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-1988 YEAR END INDEX Riviera (Coin (Coin Concepts) Concepts) . Riviera 12-88,pp. 135 12-88,pp. 135 12-88 ,pp. 135 12-88,pp.135 12-88 ,pp. 136 12-88,pp.136 12-88,pp . I 36 12-88,pp.136 12-88,pp .136 I 36 12-88,pp. 12-88,pp.136 I 36 12-88,pp. Operators Operators 1-88,pp.24 Parallels & & copies: copies: an an operator's operator's opinion opinion Parallels 1-88,pp.24 1-88,pp .28 Amusement co. co. wins wins contract contract suit suit . . . . . . . . Amusement 1-88,pp.28 ... 2-88,pp.20 2-88,pp .20 lnmemory of of Dave Dave Epstein Epstein Inmemory .. 2-88,pp.22 2-88,pp.22 Look out out operators-the operators-the elephants elephants are are stampeding stampeding Look 9-88 ,pp.40 Do you you operate operate basketball basketbalI games? games? .. .. . . .. . .. 9-88,pp.40 Do Operator Paul Paul dies lies in in Florida Florida plane plane crash crash .. . ... 9-88,pp.47 9-88 ,pp.47 Operator What are are the the important important factors factors in in running running an an arcade arcade . What An operator's sto ry An operator's story on the the industry? industry? Red Baron/Taito Baron/Taito case, case , it's it ' s affect affect on Red How have your collections been') .. . . ... . . How have your collections been? Advice from from aa small operator . . . . Advice small operator 10-88 ,pp .28 10-88,pp.28 11 -88,pp.24 11-88,pp.24 11 -88,pp.64 11-88,pp.64 12-88,pp .28 12-88,pp.28 12-88 ,pp . 104 12-88,pp.104 Open Houses Houses Open Phoenix Coin-Op Coin-Op Phoenix Kane Dist Dist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kane New England England Coin-Op New Coin-Op . . Mountain Coin-Phoenix Coin-Phoenix . Mountain Peach State State . Peach 1-88 ,pp.42 1-88,pp.42 1-88 ,pp.45 1-88,pp.45 1-88,pp.48 48 1-88,pp. 1-88,pp.50 1-88,pp.50 1-88,pp .52 1-88,pp.52 Enterprises-NJ 1-88,pp .54 Betson Enterprises-N.J Betson 1-88,pp.54 Mondial 1-88,pp.56 Mondial 1-88,pp.56 Birmingham Vending-Orlando Vending-Orlando . . . . . . . . . 1-88 ,pp.59 Birmingham 1-88,pp.59 Atlas hosts hosts annual annual party party . . ... .. . 2-88,pp.32 2-88 ,pp.32 Atlas T.O .P. holds holds tremendous tremendo us party party ... . ... . . .. . . . . . . 2-88,pp.34 2-88 ,pp .34 T.O.P. Coin-Denver welcomes welcomes crowd crowd .. . 2-88,pp.36 2-88,pp.36 Mounta in Coin-Denver Mountain Denver company company has has grand grand opening opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-88,pp.41 6-88 ,pp.4 I Denver Atlas/Grand Rapids Rapids hosts hosts open o pen house house .. 6-88,pp.41 6-88 ,pp.4 I Atlas/Grand Betson Advance Advance 6-88,pp.50 Betson 6-88,pp.50 Sunbelt Distributing Distributing . . . . ... 6-88,pp.52 6-88,pp .52 Sunbelt Active Amusement Amusement . . ... .. .. . .. 6-88,pp.53 6-88,pp.53 Active Greater Southern Southern 6-88,pp.55 Greater 6-88,pp.55 Kane opens opens new new game game room room . . .. 7-88,pp.28 7-88,pp.28 Kane Sunshine hits hits home home run run with with its its customers customers . . . 7-88,pp.60 7-88 ,pp.60 Sunshine Kane celebrated celebrated in Tampa . 10-88 ,pp .66 Kane in Tampa 10-88,pp.66 Distributors announce announce dates dates for for open open houses houses 11 -88,pp.3 Distributors 11-88,pp.3 Sunshine takes takes customers customers to to the the ballpark ballpark . 