Our most recent purchase was a
Donkey Kong Junior cocktail table,
and while the software functions well,
the hardware is a joke. This is the most
poorly designed piece of equipment I
have seen in the eight years that I have
been in this business.
Nintendo says buy only genuine
Nintendo video games and avoid law-
suits. I say don't buy Nintendo games
at all until they clean up their own act
by providing a decent piece of equip-
ment at lower prices and refrain from
putting their most popular pieces on
the home market while they are still
being offered to the operators by their
distributors.
A.H.
Graphic design
conference
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In response to your play-by-play of
the UCLA Conference on Video
Games and Graphic Design (See Play
Meter, April 15 , p. 28), I feel a point of
great significance needs to be pinned
down.
Never has there been such a showing
of the creative forces in our industry,
namely the authors and artists unified
for a twofold purpose: to learn and
share with one another. For those that
were aspiring authors and artists , there
was a wealth of guidance , experience,
and su pport for them to draw from. In
a business that has been riddled with
paranoia and secrecy, this was a big
step in giving the backbone, lifeblood ,
heart , and soul of the business a
chance to draw from one another so
they may better serve all by doing what
they obviously want to do- meld
creativity, productivity, and profit-
ability.
I applaud UCLA for putting this
together, Play Meter for the attention
given, and hope that I can take part
again next year.
Oh Yeah! Whosays Mr. Kaufman is
the "video game industry's first talent
agent?"
Jack Cooper
Agency of Video
Authors and Artists
Long Beach, California
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PlAY METER. June 1. 1980