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Issue: 1984 November 15 - Vol 10 Num 21 - Page 14
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Konami
debuts
(Super Basketball'
Konami's latest effort, Super
Basketball, is featured on this issue's
cover. "It's a unique basketball game
in the sense that it is very real," said
Rene Lopez of Konami. "And it's
coming out at the right time-when
college and professional basketball
seasons are starting."
Konami plans to begin ship-
ment of the game in early October,
although at press time it was unde-
cided whether the game would be
introduced as a kit or as a dedicated
game.
"The kit market is somewhat
saturated," Lopez explained. "It's
easier for many companies to enter
the market with a conversion than it
is with a dedicated game."
Super Basketball is testing "very
well," Lopez said. Konami will show
the game at the AMOA show in
October and has tentative plans to
offer a basketball competition for
attendees .
The one-player game allows the
player to dribble by pressing the
"dribble" button rapidly, a motion familiar to Track & Field players.
"Pass" and "shoot" buttons are also
featured, and the joystick controls
the direction of the player.
If the player is charged with a
foul, he loses five counts on the
scoreboard clock which he can
regain by holding the "shoot"
button longer the next time he
attempts to make a basket.
Collections on Konami 's Tim e
Pilot '84 a nd Gy russ recent kit
releases are still excellent, Lopez
said.
One of K o nami's goals fo r the
future, he expla ined, is to provide
inexpensive dedicated games for
operators. "We as manufacturers
need to help our customers ," Lopez
added. While lower prices may aid
distributors and operators, he noted
that "like anything else, it depends
on the game itself."
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upto25%
on your next
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immediate quotation and
we'll prove to you that we
will save you up to 25% on
·your next token order.
Same day shipment on
stock tokens and only 3-4
week delivery on custom
tokens.
Design service available
at NO COST. Call Roger
Williams Mint for best
service, best quality and
lowest price.
Roger
Williams
MintTM
Northwest Industrial Park
79 Walton Street,
Attleboro, MA 02703
*In Massachusetts,
Call (617) 226-3310
14
Konami
debuts
(Super Basketball'
Konami's latest effort, Super
Basketball, is featured on this issue's
cover. "It's a unique basketball game
in the sense that it is very real," said
Rene Lopez of Konami. "And it's
coming out at the right time-when
college and professional basketball
seasons are starting."
Konami plans to begin ship-
ment of the game in early October,
although at press time it was unde-
cided whether the game would be
introduced as a kit or as a dedicated
game.
"The kit market is somewhat
saturated," Lopez explained. "It's
easier for many companies to enter
the market with a conversion than it
is with a dedicated game."
Super Basketball is testing "very
well," Lopez said. Konami will show
the game at the AMOA show in
October and has tentative plans to
offer a basketball competition for
attendees .
The one-player game allows the
player to dribble by pressing the
"dribble" button rapidly, a motion familiar to Track & Field players.
"Pass" and "shoot" buttons are also
featured, and the joystick controls
the direction of the player.
If the player is charged with a
foul, he loses five counts on the
scoreboard clock which he can
regain by holding the "shoot"
button longer the next time he
attempts to make a basket.
Collections on Konami 's Tim e
Pilot '84 a nd Gy russ recent kit
releases are still excellent, Lopez
said.
One of K o nami's goals fo r the
future, he expla ined, is to provide
inexpensive dedicated games for
operators. "We as manufacturers
need to help our customers ," Lopez
added. While lower prices may aid
distributors and operators, he noted
that "like anything else, it depends
on the game itself."
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