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Pinball splits
the atom
Williams Electronics , Inc. , is in
production with its new four player
wide body pinball game, Laser Ball.
The playfield is combined with
"atom smashing" lights from the
background spectrum for a visually
exciting appearance. Throughout the
game , throbbing intergalactic sound
surrounds the player as scoring
builds.
Laser Ball offers three flipper play
with double flippers at the bottom of
the playfield and a powerhouse
flipper placed in the middle of the
battle arena to challenge the ability
and dexterity of the player.
To accomplish high point scoring,
the Laser Ball skids through the top
lanes, activating the star-studded
force field. Triggering all ten stars
lights a "laser beam" for 10,000
points. Hitting drop L-A-S-E-R
targets , drop B-A-L-L targets , the
super-charged hole kicker, and " laser
lane" spinners score points, as well.
Laser Ball continues to utilize
Williams's total front end program-
ming introduced in Stellar Wars for
easy adjustments without removal of
the top glass.
Gremlin has introduced two new
games. Inv~nco and H ead On 2 ,
videos available in its new dual-game
cabinet concept.
Head On 2 pits players aga inst the
Multi-Phase concept - making th e
game tougher as the players' skills
improve. First. a player drives against
one computer car; if he clears all the
lan e markers, 200 bonus points are
awarded. Then two computer cars
race against the player. Clearing the
lane markers provides a bigger
bonus.
Next , three computer cars appear.
and again bonus points are won
when a ll the lane markers are erased.
At 5.000 points. the player gets
anot her car. The " ultimate test" is
presented - with four cars.
Head On 2 is available as a one or
two player game. And. like Invinco,
the game features operator-adjusted
sound volume and on-off during
advertising. The number of player
cars in Head On 2 and the number of
player weapons in Invin co can be
varied by the operator's setting a
switch on the logic board.
The game on the Invinco console
begins as you fire at attacking rows of
warriors above your defense wall
with your weapon. As the enemy
breaks through. you and he are
face-to -face in battle.
Miniature elapsed
time meter
A new miniature elapsed time
meter from Kessler-Ellis Products
Company of Atlantic Highlands ,
New Jersey , measures two inches
square and provides a full six digit
non-resetable
display to read in
hours and tenths .
Driven with a synchronous motor
for AC applications, the timer is
available for both ~ and 60 cycles.
A visible internal moving gear indi-
cates unit operation , while the four
screw mounting provides for the
most rugged application.
These devices find wide use to
indicate time between periodic main-
tenance or on equipment rented on a
time basis.
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