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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
FEAT UR ES
FEATURES
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~ Pinball:
Pinball: The
The Early
Early
Days
. ~ Days
II
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: Since
Since pinball
pinball seems
seems to to be
be making
making a a revival;
revival; a a
_ _..._...._ _ _ ..._""'-_..._. : pinball was again the hit of ACME, we thought
pinball was again the hit of ACME, we thought
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: it it would
would be
be fun
fun to to take
take a a look
look back
back at at the
the
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: beginning of pinball. It was a fun story to do
beginning of pinball. It was a fun story to do
: that we hope you will enjoy reading as much
that we hope you will enjoy reading as much
: as as we
we enjoyed
enjoyed writing
writing it! it!
Coinman Interview:
Interview:
Coinman
Data
East's
Bob
Data East's Bob
~ Lloyd
Uoyd and
and Steve
Steve
: . Walton
Walton
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. • Back in November, when Data East announced
Back in November, when Data East announced
• the
the formation
formation of of its its new
new pinball
pinball division,
division, the
the
industry
couldn't
wait
to
see
what
it
would
would
industry couldn't wait to see what it
• be
be offering.
offering. Its
Its first
first pinball,
pinball, Laser
U1ser Wars
Wars was
was
• shown at ACME and looks very good. Of
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shown at ACME and looks very good. Of
course, as as these
these two
two will
will tell
tell you,
you, making
making a a
course,
• good presentation is only the first of many
good
presentation
is only
the very
first cautious
of many not
• steps.
steps. Bob
Bob and
and Steve
Steve were
were very
cautious not
sound like
like instant
instant pinball
pinball experts.
experts. They
They
to to sound
admit
they
are
learning,
and
from
they
said,
admit they are learning, and from they said,
the
operators
are
the
ones
that
will
benefit
benefit
will
the operators are the ones that
from their
their desire
desire to to have
have a a solid,
solid, reliable
reliable
from
.
.
• game before the first one is even shipped .
game before the first one is even shipped.
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ACME '87
'87--A
-- A
. ACME
Wrap-up
. Wrap-up
.
New Orleans
Orleans was
was the
the perfect
perfect setting
setting for
for what
what
. New
turned
out
to
be
a
successful
second
annual
turned out to be a successful second annual
. American
American Coin
Coin Machine
Machine Expo
Expo (ACME.)
(ACME.) There
There
were many new
new products
products shown
shown and
and the
the
were many
. . response
response from
from attendees
attendees was
was that
that the
the industry
industry
is
better
than
it
has
been
in
a
long
time.
better than it has been in a long time.
. is Here
Here is a wrap-up of equipment and social
is a wrap-up of equipment and social
events with
with lots
lots of of pictures.
pictures. Next
Next month,
month, we
we
events
will
do
a
detailed
wrap-up
of
cranes
and
will do a detailed wrap-up of cranes and
suppliers at at ACME.
ACME.
suppliers
PLAY METER/ April 1987
6 6 PLAY
METER/April 1987
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MONTHLY PUBLICAT I ON O F THE COI N - O PERAT ED ENTERTA I NMENT INDU ST R Y
MONTHLY
PUBLICATION OF THE COIN-OPERATED ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
13, NO.
NO . 4 4
VOL. 13,
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APR I L , 1987
19871
APRIL,
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DEP AR TM ENT S
DEPARTMENTS
FllM THE
THE EDITOR
EDITIR
FROM
8 .
8
TEii YEARS
YEARS AGO
All
TEN
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12
llEWS
NEWS
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7
IUYERS GUIDE
GUIDE
BUYERS
71
79
RECIRD CHARTS
CHARTS
RECORD
117
117
FRAllK'S CRANKS
CRAllKS
FRANK'S
118
118
PLAYERS' PICKS
PICKS
PLAYERS'
121
121
CRITICS CORNER
CIRllER
CRITICS
127
127
TECHNICAL TOPICS
TIPICS
TECHNICAL
131
130
SHARPESHllTllll
SHARPESHOOTING
132
132
llEW PRODUCTS
PRIDUCTS
NEW
134
134
TRADE ACCESSORIES
ACCESSIRIES
TRADE
141
140
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
ADVERTISllll
CLASSIFIED
143
143
ADVERTISllll lllDEX
ADVERTISING
INDEX
151
151
Cover photo by Taito. (See cover
Cover
photo by Taito. (See cover
story on page I 0. )
story on page 10.)
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