nEWS BRIEFS
au Mike Shaw
David Ro sen is re signin g as president and chairman of Sega El ectroni cs . Play M et r has learn ed
Ro sen will be repla ced by a high offi cial from Mattei El ectroni cs . Th e change com es o n th "' he I o f
Ball y's acqui sition of Sega's coin- op ga mes di visi on and refl ects th e co mpan y' int eres t in a lea d r wit h
home video ga m e experti se. Home vid eo s will b e th e new area o f co ne ntrati o n fo r wh at i I ft of th
stateside arm of the Japanese firm . Sin ce th e sa le in Au gust, Sega has d ecrease d its staff from
approxi mat ely 600 to 77 . D etail s will appea r in th e Januar y 1 i su e of Play Me ter.
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The ew York Stat e Liquor Authorit y ha s iss ued m a r th an 70 not ice to b ar in M anh att an ,
Long Island , and the Bron x that th ey ar e in violation of th e agen cy ' s ga mblin g od s. In M ay, th e
liquor board d ecided possess ion of a draw pok er vid eo card gam e con stitut d ga mbl i ng and b ega n
conducti n g investigation s. Accordin g to SLA Chi f Exec ut ive Offi ce r Anth o ny Pap a bar charge d in t he
gambling cases cou ld have th eir lice nses revok ed and cou ld forf it $1 ,000 bo nd th y hav wi th th e
state . o cases have com e to fruition as ye t, Papa aid , and a ea rch fo r o th r vio lato rs of th e li q uor
code continues. Det ail s in th e comin g iss ue of Play Mete r.
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Tw enty D etroit op erator s have sto pped th
ity' i nt end d n fo r m ent of reg ulatio ns th at
would ha ve required security guard s and d ecrease d ho urs o f o p ratio ns for ar ad s (Play Mete r ,
Septembe r 15 , p. 12). Cit y o ffi cials ag ree d to am end arca d reg ulati o ns aft e r o pera to r fi l d su it Au gus t
16 in U. S. Di stri ct Court. Th e Detroit Cit y Co un ci l h ad ad op ted an o rd in an
in jul y th at r qu ired all
city ar ca d es to have security guard s on p atrol at all tim es and clo ea t 10 p.m o n week n ig ht s and 11
p .m . on Saturd ay, Sunda y, and ho lid ays.
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Setup co sts for AM O A Show ex hibit o rs we re rep o rt dl
xtre m ly exp nsiv . etu p b ga n
Thursda y, O ctob er 27, at noon , but w as slow to ge t rollin g. On e manu fac turer co mpl ain d th at as th e
afternoon pa ssed , he wa s pa yin g o ve rtim e w ages to union wor k rs invo lv d wi th th labo r to
accompli sh th e se tup by th e d ea dlin e o f noon Frid ay. A s o f 4 p.m . Thursd ay, he sai d h wa pay ing
el ectri cian s $76 per hour .
Frederi ck G . Kni rk , an ass o ciate pro fess or of edu ca t io nal p syc h o logy and t hn o logy at t h
U n iversity of Southern Californi a Sch oo l of Edu ca tio n, has d ete rmin ed vid o ga m es h lp d v lop
" h igh er ord er" in tell ectual abi lities in children, trainin g th ey mi ght n o t r ce ive in fo rm al du ca ti on.
" Edu cators have alwa ys hop ed th at th e m o re ophi ti ca ted me nt al ca p abilit ies-su ch a analy i
and probl em-sol ving- would d eve lop as a con s qu ence o f fo rm al du ca ti o n, but w 've nev r b een
sure how be st to teach t hese hi ghe r o rd er sk ill s directl y," h ai d .
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Atari is offerin g Po le Positi o n to h o me v id eo ga me pl aye rs. Th undi sput ed oi n-o p hit of 1983
is now avail able in cartridges for th e At ari 5200 Sup er sy t m and At ari 400 , 800, and XL comp ut er . Th e
cartrid ges co st between $40 and $50 .
Computer video gam e produ ce rs cont inu to rea te inn o ati v
ubject matt e r fo r ga m
Japan ese software d evelop er Comput e r Services Co rpo rat io n now offe rs Prim Mini t er ' Crim .
Pl ayer can effect th e pro secution o f Prim e Min iste r Kaku ei Tan aka wh o w as rece ntl y fo und gu ilt y of
taki ng mor e than $2 m ill ion in brib es for prom o tin g sa les o f Lo kh d air ra ft in Jap an whil e he wa
prime mini ster from 1972-74.
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PLAY METER, December 15, 1983