds) enables quick, easy
installation .
Distributors and operators should
note the game 's solid state boards are
interchangeable with all of Williams'
solid state pinball games .
PLAY METER , June, 1978

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