Play Meter

Issue: 1985 August 01 - Vol 11 Num 14

Glmme A Breall
Bally ente, Inc., Sunnyvale, ali-
fornia, introduce Gimme A Break. a
video game with the appeal of a game
of pool. "We've duplicated the chal-
lenge of the table game onto an elec-
tronic creen," report. Bernard
Powers, Bally ente' director of mar-
keting and ale . The popularit y of
pool tay a con istently popular pa -
time for all age and ocio-econ mic
level ,even urvivingtheimageofpool
hall exi ting a a background for a
varietyofvice ." incepoolappear to
be on the thre hold of a comeback,
Power feel the time i right to offer it
in video game format.
Game de igner Dave Ro headed
up program de elopment, and graphic
de igner Gary John on and ound /
Ia er manager Gary Le enberg colla-
borated to create an authentic ideo
pool game .
Gimme A Break offer a top-down
view of a ix-pocket pool table, c m-
plete with a wooden rack , a cueball
and 15 colorful object ball in olid
and tripe . A trackball mo e the cue
in the path required to hit and end the
object ball into the pocket. Des igner
Ro explained , "Learning to mani -
pulate the trackball requires a little
time and skill. but it add nexibilit for
shot . allow the player to apply
Engli h. and by rna aging the track-
ball after a hot, the player can nudge
. the cue away from a foul. or into a
better position ."
Gimme A Break offer two game
option , ingle-player traight pool
and two-player 8-ball.
traight pool player u e a pre-
cribed number of turn to pocket the
object balls. Pocketed ball are totalled
and turn are ubtracted when
scratche . mi e . or penaltie occur.
Rema ining turn may be u ed in the
next round . After each round , a bonu
shot opportunity i pre ented .
PlAY METER. August 1, 1985
soeclal Forces
Magic Electronic
introduce
pecia/ Forces- Kung Fu Commando
licen ed by Senko lndu tire .
aptain Action arrive by heli-
copte r, fight off the kidnapper , and
free the ho tage u ing hand -to-hand
Kung Fu in two pha e and commando
tactic in two pha e .
Magic will upply a retrofit board
that. when combined with your board,
complete a y tern . The Magic y tern
i ver atile and will offer new game in
the future .
Magic is planning Special Forces
112 that. with it
pecial harne and
component , ca n be installed in any
cabinet.
Aids to the Trade
Test Probe
Technltrol's
Currency Counter
Technitrol Financia l Product ha
introduced a compact, po rtable, high
peed curre ncy counter.
The new Techni-Count , mod el T -
100, will co unt and batch U . . and
foreign money and food tamp .
peed is 1200 docume nts per minute of
ne w or worn , a i , or mi xed qualit y,
batch ize of 10, 20 , 50 or 100 ca n be
preselected, a nd th e unit det ec t
double and will top automatically.
The TC-100 ha s two o ptiona l fea-
ture - Counterfeit Bill D e t ec tion
(unit tops automatically), and Com-
puter y tern s Interface ( RS-232 ),
allowing the TC- 100 to be incorporated
into a larger ystem for application
such as cash ettlement.
For more informatio n. co ntact
Technitrol , Inc ., 1952 Ea t lleghe ny
Avenue , Phila del phia, Penn ylva nia
19 134 . Tele phone 215 / 426-9105 .
ow avai la ble from J en e n Tool .
the Lil Devil magneti c tes t probe , ca n
cut hour of t ime from electrica l
trouble ho o ting. It i u ed to e n e
magneti c field in o le no id operated
device uc h a re la ys, a lve . ste ppe r
witch e , and coil t o det e rm ine
whether the problem is elect rical or
mecha nical a nd exactl y which o le noid
o r coi l is involved .
The operator pl ace the probe tip
clo e to, or on , the haft projecting
thro ugh the de ice to be te ted . If th e
LED at the o th er e nd of the probe
light up , the device i e nergized ; if
not , th e device i d e-e ne rgized . The Lil
Devil operates on b o th A and D
device and ca n be u ed to id e ntify
o rth and outh po les.
A vai la blearea ta nd a rdmodelfor
larger olenoid . and a Hig h-Se n i-
ti vi ty mod el for ubm inia ture ole-
noid and reed relay . Both mea ure ~
inch by 3Ys inche and co me with illu-
strated suggestion and recom me nd a-
tion for proper u e.
For more information. or a free
ca talog of hard-to-find tool s and tes t
equi pme nt , co ntac t J ense n Tool , Inc.,
78 15 . 46th treet , Phoe ni x, Arizona
85040 . Telephone: 602 / 96 -6231.
Compact Aerosol Sprays
In respon e to req ue t from field
e rvice per onnel and techn icia n , P.
K. eu e , Inc .. a supplier of tool ,
kit , in trume nt . and upplie for the
telecommunication , computer ervice,
a nd electronic industrie ha an-
nounced co mpact aero ol pra y cans
for inclu ion in tool kit .
Offered in three- a nd ix-pa ck
a ortmen t . the compa ny i marketing
TF Contact leaner (3 o unce ). 'fee It'
Aerosol Freon (2 ounce ). a nd CRT
Cleaner (2 ounce ).
The company al o offers tandard -
ize 15 o unce ca n for a ppl ica tio n
where mall , co mpa ct co ntainer port-
a bility i not de ired .
For more information. co ntact
Guy
eu e , Vice Pre ident , P. K.
eu e . Inc., 1401 Rohlwing Road ,
R o llin g Meadow , lllin o i 6000 8.
Telephone 3 12/ 253-6555 .
We are in the entertainment business.
PtA Y METER, August 1 , 1985

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