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About a a year
year ago
ago you
you published
published a a
About
letter requesting
requesting help
help in
in obtaining
obtaining
letter
insurance
for
someone's
video-game
insurance for someone's video-game
operation. A A reply
reply suggested
suggested Ohio
Ohio
operation.
Casualty
as
a
potential
insurer.
Casualty as a potential insurer.
own a a small
small gameroom
gameroom located
located in
in
I I own
a
college.
Ohio
Casualty
does
not
a college. Ohio Casualty does not
write video-room
video-room coverage
coverage in
in my
my
write
market, which
which is is the
the San
San Francisco/
Francisco/
market,
northern California
California area.
area. I I am
am unable
unable
northern
to
obtain
liability
insurance
for
any-
to obtain liability insurance for any-
thing
less
than
20
times
last
year's
thing less than 20 times last year's
Can anyone
anyone be
be of of assistance
assistance
premium. Can
premium.
to me
me in in this
this matter?
matter?
to
Raymond Menzie
Menzie
Raymond
Tiburon,
Calif.
Tiburon, Calif.
Video Invasion.
Invasion. A A telephone
telephone call
call at
at 2 2
Video
a.m.
to
the
residence
of
Bally
Mid-
a.m. to the residence of Bally Mid-
west's Frank
Frank Cosentino
Cosentino during
during the
the
west's
show will
will attest
attest to
to that
that determination.
determination.
show
With his
his great
great help,
help, one
one of
of the
the four
four
With
Gauntlets
that
was
on
the
show
floor
Gauntlets that was on the show floor
was in
in flight
flight to
to Toronto
Toronto the
the day
day after
after
was
the AMOA
AMOA ended.
ended.
the
made repeated
repeated attempts
attempts to
to
I I made
interest
the
media
in
the
diversity
of
interest the media in the diversity of
the
game,
but
they
all
felt
that
the
the
that
the game, but they all felt
industry was
was yesterday's
yesterday's news.
news. After
After
industry
months
of
perseverance
I
was
two
two months of perseverance I was
able
to
interest
the
Globe
and
Mail,
able to interest the Globe and Mail,
Canada's most
most respected
respected daily
daily news-
news-
Canada's
paper, to
to interview
interview me
me at
at my
my main
main
paper,
store in
in Toronto
Toronto and
and let
let me
me reflect
reflect on
on
store
the
state
of
health
of
the
industry.
The
the state of health of the industry. The
journalist ran
ran the
the story
story as
as part
part of
of a a
journalist
two-part
feature,
and
for
the
second
two-part feature, and for the second
part went
went on
on to
to interview
interview Frank
Frank
part
Ballouz of
of Nintendo
Nintendo and
and Glenn
Glenn Bras-
Bras-
Ballouz
well of
of the
the AAMA.
AAMA.
well
indeed a a happy
happy occasion
occasion to
to
It It is is indeed
invite
the
press
and
have
them
leave
invite the press and have them leave
impressed, when
when it it was
was only
only a a few
few
impressed,
short years
years ago
ago that
that we
we were
were con-
con-
short
sidered to
to be
be the
the deadliest
deadliest social
social
sidered
disease!
disease!
Wayne Fromm
Fromm
Wayne
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Invasion
Video Invasion
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had actively
actively sought
sought free
free publicity
publicity
I I had
for
the
game
industry
and
my
centers
for the game industry and my centers
for the
the whole
whole of
of 1985.
1985. It It was
was not
not until
until
for
early
in
1986
that
I
was
able
to
collar
early in 1986 that I was able to collar
the media.
media. First,
First, I I made
made my
my centers
centers
the
available for
for a a local
local news
news feature
feature on
on
available
game playing
playing and
and leisure
leisure activities.
activities.
game
This feature,
feature , created
created by
by the
the Global
Global
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levision
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two
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in
Toronto
T
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Television Network in Toronto, ,
brought a a journalist
journalist and
and camera
camera crew
crew
brought
to
Video
Invasion
to
film
a
1960s
pin-
to Video Invasion to film a 1960s pin-
ball
that
I
made
available
(Gottlieb's
ball that I made available (Gottlieb's
Cross Town)
Town) and
and to
to update
update the
the story
story
Cross
with footage
footage of
of Williams'
Williams' Comet,
Come t,
with
Atari's Gauntlet,
Gauntlet, and
and Sega's
Sega's Hang-On.
Hang-On.
Atari's
During
the
AMOA
in
Chicago
During the AMOA in Chicago I I
was so
so impressed
impressed with
with the
the play
play appeal
appeal
was
of
Gauntlet
that
I
worked
around
the
of Gauntlet that I worked around the
clock
to
secure
one
for
my
chain,
clock to secure one for my chain,
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