Play Meter

Letters to
the editor. • •
on the industry trends , from an
operator's point of view, could
enlighten us all.
Sam Westgate
Williams Enterprises, Inc.
Enfield, Illinois
Joystick tilt
First of all let us say that your
magazine is tops!
W e have a suggestion: joysticks-
they seem to take the most abuse.
We have observed strong handed
players , who ca n't seem to control
'Unbiased ' on copyright'
I would like to compliment you on
your unbiased reporting regarding
your copyright stories . I appreciate
getting both sides of the copyright
problem .
I would also like to compliment
you on the equipment poll list. Your
ratings seem to be very accurate
according to what we see and hear
out in the territory .
Les Lystad
American Games
Seattle
Ed. Note: Another uiew of the copy
game syndrome is told in the
following letter .. .
'Too much attention ... '
I must admit that I have been a little
concerned recently with the nature
of your articles seeming to follow one
trend. That is, in my opinion, you
were devoting too much attention to
the subject of copy games. While this
is an important subject, I think there
is a story behind all the copy games.
Mainly I don't think operators are
buying these games to make a quick
buck but to try to keep up with loca·
tion demand with a limited supply of
capital resources .
Y es, it's true, many operators
across the country are quickly going
broke! I could spend an hour just
outlining the reasons , but I'm sure
you alredy have an understanding of
what they are. There is a light at the
end of the tunnel (for Play Meter
anyway). Your recent articles by
David Pierson covering the Tourna-
ment Fiasco were impressive and
informative. This type of reporting
PLAY METER. April 1, 1982
their excessive hard play on the
joystick . Our suggestion would be
for the manufacturers to incorporate
a type of tilt where , when a certain
pressure is applied to the joystick, it
would close a separate switch (the
game could go to game-over mode
and display TILT in large red letters) .
H ard rubber could be used to resist a
plunger up to a certain point.
Pulsar appears to make the man
slow down if excessive pressure is
applied to the joystick .
W. Morrow
Prairie Automation Ltd.
Grand Prairie, Alberta , Canada
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