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Issue: 1985 November 01 - Vol 11 Num 20

KIDDIE RIDE
OPERATORS
•••
"Here's Solid State Sound"
Rocky Mountain region.
S.O.S .. headed by Jim Francis and
Scott Tompkins. is located at 975 E. 58th
Ave .. Unit F. Denver. Colo .. 80216.
The southeast portion ot Texas will
now be covered lor Seeburg by Wild
Distributing. I 005 Taft. Houston. Texas.
77019.
Breither stated. "With Game Sales
ot San Antonio. headed by C.W. Hard-
wick. serving the southwest portion ot
Texas. and the veteran organization ot
O'Connor Distributing in the north
portion ot Texas. all Texas Seeburg
operators will have the support and
service knowledge necessary tor a
factory/ distributor relationship."

Game Plan adds
new distributors
Solid State Lighting
... Add attract lighting to your units
and i ncrease proUts ...
Wendell McAdams. president ot
Game Plan. Inc .. has promised more
visibility lor the company and
appointed seven new factory autho-
rized distributors to achieve that goal.
McAdams considers the company's
new pin game. Andromeda. one that
will set the stage tor a new generation
ot pinball machines.
"Our experienced team can only
produce positive future results tor
Game Plan." McAdams said of Hugh
Gorman. vice president ot marketing:
Paul Calamari. director of sales: and
Ed Cebula. engineer. McAdams and
his team ot executives represents 150
years ot combined coin-op experi-
ence.
He stated. " We will surprise Jots ot
people with impressive new products
and programs. Priorities are estab-
lished and the industry will welcome
our innovative and aggressive thrust.
We have many new projects in m otion
with ambitious objectives to accom-
plish."
The seven new distributors named
to represent Game Plan products are:
Atlas Distributing Company. 2122 N .
Western Ave .. Chicago. Ill.: Brady Dis-
tributing Company. 3908 Volunteer
Dr .. Chattanooga. Tenn : C.A Robinson
Company. Los Angeles. Calif.: Galaxy
Distributing. 4210 South Peoria. Tulsa.
Okla .: General Leisure Company.
I 0055 S.E. Stark. Portland . O re .:
Godwin Distributing Company. 2024
W. 38th St.. North Utile Rock. Ark.;
M ountain Coin. a multi-branch dis-
tribution network in Ariz .. Colo .. Iowa.
N .M .. and Utah: Southern Music Com-
pany. 503 W. Central Blvd .. Orlando.
Fla .: and State Music Company. 3100
Main St.. Dallas. Texas
Game Plan considers all the new
distributors professionally directed.
with the ability to aggressively market
Game Plan's products to the operator
and provide the field support required
lor a successful factory/ distributor
relationship.
· For further info rmation regarding
Andromeda or the new distributors.
contact Game Plan. Inc.. 1515 W.
Fullerton Ave .. Addison. Ill.. 60101. or
call ( 312 ) 628-8200.

KIDDIE RIDES
We carry
a complete line
of kiddie rides by:
•••
AUTY
~IGN
NGIN EERIN G
•••
Call or Write:
P.O. Box 295 • Bus. 54 South
Eldon, Missouri 65026
1-314/392-7964
1-314/392-3374
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Executives of Game Plan admire their newest pin game. Andromeda Left to r igh t
are.· Ed Cebula. Wendell McAdams. Hugh Gorman. and Paul Calamari
PLAY METER. November 1. 1985
Dynamo sponsors
world championship
A1 Kress. left presJdent of Coin Machine Distributors. talks with Ron GeUan. center.
Weyman Entertamment and Murray Panitz. r ight Just Fun.
both New York operators at the new products show
Coin Machine
Distributors hosts show
Coin Machine Distributors. Inc ..
held its annual new products show in
early October at its headquarters In
Elmsford. N .Y. Approximately 160
operat ors attended the show. viewing
new products from Rowe. Nintendo.
Sega. and other manufacturers.
The aU-day show coincides with
the introduction of the new Rowe AMI
jukebox and showcases other new
products.
Representatives from a number of
manufacturers were in attendance.
including Rowe International. Nin-
tendo. United Billiards. Merit Indus-
tries. Magic Electronics. Atari. and
cthe~

Pac-Man video game and children
brought 25 cents each day to play the
game during a designated time. w:th
all proceeds going to the famine relief
campaign. Parents and teachers were
responsive to the program
The Powells are encouraging other
operators to set up similar programs in
their children's schools and welcome
any questions Anyone interested may
contact !ham at (916) 925- 1658.

Over 500 table soccer play:ers from
the US .. Canada. and Europe met in
Dallas for the 1985 Dynamo $40.000
World Championship of Table Soccer
held August 30 through September 2
at the Hyatt Regency Dallas.
Dynamo vice president of sales
and marketing. Mark Struhs. welcomed
all players and introduced them to
distributors. including: Jim Frye of
Brady Distributing. Jim Femella and
Rick Rochetti of Bally Midwest. Dave
Meyers of Belson Enterprises. and Bob
Donnelly of Bally Northeast.
Seventy new Dynamo soccer tables
were utilized in the I 7 categories of
play tor professionals and novices.
The biggest event was the open
doubles category which ottered
$5.000 tor first place and drew I 01
teams. The novice doubles category
listed 1 03 teams vying tor two new
Dynamo tables as top prize The inter-
mediate category . limited pro
doubles. had a first place prize of
$2.000 and listed 72 teams competing.
Never before in the 15-year history
of the pro hour has one player made it
to the finals in all three pro division
events: open doubles. open singles.
and mixed doubles. This year two
players reached the finals : Tony
Bacon of Seattle. Washington. and
Johnny Horton of Tampa. Florida.
Sacramento operator
sponsors fund raiser
C&L Mt.:sic and Games ot Sacra-
mento. Calif.. joined with Kiddie
Kampus nursery school to sponsor a
fund raising activity for the American
Red Cross African famine relief cam-
pain this summer
Cmdy and Larry Powell of C&L
worked with Marta Suarez of the
nursery school to increase children's
awareness of needy children in Africa .
The Powell's son Ryan attends Kiddie
Kampus.
The Powells loaned the school a
PLAY METER. November 1. 1985
New world champions in table soccer mixed doubles are Johnny Horton and
Tma Rhoton (center) They competed in the !mal against
Tony Bacon and JodJ Wittenberg.
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