HEWS
NEWS
active role
role in
in the
the management
management of
of the
the
active
U.S.
company."
U.S. company."
new board
board of
of directors
directors was
was also
also
A A new
named for
for Konami
Konami Inc
Inc.:
Fumihiro
named
.: Fumihiro
Hishikawa (chairman),
(chairman), Kozuki
Kozuki
Hishikawa
(president),
and
Kiyoshi
Mizumaki
(president), and Kiyoshi Mizumaki
(executive
director
/
vice-president).
(executive director/vice-president).
U.S. GAMES
GAMES DEBUTS
DEBUTS FIRST
FIRST
U.S.
PRODUCT
P••CT
show that
that "you
"you can't
can't keep
keep
A s s if if to to show
good man
man down,
down," " Michae
Michael l Pace
Pace
Aa a good
back on
on the
the scene.
scene. His
His
is is back
Atlanta-based U.S.
U.S. Games
Games has
has
Atlanta-based
Baily's Larry
Larry Morgan
Morgan
Bally's
BALLY MIDWAY
MIDWAY NAMES
NAMES
BALLY
VP, MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING
VP,
arry J. J. Morgan
arry
Morgan has
has been
been appointed
appointed
L
vice-president
of
manufacturing
Lvice-president of manufacturing at at
Baily Midway.
Midway. His
His responsibilities
responsibilities
Bally
include
purchasing,
material control,
control,
include purchasing, material
quality
control,
shop
operation,
and
quality control, shop operation, and
facilities. Morgan
Morgan comes
comes to
to Midway
Midway
facilities.
from
Baily
Diemasters,
a
Bally
service
from Bally Diemasters, a Bally service
division
that
manufactures
dies,
metal
division that manufactures dies, metal
stamping,
and
fabrications
at
two
stamping, and fabrications at two
facilities in
was
facilities
in Elmhurst,
Elmhurst, 111.
Ill. Morgan
Morgan was
president
of
the
division.
president of the division.
KINAMI PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT RESIGNS
RESIGNS
KONAMI
en Har-El
Har-El has
has resigned
resigned as
as president
president
en
B of f Ko Konami
Inc.,
the wholly
wholly owned
owned
Bo
nami Inc
., the
subsidiary of
of
subsidiary
Konami
Industry
Konami Industry
Co., Ltd.
Ltd.
Co.,
Kagemasa
Kozuki,
Kagemasa Kozuki,
the
president
of
the president of
the
Japanese
the Japanese
parent
parent
corporation,
will
corporation, will
fill
the
position,
fill the position,
taking what
what
taking
Konami calls
calls "an
"an
Konami
introduced its
its first
first product,
product, Super
introduced
Super
Duper
Casino,
a
multiple
conversion
Duper Casino, a multiple conversion
board for
for countertop
countertop videos.
videos. The
The
board
package
offers
three
poker
package offers three poker
games--Da1w
Poke1; Black
Black Jack,
}<1ck, and
and
games
-- Draw Poker,
O
ne-on-One--and
a
word-and-phrase
One-on-One -- and a word-and-phrase
identification game,
game, Wizard
Wiz:1rd of
of Words,
Words,
identification
in
a
single
replacement
board.
Each
in a single replacement board. Each
game
has
enhancements
"never
before
game has enhancements "never before
available
in
countertop
games,"
U.S.
available in countertop games," U.S.
Games
says.
Games says.
Pace designed
designed Super
Super Duper
Duper Casino
Casli10
Pace
with
the
help
of
a
staff
that
includes
with the help of a staff that includes
design engineer
engineer Randy
Randy Jarrett
Jarrett and
and
design
design
specialist
L
es
Horn.
Both
design specialist Les Horn. Both
worked with
with Pace
Pace at
at Digital
Digital Controls,
Controls,
worked
where Pace
Pace had
had designed
designed his
his mega-hit
mega-hit
where
Little Casino
Casino .. ..
Little
MERIT NEWS
MERIT
~ri t .Ind~stries
Inc., is is releasing
releasing an
an
erit
Industries, , Inc.,
retrofit kit"
kit" that
that
retrofit
will add
add cricket
cricket and
and baseball
baseball to
to all
ail of
of
will
its
games.
The
kit
is
called
Click-kit
its games. The kit is called Crick-kit
and features
features a a "high-visibility
"high-visibility scoring
scoring
and
panel."
Also
available
is
a
new
panel." Also available is a new
catch-ring--one
that's "retrofittable"
"retrofittable" --
--
-- one that's
catch-ring
for the
the outside
outside of
of the
the targets.
targets.
for
In other
other news,
news, Merit
Merit announced
announced
In
that in
in December,
December, U.S.
U.S. District
District Judge
Judge
that
George N.
N. Leighton
Leighton issued
issued an
an order
order
George
that granted
granted Nomac's
Nomac's motion
motion for
for
that
summary
judgment
on
Arachnid's
summary judgment on Arachnid's
infringement claim.
claim. A A Merit
Merit press
press
infringement
release quoted
quoted the
the order
order as
as saying:
saying:
release
"In this
this case,
case, it it is is clear
clear that
that Pub
Pub
"In
Time Darts
Darts does
does not
not infringe
infringe on
on
Time
Arachnid's patent
patent in
in that
that its
its target
target
Arachnid's
plates
project
outwardly
from
their
plates project outwardly from their
supporting
cup,
rather
than
being
supporting cup, rather than being
spaced inwardly
inwardly within
within the
the cup."
cup."
spaced
Merit says
says the
the segments
segments and
and target
target
Merit
assembly used
used in
in Pub
Pub Time
Time Dart
D:1rt
assembly
games are
are the
the same
same used
used in
in Bull
Bull
games
Buster
Dart
games.
Buster Dart games.
easily
mstailed
M" M easi
ly installed
MIRTH CAROLINA
CARILINA FIRM SHIPS PAY TELEPHONES
UUPHINES
NORTH
Payphone of
Ameri~a, which
~as contracted
contracted with
Standard Electrica,
Electrica, ITT,
ITI, to
to represent
represent the
the
Payphone
of America,
which has
with Standard
~TI pay
pay telephone
telephone in
m the
the continental
continental United
United States,
States, received
received its
its first
first shipment
shipment of
of phones
phones
ITT
m December
December and
an.d has
has begun
begun shipping
shipping them
them to
to distributors.
distributors. Payphone
Payphone says
says ITT
ITI can
can
in
produce approximately
approximately 3,500
3,500 telephones
telephones a a month.
month.
produce
Ben Har-El
Har-El
Ben
ITI's L.
L. Martinez
Martinez (left)
(left) and
and Payphone
Payphone of
of America's
America's Bill
Bill Hauser.
Hauser.
ITT's
12 PLAY
PLAY METER/February
METER/ Fchruary 1987
1987
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