Play Meter
Issue: 1979 January 15 - Vol 5 Num 1 - Page 148
A. wide
body
pinball
Dlack sheep,
black sheep··
have you
any pull?
A new solid -state microprocessor
pinball gam e has been introduced by
Astrogam es. In c.
Black Sheep Squadron offers the
operat or an int erchangeable play-
fi eld . bac kglass and program chip so
th e gam e's appearance and play
appea l can be updated without
paying for a whole new ~ame .
Astrogames' electronic assemblies
are report edly compatible with those
of two oth er major manufacturers,
and the firm 's mechanical parts are
interchangeable with most other
manufacturers .
Other features of the Black Sheep
Squadron game include : high game
to date. add -a-ball. complete ac-
co unting . built -in self-diagnostic pro-
gram s. digital scoring . and more .
Th e pla yfield incorporates ind ividual
thermal (resetable) fu sing for strategic
coils. preventing coil assembly burn -
out.
72
Playfi Id action and coring op-
tions r ach new ho rizon with wid
body Po kerino . William s EI ctro nics'
n w t olid stat fo ur-player fl ipper
now in pro du ction .
Th
xpand ed pla yfi Id prod uc
num ro us scoring opp ortu nitie . and
Po ke rino 's un iqu d o uble-action fl ip -
p r - a pecia l W illiam s cr ation -
provide th p layer the m an to ring
up high cores .
Th double action fl ipp r on both
id s o f th e pl ayfi eld - a h it on
W il liam s' first wid e body ga m
Con tact - enable pl ay rs to push in
th fl ipper butt o n halfway to activate
th top flipper or push in th e butt on
all th way to activate th top and
bottom fl ipp rs.
A noth er feature. th e king ' ca ptive
ball. allo w s th e pl ayer to trike fo ur
cap tiv ba lls and se nd ach o f them
into the "ball pen ."
A dvancing th e Po kerino f2ature
add
another challen g
for the
pinball p layer . acco mpli hed by
ligh ting the A ce by striking the to p
rol lov r targ ts. the K ings by hitting
the fo ur captive ball s an d th e Qu ee ns
and Jack by kn oc king do w n th
drop targets.
Po kerino ha t n me m ory f a-
tu r s. including th carry-ove r of all
bonu !> m ultiplier (exc p t 5 X ) .
PLAY METER . J anuary. 1979
body
pinball
Dlack sheep,
black sheep··
have you
any pull?
A new solid -state microprocessor
pinball gam e has been introduced by
Astrogam es. In c.
Black Sheep Squadron offers the
operat or an int erchangeable play-
fi eld . bac kglass and program chip so
th e gam e's appearance and play
appea l can be updated without
paying for a whole new ~ame .
Astrogames' electronic assemblies
are report edly compatible with those
of two oth er major manufacturers,
and the firm 's mechanical parts are
interchangeable with most other
manufacturers .
Other features of the Black Sheep
Squadron game include : high game
to date. add -a-ball. complete ac-
co unting . built -in self-diagnostic pro-
gram s. digital scoring . and more .
Th e pla yfield incorporates ind ividual
thermal (resetable) fu sing for strategic
coils. preventing coil assembly burn -
out.
72
Playfi Id action and coring op-
tions r ach new ho rizon with wid
body Po kerino . William s EI ctro nics'
n w t olid stat fo ur-player fl ipper
now in pro du ction .
Th
xpand ed pla yfi Id prod uc
num ro us scoring opp ortu nitie . and
Po ke rino 's un iqu d o uble-action fl ip -
p r - a pecia l W illiam s cr ation -
provide th p layer the m an to ring
up high cores .
Th double action fl ipp r on both
id s o f th e pl ayfi eld - a h it on
W il liam s' first wid e body ga m
Con tact - enable pl ay rs to push in
th fl ipper butt o n halfway to activate
th top flipper or push in th e butt on
all th way to activate th top and
bottom fl ipp rs.
A noth er feature. th e king ' ca ptive
ball. allo w s th e pl ayer to trike fo ur
cap tiv ba lls and se nd ach o f them
into the "ball pen ."
A dvancing th e Po kerino f2ature
add
another challen g
for the
pinball p layer . acco mpli hed by
ligh ting the A ce by striking the to p
rol lov r targ ts. the K ings by hitting
the fo ur captive ball s an d th e Qu ee ns
and Jack by kn oc king do w n th
drop targets.
Po kerino ha t n me m ory f a-
tu r s. including th carry-ove r of all
bonu !> m ultiplier (exc p t 5 X ) .
PLAY METER . J anuary. 1979
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