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Testing: 1,2,3
Recognizing the need for an
improved test fixture to more ade-
quately meet service requirements,
Atari, Inc . is making available the
same model test fixture now being
used by their factory technicians .
The test fixture has been designed
not only to service past Atari games
but also all future games to be built
with programmed components on a
printed circuit board that acts like a
miniature computer. It allows for the
design of more sophisticated games
but with fewer components, result-
ing in more reliability .
The Atari test fixture is designed to
continue or improve the service-
man's ability to provide service on
Atari / Kee equipment especially
those pieces with the advanced
microprocessor technology. At the
present time there is no test
equipment on the market which can
do this .
"With a strong service facility you
can insure minimum downtime to
your operators; minimize your in-
determine if other manufacturers'
games can be serviced on the test
fixture .
Depending upon how
compatible other games are to Atari
products, it may be possible to use
the test fixture on those games.
Table Baseball
Midway' s Tornado Baseball is
now available in a cocktail table . The
new model provides all the excite-
ment of the upright version . (See
New Products, August '76 .)
There are double plays, errors,
strike-outs and walks , with a walk
Juke Box
Tornado Baseball Cocktail Table
control and automatic pitching
feature to speed up the game.
Complete outfield control on de-
fense and a pitcher that can throw
fastballs , curves , sliders and change-
ups are among the other features of
the game .
Dual controls allow
players to alternate at bat and in the
field without changing positions .
The cocktail cabinet measures
38 Yz" x 32 Yoa" x 29", and in-
cludes solid -state monitor, tem-
pered glass top and, for quicker
service, a self-testing system to
detect defective RAM or ROM .
Atari Test Fixture
vestment in extra printed circuit
boards, and possibly expand the
profit potential of your service facility
by minimizing any out of warranty
repair charges which are made at the
factory for board repair," Don
Smith , Atari manager of customer
service stated .
Atari will also provide blank
connecting plugs and wires to
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Pin Music
Juke Box, Chicago Coin' s new
four-player flipper game, is now
available through the company' s
distributors, according to Robert
Sherwood , director of marketing for
Chicago Dynamic Industries, Inc.
" The play incentives that made
our Sound Stage two-player game
a real standout have been incorpor-
ated into Juke Box, and earnings
reports from test locations are highly
encouraging ," Sherwood said .
"One of the many features that
contribute to the strong appeal of the
playfied action and the high score
potential is the built-in Pinwheel
Spinner. When spin targets are hit,
the player scores 100 or 1,000 points
w ith each revolution of the Spinner .
Advance and change rollover but-
tons advance the bonus to a possible
19,000 points.
" Also enhancing the excitement
of Juke Box play are six Hit Targets,
designed A through F. Hitting target
A lights the special button which
lights the special lane, enabling
players to score a replay . Targets A
and B in combination light the extra
lane which awards an extra ball.
Targets C and D together change
spinner scoring from 100 to 1,000
points, and targets E and F light the
Double Bonus Hole which , when lit,
lights the double bonus indicator."
Juke Box also features 100 point
power bumpers and action kickers .
Flipper action has been improved ,
and technical advances now assure a
high degree of performance reliabil -
ity and servi ci ng ease . A 3-ball
game, convert ible to 5-ball , Juke
Box is available in replay and extra
ball models . Play pricing is one
quarter for two plays, adjustable to
one quarter for one play or two
quarters for three plays .