Play Meter

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A Flash
in the Pin
When
you're out
of Aces
The newly-formed company Inter-
mark Industries, Inc . of Phoenix ,
Arizona has introduced The Poker
Machine .
The dealer is a microprocessor ,
and he always plays fair . Single or
multiple coins can be inserted prior to
dealing with one to ten credits to be
played per hand . Players stand pat or
discard and draw with a reshuffled
deck every deal . A unique sound is
indiVidually produced for each type
of card . An ace has its own sound ,
the king has a different one , and so
on . An arrow appears to indicate the
winner from the on-screen winning
hands chart ."
Power interrupt protection is
prOVided by a battery backup system
to the main computer memory . The
game provides an automatic logic
reset for tamper override as well as a
credit register . The Poker Machine is
available in upright models with
50/ 60 Hz and 115/ 220 VAC.
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Williams' solid state Flash , which
fe atures an exclusive Triple Sound
Option . dazzling flashing lights with
lightning effect , and front-end pro-
gramming is in full production at the
company's Chicago manufacturing
plant.
New thunder and lightning sounds
are part of the Williams' renown
dual -sound system . Th e new Triple
Sound Option permits a background
sound along with the synthesized
sounds . The background sound
increases in pitch as the ball is in play ,
instilling a dizzying feeling of momen -
tum for the player.
A bank of five drop targets is the
key for extra ball and Special features
and dropping the 3-bank of targets
advances toward Super Flash . Each
time either bank of drop targets are
made . the electrifying Flash lamps
are triggered to add to the tenor of
this fast action game .
The top end rollovers provide 2X
or 3X bonus multiplier that can
quickly thunder up as many as
87 ,000 bonus points . A third flipper
on the right side provides numerous
skill shots that include the 5 -bank
targets , the 3-bank , and looping
around the top two or three times for
the thrill of it .
PLAY METE R, March , 1979