Play Meter

Issue: 1985 March 01 - Vol 11 Num 4

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CONTENTS/
Membe< -
Volume 11. Number4/Morch 1, 1985
FEATURES
Pay Telephones Creating AOE Bandwagon .... 18
For the first time all the pay phones will be on exhibit together at the AOE,
and show organizers soy that's becoming quite a draw for AOE '85.
Triv-Quiz, A New Direction, A New Life . . . . . . . 26
The first company to jump on the trivia craze with a hit game reports that
trivia games ore opening a whole new market.
A Columnist Reflects on His Publisher ......... 62
Roger C. Sharpe remembers Rolph Lolly and the early years at Ploy Meter.
DEPARTMENTS
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Up Front
Letters to the Editor
News
Coinman
National Play Meter
Frank's Cranks
5 7
64
70
72
82
Critic's Comer
New Products
Aids to the Trade
Classified
AOE Update
Cover Credit: Don Viescos, art director of Cinemotronics, on "Cerberus."
GET .A
STAFF
FOUNDER.:
Rolph C. Lolly II
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Publisher ond Editor:
Coral P. Lolly
Assoclote Editors:
Valerie Cognevich
David Pierson
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Art Director:
Korey Schwark
ON ALL YOUR
COMPETITION!
1985
Amusement Operators Expo
March 29, 30, 31
Sheraton, New Orleans
OWNED, OPERATED, ANO MANAGED BY
PLAY METER MAGAZINE
PUBLISHED BY SKYBIRD
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Typographer:
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Graphics Designer:
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Technical Writer:
Fronk Seninsky
Correspondents:
Mory Cla ire Dlokemon
Dill Kurrz
Gene Lewin
Charles C. Ross
Roger C. Sharpe
Comptroller
Jock Lolly
Clrculotlon Manager:
Renee' C. Pierson
Advertising Monoger:
Susan Diggs
European l\epresentotlve:
Esmay Leslie
Counsel:
Rufus King
PEACHSffi IE
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with Quality Parts and Supplies at the Lowest Possible Prices. For •••
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