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Issue: 1984 December 01 - Vol 10 Num 22 - Page 7

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retail model to emphasize why it is
emphatically not appropriate for
coin-op settings.
We have incorporated the elec-
tronics in the game cabinet elimi-
nating the overhead scoreboard, the
independent light source, and the
intern."! power supply. Weight has
been reduced substantially neces-
sitating that this lighter game be
somehow fastened to the floor or it
will easily shift during game play in
a coin-operated setting. While the
home game does have sound effects,
Letters to
the editor • • •

Audio VisuQI
Amus.ements
'ChexX at home
Even Chexx hockey has entered
the home market. With the addition
of a coin door, you've got a new
game.
Tonawanda is a suburb of
Buffalo, New York, so you can
imagine how shocked the Buffalo
vendors felt when we read this ad in
the Sunday Buffalo News sports
section. ICE flattened the dome, put
scoring in the playfield, and omitted
the coin door.
Bill Johnston
Buffalo, New York
some of these have been eliminated
in order to reduce cost to the retail
market.
The dome has been flattened
resembling a dust cover, which
would allow game players in a coin-
op setting to put drinks, food, and
trays, and anything else they choose
to on the top of the game, making it
totally inappropriate in a coin-op
setting. Th e game time sequence is
fixed and does not allow the opera-
tor variable time settings as pro-
vided in the coin-op game. The puck
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Editor's Note: Here's a reply from
ICE in regard to Bill johnston's
letter.
As is normally the case of a
successful coin-operated game, a
substantially modified version of our
Chexx game has been offered to the
retail market. I will elaborate on
some of the details regarding the
PLAY METER. December 1, 1984
S1045
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