Play Meter

Issue: 1980 July 15 - Vol 6 Num 12

Slide. Charlie
Brown. Slide!
"Take me out to the ball game." is
the opening musical refrain in
Midway's newest. exciting baseball
game , Extra Bases. The play begins
with the " home team" computer-
action figures racing out of the
dugout to take their positions on the
field . If two players compete , one
controls the Bat/Run button. and the
other works the Pitch / Field controls.
A hit to an open field position
starts the batter around the bases .
The defending player must spin the
field control "roller-ball" to move his
outfielders in the direction of the hit
ball . When a fielder reaches the ball .
it is thrown to the proper base to beat
the runner. The base runner stops
when the Bat/ Run button is re-
leased. or keeps running for "extra
bases" when the button is held .
After three outs at the ball park ,
homers set off flashing lights and
sounds . The screen displays score ,
innings. balls . strikes , and outs .
Tailgating
horror
Gremlin / Sega announced that its
new Car Hunt video game is now
being distributed .
Players get additional cars with
each bonus score . Through Gremlin -
Sega's exclusive MultiPhase concept.
as a player's skill improves , the
computer chase car folloWing behind
tailgates closer and closer .
The full -color game track is
designed like a maze. Sound effects
include high and low speed car
sound . directional signal bonus, dot
scoring sound, and the ominous
collision sound . A built-in ranking
display
can
stimulate
players'
competitive spirit.
nautical
pinball
Stern Electronics has launched
Seawitch , billed as the first standard-
sized solid state pinball game which
scores into the millions. The nautical-
theme game was scheduled for
distribution beginning in mid -May .
Sea witch allures players with a
captivating light display , brilliantly
colored backglass art and electronic
sounds synchronized with special
playing features . including eighteen
ways to build bonus. three drop-
target banks. four flippers . and a
variable -value spinner.
TOLL·FREE SERVICE NUMBERS
Midway 800-323-7182
PLAY METER, July, 1980
Stern 800-621-6424
Williams 800-621 -4765
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Cashier
centra I
Cashier Central , a mini computer
controlled automated cashier, intro-
duced recently by Standard Change-
Makers, Inc . of Indianapolis , accepts
5 cents to $9 .95 and vends as many
as four different tokens , tickets ,
paperboard passes or plastic mag-
netic cards, products , and change .
Cashier Central can be adapted ,
for example, to vend a city transit
system's magnetized cards or an
amusement center's variable number
of tokens on different days of the
week .
The key component of Cashier
Central is a mini -computer that can
be programmed to control a wide
variety of functions . Programs can be
changed easily for custom require-
ments and plug-in boards make
service easy and fast.
Ferra ri
kiddie ride
Moonraker
without 007
Moonraker is a space war game in
which fighter craft are scrambled
against th UFO which furiou sly
drops bombs on hom bas .
The Nichibutsu game can be
played by one or two players, with
one coin deposited for a single . two
for a doubles game .
Bombs are shot down by a fire
button on the right side of the game
machine . The fighter craft is defen -
ded from UFO attack by a lever on
the left side . A high score will be
given wh n a player shoots down a
UFO low on th e screen .
If a player scores over 3 ,000
points . he is given another fighter-
plane to defend with, A bonus of 500
points is awarded for every game .
according to the manufacturer's
brochure . When all the fighter
def nders are destroyed , the game is
over .
Distributed by I. J .S . of Fort
Worth. Texas. Moonraker is avail -
abl in upright or table models,
The Ferrari kiddie ride has horizontal
movement , a fiberglass body in bright
colors fused into the iron structure,
according to product literature from
the manufacture r, Zamperla Inc .
Ferrari has 24-volt electronic
sound with acceleration; a single-
phase engine of 110 volts with re -
ducer. adjustable p ndulum timer.
Length - 43
inches.
height - 32
inches. weight - 123 pounds with a
25-cent coin device .
The Little Train kiddie ride with
horizontal movement has a fiberglass
body in bright colors, a 24-volt
electronic sound system and a 110-
volt single-phase engine like the
Ferrari's . Length - 41 inches , height
- 40 inches, width - 26 inches,
weight -
145 pounds with coin
device .
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PLAY METER, July, 1980

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