Play Meter

The player stands outside Iggy's
saloon, waiting for that sneaky
polecat to come out and fight like a
man . Gunslingers appear from all
directions and suddenly--when he
thinks you're not looking--that side-
winder jumps out and tries to
bushwhack you .
The game's interior, illuminated by
black-lite, is reminiscent of the old
west. The carved gunstock of the
player's sawed -off shotgun is de-
signed to give him the feeling of a
Top Gun.
Top Gun's cabinet is 28" x 32" x
68". The machine has double 25
cent coing chutes, target speed
control and adjustable pricing.
Elton To Promote
Capt. Fantastic
"PI.ay~rs, locations, ,?perators and
distributors involved in pilot tests all
agree," said Paul Calamari, sales
manager of Bally Manufacturing
Corporation, Chicago, announcing
recently volume delivery of the
new four-player flipper type pinball
game, Capt. Fantastic. "They all
agree fantastic is the word for 'Capt.
Fantastic.' "
The name is derived from rock star
;
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a:
50
which overnight "shipped plati -
num"-- music business jargon for $1
million worth of sales .
The theme and styling of the game
features Elton John, "whose inter-
national fame gets immediate at-
tention in every type of spot. Extra
glamor is added to the backglass by
sparkling mirror lines, an innovation
in flipper styling," continued Cala-
mari.
"And the play is fantastic, de-
signed to insure continuous re-
peat play, record smashing collec-
tions and long life on location.
"One of the new techniques
introduced in Capt . Fantastic is the
new scattered arrangement of flip-
pers . In addition to the standard
twin flippers above the outhole, a
second flipper is located in the lower
left playfield, and a third flipper is
placed half-way up the right side of
the panel. The four flippers provide
players with maximum skill control.
"Another new feature is a clever
'Play-More Gate, ' which prevents
the ball from diving into the outhole,
instead channels the ball to the
bottom flippers for a fast shot
toward top of the playfield .
"Popular Drop Targets not only
build up scores, but are also the key
to extra balls and specials .
" Specials, by the way, can be
scored again and again with each
ball in play and are scored by two
separate skill accomplishments,"
Calamari continued .
" Bonus is collected when each ball
enters outhole, causing the outhole
. to be an advantage instead of a
disappointment, often suddenly
transforming a poor score to an
encouraging score--a factor which
contributes to repeat play psychol-
ogy. Bonus score may be doubled ,
not by random chance, but by
specific skill shots .
"Needless to say, the promotion
planned for Capt. Fantastic will
equal or exceed the great Wizzard
promotion . We expect Capt . Fan-
tastic to top Wizzard in sales and
earning for operators. And, as I
already commented, they all agree,"
Calamari concluded.
Gametech Bows
New Table
Capt. Fantastic
Elton John's album, "Captain Fan-
tastic and the Brown Dirt Cowby,"
Gametech announces a new
cocktail table video game, Chucker.
A coin -operated dice game Chucker
may be played from one to four
Chucker
people . The player may roll all
dice or shake an individual die. All
popular dice games may be played
on the table .
Chucker joins Gametech 's grow-
ing family of amusement devices,
including Casino Royale , a home
entertainment version of Craps, and
Roul ette .
Chucker ' s
functional design
makes it an attractive addition to
the decor of most cocktail lounges,
restaurants and night clubs. The
game uses solid state electronics .
This means that the machine is
silent but more important it allows
Gametech to offer a unique spare
parts program designed to maximize
operating time .
Among the optional features of-
fered on Chucker is a security alarm
for the coin-box . The game mea-
sures 32 " x 32" x 29".
Meadows
Lands Cobra
Meadows Games announces its
newest entry into the video games
field , an action -packed combat
game with a 25 cent vend per
player. The game features a dual
coin mechanism to minimize down
time , revolutionary eye - catching
ca bin et design and operator adjust-
able number of firing loads.
Cobra Gunship is designed to give
the player the impression of actually
being in a cockpit controlling flight.
The graphics on the TV overlay, the
feel of a realistic flying "yoke" {with
firing button built in, realistic di-
mensioned targets and flight sounds
add to player appeal .
The player's goal is to bank flight