Atari Coin Connection

TECHNICAL TIPS
Adjusting
Matsushita Monitor
The Matsushita 14-inch color
monitor has a crowbar overvolt-
age protection circuit that kills
the high voltage power supply
when the horizontal hold adjust-
ment is not set properly. The
coarse horizontal hold adjust-
ment is accessible from the
front of the monitor through a
slot in the mounting bracket.
Use the following procedure to
properly adjust the monitor. Re-
fer to the monitor manual for the
position of the controls and fuse.
1. Misadjust the coarse hori-
zontal hold until the picture
loses sync, or the picture
flips diagonally.
2. Rotate the coarse horizon-
tal hold back slowly until
the picture straightens plus
an additional 5 degrees
of rotation.
3. Turn the game on and off
several times to ensure that
the game will hold the ad-
justment when it is first
powered up.
Another possible cause of the
screen blacking out is the B +
supply being adjusted too high.
The 115 volt DC power supply
can only be adjusted when there
is a picture on the screen. This
is because a load for the power
supply is needed. When the
crowbar circuit kills the high volt-
age, the B + supply will proba-
bly be running at about 170 volts.
To properly adjust the B + sup-
ply, perform the following steps.
1. Turn the game power off
with the AC interlock switch.
2.
3.
4.
5.
in a new upright cabinet model.
Players become WWI flying
aces, defending themselves
against the awesome Red Baron
and scoring points by shooting
enemy planes, blimps and
ground targets. As the player's
flying skills improve, targets be-
gin to shoot back, adding to the
challenge.
Set a DC voltmeter on the
Red Baron features ATARl's
250 volt range, and attach
new Skill-Sense™, which en-
the positive lead to F2 (the
ables the game to automatically
small 1 A fuse near the cen-
adjust itself according to the skill
ter of the monitor PCB).
of the player to maintain a con-
Attach the negative lead
sistent average game time.
to ground.
Other features include four op-
erator-adjustable bonus levels,
Find R812, the B + adjust-
four operator-adjustable number
ment. It is accessible
of game "lives", a two-game
through the slot on the
minimum, and ATARl's amazing
CRT bracket on the front
QuadraScan ™ "3-D" video
of the monitor.
display system.
Turn on the game power,
"Now everyone can get in on
and adjust the B + to 114
the action," commented Frank
volts DC as soon as you
Ballouz, Vice President of Mar-
see the screen light up
keting. "With this new cabinet
with a picture.
design, Red Baron becomes
ATARl's Red Baron, the super- more than just a personal chal-
Turn the game off and on to
realistic first person flying simu- lenge. It's an exciting game for
ensure that all the monitor
lation game, is now being offered both players and spectators."
adjustments are properly
set. Turn the game off and
on again if any horizontal or
vertical adjustments were
necessary.
Coin-op Games
in the News
New Posters
Available from
Customer Service
The latest items available
from Atari's Coin-Op Customer
Service department are posters
for Red Baron and Warlord™,
two of Atari's latest video hits.
These posters feature colorful
graphic depictions of the Red
Red Baron
Flies in New
Upright Cabinet
Baron and Warlords themes.
The posters make excellent
promotional and incentive items
and limited quantities are avail-
able free by contacting Custom-
er Service at 1105 N. Fairoaks
Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086.
On a recent 11 :00 p.m. edition
of the "Eyewitness News" a re-
porter interviewed a representa-
tive from the Lawrence Hall of
Science at the University of Cali-
fornia at Berkeley. The interview
reported on the use of coin-oper-
ated video games at the Hall of
Science to help children improve
their reaction times, as well as
their manual dexterity. The entire
interview was approximately
three minutes long, but it was
enough time to convince the
viewer that the games were be-
ing used in a manner which
would benefit both the children
playing the games and the sci-
entists at Berkeley.
Many articles have appeared
in print, and there have been
Did You
Know?.
quite a few television reports on
the popularity of coin-operated
games and the benefits derived
by the players.
ATARI would like to maintain a
file of positive news stories.
These collected materials can
be used to educate people who
might attempt to impose restric-
tions on coin-operated games or
who may not realize the many
uses and benefits of these games.
If you or your location has re-
cently received media attention,
please contact The Editor, Coin
Connection, 1265 Borregas Ave.,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086. This file
can be useful for all of us who
are involved in the coin operated
games industry.
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There are close to 40,000 con-
venience stores across the Uni-
ted States. Approximately one
out of every five convenience
stores currently has a coin-oper-
ated game. In retail outlets such
as convenience stores, profit per
square foot is of key importance.
Atari's Cabaret™ cabinet games
are specifically tailored to these
types of locations, where limited
space is a factor.