Play Meter
Issue: 1980 July 15 - Vol 6 Num 12 - Page 7
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must, why not eliminate the
five-ball setting? This would be
one step toward a long awaited
price increase.
It's easy for the factory r eps,
and the rest of the pros, t o say
"You be the pace setter," but
when a customer tells you to set
t he game on five-ball play like t he
place down the street or take it
out, that advice doesn't cut much!
It's very clear that any for m of
price increase is going t o have t o
originate at t he factory level. As
long as there's a choice, t he pace
is set by the irresponsible opera-
t or and t he game rooms and
arcades owned by non-operators
who exploit our industr y with
super locations or ot her type
amusement center s .
Some ty pe of price per game
increase must be designed into
t he game at t he factory in a way
t hat can not be altered by
anyone.
Howard & Jimmy Cole
Cole V ending Co. , Inc.
Weaverville , North Carolina
FOR SALE
Thanks: Down Under
As an independent operator of
amusement machines ... 1 find
your magazine PLAY METER a
very informative and useful mag-
azine for keeping abreast of
trends and developments of ma-
chines likely to be imported into
Australia. In addition, I have
found your "Technical Topics"
section to be very useful in
understanding some of the basic
problems inherent in most ma-
chines. Keep up the good work!
Larg.st sal. of lat. mod.1
us.d pinball and vld.o gam.s
In th. country
BEST IN USED EQUIPMENT
RECONDITIONED AND READY FOR PROFITS
FLlPPE"S
Bally
EVEL KNIEVEL
GLOBETROTTERS
LOST WORLD
MATA HARI
PLAYBOY
PARAGON
STRIKES & SPARES
EIGHT BALL
KISS
M.D. Kirk
Pin 'n' Ball
Gladstone, Queensland
Need 3-ball play
All the articles, editorials, and
ads tell us that we (the operator),
must demand higher pricing on
pin games, one play for 25 cents
and three -ball play is a must if we
expect to survive as the price of a
new pin game passes the $2,000
mark.
Yet the games still have a
setting for five -ball play.
We set our late model games
on three-ball play only to be
forced to return them to five-ball
play when the competition down
the street refused to follow suit.
If the manufacturers agree on
the fact that three-ball play is a
PLAY METER, July, 1980
Bally
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WORLD CUP
STELLAR WARS
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BASKETBALL
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LUNAR LANDER
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INDY 4
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CANYON BOMBER
Exidy
ROBOT BOWL
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Vectorbeam
SPACE WARS
M idway
SEA WOLF
SPACE INVADERS
Gremlin
HEAD ON
ALSO, NATIONAL CIGARETTE MACHINES
20 AND 22 COLUMN
RECONDITIONED AND READY FOR PROFIT
CALL STEVE KUNTZ, AGENT
504-837-8123
lAC
AMUSEMENT CO.
1525 AIRLINE HIGHWAY
METAIRIE, LA 70001
7
must, why not eliminate the
five-ball setting? This would be
one step toward a long awaited
price increase.
It's easy for the factory r eps,
and the rest of the pros, t o say
"You be the pace setter," but
when a customer tells you to set
t he game on five-ball play like t he
place down the street or take it
out, that advice doesn't cut much!
It's very clear that any for m of
price increase is going t o have t o
originate at t he factory level. As
long as there's a choice, t he pace
is set by the irresponsible opera-
t or and t he game rooms and
arcades owned by non-operators
who exploit our industr y with
super locations or ot her type
amusement center s .
Some ty pe of price per game
increase must be designed into
t he game at t he factory in a way
t hat can not be altered by
anyone.
Howard & Jimmy Cole
Cole V ending Co. , Inc.
Weaverville , North Carolina
FOR SALE
Thanks: Down Under
As an independent operator of
amusement machines ... 1 find
your magazine PLAY METER a
very informative and useful mag-
azine for keeping abreast of
trends and developments of ma-
chines likely to be imported into
Australia. In addition, I have
found your "Technical Topics"
section to be very useful in
understanding some of the basic
problems inherent in most ma-
chines. Keep up the good work!
Larg.st sal. of lat. mod.1
us.d pinball and vld.o gam.s
In th. country
BEST IN USED EQUIPMENT
RECONDITIONED AND READY FOR PROFITS
FLlPPE"S
Bally
EVEL KNIEVEL
GLOBETROTTERS
LOST WORLD
MATA HARI
PLAYBOY
PARAGON
STRIKES & SPARES
EIGHT BALL
KISS
M.D. Kirk
Pin 'n' Ball
Gladstone, Queensland
Need 3-ball play
All the articles, editorials, and
ads tell us that we (the operator),
must demand higher pricing on
pin games, one play for 25 cents
and three -ball play is a must if we
expect to survive as the price of a
new pin game passes the $2,000
mark.
Yet the games still have a
setting for five -ball play.
We set our late model games
on three-ball play only to be
forced to return them to five-ball
play when the competition down
the street refused to follow suit.
If the manufacturers agree on
the fact that three-ball play is a
PLAY METER, July, 1980
Bally
POWER PLAY
SUPERSONIC
Stern
NUGENT
STARS
TRIDENT
Gottlieb
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
CLEOPATRA
HULK
SINBAD
JOKER POKER
Williams
FLASH
TIME WARP
WORLD CUP
STELLAR WARS
TRI ZONE
VIDEOS
Atari
BASKETBALL
FOOTBALL
BASEBALL
LUNAR LANDER
STUNT CYCLE
F-1
SPRINT 4
NIGHT DRIVER
Atari
INDY 4
SPRINT 2
CANYON BOMBER
Exidy
ROBOT BOWL
Cinematronics I
Vectorbeam
SPACE WARS
M idway
SEA WOLF
SPACE INVADERS
Gremlin
HEAD ON
ALSO, NATIONAL CIGARETTE MACHINES
20 AND 22 COLUMN
RECONDITIONED AND READY FOR PROFIT
CALL STEVE KUNTZ, AGENT
504-837-8123
lAC
AMUSEMENT CO.
1525 AIRLINE HIGHWAY
METAIRIE, LA 70001
7
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