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the owner about this change. If he
O .K.s it, then you've got to talk to
the day shift and the night shift help,
and if everybody agrees they can
stand the hassle the customers are
going to give them about this
change- then you would order the
coin slots and make the change.
Otherwise I think you're spinning
your wheels.
AI Gorman
The AI Gorman Company
Jacksonville, Florida
Movies move players
Call for help
Technology has really grown . From
up/ down paddles to back and forth
Galaxians. From motors in pins to
little magicians.
Now that we have come that far,
no one has told us how to put the
little magicians back in the games
once they fall out.
If you have been right on top of the
industry all this time, you probably
have some idea of what's going on . I
am one who is lucky, by doing a lot of
reading, going to schools, buying
tools and parts ...
These [servicing hitches] are just a
few of the problems operators (I'm
sure it's not just me) have to contend
with.
Other problems are parts
availability: 200-300% mark-up on
prices from distributors to us.
Soon manufacturing companies
will own everything, building and
putting out on location ... Help!
Bruce M. Michaud
Upstate Vending Service, Inc.
Lake Placid, New York
Takes it seriously
An indication of how serious my son
David is ahout the coin machine
busines is that he now takes home
Play Meter instead of Playboy
magazine.
Gerald D. Goudeau
Gerald's Amusement Machines
Lafayette, Louisiana
Pool at 50¢
Changing over to 50 cents play on
your pool tables is not as simple as
just changing the slot to 50 cents.
The first thing you do is to go to
the location and sit down and talk to
PLAY METER , September 1, 1981
Help! I'm sitting here night after night
with a captive audience of movie
goers. Would like to acquaint these
people via my large screen, to my
newly opened arcade next door and
invite them all to stop in when the
shows are over for a few games
before heading home, but have been
unable to locate any footage .
There are three major film
companies now in the arcade game
business. How about some good
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footage, creating impulse play that
we can incorporate into an in -house
trailer. (Please no slides .)
Fred Dunkeld
Tahqua-Land Theatre
Newberry, Michigan
[Ed.: Here's another uote for some
kind of industry-supported advertis-
ing to the games consumer.]
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