Play Meter

Twice a Month Publication for the Coin Operated Entertainment Industry
WBPA
Member Dusiness Publications Audit
CONTENTS/volume
9, Number 13/ July 15, 1983
FEATURES
Finally!
36
Operators have endured reruns of the some types of games. Now they eagerly await
the laserdisc game .Mike ShawwritesaboutCinematronics' laserdisc game, Dragon's
Lair, and Laser Disc Computer System's Eon and the Time Tunnel.
Games on Cable
42
Kids can turn on their TV set, change the channel. and play arcade games at home
through the ir cable system. How will this affect the coin-op industry? Mary Claire
Dlakeman looks at the options. On page 46, Laura Draddock reports on interviews
with industry veterans about their responses to the cable games.
Operators Fume
54
Home video games is a sensitive subject for many in the coin-op industry. Valerie
Cognevich examines problems involved when manufacturers re lease coin-op games
to the home game market.
DEPARTMENTS
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28
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Up Front
Letters to the Editor
News
Equipment Poll
Snapshots
Puzzle Answer
Legal Hints
Our 'cades
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90
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Critic's Comer
Coin of Vantage
Frank's Cranks
Technical Topics
New Products
Aids to the Trade
Classified Advertising
News Drlefs
Cov•r CNdlt Onematronlcs' Jim Pierce and Tom Campbell (right) hope to release
Dragon's Lair In July to Instill some excitement In the Industry's traditionally dull
summertime. For more laser disc highlights, see page 36.