Play Meter

Flippers
instead
of cue sticks
Trouble
shooting
instrument
Huntron Instruments , Inc . of
Irvine , California now off~rs an
instrument for troubleshooting solid
state components-in or · out of
circuit.
Applicable to analog or digital
testing , the Huntron Tracker speeds
the isolation and location of defective
devices , reduces equipment down
time , eliminates wasteful discards,
and lowers repair labor costs.
A special comparator function
permits printed circuit or IC testing
against known good units, cutting
trouble test times dramatically .
Visual displays indicate the condi-
tion of IC's , bipolars , F.E.T.'s,
diodes , diodes back-to-back , LED's,
zeners, unijunctiofls , capacitors, sel-
eniums, etc . with shunt resistances as
low as 10 Ohms. Boards are tested in
a passive state and all devices are
protected by patented current limit-
ing with operational power factors
that range from .0019 Watts to .284
Watts .
A 2 X 3 inch scope , two highly
insulated, non-polar leads, and three
test ranges make the Huntron
Tracker a safe , simple, and reliable
test instrument for repair bench or
field screening of PC boards.
76
Gottlieb's new offering bears the
title Pinball Pool , and takes ad-
vantage of the enthusiasts never
dying love affair with the billiard
theme .
Pinball Pool features fourteen
drop targets , a set of seven on each
side of the playfield , which repre-
sents balls one through seven and
nine through fifteen .
In a three-ball set-up, if a player
knocks down one of the drop targets ,
the corresponding target on the other
side of the game also drops .
Knocking down targets also builds
bonus scores .
Another key to high scoring is
shooting for the kickout holes in each
of the two far corners.
A "captive" 8-ball occupies center
stage and offers a skill shot that builds
the bonus . Two outside bottom
rollovers also figure in the bonus
scoring .
An extra ball is awarded by lighting
the captive ball , which is done by
making the A-B-C top rollovers .
A ~supersizer
flipper
from Dally
The wide-body pinball market has
been enlarged by the addition of
Bally's new Paragon , the company's
first "Supersize" flipper.
Paragon contains a three-coin
entry door with two quarter slots and
one dollar slot for the soon-to-be-
released Susan B. Anthony dollar
coin .
Another new feature on Paragon
is a group of four in-line "Valley of
Demons" drop targets-drop targets
situated one behind the other . These
targets score points and multiply the
bonus ; they also spot the center
playfield P-A-R-A-G-0-N for points
and special .
Paragon comes with a sound
package that lets players know
immr diately how high the point
value or bonus is from each feature
hit .
Among other features , Paragon
offers two extra flippers , additional
Waterfall Drop Targets and Waterfall
Lane , and a Beast's Lair Save-A-Ball
Ramp .
PLAY METER , June, 1979