Play Meter

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Volume 3 No.19
October, 1977
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Staff
Publisher and Editor:
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Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
David Pierson
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Game Doctors
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
DickWelu
Mary Claire Blakeman
Susan Brenna
J .W . Sedlak
Randy Fromm
Art Direction :
Meyer Alewiu
Staff Cartoonist:
Norm Rockwell
THE DISCERNING FOOSBALLER ... ... ......... .. ..... 19
All foosball tables are not alike . Foosballer Joe
McCarthy points out many differences in the tables and
adds a few hints on how to raise your foosball profits.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AIR HOCKEY? .... .. ..... .. 22
Managing Editor David Pierson peers into the question
of why Air Hockey has been declining in interest. He
also offers an interesting idea of how to run an arcade
tournament.
TH E AN SWER MAN ....... ..... ..... ..... ....... .... .. 52
Dick Welu answers many varied questions about things
you always wanted to know about the coin industry but
you thought were too dumb to ask . You know, you
were right.
Typography:
Skybird Typography
Circulation Manager:
Debbie Barnes
Advertising Representative:
Ralph C. Lally II
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
Coin Industry PLA Y METER, Octo-
ber, 1977. Volume 3, No. 19.
Copyright 1977 by Skybird Publishing
Company. Full editions of Coin
Industry Play Meter are published
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From the Editor ......... ... ........ .... ..... ...... ... .. 4
Mailbox ...... ....... .......... ....... .. ........ ....... 6
Coinman of the Month ... ... .... .. .... ...... ..... .... .. 8
Operating ......... .. .... ............ ......... .. .. .... 14
Distributing .... ......... ................. ..... ... ...•. 25
Music Programming ... ...... ............ ...... .. ... . . 27
Technical Topics .. .... ... ..... ..... ... . .... ... ... .... . 32
Manufacturing .. ..... ........ .... .... ...... ... .... ... . 36
Critic's Corner .. .. ... .. .. ......... .... ..... .... ... .... 41
New Products .. ... .... ...... ...... ... ..... ..... ... ... 45
On the Move .. ... .................. ..... .... ..... ..... 54
Classified ... .... .............. ... .. ........... ....... 57
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