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An editorial reply
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"Sea Wolf"
I found the article on "Sea
Wolf' most interesting, especial-
ly about the naming of the game.
The vice president who wanted to
call the game "Charlie the Tuna"
must have been one of the
legendary vice presidents from a
TV network.
In regard to the night mainte-
nance man who read a lot of Jack
London, I just can't believe that
the game was named for "Wolf
Larsen," the name character of
Jack London's "Sea Wolf."
I would prefer to think that
Dave Nutting had something to
do with naming the game. This is
the same gentleman who gave to
the industry such clever names as
Red Baron, Desert Fox and
U-Boat. I would prefer to think
that Dave, being very familiar
with the "Wolf Pack" (a squadron
of German U-Boats), knew that
one of the legendary U-Boat
commanders was called, "The
Sea Wolf," thus one of the
greatest games of all time
received its name. A "rose by
any other name would be a rose,"
but this is not true of a flipper or
amusement game.
We do hope that manufactur-
ers will stop picking their names
out of McGuffey's Reader and go
more for history, war, finance,
movies, current events, famous
personages, sports, etc.
Louis Boasberg
New Orleans Novelty Co.
New Orleans, Louisiana
6
Your editorial in the February
1977 issue certainly struck home
with me. I am a newcomer to this
business and more than most am
indebted to you and your publica-
tion for making available to me a
great deal of information about
this complex and exciting indus-
try that would otherwise have
been difficult, if not impossible,
to obtain.
As pointed out in your article,
the way we in the industry can
best show our gratitude is
through our subscriptions and
regular advertisements. So, with
this, my procrastinating days are
over.
Again, thank you for an enter-
taining and informative publica-
tion and I wish you success for
years to come.
Rivington F. Hight
Export Manager
Taito Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
lIyou cannot operate
yesterday's equipment
today and expect to be
in business tommorow
at a profit."
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