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Standard Change-Makers, Inc., of
Indianapolis, has begun marketing
its new hopper-load $1 bill changer
that holds up to 10,000 quarters
($2,500) in change-more than any
other changer on the market today,
according to the manufacturer.
This new super-capacity changer
is specifically designed for
amusement centers or coin
laundries and vending locations
where volume is large or the owners
desire to fill the changers less
frequently. While normally designed
to vend quarters only, it can also be
set up to vend a like number of
tokens of similar size.
Designated Series 8001, the new
changer features hopper-loading and
has just one large hopper. It includes
all the features of Standard Change-
Makers' Series 8503 changer: a dis-
pensing system which has no belts
and motors, but moves coins
through the machine by means of
vibration; an attractive cabinet with
simple, straight-line design that
blends with any decor; front-and top-
loading doors that maintain security
but offer easier access to all the
internal, modular components; bill
stacker and lighted cap kit; optional
auditing system; coin chutes fitted to
assure positive delivery to the
payout cup; and a power box with
advanced bus-oriented, computer-
type structure that assures longer
life and dependable operation, said
Standard Change- Makers.
"The Series 8001 changer is a
highly efficient machine that
provides a dependable source of
change, makes filing and servicing
easier, and eliminates problems like
jamming, overpays, underpays, and
jackpotting," said product literature.
For more information, call or write
Standard Change-Makers, Inc., 422
E. New York Street, Indianapolis
46202; telephone 317/ 639-3423 .
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Gremlin Industries is now shipping
upright, table, and mini models of the
popular Space Firebird video game.
The one- or two-player game calls
on players to defend their ship
against the Emperor, Eagle, and Gull
firebirds . The birds fly in twisting,
turning, loopinq formations, attack-
ing from all directions. Players score
20 to 100 points as they eliminate the
birds.
Each bird is armed with a different
resistance level to the player's
missiles. The Emperor is downed by
four hits, the Eagle with two, and the
soaring Gull with one hit . The Eagle
firebirds release a bomb that drops
straight from the sky, aimed directly
at the player's ship. Hitting the bomb
before it explodes, can add 50 to 200
points to the player's score, depend-
ing on the accuracy of the hit-but,
once hit, the bomb scatters deadly
shrapnel that can destroy the
player's ship.
Space Firebird is equipped with
"warp mode," that provides the
player's ship with a protective shield
defleCting enemy fire . It also
launches the ship into space, de-
stroying the firebirds by simply
ramming into them.
"Space Firebird was extremely
well received at the AMOA Show in
November," said Bob Harmon,
Gremlin's director of marketing.
"Distributors and operators were
impressed with the game's visual
appeal, the vivid colors, and the
complex motion of the birds."
Gremlin has acquired exclusive
proprietary rights to the Space Fire-
bird game for the United States and
Canada from Nintendo Co., Ltd. of
Japan.
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