Play Meter
Issue: 1978 January - Vol 4 Num 1 - Page 4
CALENDAR
FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome to the year 1978. Welcome to the fourth volume of PLAY
METER , and welcome to our annual Directory Issue . The new year means
new challenges and new goals .
To help you , the operator, meet the challenges and goals, we have put
together what we consider is the most complete and comprehensive
Directory Issue this industry has ever seen. It includes all the new manu-
facturers from the recent trade shows and , in effect , obsoletes all existing
directories , including our own from last January .
As an added bonus, this year's Directory is designed to be easily
removed from the regular issue for ready reference all year round .
Simply remove the center staple located in the exact center of this issue ,
and you will have two separate books-- your regular January issue and
your handy 1978 Directory .
I think you will find your Directory more useful to you as a separate
book rather than having it sandwiched between regular editorial
material .
This month's offerings include a wrapup of PLAY METER's review
of all the latest games . Pinball expert Roger C . Sharpe , fresh from a
television show appearance on NBC's Today Program , examines the issue
of whether or not pinball is a game of skill or a game of chance . Other
features include a preview of the upcoming Amusement Trades Exhibition
(A.T.E.) to be held In London , England at the end of this month . And
there's lots more!
There's plenty here to help you get off on the right foot for this
New Year .
Sincerely ,
January 13-15
Th e Music Operators of M innesota,
annu al meeting and trade show.
January 20-22
Oregon A musement and Music
Operators Association , annual con-
ven tion , The Embarcadero, New-
port , Oregon .
January 24-26
Amusement
Trades
Exhibition
(A .T .E.) , A lexandra Palace , Nort h
London , England .
February 3-5
Ann ual co nvention of the Sout h
Carolina Coin Operators A ssociation
at the Carolina Inn in Colu mbia ,
South Carolina .
February 23-25
AMOA Conven tion (A ustralia) , Ford
Pavilion , Sydney , Australia .
March 3-4
A .M .O .A . regional semi nar , O 'H are
Hilton , O 'H are A irport, Chicago ,
Illinois .
March 31-Aprill
Music Operators of M ichigan , fourth
annual convention , Michigan Inn ,
outhfield , Michigan .
April 6-9
Florida A musemen t Merchandising
A ssociation, annual convention and
trade show , M arriott Olympic V illas ,
Orlando , Florida .
April 14-16
Wisconsin Music Merchants A ssocia-
tion , spring convention , Playboy
Club , La ke Geneva , W isconsin .
April 26-28
[nternational Coin M achine Exhibi -
tion " ima '7 " West Berlin , Germa -
ny .
Ralph C . Lally II
Publisher and Editor
May 19-21
The M usic and A m use m ent A ssocia-
tion of New Y ork , 1978 regional
convention and trade show , Ste-
vensville Country Club , Swan L ake,
New Y ork .
June 2-3
Ohio M usic and A musement A sso -
ciation , annual conven tion , Col um -
bus, Ohio .
Ju[y 20-21
Montana Coi n Mac hine Operators
A SSOciation , annual
conven tion ,
Fairmont H ot prings Re ort , Butte,
Montana .
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PLAY METER , January, 1978
FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome to the year 1978. Welcome to the fourth volume of PLAY
METER , and welcome to our annual Directory Issue . The new year means
new challenges and new goals .
To help you , the operator, meet the challenges and goals, we have put
together what we consider is the most complete and comprehensive
Directory Issue this industry has ever seen. It includes all the new manu-
facturers from the recent trade shows and , in effect , obsoletes all existing
directories , including our own from last January .
As an added bonus, this year's Directory is designed to be easily
removed from the regular issue for ready reference all year round .
Simply remove the center staple located in the exact center of this issue ,
and you will have two separate books-- your regular January issue and
your handy 1978 Directory .
I think you will find your Directory more useful to you as a separate
book rather than having it sandwiched between regular editorial
material .
This month's offerings include a wrapup of PLAY METER's review
of all the latest games . Pinball expert Roger C . Sharpe , fresh from a
television show appearance on NBC's Today Program , examines the issue
of whether or not pinball is a game of skill or a game of chance . Other
features include a preview of the upcoming Amusement Trades Exhibition
(A.T.E.) to be held In London , England at the end of this month . And
there's lots more!
There's plenty here to help you get off on the right foot for this
New Year .
Sincerely ,
January 13-15
Th e Music Operators of M innesota,
annu al meeting and trade show.
January 20-22
Oregon A musement and Music
Operators Association , annual con-
ven tion , The Embarcadero, New-
port , Oregon .
January 24-26
Amusement
Trades
Exhibition
(A .T .E.) , A lexandra Palace , Nort h
London , England .
February 3-5
Ann ual co nvention of the Sout h
Carolina Coin Operators A ssociation
at the Carolina Inn in Colu mbia ,
South Carolina .
February 23-25
AMOA Conven tion (A ustralia) , Ford
Pavilion , Sydney , Australia .
March 3-4
A .M .O .A . regional semi nar , O 'H are
Hilton , O 'H are A irport, Chicago ,
Illinois .
March 31-Aprill
Music Operators of M ichigan , fourth
annual convention , Michigan Inn ,
outhfield , Michigan .
April 6-9
Florida A musemen t Merchandising
A ssociation, annual convention and
trade show , M arriott Olympic V illas ,
Orlando , Florida .
April 14-16
Wisconsin Music Merchants A ssocia-
tion , spring convention , Playboy
Club , La ke Geneva , W isconsin .
April 26-28
[nternational Coin M achine Exhibi -
tion " ima '7 " West Berlin , Germa -
ny .
Ralph C . Lally II
Publisher and Editor
May 19-21
The M usic and A m use m ent A ssocia-
tion of New Y ork , 1978 regional
convention and trade show , Ste-
vensville Country Club , Swan L ake,
New Y ork .
June 2-3
Ohio M usic and A musement A sso -
ciation , annual conven tion , Col um -
bus, Ohio .
Ju[y 20-21
Montana Coi n Mac hine Operators
A SSOciation , annual
conven tion ,
Fairmont H ot prings Re ort , Butte,
Montana .
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PLAY METER , January, 1978
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