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Land
of the
Pharaohs
What Cleopatra is for the four-
player set . Pyramid is for the
two-player set.
This two-player version of Cleo-
patra features a playing scheme
wh re players try to hit correspond-
ingly co lored drop target~ ~nd
rollovers to light bonus value mdlca-
tors . Each half of the double bonus
indicator is lit by the ball going into
left and right kick-o ut holes .
Maki ng all colors in rollover
sequence or hitting all five drop
targets down and all rollover colors
out lights si de star targets to score
replays .
ide kick -o ut holes spots colors in
rollover seq uence. Flippers , pop
bumpers. and kicking rubbers are
powered by a full -wave direct current
r ctifier w hich provides fast play-
board action .
Red . green, and blue are the
predominant colo rs on the game .
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PLA Y METER, Apfll, 1978
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Platt Luggag has introduced a
new w ay to carry and store large
numbers o f tools and parts con -
veniently and efficientl y .
Th e ru gged catalog case is com -
bin ed with a uniqu e molded pallet.
The inside is divided into three
sections for Platt's tool p allets and
new three level tool and parts tray .
Platt 's paten ted soft / mold ed con-
structi on gives the user th e rugg ed
construction o f a m olded case with
th e good looks o f a soft case .
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. Gottlieb & Company has
announced that it now has available
for delivery to its distributors the
GC'ttlieb Playboard Simulator .
The Gottlieb Playboard Simulator
is th e first generation of test
equipmen t for Gottlieb electronic
pinball games . The simulator checks
th e en tire electronic system in the
so lid -state pinball machines .
B y isolating the playboard or the
front door from the rest of the
system, yo u can isolate any malfunc-
tion - and it can be determined
whether a problem is in the electronic
or th e electrical-electromechanical
ection o f the game .
The Simulator is compact, light-
weight, has a functional carrying
handle . and with it , is supplied a
simp le. step -by-step instruction man -
ual.
A newcomer to arcades is Polar-
oid's Face Place , a rainbow -striped ,
full y automatic photo vending ma -
chine . Equipped with professional
studio lighting , Face Place delivers a
portrait in brilliant color seconds after
a perso n poses .
The eye-catching booth is made of
white. molded plastic with an
illuminated header on all sides . Face
Place operates on regular 110
V .A .C. : it uses instant SX-70 film so
no chemicals or plumbing are
involved .
Taking a picture is simplicity itself
and so is maintaining the unit , which
is designed for years of trouble-free ,
profitable use .
Arcades from Massachusetts to
California report excellent consumer
acceptance of the new instant color
photos . Says AI Feldman , owner of
Treasure Island in the $80 million
Omni shopping center complex
(M iami) : " Face Place has been doing
fabulously . The reaction is terrific-
we 've been selling 1,200 pictures a
week at $1 each . If I were to put up
an arcade anywhere, I 'd put one of
these in all of them ."
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