Play Meter

Gottlieb unveils Star Series
Sandy Leight of SIM-CO Marketing
presents a boquet to Tom Herrick at
the conclusion of the presentation of
the new Star Series 80 game.
The Gottlieb distributors meeting,
held in Chicago at the Oak Brook
Hyatt. was the premier site of
Gottlieb's new intermediate-sized
pinball cabinet
which
features
expanded memory capability and
"new playfield power."
The line, called Star Series 80,
was unveiled at the company's
annual distributor sales meeting
which is attended by distributor
principals and their sales staffs from
the United States, Canada , and
Japan .
"The new Star Series 80 games
feature our exciting new solid state
System 80 and Dimension 80,"
noted Robert Bloom, senior vice
president. "System 80 brings new
playfield power plus versatile and
expanded memory capability to
Gottlieb games . Its potential for
intriguing new game designs is
virtually unlimited. We call it the
'game with a brain' ."
Gottlieb
conducted
extensive
research to determine that two feet
by four feet is the ideal dimension
for the Star Series 80 games . Five·
and seven -eighths inches were
added to the length, and three and
five -eighths inches were added to the
width to create 292.5 square inches
of additional playfield area. "The
new dimension is 34 percent larger
than the previous standard , yet the
game does not require additional
space at the location ," Bloem said .
The expanded memory potential
enables the game to restore the
playfield to the exact condition it was
in at the time the player lost his
previous ball. The company reports
that the memory capability means
"pinpoint accuracy " with no skips
and multiples . The system also can
absorb new ideas and concepts.
Gottlieb also introduced a new,
more versatile fifteen step book-
keeping system which has added
automatic calculation of the replay
percentage and continuous averag-
ing of playing time per game, both
features that many games operators
have requested . The engineereing
team also redesigned a more power-
ful pop bumper. each of which has its
own power source, an individual
circuit board independent of the
main contol board · of the game .
AMOA Notre Dame seminar set
Aids to the business end of the
amusement machines industry will be
discussed in the AMOA's Eighth
Annual Notre Dame Seminar , to be
held March 14 and 15 at Chicago's
O'Hare Hilton.
Notre Dame faculty members on
the AMOA program will include the
speakers: Dr. D. Chris Anderson,
professor of psychology , discussing
the application of behavior modifica-
tion to interviews , selection and
training of employees; Dr. William P.
Sexton , chairman of the department
of management at Notre Dame,
speaking on training , development
and
utilization
techniques
for
managers; and Dr. James Witten-
bach , a CPA and research professor
of acounting,
discussing what a
businessman should know about
taxes .
R eg i ~ tra ti o n
is limit ed to 70
per..,cms a nd will be closed wh e n th at
number is reached. Those interested
in reservation or further information
should contact the AMOA office , 35
E. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60601;
telephone 312/726-2810 .
The 1979 attendance at the
AMOA-Notre Dame Seminar was a
record high , with 119 operators from
28 states and Canada in the Windy
City for facts and figures. Classrooms
were overflowing , but the program
was well rated by those in atten-
da nce. uccessful o pera to rs comple-
me nt ed th e pa ne ls of profe ssors . and
participation was enthusiastic .
Objectives remain basically the
same for the 1980 seminars: to draw
on the knowledge of the academic
community and successful operators
alike to aid those attending to do a
better job of managing resources,
employees and customers in order to
increase profits. "The bottom line" is
at the top of the AMOA seminar's
priority list for participants .
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This month 's program will have
three outstanding operators speaking
on "How to Increase Your Income
$10,000 This Year."
At the O'Hare, all will not be
classroom seriousness. A social bar
will be held in the Gaslight Bar on
Thursday evening , March 13. Regis-
tration commences at 8 a.m. Friday,
March 14, and a welcome and
overview will be given at 8:45a.m .
in the Lingbergh rooms. Dr. Ander-
son's program will begin the series at
9 a .m.
Operators in Friday afternoon's
panel presentation are scheduled to
include Fred Collins, Jr., of Green-
ville, South Carolina; Wesley S.
Lawson, Winter Haven, Florida; and
Pat Storino , Point Pleasant Beach ,
New Jersey . Small group discussions
will follow the coffee break Friday
afternoon. ash bar opens at 6: 40
p .m .
Adjournment is Saturday , March
15. at 4 p.m.
The complete fee for registration is
$120. This includes all materials and
lunch on Friday and Saturday.
Room reservations at O'Hare
Hilton should be made by early
March . Special rates are available for
seminar participants.
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