Letters to
the editor • • •
Universal for t h at last truckl oad of
Mr. Do/ kits, does he get a free Over
Do.' kit?
Don't ta ke any woode n to ke ns!
Bill Jo h ns ton
Johnston 's G e ne ral Store
B uffa lo , New Y o rk
Laser disc predictions
I've just read your fi ne magaz ine,
and I t h ink th at t h e time is r ipe to
make some pred ictio ns abou t the
Conversions and
more conversions
There's interesting news from my
distributor (C leveland Coin) today,
and I see what a dramatic reversal of
manufacturer anti-kit attitudes and
high price structuring is taking place
as the new game market runs soft:
Taito: Convert your Qix to Zoo -
keeper for $495.
Taito: Convert your Alpine Ski,
Wild W estern, or jungle King/
Hunt to Elet•ator Action for $795.
Ninrendo: Convert your Donk ey
Kong, Donkey K ong junior, or
Pop eye to Mario Broth ers for $695.
Williams: Bubbles upright new
for $895.
Williams: Sinistar upright new
for $1,395.
They even have a couple of new
Haunt ed House pins by Gottlieb at
only $895.
I'm still waiting for a punch in the
nose from a fellow operator who
bought a Bubbles on my advice at
$2,530.
The conservative wise buyer will
reflect: today' s new title is tomor-
row's $500 closeout or filler. By the
time you order and install an expen-
sive conversion kit, you will be ab le
to buy the co mplete game fully
assembled at the same price. Street
operators in large towns with
arcades should consider buying used
from them at low ORA prices or
below closeout prices on weaker
titles.
So much for the business world ...
in the Humor Department.
With the weak quality of new
equipment these days , one distribu-
cor's newest sales pitch is co tout the
high quality of the game's sh ipping
cartons.
When a distributOr forgets to pay
PLAY METER, April 1 5. 1984
indus t ry .
1. Laser games as a convertible
item is a sha m . R emember, when
the tec hn o logy is new, it changes
ra pi dly. T oday's laser systems will
be ou tda ted in less t h an one year. By
t he tim e that you a re w ill ing to con-
vert, t he syste m will be (a) unreli-
ab le and (b) i ncompati ble with the
n ewer systems .
2. V ideo conversio ns will die
because of the g lut of used and new
video games on the m arket. Conver-
sions wi ll tempora rily become a
Audio Visual
Amusements
Offering the finest
new and used
equipment
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