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January 15, 1979
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Staff
What I. Depreciation .,d
What Method I. Beat For Vou .. .................... 18
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
David Pierson
Marketing & Research :
Beau Eurell
Charles Ross, an operator and a college instructor, has
some tips for operators as far as determining what
method of depreciation is best for them. First of a
three-part series.
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
PLA V METER Playa the Gam_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.
Robin Minnear
Game Doctor
In the second of his two-part report, Publisher Ralph Lally
completes his review of the new games that made their
debut at the AMOA Show.
Roger C. Sharpe
Zac Oliver
Gene Beley
DickWelu
Tom Howarth
Mary Claire Blakeman
It Looks Uke a Setting for a
Murder Mystery, but there are
Kiddie Rldea .,d Plnbells lnalde ....•.............. 25
Technical Editor:
Correspondents:
Art Direction :
Katey Schwark
Administrative Assistant:
Valerie Mitchell
Typography:
Vickie Lofton
Circulation Manager:
Gloria Dering
Staff Cartoonist:
Norm Rockwell
Advertising Representative:
Ralph C. Lally II
European Representative:
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER, January 15, 1978.
Volume 5, No. 1. Copyright 1978 by
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PLAY METER , January, 1979
The A. T. E. Exhibit scheduled for later this month will
take place once again in the haunting Alexandra Palace.
COnf .... on. of a Two-Veer Old .................... 44
Leigh Palmer, still another writers' contest entrant, gives
an opinion as to who the operator should be satisfying.
How the New Tax Lew Affecta Vou ......•......... &2
Joseph Arkin, a tax expert, gleans the pertinent
information from the 1978 tax law.
The Art of Picking location •. ...................... &4
Staffer Gene Beley talks about the key to any arcade
operation - the location.
The Critic Take. a Seat . .......................... . •
Pinball critic Roger C. Sharpe sits down to analyze the
relative merits of the new cocktail table pingames on the
market today.
From til. Edhor. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . .... 4
Mailbox ...........................................•
Opet-adng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dl8'b'tbudng • • • • . • • • . . . . • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . . . • • • • • •• 14
M .... c Programming .•............................ 31
MMufacturlrlg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 48
T ecIInlcal Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........•
Critic'. Corner ...•...........•.........•..........•
New ProcIUC'D. • • • • • . • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • 71
11Ide. to AcIverd.,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7&
ClMSffIecI . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . .. 78