Play Meter
Issue: 1985 August 01 - Vol 11 Num 14 - Page 39
Glmme A Breall
Bally ente, Inc., Sunnyvale, ali-
fornia, introduce Gimme A Break. a
video game with the appeal of a game
of pool. "We've duplicated the chal-
lenge of the table game onto an elec-
tronic creen," report. Bernard
Powers, Bally ente' director of mar-
keting and ale . The popularit y of
pool tay a con istently popular pa -
time for all age and ocio-econ mic
level ,even urvivingtheimageofpool
hall exi ting a a background for a
varietyofvice ." incepoolappear to
be on the thre hold of a comeback,
Power feel the time i right to offer it
in video game format.
Game de igner Dave Ro headed
up program de elopment, and graphic
de igner Gary John on and ound /
Ia er manager Gary Le enberg colla-
borated to create an authentic ideo
pool game .
Gimme A Break offer a top-down
view of a ix-pocket pool table, c m-
plete with a wooden rack , a cueball
and 15 colorful object ball in olid
and tripe . A trackball mo e the cue
in the path required to hit and end the
object ball into the pocket. Des igner
Ro explained , "Learning to mani -
pulate the trackball requires a little
time and skill. but it add nexibilit for
shot . allow the player to apply
Engli h. and by rna aging the track-
ball after a hot, the player can nudge
. the cue away from a foul. or into a
better position ."
Gimme A Break offer two game
option , ingle-player traight pool
and two-player 8-ball.
traight pool player u e a pre-
cribed number of turn to pocket the
object balls. Pocketed ball are totalled
and turn are ubtracted when
scratche . mi e . or penaltie occur.
Rema ining turn may be u ed in the
next round . After each round , a bonu
shot opportunity i pre ented .
PlAY METER. August 1, 1985
soeclal Forces
Magic Electronic
introduce
pecia/ Forces- Kung Fu Commando
licen ed by Senko lndu tire .
aptain Action arrive by heli-
copte r, fight off the kidnapper , and
free the ho tage u ing hand -to-hand
Kung Fu in two pha e and commando
tactic in two pha e .
Magic will upply a retrofit board
that. when combined with your board,
complete a y tern . The Magic y tern
i ver atile and will offer new game in
the future .
Magic is planning Special Forces
112 that. with it
pecial harne and
component , ca n be installed in any
cabinet.
Bally ente, Inc., Sunnyvale, ali-
fornia, introduce Gimme A Break. a
video game with the appeal of a game
of pool. "We've duplicated the chal-
lenge of the table game onto an elec-
tronic creen," report. Bernard
Powers, Bally ente' director of mar-
keting and ale . The popularit y of
pool tay a con istently popular pa -
time for all age and ocio-econ mic
level ,even urvivingtheimageofpool
hall exi ting a a background for a
varietyofvice ." incepoolappear to
be on the thre hold of a comeback,
Power feel the time i right to offer it
in video game format.
Game de igner Dave Ro headed
up program de elopment, and graphic
de igner Gary John on and ound /
Ia er manager Gary Le enberg colla-
borated to create an authentic ideo
pool game .
Gimme A Break offer a top-down
view of a ix-pocket pool table, c m-
plete with a wooden rack , a cueball
and 15 colorful object ball in olid
and tripe . A trackball mo e the cue
in the path required to hit and end the
object ball into the pocket. Des igner
Ro explained , "Learning to mani -
pulate the trackball requires a little
time and skill. but it add nexibilit for
shot . allow the player to apply
Engli h. and by rna aging the track-
ball after a hot, the player can nudge
. the cue away from a foul. or into a
better position ."
Gimme A Break offer two game
option , ingle-player traight pool
and two-player 8-ball.
traight pool player u e a pre-
cribed number of turn to pocket the
object balls. Pocketed ball are totalled
and turn are ubtracted when
scratche . mi e . or penaltie occur.
Rema ining turn may be u ed in the
next round . After each round , a bonu
shot opportunity i pre ented .
PlAY METER. August 1, 1985
soeclal Forces
Magic Electronic
introduce
pecia/ Forces- Kung Fu Commando
licen ed by Senko lndu tire .
aptain Action arrive by heli-
copte r, fight off the kidnapper , and
free the ho tage u ing hand -to-hand
Kung Fu in two pha e and commando
tactic in two pha e .
Magic will upply a retrofit board
that. when combined with your board,
complete a y tern . The Magic y tern
i ver atile and will offer new game in
the future .
Magic is planning Special Forces
112 that. with it
pecial harne and
component , ca n be installed in any
cabinet.
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).