11 -88,pp . 75 Sunshine 11-88,pp.75 customers to to Rowe Rowe Laser Lase r Star 12-88,pp .67 Eastern introduces introduces customers Eastern Star . . . . . . . . . 12-88,pp.67 Tax Tips Tips Tax 1987-Great year year for year end end tax tax planning planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-87,pp. 105 12-87,pp.105 1987-Great for year New 401(k) 40 I (k) pitfall pitfall for for higher higher paid paid employees employees 2-88,pp. 73 New 2-88,pp.73 ... . . . . 2-88,pp.65 2-88,pp.65 Advice for for tax tax returns returns Advice How to to incorporate incorporate tax tax free . . 2-88,pp.73 2-88,pp. 73 How free . . . . . . . . . . Pump up up your your travel travel deductions deductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-88,pp.73 2-88,pp . 73 Pump Beware the the auto auto loan loan trap trap for for employees employees . . . . . . . . . . . 2-88,pp.74 2-88,pp.74 Beware way to to transfer transfer your your business business tax tax free free 3-88,pp.96 3-88,pp.96 An easy easy way An Best bang bang for for your your tax tax buck-qualified buck-qualified plans .. . 4-88,pp.126 4-88,pp. 126 Best plans Manna from from Uncle Uncle . ... . .. . .. . 4-88,pp.126 4-88 ,pp . 126 Manna IRS holds holds new new business business valuation valuation club club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88,pp.128 4-88,pp . 128 IRS Constructive receipt receipt range range is is under under 40 40 miles miles .. 4-88,pp.128 4-88,pp . 128 Constructive How much much is is too too much much salary salary for for aa shareholder shareholder 6-88,pp.82 6-88 ,pp .82 How When separate separate returns returns make make more more sense sense . . . ... 6-88,pp.82 6-88,pp .82 When Some points points about about deducting pts ... 6-88,pp.83 6-88,pp.83 Some deducting mortgage mortgage refinancing refinancing pts IRS learns learns that nly God can make make aa tree tree . . .. . ... .. ... 6-88,pp.83 6-88,pp .83 IRS that oonly God can IRS scrutinizes sc rutinizes financial financia l statements state me nts . 7-88.pp.83 IRS 7-88,pp.83 Pare ntal support support and and tax tax shelters shelte rs . . . 7-88,pp.83 7-88. pp .83 Parental Plo p Plop Plop Fizz Fizz Fizz, Fizz . speedy re lie f for for stoc losses ... 7-88,pp.84 7-88. pp .84 Plop speedy relief stockk losses Tax soft soft spot spot for for self self employed employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88,pp.84 7-88. pp .84 Tax Business meals meals double double tax tax pleasure pleasure . . .. 8-88,pp.82 8-88,pp .82 Business Warning: don't don't mess mess with wit h payroll payroll taxes taxes ... 8-88,pp.82 8-88,pp.82 Warning: Transferrin g aa business business to to the the kids kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-88,pp.82 8-88 .pp .82 Transferring Penalty- free IR A withdrawals 8-88.pp.83 Penalty-free IRA withdrawals . 8-88,pp.83 Construct your your house .. 9-88.pp.156 9-88.pp. I 56 Construct house with with company company cash cash Home grown grown tax tax savings savings . Home Buy-Sel l pegs pegs value value of of business business Buy-Sell I RS goes goes too too far far . IRS Dealing with with audits, aud its , interest, interest , and and inventories inventories Dealing Tales of of the the unexpected unexpected Tales Year end e nd tax tax planning pl anning reaps reaps springtime springtime harvest harvest Year 9-88,pp. I 56 9-88,pp.156 9-88 ,pp.157 9-88,pp.157 9-88,pp. 157 9-88,pp.157 10-88,pp.7 I 10-88,pp.71 11-88,pp. 120 11-88,pp.120 . .. ... . .. ... 