Play Meter

June, 1977
Volume 3/No. 11
COIN INDUSTRY
PLAY METER
Features
Staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor :
Richard S. Dietrich
International Editor :
David Snook ,
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Correspondents :
Roger C. Sharpe
Dick Welu
Mary Claire Blakeman
J .W . Sedlak
Randy Fromm
Art Direction :
Meyer Alewitz
Typography :
Skybird Typography
Circulation Manager :
Carolyn Desmond
Advertis ing Representatives :
Ralph C. Lally II
Carolyn Desmond
Advertising Production :
Don Randon
Eurooean Representative :
Esmay Leslie
Coin Indust ry PLAY METER , June,
1977 . Volume 3 , No . 11 . Copyright
1977 by Skybird Publishing Com-
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Buying Used Equipment ............. ... ... .... .... ... .. ....... . 18
Used equipment may be the answer to rising new
equipment costs, according to J .W . Sedlak . In this
article, he discusses the used games market and how to
get into it as a knowledgeable buyer.
Electronic Pins to Market ...... .... ......... ..... ............. ~. 20
Will all our pinballs soon be solid-state? Chicago writer
Susan Brenna talked to the major manufacturers and
recorded their reactions for this PI8Y MetBr special.
Who's Out There? ... .... .. .... .. ..... ....... ..... ........ ... .. ..46
The ultimate game buyer is the player, the penultimate
the operator. Keep these two happy, Editor Ralph Lally
tells manufacturers, and you can hardly go wrong .
The Amazing Sea Wolf ... ......... ..... ..... .............. .. .... 50
The story behind the success of this most successful
game as analyzed by the fabulous Wizard of
Dubuque . Dick Welu picks his own brain for the answers.
Departments
From the Editor .... ..... .. ... ...... ... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. ..... 4
Mailbox ... ...... ... .... .... .. ........ .... ..... ... ..... ...... .... 6
Coinman of the Month ....... ........ .... ..... ...... .... .... ..... 8
Operating .... ... ... .. .. .. .. .. ...... ........... ..... ..... ... .... 14
Manufacturing ................ .... ......... ..... ..... ..... .... . 23
Distributing .. ... .............. .......... .......... ....... ... .. . 24
Music Programming ... ... ... .. ..... ...... .... ...... .. ...... .... 26
Critic's Corner .......... ..... ......... ..... .... ..... ......... ... 37
OntheMove .... ... ... ........ ..... ... .... ...... ....... ........ 48
New Products ... ... ....... .......... ... .... ... ...... ...... ..... 56
TechnicalT opics ......... ... ...... ... ........ .......... .... .... 59
Classified ....... ... .... .......... ... .......... ............. .... 62
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