Play Meter

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Vol. 4 No. 15
August 15, 1978
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Staff
Location Co.t Analy.l •. ....................... .. 18
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
David Pierson
In the final installment in a series on the business analysis
of your operation, David Pierson gives some guidelines to
follow when determining the profitability of a location.
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Robin Minnear
Game Doctors
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Gene Beley
Dick Welu
Art Direction :
Katey Schwark
Administrative Assistant:
Valerie Mitchell
Typography :
Vickie Lofton
Staff Cartoonist:
Norm Rockwell
Circulation Manager:
Debbie Barnes
Advertising Representative:
Ralph C. Lally II
European Representative :
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , August 15, 1978.
Volume 4, No. 15. Copyright 1978 by
Skybird Publishing Company. PLA Y
METER is published twice monthly on
the 1 st and 15th of the month .
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way, New Orleans, La . 701 24, P.O.
Box 24170, New Orleans, La . 70184.
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PLAY M ETER , A ugust, 1978
Converting Home Oame.
To Commercial U •••.•...•••.••.••••...•...•.... 23
PLA Y METER 's Gene Beley has done some experimenta-
tion on converting home video games into commercial
units. His report makes interesting reading.
Air Hockey'. National Champlon.hlp ............. 21
A players' association holds its own national champion-
ship; and despite obvious drawbacks, the toumament
comes off. Players also give their suggestions on how to
rekindle interest in the game at the operator level.
Soliloquy of a Pinball ...... •....•....•...•....... 43
An entry in PLAY METER's .1,300 writers' contest, this
article is the diary of a pinball going through its various
stages of disrepair.
From the Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . • • • • • • • • • . . . . . 4
Mailbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ............. &
Operating ........•.....••...••••••••............•
Coin man of the Month .....•..................... 8
Manufacturing ..........••••....•.•.........•... 1&
Mu.lc Programming ............................ 21
DI.trlbutlng ..................................... 34
Critic'. Corner .................................. 31
Technical Topic. ................................ 31
New Products ......•.•...•.....•...........•••. 41
CI ... lfled ...........•...•.••..••.......•........ 48
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