Play Meter

Publi sh e r a nd Editor:
Ralp h C. Lall y II
Editorial Director :
David Pi e rson
M an aging Edito r :
Ray E. Ti lley
Administra tive A ss ist ant:
Va lerie Cog n evic h
Art Direct o r :
Katey Schwark
Cir c ulati o n M an ager :
Renee' C. Pie rson
VOLU ME 8, NUMBER 5/ MARCH 1, 1982
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Th e Tw ice Monthl y Publica ti on for th e Coin Operated Entert ainment Industry
BPA Ci rc ulatio n Audit appli ed for
Ty p ogr aph e r:
Jo A nn A nth o n y
Technica l Write r s:
Ra n dy Fro mm
fra n k Sen insk y
Zac O l ive r
Corresp o n dents:
Roger C. Sh ar pe
M ike Sh aw
Patrick Matthews
Ma r y Claire Blake m an
C h arles C. Ross
M i ke Buck i
Paul T h iele
Dick W elu
To n y Bado
M i chael Mendelsoh n
Bill Broh au g h
Joe Mor an
Roger Pea r son
C l assifi ed Adve rtisin g :
Va lerie Cog n ev ich
A dve rtising M an ager :
D avi d Pierson
Illustra to r :
Bob Giuffria
Euro p ean Re presentati ve:
Esmay Leslie
PLAY MET ER, MJrch 1, 1982.
Volunw 8, No.5. Copynght 1981 by
'>kyb1rd Publ1 ~ h111g Company. Play
tvi<'IN (ISSN 0162-1343) IS publ1shed
twice monthly on the 1st and 15th of
the month. Publishi ng offices: 508
Live 0Jk St., Metairie, LJ. 70005;
Mailing address: P.O. Box 24170,
New Orle,1n~ 70184, U.S.A.; tel.:
504/ BJ8-B025. Sub" 1 iption I dles:
U.S. and C.mad,J-$50; fo1e ign:
$150, air mJtf on ly. Advertisi ng rJies
Jrc ,wailabll' on rN IUl'SI. No part of
th" mag,uin<• m<~y he reproclucecl
wllhoul Pxpre>'ecl permi,;ion. The
c•clitor~ Ml' not rC'~pons1ble for
umoli< it(>{l manu ~crip t s. SPcond-
< IJ'>'> pmt,Jg<' paid at Metair ie , La.
700 02 .tnd additional mailing
off1ces. Postmaster: Send r orm 3579
IO PLAY MLTER. P.O. Box 24170.
NC'w Orlf'ans. La . 70184.
furopC'an Off1CC': PLAY METER
1'1 omot1 on s,
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Watford Road. Northwood Middx.
Lngland, Northwood 29244.
PLAY M l 1 LR, March 1, 1981
Special Directory Issue
U.S. Amu se m e nt M achin e Manufacture r s.....................
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U .S. Am u sem e nt Machine Distributors . .... . ................. 31
Support and Supply C o mpanies ............ . .... .. .. . ... . . ... 93
Replacem e nt Part s . . .. . ........................... 93
Repai r and Service ... . ............................ 99
Test Eq ui pment ........ . ............. . ............ 100
Tec hni ca l I n st ru c ti o n .. . .............. . ............ 103
Coin Acceptors ..... . ... .. ........ . ............... 105
Bill C h ange rs, Coi n C ounters, Sort ers ..... . ......... 106
To k e n s . . ... . ... .. ... ... . . . .................. . ... . 110
Locks ...... . .... . ... . . ... . .... . . . .. . . . ...... . ... . 112
Secu r i ty Sys t e m s ..... . ..................... .. ..... 11 3
C h e m i ca ls, C lea n e r s . . .. . . . ..... . ..... . .... . .... . .. 113
I ns t allatio n Eq u ipm e nt . . .. .... . .. . ..... . ........... 11 3
Mobil Rad ios ..... . ............................... 114
Marketi n g, Ma n age m ent, and Promotion
Services ............ .. . . . . .... . ... . .... . ........ 114
Co nve rsio n Kits ... . .......... . .................... 11 5
Ga m e D esi g n ....... . ............ . ................ 116
G raph ic D esig n .. . ..... . ....... . .................. 118
Route Accoun t ab il ity an d Compu ters . .............. 11 8
Miscel laneous ............................ . .... . .. 120
N ational and Stat e A ssociations .... . ... . ..................... 121
Export e rs and Impo rte r s ........... . ............. . .......... . 124
Fo r e ig n M anufac ture r s and Di stributo rs ... .. ................. 130
C urre nt Equipme nt Po ll .. . ... . . . ............ . ......... . .... 10
COVER CREDIT: What could be more pa triotica ll yaii-AmC'I ican? ... Bd~eba l l , the
hot dog . appl~ pie ~ Old Glory- dnd the co in slot of an dmuSE'ment game
maC' ~ Inc. Th 1s v1sua lmtcrprctatron of that 1dea. by Ted Kroll of Willis I ndustries, is
" ; t n k mg dnswer to the car ping criti cs of coin-op. (Art courtesy of Willis
lndust ri<''> . copyright 1982)
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