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January 1994
BALLY JUDGE
VIDEO GAME
DREDD PINBALL
VIOLENCE ISSUES
PLANET LOCKUP
AND CONCERNS
Kingsley Sime
K. Sime Machines
Lancashire, England
Evan Wessel
Mercury Amusement
Havertown, Pennsylvania
HELP!!!!!
SUBJECT
Our tables will not lock balls up in
the Planet. Our version of the
software is L-4. Anybody know
what is happening with this one?
Our distributor over here is
aware of the problem but is un-
able to supply a solution.
We received a complaint from a
store owner about the Mortal
Kombat installed last week. He
was aware of recent news stories
singling out this game for exces-
sive violence. In addition, some
parent(s) had complained to him
about that issue.
dents and a past President of
AMOA. This is a great issue for
aspiring lawmakers and I hope
this problem can be corrected
before we get killed by local li-
cense fees again. That was a great
excuse to raise permits by lOX in
1981-82.
Pow Wow
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Of course, there was a Washing-
ton hearing with some congress-
men, Sega and Nintendo Presi-
I think the problems with Morta
Kombat are the superb digitized
graphics of real people getting
bashed and a huge home car-
tridge publicity campaign.
FACTORY RESPONSE
Larry Demar
Williams Electronic Games
Chicago, Illinois
Only the prototype games of
Judge Dredd Pinball locked balls
on the Planet. The design was
modified such that the balls shot
up the ramp and onto the planet
are immediately picked up and
returned to the playfield. It ap-
pears as if your game is ok.
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For now, we have to remove
Mortal Kombatfrom this location
and hope the violence scare
doesn't get any worse. I'd recom-
mend toning down the violence
setting, but parents just have to
see the marquee to get con-
cerned.