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Flippin with
th.
cag.r clowns
Bally Manufacturing Corporation's
pinball division recently released its
new four-player flipper, The Harlem
Globetrotters .
Catching
a f.w rays
Sundance, a one- or two -player
video game from Cinematronics ,
Inc., recently made its debut.
Players open "space hatches"
which catch bouncing suns upon the
screen . Player options include the
use of two , three, or four suns , and
the expert players can not only fire a
nova out of the hatches, thus
destroying the suns , but he can also
remove the optional grids for in -
creased competition and excitement.
All options can be manipulated by
the player during play , thus in-
creasing the action as well as
operator collections .
Cinematronics' Sundance intro-
duces a new feature of the Vector-
beam monitor. Sixteen different
levels of line intensity have been
introduced into the system . A 23
inche monitor also is featured .
Sundance includes six sounds to
mystify the players and attract even
more action . Explosions. whooshes,
vacuum operated hatches, pings,
and bongs surround the player or
players.
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The game contains front -door
programming and four adjustable
" free throw" in -line drop targets that
multiply the bonus 2X , 3X , and 5X
and score pOints . A "Top Basket
Globe Saucer Feature" with memory
and recall spots the center playfield
G -L -O -B -E for points and specials .
Harlem Globetrotters features a
popular free ball gate and an extra
flipper for ball control over the
several skill shots on this game as
well as three spinners , one whose
value advances in conjunction with
the in -line drop targets and two
center spinners for pOints and
adjustable additional bonus value.
Harlem Globetrotters is a colorful
game featuring several of the Globe-
trotters players on the backglass .
For card play.rs
without a d.ck
Computer Kinetics Corporation
has started production of its newest
coin -operated , counter top amuse-
ment game , Draw 5 .
Draw 5 is a five -card draw poker
game for one or two players . The
game has five discard buttons to give
players the option of discarding any
or all cards dealt. with a high game
feature that allows the machine to be
promoted on location . A cancel
button to recover discarded cards,
and a score button to display scores
of all players in the game is also
featured . After each g-ame is over ,
the player's final score can be
recalled .
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The new game comes in a bri~ht
red and black cabinet that is 17
inches wide by 17 inches deep by
9 1 12 inches high . It has a built -in
security fastener allowing the ma-
chine to be easily secured by a lock
and chain on location .
Some other features are the
follOWing : A shock sensitive tilt
mechanism , designed to take any
player abUSing the machine out of
play , a modular service concept ,
re -keyable vault door and an option -
al coin counter .
Export models are available that
operate on various voltages and
coins of the world . Multi-metered
machines are available for export
only .
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