Play Meter

Issue: 1982 September 15 - Vol 8 Num 18

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CONTENTS/volume
8, Number 18/September 15,1982
FEATURES
Healthy Interplay
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Home video games may be healthy for American families, but they may not be the
best medicine for the coin-op industry. Mary Claire Blakeman talks to Dr. Edna Mitchell,
head of the deportment of education at Mills College in Oakland, Calif.
35
Getting Respect
Mike Show finds out how operators nationwide ore coping with legislative bodies.
From California to Pennsylvania, operators ore getting victories from town councils
and county commissions.
40
Careful Buying
It's not unusual in some ports of the country to see six, eight, or even 10 ide,ticol
games bonked together. Roger Sharpe discusses this trend and examines the reasons
behind buying new equipment.
DEPARTMENTS
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Equipment Poll
Up Front
Guest Editorial
Letters to the Editor
News
Snapshots
Our 'cades
Critic's Comer
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7 S
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For Promotion
Frank's Cranks
Puzzle Answer
Technical Topics
New Products
Aids to the Trade
Classified
Last Word
Cover Credit: Gremlin Industries Inc., Sego's arcade video game manufacturing
subsidiary, used employee models for cover photo. Bob Harmon, soles manager, is
father; Kay Knighten, executive secretory, is mother; Lorrie Burns, accounting clerk, is
girt; and Paul DeMichele, son of Vera DeMichele, quality engineer, is boy. Designer:
Jerry Olson. Photographer: Gordon Menzie.
Publlsh•r and Editor:
P.alph C. Lolly II
Ed ltorlal Dlrctctor:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
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Valerie Cognevich
Art 01.-.ctor:
Kotey Schwark
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