Play Meter

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Route 16, a two-dimensional video
strategy game, is the latest release
from Centuri, Inc.
Route 16 takes it name from the 16
city blocks or routes the player is
introduced to when the game begins.
With enemy cars in hot pursuit, the
player selects one of the 16 routes
and attempts to eliminate as many
targets as possible. Upon his
entering the route, the screen shifts
tp an enlarged detailed close-up of
the targets and activities of the
block.
A player must not only select the
most rewarding routes, but
successfully maneuver his formula
car and avoid the chase cars and
various hazards along the way.
The exclusive manufacturing
rights for North, Central, and South
America, and Europe (excluding the
United Kingdom and Spain), were
granted to Centuri by T ehkan
International Corporation of Japan.
The Hialeah, Flordia-based
Centuri will manufacture both
upright and cocktail table models of
the game.
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Warlords is one of the latest video
game sensations from Atari. The
object of the game is to shield a
player's "home castle from fireball
attack, and to catch and redirect the
fireballs so that they will hit and
destroy the walls of the enemy's
castle. The Black Knight is the
enemy that must be destroyed
through player skill and attentive-
ness.
By controlling the "Power Stone,"
a player can catch a fireball released
by animated dragon57'and hold it on
his shield for defense before
redirecting it at the opposing castles.
Warlords has Atari's new Skill-
Sense special feature that allows the
game to self-adjust to provide equal
game time opportunity for any
degree of player skill. This method of
automatic percentaging provides an
immediate c;hallenge for skilled
players and extra play incentive for
novice players.
Individual scores are displayed
inside home castle walls, while team
scores showing the total of two
players' scores are displayed in
between the two castles of the team
members.
Also included with Warlords is a
new dual coin mech and an isolated
cashbox with a separate locking
access door.
Fr'ank Ballouz, vice president of
marketing, said: Warlords is an
exciting medieval battle action game.
Player response has been enthusias-
tic, and repeat play is automatic." I
is available in standard upright and
the new cocktail table design cabinet
models with telescopic legs.
PLAY METER, july 1,1 981