io na l re place m e nt o f th e da m age d
ince a ll th e mac h ines a re
ma chines.
equipped with uni ve rsa l contro ls, mos t of
th e gam e ca n be playe d as we kn ow th e m
toda y, a nd it wo uld acco mm od ate a ll th e
future ga me to co me. The cu to mer will
cho o e th e ga me fr o m th e se lect io n of
" hundred s" o n th e me nu a ft e r th e d e pos it.
If e e ryo ne wa nt s to play th e SA M E
GAM E , it wi ll be poss ible on A L L th e
mac hin e a t thi pa rt icul a r loca ti o n!
With th ese modifi ca ti o ns of th e ga me
indu stry, let us not forge t th e playe rs. T he
pre e nt ga me o ffe red tod ay a re fair ly
. im ple- mind ed im ita ti o n of pa . t succes -
ful ga mes. T he ge ne ra l surro und ings whe re
th ese so-ca lled vid eo ce nt ers a re loca ted .
a re rea ll y no mo re th a n an empt y sto re
where th e mac hines are s la pped agai n t
~ a ll a nd oth er a rea wh ere a mac h ine can
fi t.
So me loca ti o n a re ve ry fun ct io na l, but
no t rea ll y e nt ertai nin g. T he th eme o f th e e
loca t io n must be c ha nged in o rd er to
ur vive a nd a ttract more custo me rs. T his
pro ba bl y will requ ire m o re inves tm e nt
fro m th e o pe ra t or in th e begi nn ing. but it
will payoff in th e long run . T he publ ic
wa nt s ne w a nd so phi st ica ted ga me with
th e pro per e n iron me nt to play in.
I a m persona ll y e ngaged in th e d eve lo p-
me nt of th ese fu ture en te rt ai nm e nt ce nt er,
a nd ho pefull y, in th e nOl-lOo-d i tan t
fut u re, yo u will see th e fir t o ne o pe n in Los
An ge les .
T h is fra nchise opera tio n wi ll be t he firs t
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com puter o pera ted e nt e rt ai nm ent ce nt e r in
the .S . o r in th e wo rld .
T he fra nch i e inve tm e nt in the equip-
me nt wi ll be h igh er th a n th e a e ra ge in vest-
me nt tod ay in th e wh o le ma chine .
Howeve r, th e e nti re o pera t io n i co mpute r
o rie nt ed , a nd th e c ho ice o f ga me ava ila bl e
to th e playe r i r unn ing in th e hundred .
oft ware sa les ca n be tra n acted via
te le ph o ne line a d dressed to th e particula r
loca t io n. The se lling of th e ha rdware a nd
soft wa re st ill ca n be ma intai ned by th e d i ..
tr ib u tors if th ey a re wi ll ing to go a lo ng with
t h is c ha nge in th e indu t ry. They would
recei e th eir co mm issio n 0:1 th e a les o f
bo th ha rd wa re a nd so ft wa re. o ftware
wo uld be ha ndl ed by th e factory in o rder 10
as ure it ec urit y a nd tra ns mit it to th e
opera to rs' co mput e r d irec tl y.
W e a re n ot t ryi ng to by pass a nyo ne in
t he ind us t ry, but we must move fo rwa rd to
a m o re fl ex ibl e a nd eco no mical wa y to
p ro m o te m o re public int e res t in vi d eo
ga mes.
I wou ld like to hear from th e o pera tors
a nd th e di tr ibut o rs wh o wo uld be inte r-
e ted in th is si tu a tio n. T he mo re input I
receive , t h e bett e r th i sys te m will be
deve lo ped to e rve us a ll .
T . Peto Jr.
President
Gam ma Electronics Co.
Los Angeles, CA
Good publicity
W ith a ll th e ba d publicit y abo ut vid eo
ga me tod ay. we too k it up o n o urse lve to
try to gene ra te so me good publ ici ty.
We offered o ur arca d e 10 a ll th e churc hes
in o u r tow n fo r a R E two- h o ur pa rt y
fro m 8- IO a . m . o n any a turd ay d u ring th e
s umm er. T he c hurc he re po nd ed , a nd we
have tw o-ho ur free pa rt ie b oo ked eve ry
Sat urd ay in J u ne, Jul y, a nd Au gust.
M aybe m o re a rcad e o pera to rs h o uld
co nsid er a t wo- h o ur free pa rt y d uring a
ti me th ey a re n o rma ll y c lo ed . T he P. R . is
g rea t, a nd it u re look good in chu rc h
b ull et ins.
Charles C. Ross
President
Helix Enterprises Inc,
an Marcos, Texas
[Ed. ote: Here is a note fro m someone
I\'ho allellded one of the two- hour part ies.]
Frie nd a t Atla nt i ,
On b eha lf of o ur yo uth gro up . I wo uld
like to th a nk yo u ve r y muc h fo r a ll owing u s
to use yo u r fac ilit y fr ee o f c ha rge. W e k now
t ha t you certai nl y d idn 't gai n a nything
fina n cia ll y by lett ing u co me, but yo u did
ga in our s upp o rt a nd frie nd sh ip.
T ha nk yo u for p rov id ing a n e nt e rtai n-
me nt ce nt er wh ere yo un g pe ople can go fo r
so me good clea n fun . I've fo und vid eo
ga mes to be ve ry th era peuti c a nd fun . If I
ca n be o f help to yo u, plea e call me.
Mr. Jackie L. Gibbs
PlAY METER. September 1. 1982