Play Meter

Electronic
darts
Tti-coin
chute
A new style tri-coin chute from
Greenwald Industries is now avail-
able for operators who want to start
at fifty cents then convert to sixty
cents at no extra cost.
Basically the new coin chute is a
sixty-cent tri-coin model - with a
specially-designed knock-out plug
formed into the slide in the center
ten -cent hole . The chute will operate
at fifty cents until the plug is removed
by the owner .
Removal is accomplished in a few
seconds by turning the chute upside
down and driving the plug out of the
slide through a hole provided in the
bottom of the chute casting .
Additional slide bars which can be
interchanged on this coin chute
include forty cents , forty-five cents ,
and sevent:;-five cents .
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A space-age version of a standard
dartboard , English Mark Darts , has
been introduced by Arachnid . Inc .
English Mark Darts is a bne- to
four-player unit played with special
plastic-tip darts and standard-sized
dartboard . The game features rapid
digital scoring , sound and lighting
effects . and three ways to play : these
being "30 1. " "Cut-Throat ," and
"Accumulation . "
Located behind a lift-off back-
board are the game 's readily acces-
sible solid state components, micro-
processor , and game bell . The
compact cabinet weighs less than
200 pounds and occupies only 2112
square feet of floor space .
Accord ing to Arachnid 's presi-
dent , Paul Beall , "This 2S-cent per
player unit is a natural for either
casual impulse or organized team
play in neighborhood bars , bowling
alleys , campus rec rooms , military
PX 's , and similar locations . As you
know ," Beall continues , "darts is an
ancient game and is presently
increasing in popularity throughout
the country . The three games on our
unit have been popular favorites for
hundreds of years , and all are fast
games ."
Checkered
flag
Playmatic's latest four-player flip-
per game , Last Lap , features a
wide-open playfield and a tempting
bank of ten drop targets at mid -play-
field on the left.
Dropping all the car targets scores
special when lit , and dropping all the
flag targets also scores the special
when lit. At the right side of the
playfield . a spinner gate leads to an
open lane back up to the top of the
playfield where there are four lanes,
as well as a kickout hole that can give
extra ball features .
The new game uses the RCA
C-Moss system , contains its own
self-diagnostic probe for testing all
boards , and contains all bookkeeping
and test features . Other technical
highlights of the game include a
scoreglass that does not have to be
removed in the head when servicing
the boards .
As with previous and future solid
state models from Playmatic , the
boards are all totally interchangeable .
The Last Lap MPU board and the Big
Town board are completely inter-
changeable without any necessity of
changing roms and rams on the main
MPU board .
PLAY METER . September. 1978