Play Meter

Shooting
gallery
With its n thusiastic reception at a
July di tribut ors' meeting. Gremlin /
ega's n w Ca rnival video game has
gon
into full production and
distribution .
Based on the old -tim e carnival
hooting gallery games, Carnival
co mbin es th e latest full -color, fast-
pac d electronic acti on with an
amusemen t appea l proven over
decades . said Gremlin Presiden t
Frank Fogleman .
" arniva/' eve ry bit as exciting as
a rea l. live shooting ga llery - only
mor so.·· said Fogleman. " Pl ayers
get lo ts of colorful m oving targets to
hoo t at and there are nine authen tic
hooting gallery sou nds - a metallic
'clank' each time a target is hit. ducks
quacking.
background
ca lliope
music. and more .''
Fogleman also said Carnival is "on
targ t" for replay pro fits. " Th e
built -in ranking display m akes players
mor compe titive for more repeat
play Carnival also includes our ex-
clusive M ultiPhase. which mak
new rounds more difficult than the
on
before. to keep challenging
play r skill and stimulate ven m o re
r plays ."
PLAY METER , September, 1980
Liquid
pinball motif
Bill
scanner
A new cus tomer conve ni ence is
claimed by Micro-Magn etic Industries
o f Palo Alto. California. John B .
Ridd le. president. recen tl y announ -
ced that a " H i-L o" switch is now
being installed on all new MMI D o llar
Bill V alidato rs th at allows owners to
select the bill acceptance to leran ce of
th eir currency changers.
MMI's S eries 1300 multiscan
validators include five different
checks to validate the genuineness of
dollar bills : in fra-red opacity, length .
pigmentation . m agnetic pattern , and
an intaglio printing ch eck . These
red undant scans o ffer maximum
protection against counterfeit bills ,
copies. o r cu t-and -pasted phonies .
The sensitivity o f this system.
however. at tim es ca uses o lder worn
bills to be rejected . Th e new " Hi -Lo"
witch o ffers th e owner th e op tion o f
I ctiv ly turning off one of the
validation channel . thus red ucin g
th incidence o f o ld bill rejections .
At any tim e. full channel protecti on
can be return d to o peration if any
problems with bogus mon ey ari ses .
All
new-productio n S e ries 1300
validators are being equipped with
this new se lectabl feature. Existing
va lidators can be m odified to incl ude
th e switch during routine repair .
overh au l. or updat e at any of MMI's
factory -ow ned ervi-Centers located
in Elk Grove. Illinois: Charlotte,
No rth C arolina : and Palo Alto ,
California . A retro fit kit for customer
installation is planned for th e near
future.
Stern Electronics announced plans
fo r international distribution o f a new
solid state fo ur-player pinball game .
Quicksilv e r. schedu led for release
July 1
Quicksilver features bold backglass
design in the art deco tradition . wi th
vibrant accen ts of deep purple , ru st .
green. and violet color co:-nbina tions .
Its playfield promises " the fa stest -
moving pinball ever ." according to
tern brochures on Quicksilver.
Feature include :
- Eleven ways to build bonus
point ;
- Ad d -a-balls tack ing capaci ty:
up to fi ve additional balls ca n be
tacked or reca lled by th e m achine:
- Newly engin eered pop -bumpers
and flipp ers boost playfield velocity ;
- M aking Q -U -I-C -K illuminates
fl a hing lan lights for scoring extra
balls . M aking Q -U -I- -K - -I-L -V -E-
R light
p cia l lane for credits or
xtra balls.
-
J tting five times bonus multi-
pli r light s up th e sp ecia l target bank .
Quicks ilve r's electro nic system was
designed and manufactured by Uni-
versa l Research L aborat o ries. Inc . . a
tern subsidiary .
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