Play Meter

Issue: 1982 November 15 - Vol 8 Num 22


Twice a Month Publication for the Coin Operated Entertainment Industry
WBPA
Member Business Publications Audit
CONTENTS/volume
8, Number 22/November 15, 1982
FEATURES
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Subscribers' Poll Results
How many videos were bought in 1982? Do operators favor speed-up kits? How do
they feel about "gray area" games? Here is the 1982 State of the Industry report with
charts and graphs to help you pinpoint trends and see how your business performed
in 1982 compared to businesses nationwide.
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Look Ahead
After reading the results of the Play Meter poll, you are probably wondering what your
equipment purchases should be in 1983. Play Meter talked to 20 operators nation-
wide quizzing them on their prospective buying pattems for '83.
90
Operators Speak Out
Read what operators themselves say about the industry. They talk about topics
ranging from interchangeable games, to service gripes, to problems with manufac-
turers.
Associations Assess Activities
96
See what association leaders say about the industry and how they gear up their
groups for legislative battles, P.R. campaigns, and money raising activities.
DEPARTMENTS
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Up Front
Letters to the Editor
Equipment Poll
News
Puzzle Answer
Our 'cades
Snapshots
For Promotion
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135
137
140
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144
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15 7
PP. Problems/PR Solutions
Coin of Vantage
Frank's Cranks
Technical Topics
Critic's Comer
New Products
Classified
Aids to the Trade
WE INTERRUPT THIS MAGAZINE
FOR AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE!
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial DINctor:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Lauro R. Braddock
AsJoclate- Editor:
Mike Shaw
Central Distributing Co. is reported to be making the best deals
on new (& used) equipment.
The Omaha, Nebraska firm, known industrywide for its
immediate deliveries, is beating all competition in the areas of:
SERVICE • PARTS • AND PRICE
THEY'RE SECOND TO NONE!
Representing all major manufacturers
We have the best reconditioned games
in the country-no brag, just fact.
CENTRAL DISTRIBUTING CO.
3814 Farnam St.
Omaha, Nebraska 68131
(402) 553-5300
Administrative Assistant:
Valerie Cognevich
Art DINctOr:
Katey Schwark
Circulation MonogtPr:
Renee' C. Pierson
Typograph•r:
Jo Ann Anthony
Graphics:
Jeanne Woods
T~hnlcol
Wrl«trs:
Randy Fromm
Fronk Seninsky
Co119spondents:
P.oger C. Sharpe
Mary Claire Blakeman
Charles C. Ross
Mike Bucki
Paul Thiele
Bill Kurtz
Dick Welu
Tony Bodo
Michael Mendelsohn
Bill Brohaugh
Qosslfl•d Advenlslng:
Valerie Cognevich
~nlslng
Monog•r:
David Pierson
Illustrator:
Dob Giuffria
Euro~on
l'.•pNMntatlw:
Esmay Leslie
That's what the operators said about pool tables. And that's why Dynamo built the Big D.
From its all steel and plywood construction, to the steel coin box housing and patented
2V4 inch ball separator, Big D pool tables are built to survive. Dynamo designed the Big D
to be what operators want most - a solid,
Dynamo Corporation
secure, maintenance-free investment. ~'JIJ
Call Dynamo today for the
,fl~ 'fijiJ.
1805 South Great Southwest Pkwy.
toughest pool tables on the
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Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
market.
(214) 641-4286/ 1-800-527-6054/Telex: 732432
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