Legend
of pinball
The Reds
are comingl
Sigma's Red Tank has two versions,
upright with 22 -inch color monitor
and table top version having a
13-inch Sony Trinitron color screen .
Red tank, the enemy, is computer
controlled and approaches the
player's tank to fire on him . The
player tank extinguishes diamond
dots on the screen, dodging the
attack of the Red Tank . The player
scores when the red tank is destroyed
or all dots are extinguished .
Red Tank features advancing
difficulty , two music themes, and
seven kinds of sound. [t has a self-
check test function .
Backwards,
it's "G ra t"l
Exidy . [nc o has introduced Targ . a
new video fantasy adventure now
available in a one- or two -player .
compact color-video upright cabinet
with international graphics .
Targ puts player involvement in
the new generation of video games.
according to Exidy . "Targ features all
the new rules. tactics . and advanced
strategy that today's players seek ."
said the manufacturer.
" Any Wummel (player) can tell
you. Targ is like no game you've
played before!" Its ever-increasing
challenge develops strategy in the
gree n Wummel as he combats his
way through the angry red Targ
ramships. which defend the shrewd
blue Spectar . A gleaming gold
square emits Spectars at random
times during the battle. The mission
of the Spectar and the Targs is to
destroy the gallant Wummel in his
search for points .
A four -way joystick controls the
Wummel 's direction and speed , and
the fire button provides enough
ammunition to see the player
through an adventurous mission.
Operator-con tolled features are :
type of coin (domestic or foreign) .
number of turns per game, and
extended play for extra credit.
90
Gottlieb has released Panthera , the
second in the company's Star Series
80 line .
"Panthera's contemporary back-
glass art supplies the backdrop for a
r ally stimulating and challenging
game ." said Jack Mittel. vice pr si -
dent and general sales manager ,
describing the new pingame . "And its
glittering playfield design is comple-
mented by the buoyant blue coloring
of the cabinet."
"Panthera. " said Mittel. " utilizes
Gottlieb's new System 80 electronics
in two imaginative new ways . Total
memory recall is at the heart of the
game concept and is used to create
absorbing new scoring patterns . The
player will also be lured to the game
through a combination of perpetual-
attract lighting ... plus Gottlieb's con -
tinuous background sounds which
are carried to the player from the
new ear-level speaker system ," said
Mittel .
Selective shooting to the tempting
array of playfield targets rewards the
play r . Completing their yellow-
blu -gr e n rollovers lights the hole
alternately for "special ." Scoring the
1-2-3 sequence lights the "extra ball"
target . The drop target value is 500
point s or 5.000-plus bonus when lit.
Completing three drop targets of the
same color when lit advances the
multiplier .
PLAY METER, July, 1980