STAR*TECH Journal
November 1992
announced he'd be over at the
airport speaking at 6:40, so we
didn't give it a second thought
that he might get in the way of a
$45 boatride... he didn't, as
Opryland's gracious Jimmy
Tresler assured us that the boat
would not leave without us-or
any of the other 450 people at the
hotel who needed to shuttlebus
past Bush over to the dock ... it left
on time ... we met a couple of self-
proclaimed
Wisconsin Cheesehead Party
Babes, Marge Corey and Tammy
Reflke, who were vacationing for
the week... they report having
back-home fun at the Oneida Ca-
sino in Green Bay Wisconsin ... we
drank and laughed about their
encounter with the Secret Ser-
vicemen at the Ramada the night
efore-they thought the sun-
glasses security men were about
to burglarize their room ... off the
boat and into a cab for a cross-
town ride to Rodeos, where a dj
spins country dance music non-
stop for the beer-drink.in' two-
step rockin' crowd ... coin-op
games absent but for a pool table
that got plenty of action ...
Thursday-Saturday, it's up early
for the AMOA Show, 10AM-5PM
and then suite-hopping with our
good friend Tosh Morita of
Fillmore, Inc., Osaka (fax him at
011-81-6-845-2510 for his stock
list) at the Strada suite, where
America's next street fighter
blockbuster title TIME KILL-
ERS was getting its sound up-
date over the computer modem
from the hackers back at the
home office ... what a knockout of
a piece, taking both SF2CE and
Mortal Kombat to then-th degree
of gore with the power to behead
your opponent, and boasting of
twice as many maneuvers ... we
went back nightly to see this
piece that was not on the show
floor and picked it for best of
show ...
Check out: Irem SKINS GAME
(easy to play golf video kit, 2p/4p);
Taito's MONKEY MOLE PANIC
(real cute linked video/
wackamole for redemption).
Grand Old Opry is a tradition on
WSM 650AM, heard all over the
east, but Buffalo's on the wrong
side of the Appalachian Moun-
tains so we decided to go see it
and got tickets Tuesday for the
9:30PM Saturday late show
( there are matinees, pl us two Fri-
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