Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #085 - 1982 - March [International Arcade Museum]
Letters To The
EDITOR
Dear Editor,
I tend to agree with most of Dave Evans' observations in his
last two book reviews. It's quite obvious that Reddock's book is
directed at the beginner, which is good. I question the wisdom of
having commercial advertising included And on the last page is
my pet peeve again; a coupon that will destroy a part of the book.
I'm reluctant to cut a magazine and refuse to do it to a book.
While I might be interested in the newsletter, the coupon won't
be used. One other comment about the grading criteria; there is
no such thing as unacceptable. Undesirable, yes, unacceptable
no. I'll take all I can get if the price is right The guide by Jerry
Ayliffe was of greater interest Probably because I have little
information on anything but slots. I also noted an error, on page
220 the description of the Challenger Duck Shoot states that a
ball bearing is dropped into the gun and shot. Not so. The penny
itself is shot at the ducks. (Unless his machine is different than
mine.) It also dispenses a gumball (if the handle is pulled) with
each shot, regardless ofyour accuracy. A miss gets one as well as
balls gives a walk, runners progress on the bases and runs are
tallied. The infield rotates each time there's a hit, with a cam that
provides for doubles, triples and homeruns periodically. The
instruction sheet offers three outs for 1$. (This was changed; it
originally read three outs for 5$ but the coin mech was changed
to It and the card scratched out and changed to It.) The
instructions go on to say that the game is over whenever there is
three outs or there are 15 balls on the playing field. (In which
case there wouldn't be any left to play with.) It would be
possible, but highly unlikely that all 15 could end up on the field
My only complaint about the machine is that the pot metal parts
are near impossible to repair and very difficult to reproduce. But
it has been done and the machine works great The digger is very
interesting and poses a number of questions. It's manufactured
by the Scientific Machine Corporation, Brooklyn, New York.
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Rockola and is all mechanical. It's ingenious! Just about every
theory. It's 5C operation; the crank cycles completely by
aspect of the game is included; three strikes registers an out, four
continuous turning to the right, ending with the crane fully up and
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It's serial numbered (2661). It appears to have been cut out of a
bank ofmachines since there is not any type ofcase. The "prize"
chute is quite small which makes me think it may have been a
confection dispenser rather than a game of skill. The verticle
columns at each side of the crane appear to be chutes that could
have been used to replenish the supply, which reinforces that
March, 1982
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