Play Meter

Fish and
flippers
Down
the stretch
They're off to the races with the
latest pinball game from Williams
Electronics.
Hot Tip , a four-player solid state
flipper game , has two eject holes -
one at the top and one left center on
the playfield . Also , there are six drop
targets , an advance target , a left
spinner lane , a captive ball feature ,
single and double bonus scoring , and
strong flipper action .
If the player makes the drop
targets , he lights the 1, 2 , and 3
Horse Shoes . Numbers One and
Two light the left eject pocket to
score extra ball and spinner target to
score thousands . The Number Three
Shoe lights the captive ball feature to
score 30 ,000 when hit. And the Out
Lanes alternate for Special.
The backglass is predominantly
orange and gold , and depicts a comic
scene of jockeys actually "battling it
out " down the stretch .
PLAY METER , February, 1978
Sergeant
Rock
Allied Leisure is back and firing
away in a big way with its latest
arcade piece , Battle Station .
The new game , similar in many
respects to Allied's earlier success
(F-114) , features a true-to-Iife anti-
aircraft machine gun for players to
fire at targets projected on a large
screen .
The object of the game is to stop
planes projected on the screen from
bombing a tank battle station . Point
values of 1 ,000 and 500 points are
awarded for hitting the planes;
additionally , players can win 100
points for hitting a bomb . If,
however, the bomb hits the ground,
the player cannot score any paints
until the explosion ends .
The sound effects, explosion
sequences, and machine gun effects
are realistic . And the fiberglass
projection screen presents a pano-
ramic battleground scene .
The game also comes with an
operator-adjustable extended play
feature .
Marine life is front and center in
Stern Electronic's latest four-player
solid state pinball game .
A two-flipper game , Stingray has
two kick-out holes : the one at the
top of the playfield advances the
bonus and can light the extra ball
lan e, and the bottom kick-out hole
picks up that bonus . The cluster of
three pop bumpers at the top of the
playfield keeps the action fast -paced .
Skill shots include a row of drop
targets on the left side of the
playfield . If all the targets are
knocked down , the special lane will
be lit .
Two lanes leading back up to the
top will also attract a lot of players'
shots . The lane on the left side leads
back up to the top of the playfield ,
and the lane on the right has
roll overs which are especially at-
tractive to players.
The bonus advance can go as high
as 200 ,000 points. And spinning
targets have up to aI , 000 point
value .
Stingray comes complete with a
built-in test program and a complete
accounting program . It also registers
the high score to date to entice first
quarters .
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