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the alley
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The Hot Hand'
with the
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Ten rollover pockets with a
sweeping arm at the top of the
playfield highlight Stern Electronics'
latest four-player solid state pinball
machine, Hot Hand .
Hot Hand offers the memory
intense features of a bonus multiplier
which is recalled from ball to ball and
cards (four suits, five cards each)
which , once lit, continue from ball to
ball .
The playfield contains a bank of
five drop targets-A,K ,Q ,J,lO-
which is one of the keys to the game,
and is the only place where an ace
appears.
Other features of Hot Hand
include :
-spinning target leading to the top
of the playfield
-kicking lane leading to rollover
pockets
-stationary targets that light a
spotted suit
-flush in spades which opens the
way for an extra ball
-any two flushes light the special
-hundreds of ways to change suits
- minored backg\ass
Stern began production of Hot
Hand June 1 and it will soon be
available in distributor showrooms
worldwide .
78
The new 4 Player Bowling Alley
from Midway features realistic pin
action . Pins spin, turn, and bounce
like the real thing. Striking the head
pin produces over 250 different
pin-fall combinations. There are
more than one million pin-fall
combinations programmed into the
game.
Midway's 4 Player Bowling Alley
comes in an attractive cabinet that
measures 72112" high, 28112" wide,
and 381/z" deep.
The game features Midway's usual
23-inch first line monitor, double
coin chutes and the Midway micro-
processor with built-in ROM-RAM
testing .
Another feature is the big rolling
"bowling ball." It's the size of an
actual duck-pin ball . Players control
the position and direction of each
"throw" with a hook or staight action
by the speed of the spin or by using
the push button feature for this
option .
The 4 Player Bowling Alley can be
played by one to four players who
have a choice of two games-Regu-
lar Bowling or Flash Bowling. In
Regular Bowling a chime sounds for
each strike . For a string of strikes
t h ere ' s a corresponding "read out" '
on the screen: Double, Turkey, Four
Bagger, or, for five in a row, Wow!
The Flash Bowling field features a
flashing target that moves from side
to side across the front of the pins .
Either game is played throughout
a 10-frame period with extra finish
frames for strikes or spares similar to
actual bowling .
PLAY METER, June, 1979