The follo wing are rankings of the top videos and top pinballs making above a verage weekly gross collec tions
nationwide. The dollar amoun ts appearing are th e average week ly grosses as reported to Play Me te r magaz ine thro ugh its
regular national ope rator survey. Amounts are heavily weighted by averages reported from arcade locations; street locations
are generally lower. Games with less than adequate responses (less than fifty percent) but with above average collections are
so noted. Games not appearing on the poll either (1) did not generate over a ten percent response rate to provide an adequate
representative sampling or (2) did not register weekly gross collections a bo ve the national average.
TOP VIDEOS
TOP PINBALLS
Fifteen of 48 videos (31 %) with a response rate
over ten percent have above average earnings.
Eight of 22 pinballs (36%) with a response rate
over te n percent have above average earnings.
Mar.15 Mar. 1 Feb. 15
National video average ....... $151
$155
$163
J. Donkey Kong/ Nintendo
2. Galaga/Midway ..........
3. Tempest/ Atari ...........
4. Frosger/ Gremlin . . .... . ..
5. Pac Man/ Midway ........
6. Qi.x-/Taito ........ . ...... .
7. Cemipede/ Atari ..........
& su..-e/Williams ... .....
9. D.ttender/Williams .......
l'G. Otrte9a Race/Midway ....
$250
$239
$217
$216
$209
$207
$204
$202
$198
$181
$255
$229
$228
$218
$209
$230
$214
$235
$197
$188
* Conditionally Rated-
$260
$243
$254
$228
$218
$241
$225
$259
$215
$214
Mar. 15 Mar. 1 Feb. 15
$ 90
$ 93
$ 96
National pinball average
Haunted Hause/ Gottlieb ..
* 2. 1. Black
Hole/ Gottlieb .. . . ...
$209
$165
3. Eight-Ball Deluxe/ Bally .... $136
$190
$157
$133
$178
$169
$ 98
Weekly aver.age based on less than 50% response rate
Provisionally Rated Pinballs and Videos
(Aboue auerage earning games, with a response rate between 10- 25%)
VIDEOS
PIN BALLS
Provisional Ratings
Mar 15
$278
$256
$213
$198
$194
Mar. 1
$250
Feb. 15
$206
$224
Centaur/ Bally . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . .. .
Borracora/ Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Elektra/Bally.... .. .. . .. ...... ...
Catacomb/ Stern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Medusa/ Bally .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. ..
Mar. 15
$158
$131
$120
$107
$100
Mar. 1
$146
$100
$150
Feb. 15
$120
$107
$127
$110
§lpi~~ .w~ho would like to join the ever-growing numbers of readers participating currently in the
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write: Play Meter, Equipment Poll, P.O. Box 24170, New Orleans 70184.