trial dates to be set in other cases in
which Arachnid has sued claiming
infringement of its dart-game patent.
HESCH FUlll
llJECT IF EXPI
RAFFLE
T
he Amusement and Music Opera-
tors Association (AMOA) has
organized a raffle of coin-ope r-
ated equipment and accessories during
AMOA Expo '86 to benefit of the .
Wayne E. Hesch Memorial Scholarship
Fund.
A great deal of equipment has .
been donated for the raffle, accordmg
to AMOA promotions chairman R.A.
Green of Green Coin Machine Distrib-
utors of North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Operators may purchase raffle . tickets
at a special booth on the mam floor
of the Expo for $20 each or $100 for
eight.
There are five grand-prize group-
ings, each with a pool table, jukebox,
pinball, and dart game or novel~
game. In addition , 25 winners will be
awarded a single game, kit, or pro-
duct.
Among the donating companies are
Ace Novelty Co. , All Star Music,
Arachnid , Data East, D&R Industries,
Drew's Mfg., Dynamo, Kramer, Mars
Electronics, McDermott Cue Co., Merit
Industries, intendo of America, Pre-
mier Technology, Rock-Ola , Rowe
International, SMS, Taito, The Valley
Company , and Williams Electronics.
VAllEY EllTEIS
ELECT•lllC·IAITS MARKET
T
he Valley Company has entered
the electronic-darts market with
Valley Cougar Darts and Valley
Royal Dartes, both of which v.~11 be
unveiled at the AMOA Expo '86.
Valley Cougar Darts has an Ameri-
can-sized target; Valley Royal Dartes
an internationally sized target, which
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METER/October 1986
is more popular with steel-tipped-darts
mSTRllUTllS
players and in overseas markets.
PEEK AT RIWI Cl UlllT
Among the features of the new
,
dart games are a giant overhead
he several hundred distributors
high-density LED player-score display
who attended Rowe's recent
in team-league format and front
dealer convention in Grand Rap-
upper panel that swings open for
ids, Mich. were told that sales of
servicing or removal of broken da.rts.
Rowe products have increased dramat-
Other features include an automatic
ically. According to Rowe's jerry
instant advance to the next player
McGuire, jukebox sales, for example ,
position after three darts are thrown,
are up 40 percent.
an automatic "one-dart-out" calculator
Among the products on display
and display, a league-mode selector, a
were the new R-91 phonograph, the
tip-saving "missed throw" dart-catcher
448-E food merchandiser with a new
ring, a "TRU-SCORE" single. ~i.gh -sp:ed
bill acceptor , and a coffee machine
microprocessor, and compat1b1hty with
with low-calorie sweetener.
any soft-tipped dart weighing up to
But the hottest item, however ,
30 grams.
came in what McGuire called a
''We have virtually redesigned the
"museum tour" of the Grand Rapids
dart-game concept from the leg level-
plant. Viewing a historical smorgasbord
ers up, taking into consideration all
of Rowe products that spanned the
of the input we have received from
past 50 years, the distributors got a
distributors, operators, and players,"
glimpse of the new six-disc CD com-
said Alan Schafer, Valley's vice presi-
bo-unit that will be available in 1987.
dent of marketing. "Every possible
McGuire said that the R-91 will be
effort has been made to create dart
available from the factory with or
games that our distributors. and o~er
without the compact-disc capability.
ators worldwide can buy with confi-
For those who wish to change over
dence. Quality control in design,
their players, CD kits will be av.aila~
materials , and manufacturing has been
ble. McGuire said the combo urnt will
µppermost, and we're confident we
be on display at both the NAMA and
have succeeded."
AMOA shows.
The games allow selection of l 0
Rowe also announced the Sep-
most-popular games--301 , 301 Doub-
tember 24 signing of an agreement
le-In, 301 Double-Out, 301 Masters
with AT&T that, according to Joel
Out, 501 , 501 Double-In, 501
Nitzberg, vice president of corp~rate
Double-Out, 50 l Masters-Out, HI
development, makes Rowe the pnm-
SCORE, and Shanghai. Each has a
ary distributor" of AT&T's payphon e
steel double-slot/ double-door coin
to operators of coin-op equipment.
mechanism with large coin box; fiber-
The agreement is good for three
filled nylon target segments , which,
years with annual renewals after that.
according to Valley, are much stronger
The ~ayphone also will be on display
than conventional segments; software
at the NAMA and AMOA shows.
and hardware plug-in capability fo r a
dollar-bill acceptor ; a patented selecta-
lllRMAll MARSH llES
ble double bull's-eye; and a self-test
orman Marsh, retired controller
diagnostic mode.
of Audio Visual Amusements of
The
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St. Louis, Mo. , died following a
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Valley Company
heart attack on August 11. He was
67.
Marsh began his 40-year career in
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