Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1981-April - Vol 3 Issue 2

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AMERICADE AMUSEMENT INC. • 2009 OLD CUTHBERT ROAD • CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034
(609) 428-3869
All kits are guaranteed for 30 days after date of shipment.
ASTEROIDS ACCU-SHOOT KIT
Convert any Asteroids Video Gaine into a much faster skilled game! The
little flying saucer presently appears on the screen shooting at your ship with
good accuracy . Now make that saucer shoot with very high accuracy! Stop
them from waiting to get 1,000 points time after time. This kit prevents
extremely high scores and increases operator collections.
Asteroids Accu-Shoot Kit-02 Version-$50.
Asteroids Acco-Shoot Kit-01 Version (on the memory chips they are stamped
01 or 02)-$75.
•Easy installation-just remove existing memory and plug in Accu-Shoot Kit.
• Increases collection by 30"lo.
•Stops players from hanging on game.
•Route collector can install in minutes.
•Increases player excitement with new challenge.
ASTEROID CONVERSION KIT FROM LUNAR LANDER
Convert any Atari Lunar Lander into Asteroids. The kit includes front control
panel overlay to cover Lunar Lander control panel and electronic module
P.C.B. that simply plugs onto Lunar Lander P.C.B. After completing the
conversion, the game will sound and play exactly as Asteroids does!
Asteroid from Lunar Lander Kit-$650.
•Easy installation-plugs onto original P.C.B., minutes to hook control panel.
•Bright color and explanatory control panel overlay.
• All game options and sound are the same as Asteroids.
•Converts a non-income producing game into a WINNER!
•Accu-Shoot feature is available with this kit.
•Kit does not include Asteroids overhead sign. Contact your local distributor.
ATARI STEERING TEST MODULE
Atari, for many years, has been making a steering circuit board that is used
on every steering wheel or trak ball in all games. From time to time like
everything else, they fail. Sometimes it is a royal pain to determine which
is bad-the steering P.C.B. , the main logic or wiring harness. With all the
vibration and dirt this little board goes through, it's amazing the problems
aren't severe!
That's why it is important for every operator to have one of these test
modules. The module plugs onto any Atari steering P.C.B. and by rotating
the steering wheel or trak ball a set of L.E.D.'s will illuminate sequentially
(cascade) in the direction of rotation or reverse by rotating in reverse.
Atari Steering Test Module-$50.
•Portable 3"x2½".
•Battery operated-9 volt transistor type.
•Seven L.E.D.'s flash for direction and two L.E. D.'s determine which
Photo Darlington is working .
•Detects direction jitter!
•Determines which Photo Darlington is bad.
EXIDY "TARG" TO SPECTAR CONVERSION KIT
Now, convert Exidy Targ into Exidy Spectar. Spectar is a far superior game
than Targ and is presently being sold as new equipment. Update last
year's gaine into a super money-maker at a fraction of the cost. Kit includes:
•All new memory
• Memory st raping modules
• Audio Modification Parts
•Complete easy-to-follow instructions
•Conversion time is about half-hour
•Price-$300.
GALAXIAN SPEED UP KIT
Installing this kit increases the speed of your rocket from left to right, but also
makes the enemy fly faster, there are more of them, and they shoot faster.
Suddenly the rate at which you're playing is twice what it used to be. The
enemy is all over the place and there are more flying in their formation. Plus,
when their leader flies at you he is shielded by twice as many red ships as
before. It is a contest of real skill.
Galaxian Speed Up Kit-$100.
•Easy installation-just plug in memory chips.
• Increases collection by over 50"lo .
•Adjust number of milliles from I to 5.
•Creates whole new challenge in the gaine.
POWER SUPPLY
Many operators are converting games today. They buy logic boards and
color monitors to install in older cabinets but discover they have power supply
requirements that cannot be met. This power supply is the operator's
answer. It develops the following voltages:
• 5 volts DC 3 amps (5 ainp optional)
• 12 volts DC I amp
•-5 volts DC I amp
• 16 volts DC unregulated for audio circuits
• I IO volt AC isolation for color monitors
•Price 1-4-$100. 5-10-$90.
SPACE INVADER CONVERSION KIT
Convert just about any Midway Video Game made from Gunfight on. The
kit includes a new game P.C.B. , memory chips, control panel buttons and
control panel overlay with installation instructions.
Now, make use of equipment that was just about worthless and transform
it into a winner! You can never have too many Space Invaders at the cost
of this kit! Convert now for tomorrow's collections.
Space Invader Regular Kit-$400.
Space Invader Deluxe Kit-$430.
SPACE INVADER SPEED UP
Speed up any Regular or Deluxe Midway Space Invader with this module.
The Invaders move much quicker, drop bombs much faster and the laser
base fires faster. The game play is faster and is much harder to play. Now
only the super skilled player can hang on the game and even then it's super
tough.
•Plug in module.
• Nothing to solder.
•Quick installation.
•Price 1-4 pcs-$45. 5-9-$42. 10-25-$40.
STAR CASTLE CONVERSION
Star Castle-A great new game that's out there really taking in the bucks.
Distributors are out of stock and the price is well over $2,000. Stop working
for everybody but yourself. Now convert any Cinematronics or Vectorbeam
games into a Star Castle. Kit includes/
•Game board conversion parts
• New audio board
•Control panel with buttons
•Simple to follow instructions
•Price-$600. Please specify your game!
STAR CASTLE SPEED UP
Are your players hanging on the game and racking up very high scores? Are
your collections dropping because of it? Now speed up the action with this
memory change. Make the game tougher for that experienced player without
hurting the newcomer.
•Unplug four memory chips
• Replace with new memory
•Price 1-4-$60. 5-10-$55.
Order From:
Americade Amusement Inc.
2009 Old Cuthbert Road
Cherry Hill, N.J. 08034
(609) 428-3869
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Stern Electronics Debuts
"FREEFALL" Pinball Game
Stern Electronics, Inc. announces plans for international distribution of a
new solid-state four-player pinball game - FREEFALL - scheduled for
release in mid-February.
Designed by pinball industry pioneer Harry Williams, FREEFALL
features multiple ball play. A bonus feature picks up and transports the
ball across the playfield - by tramway - to an elevated launch site.
The ball accumulator is activated following completion of the "skydiver''
scoring sequence and can launch as many as three balls simultaneously
onto the playfield.
FREE FALL'S three-dimensional, richly-colored backglass of azure
blues, shaded to deep purples and other dawn-to-dusk sky colors,
emphasizes the game's ethereal theme - depicting celestial winged
nymphs free-floating under an impressionistic, scripted logo.
Among scoring features are:
"Lighted line selector changer," innovative player-controlled option
enables player - by depressing both flippers - to change lighted
line selector on bonus multiplier scoring feature
Bonus multiplier increases point value up to 14x.
Numerical drop targets score 10,000 points or, if made in sequence,
score 50,000 points.
Twenty-word vocabulary signals game "TAKE OFF," identifies players
1, 2, 3 and 4, and alerts player to completion of sequenced scoring
features.
FREEFALL'S advanced solid-state electronic system was designed and
manufactured by Universal Research Laboratories, Inc., a Stern
subsidiary.
Stern Electronics, a Chicago-based company, is a leading
manufacturer of solid-state pinball, video games and other coin-
operated amusement games. Its Seeburg division manufactures
coin-operated solid-state phonographs.
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