Play Meter

From Horthlak•
With Lov•
A gam• for
Magical Dick
and
Magical Jan•
Magical pot by U niver al U A, now
being hipped to di tributors, ha
"Mothra," a di tant planet, rapidly
taking over the earth.
Mothra attacks earth, relea ing it
army of invading in ect that grow a
they de cend on the creen, moving
from pot to pot. The earth def n e
i to de troy them before they land.
But one direct hit will not de troy
the orpion -like creatur . If woun -
ded, th y change color and regener -
ate into "full -grown Larva."
If the Larva can land without
d lroying the player' defen e, they
will form cocoon -w hich, when
ven are linked together, will woop
into the sky and turn into "Ultra-
moth "which relentle ly attack.
Magical pot is available in full -
color upright and cocktail table from
all Univer al
A di tributor .
Among operator option are the
factory - t five hip , bonu
hip at
2000 point , and game at 5000.
98
Jam s Bond, Gottlieb' innovative
pinball whi h introduce the element
of tim into flipper play, ha been
relea d for October dome tic pro -
duction, according to the company'
Mark ting Vice Pre ident George R.
imkow ki.
"Jam s Bond i Gottlieb' new
time rna hin . " aid
imkow ki in
detailing the featur - of the n w
quipm nt, "and b ating the clock
add fanta tically exciti ng new di -
men ion to the indu try'
ba ic
gam . Furth r, it' not a three -ball
or five -ball - the player can hoot a
virtually unlimited number of ball in
r lation to hi kill, till k eping the
tim
pan of the game within r la -
tiv ly economical ound limit .
"The eel brity theme of the game
ha b n an attention -getter during
the gam · t l period. The character
007 relat
in th public con ciou -
ne to fa t action and great excite -
m nt - the p rfect tie-in for a game
of thi chara ter," he aid.
At the start of the gam . each
player i allotted 50 time units for
play - not cond - which tick away
a play continu , and the ga me end
when th timer run out. o longer
limit d to a number of ball , the
play r u e
kill to add more time
unit a he builds hig h core .
A countdown of the timer tart a
oon a the fir t drop target or roll -
ov r i scored. Completing any
targ l bank or rollover erie stop
the tim r and add three time unit ,
and ompleting all bank with one
ball a tivate a 10 time -unit bonu
f atur . A p cia! target light wh n
the timer reache zero, ignaling
" udden death" play which give the
play r th opportunity of adding an
additonal 20 time unit in a brief
period.
Rob e rt W. Bloom, Gottlieb' pre i-
de nt, al o pointed out that James
Bond provid e the game operator
with an opportunity to improve hi
profit picture in another way-the
r duction or limination of ex e iv
free play.
Jam s Bond, Gottli b' third tar
rie
0 game, i curr ntly on
di play at Gottlieb di tributor hip .
PLAY METER , November, 1980