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D avid Pi r o n
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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3/FE BRUARY 1, 1982
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The Twice Monthly Publication for the Coin Operated Entertainment Industr y
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FEATURES
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'The Tournament Fiasco:' How It Happen ed
An in ve tig ative report by Editorial Dir e tor David
Pi rson d lv es th e whys and wh r for of th Chi ago
eve nt that ha gott n the wor t publi ity forth
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op indu try in memory- 'Tournam nt pectacular,'
notoriou for it s winning play rs who were paid with
bad h k whil the nation wa wat hing .
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Game Theft : The ew Epidemic
Pla y M ter's Mik e Shaw look into th in crea ing
fr qu ncy of tolen oin-op game . How op rator
ca n op with th crim wave i explained through
so m e out tanding xamp les . R ad and beware!
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The Video Game and Society
ga Ent erpri s ' Chairman D avid Ro en an alyzes the
pl ayer app al of th
omputer vid eo gam and giv s
applaudabl mod I for pre se ntation to th e ever-
mar - uriou m dia mav ns who h ave di scov r d
that ' new m arv I.
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Bu ine s Myth of the Month
Viewpoint on Video
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Criti c's Corn er
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New Products
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