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Issue: 1987 March - Vol 13 Num 3

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M O NTHL Y PUBLI C ATION OF THE COI N -O PERATED E N TE R TAINMENT INDUSTRY
MONTHLY
PUBLICATION OF THE COIN-OPERATED ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
FEATURES
FEATURES
C-Stores: The
The
C-Stores:
Second Pass
Pass
Second
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS
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8
There were
were over
over 66,000
66,000 convenience
convenience stores
stores in in
There
the
United
States
with
industry
sales
$6 l. 6
the United States with industry sales at at $61.6
billion
in
1985.
Coin-operated
amusement
billion in 1985. Coin-operated amusement
machines had
had played
played an
an important
important role
role in in many
many
machines
of
these
locations
during
the
video
boom,
but
of these locations during the video boom, but
do they
they still?
still? How
How do
do convenience
convenience store
store owners
owners
do
feel
about
the
games
portion
of
their
feel about the games portion of their
businesses? And
And how
how to to operators
operators and
and
businesses?
manufacturers
perceive
the
convenience
store
manufacturers perceive the convenience store
industry?
This
article
examines
those
question
industry? This article examines those question
while looking
looking at at how
how the
the coin-op
coin-op amusement
amusement
while
business fits
fits into
into the
the convenience
convenience store
store industry.
industry.
business
Coinman Interview:
lnteniew:
Coinman
Nintendo's
Frank
Nintendo's Frank
Ballouz
Ballouz
PAGE 62
62
PAGE
New Orleans
Orleans
New
PAGE 70
70
PAGE
2
62
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Frank Ballouz
Ballouz has
has been
been in in the
the coin-operated
coin-operated
Frank
entertainment
business
13
years
and is is
entertainment business 13 years and
well-known by
by manufacturers,
manufacturers, distributors,
distributors, and
and
well-known
operators.
He
places
the
operator
high
on
his
operators. He places the operator high on his
list
of
priorities
because,
as
he
says,
they
are
list of priorities because, as he says, they are
the ones
ones the
the manufacturers
manufacturers need
need to to listen
listen to
to
the
be able
able to to put
put out
out viable
viable product.
product. Read
Read
to to be
Frank's opinions
opinions on
on the
the industry
industry then,
then, now,
now,
Frank's
and
in
the
future
in
this
interview.
and in the future in this interview.
Now that
that you're
you're in
in
Now
MARCH , 1987
19871
MARCH,
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
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13. NO.
NO. 3 3
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Cover
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akayama, Aldo
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lower
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and Kenzo
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Tsujimoto. (see
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Bill
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10)
on page 10)
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