Play Meter

Critic's Corner
[continued from page 21]
Pinball Junkie
Plus, when they're lit, it's more than
w orth it to go back up and through .
Moving down the side though, is
where the real " action" is in the
shape of two sets of five drop
targets (five on either side) . And the
big thing here is that (at least on the
model I was playing which was a
three-ball game) you only had to get
down one set of targets to have a
chance for the extra ball when lit
lane. This last item is part of the
Gottlieb bottom which also has an
advance bonus built into the inner
lanes .
Qu ite obviously, with a playfield
as open as this one, the action is
fast and very visible . The top
kick-out hole area may prove a bit
slow since the ball is bouncing off
metal on one side, but the big
breat hers come into play when
you've shot the ball through the
spinners.
Any way you look at it Night Rider
isn ' t that hard to beat which is going
to mean a lot of traffic in front of
this game . The ball does tend to get
hung up on the side drop targets
since the angle isn't that steep, but a
little nudge should cure this incon-
venience . All in all it's a good solid
pinball machine that offers enough
chall enge to have players coming
back for more and more . There are
no tricks or gimmicks to the action
and the basic ingredients are woven
together in a highly workable
fashion .
Gra phically, the theme itself is
going to mean a heck of a lot of
play, especially if you ' re a diner on
one of the interstates. Smokey is
t here good buddy and no matter
what your handle is, a new crowd of
player is going to channel in on this
model. From Bay City to Dirty City,
Night Rider is Threes to You (look it
up all you CBers) and for me that's
enough of this Peter Rabbit.
Rating : ### %
So for this month , this corner is
all criticked out . It's back to the
arcades with quarters in hand to try
out the other games that are
popping up . There' s some good and
there' s some bad . In the coming
issu es you ' ll be reading about both
here . Just remember to vote on
Th e Atarians, for next month 's first
polling results - I think you ' re going
to be surprised . Until then . . . be
well and prosper.
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nightmarish obsession .
was
almost happy to be in jail.
Everything was going along really
well , until the day I was allowed
recreational priyileges . ..
The first thing I discovered to be
in the prisoners' recreation room
was - as if you didn't already
know - a pinball machine!
The last thing I remember is
jumping onto it, kicking and scream-
ing hysterically . The guards pulled
me off of the laughing machine that
had ruined my life and now here I
sit in the psycho ward of a state
prison hospital writing this to you as
a warning ...
The next time you go into a
recreational place, be sure to stay
clear of the pinball machines that sit
there, begging incessantly for just
one more quarter; and one more ...
one more .. . one more ... .
The more
you know about it-the more
want to
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