Play Meter

" I was just envisioning the
artwork, Mord. I said, 'Hair, hair.' I
see a backglass of oily black hair
flowing down onto the playboard in
a continuation type of presentation
brooded over by the scowling figure
of Arthur Fonzarelli resplendent in a
black leather jacket which lights up
100,000 points in the padded
shoulders when the player turns the
machine over." Princeton fondled
his headband nervously.
" Good, good, shows you ' re
thinking , taking the ball and running
with it; I like initiative on my team,
Princeton . Can 't stand 'yes-men'.
. Sonny? "
" Yes, Mord .. . ?"
" It's time for some big decisions,
Sonny. Pop bumpers and playing
surfaces - any new approaches for
Oa Fonz? "
Sonny paused reflectively . " Mord ,
you know how we ' re always getting
criticized because the finish on our
playfield gets cracks in it?"
"Yes," Mord responded, "have
you solved that problem?" .
" No, but I think if we paint The
Fonz's motorcycle on the playfield
the cracks will blend right into the
tires and lend a real authentic ' used'
appearance . Ought to be a smash
feature. "
"Innovative . .. I like it, Sonny ..
. shows .. . flexibility. Anything in
pop bumpers? "
"Well, I have been experimenting
with a new type where the bulbs
don't burn out for long periods,
sometimes weeks, but I'm not sure
the operators could stand the
transition yet.
They're used to
changing lamps every two days .
We may have to introduce this
concept gradually, like maybe one
pop bumper in a cluster will be wired
properly so the lamp burns at the
correct rating ."
Mord frowned and chewed on the
" You ' re a warm
end of his tie.
human being, Sonny ." He shifted
his gaze. "Hod, flippers? "
" Yeah, M ord, gotcha.
We
haven't been standing around pick-
ing our noses down in the flipper
department either, ya know . We've
come up with something never tried
before - one flipper ."
"One flipper! " Mord screamed
increduously .
" One flipper, 16 inches long, and
it takes two hands to press the
button . Oa Fonz will be the first
game in America to take this
direction in flippers ."
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" But are you sure it'll catch on,
Hod?"
" Replacement coils'li sell for
$9 .95 each ."
"Let's try it, what the Hey . .. can
you supply us with those coils,
Link?"
" There'll be the usual two to three
week delay on those parts, Mord,
but yeah , we'll be getting them in."
" Howaboutthewiring problems?"
Link stared at the solder gun
burns that qualified his hands for
Hiroshima survivor benefits. "We're
gettin' better, we're gettin' better.
Last month our Unguentine con-
sumption decreased by one full
can ."
"Colonel Armsby, what can you
contribute to this session?"
The Colonel puffed militantly on a
corn-cob pipe . " Um-puff-um-puff-
Sir, we in the Credit and Replay
section have a splendid idea . You
know that little window that shows
the player how many games credit
he has up - puff-puff - we' re going
to put that little window right in The
Fonz' s left eye so every time the
player wins a game - puff - The
Fonz will throw him or her a big
wink - puff-puff."
" Colonel, you've out-done your-