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Volume 7. N umber 12
July 1. 1981
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Staff
Publi her and Editor :
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pi rson
Managing Editor:
Ray E. Tilley
Admini trative A ss i tant :
Valerie ognevi h
Art Director:
Kat y Schwark
Circulation Manager :
Renee' C. Pierson
Technical Writer :
lac Oliver
Randy Fromm
Frank Seninsky
Correspondent :
Rog r C. Sharpe
Patrick Matthew
Dick Welu
Irving Bla kman
Mary Claire Blakeman
Charles C. Ross
Cia ifi d Advertising:
Valerie Cognevich
Typographer :
Sharon McCall
Aclverti ing Manager:
David Pierson
Europ an R pr entative :
Esmay Leslie
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Features
Selling Used Games ............................... 10
The player who loves to play the same game
every day might just love to take it home. And if
the game has seen better days of income draw,
pushing its sale to the player can benefit more
operations than those with off-seasons. Roger
Sharpe analyzes how to stimulate home sales.
Don't Panic, Pinball Operators . .................... 34
Continuing our dialogue on the health of
pinball, Dick Welu points out some interesting
historical trends. He sees the pinball as the
workhorse that can carry operators over rough
times. It makes thoughtful reading.
Technical Surprises at the AOE ..................... 36
Randy Fromm gives detailed technical review
to the new games and the service equipment
displayed last spring at the New Orleans coin-
op show.
Departments
From the Editor .................................... 4
Editorial . ................ . .................. . ...... 6
Mailbox ............ . ................ . ............. 9
News . ... .. . . . . .............................. . 14-33
Equipment Poll ................. . ............. . ... 16
Music Programming . .. . ........................... 40
Frank's Cranks . . ... .. ............................. 46
Technical Topics ...... . . . .... . .................... 48
Critic's Corner . ........ .. ......................... 60
New Products ......... . .... . ................... . . 64
Classified Advertising ............ . ................ 67
News Briefs .... . ................................. 72
Cover Credit:
Williams' Gorgar pingame playfield special
photography courtesy of Xcor Corporation, as
originally used in an Xcor annual report.
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