Play Meter

Hard rock
pinball
Play ball!
Atari aims at capturing the excite-
ment of America's favorite sport with
Atari Baseball.
Atari Baseball offers a variety of
pitches or swings to choose from and
total control of speed and direction of
its Trak Ball. Two players can
challenge each other, or one player
can test his skill against the compu-
ter.
To the background of a cheering
crowd , players select from four
different batting or pitching play
strategies . The batter chooses a right
or left , full swing or bunt. The
pitcher , meanwhile , selects either a
fastball , change-up, curve , or knuck-
leball . [n play , the offense uses the
Trak Ball to control the runner. while
the defense uses the Trak Ball and
control button to move outfielders to
catch and throw the ball .
With a coinage option requiring
one coin per player for the first inning
and one coin per inning thereafter,
participants are encouraged to try full
nine inning competition . The skill
level of the infield can be adjusted to
four different settings which control
the overall time per inning . A
warning sound. when there is only a
half inning left , signals players that
the game is almost over and more
coins can be added .
PLAY METER, July, 1979
Bally's latest pin , Kiss , bears the
official logo of the popular rock
group, as well as the likeness of the
group itself, on its backglass . The
K -[-S-S letters in the logo strobe
individually in the "game over" mode
to draw players' attention-.
The game 's memory bonus fea -
ture consists of four rows of Kiss
lights and eight arrows . These light
up to three times for a Super Bonus ,
Colossal Bonus, or even greater
bonuses ranging from 40,000 to
120,000 points . These lights are lit
by the " Light a Line" rollovers or the
drop targets . There is also an
A -B -C -D target feature for 2X, extra
ball, or special .
Kiss's sound package includes two
of the group's popular tunes and
additional tones and sounds .
Bally has taken the occasion to
include a one dollar coin slot to
handle the new Susan B . Anthony
Dollar to be released this summer.
The game also offers the standard
two quarter slots to allow for variable
vending prices .
Shut up
and deal
Game-a-Tron , of New Britain,
Connecticut, has come forward with
its latest video , a five card stud
computer poker game , the GT-2 .
The GT-2 accepts from one to ten
coins as the player chooses to play
against the dealer or to drop out at
any time .
The design features a 19-inch
monitor screen . A brain scanner
switch protects chips within the
system , while a dual protective
regulator system works to maintain
consistent fu nctionality .
The machine is available in two
models : cash pay-out or amusement
only .
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