12-88.pp.126 I 26 12-88,pp. Technical Topics Technical Topics 12-87.pp. 109 12-87,pp.109 Solving the the problem proble m of ofbroken broken wire wire gates gates 12-87 .pp. I IO Solving 12-87,pp.110 ACME seminars seminars feature featu re Ross Ross and and Fromm Fromm 1-88. pp. 29 ACME 1-88,pp.29 Multitech adds adds module module .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-88.pp.34 Multitech 1-88,pp.34 He lpful Hints-Atari Hints-Atari joysticks joysticks . 1-88 .pp .165 165 Helpful 1-88,pp. Percentaging ... . . He lpful Hints-Crane Hints-C rane Percentaging 1-88.pp. I 65 Helpful 1-88,pp.165 Pins . .. . . . . He lpful Hints-Bally Hints-Bal ly Pins I 65 1-88,pp.165 Helpful 1-88,pp. Fire pinball pinball He lpful Hints-Williams' Hints-Williams ' Fire 1-88.pp. 165 165 Helpful 1-88,pp. Sega service bulletin . 165 1-88.pp. 165 Sega service bulletin 1-88,pp. Nintendo game tips . 2-88, pp.83 . .. ... 2-88,pp.83 Nintendo game tips Double Dragon, Dragon, Chexx, C hexx, and and Williams' Williams' pins pins . IO I . . . 3-88,pp. 3-88,pp .101 Double model 5000 5000 Crick-Kits Crick-Kits Merit 's model . 3-88,pp.101 3-88.pp. IO I Merit's From/ repair school school Randy From/repair . 4-88,pp.8 4-88. pp. 8 Randy Heavy Metal power amp shot shot ... 4-88,pp 4-88.pp. 124 Heavy Metal power amp . 124 Punc h wiring wiring chart chart ... ... . . Rabbit Punch . . 4-88,pp.124 4-88.pp. 124 Rabbit Formica magic magic 7-88.pp.90 Formica 7-88,pp.90 Machine saving saving repairs repairs and and route route collections collections . . .. 8-88,pp.54 8-88,pp.54 Machine Mondo Bondo Bondo . . . . 8-88,pp.56 8-88.pp.56 Mondo Replacing picture picture tubes tubes 8-88.pp.57 Replacing 8-88,pp.57 Fromm cond ucts monitor mon itor repair repair school . . 8-88,pp.63 8-88. pp.63 Fromm conducts school . . .. .. . . Inexpens ive and and easy easy to ig ital multi meter) 8-88. pp.66 Inexpensive to use use (d (digital multimeter) 8-88,pp.66 Repa ir log-reflections log- re fl ections ooff aa routeman route man . 9-88.pp. I 53 Repair 9-88,pp.153 . . ... .. . .. . Repair Log 10-88 .pp.69 Repair Log 10-88,pp.69 1nrnitors . . . .. . . . ... . . . . Repairing Raster Raster monitors 11 -88,pp . I IO Repairing 11-88,pp.110 Tapes provide provide economical economical technical technical help help 11-88.pp.112 Tapes 11-88,pp.112 Three generations generations of of pinball pinball .. ... .. . . .. . . 12-88.pp. 125 125 Three 12-88,pp. Ten Years Years Ago Ago Ten AMOA 1977 1977 . AMOA Electromechan ical games games on on the the way way out out Electromechanical 78-very good good year year ... ... . . . . 78-very Wome n in in the the industry industry . Women Pinball wins wins state state victory victory . Pinball Pinball attacked attacked by by politicians politicians . Pinball matters. today today and and yesterday yesterday C leanliness matters, Cleanliness Getting off offto to aa good good start start ... ... . .. . Getting The industry industry faces faces aa crisis crisis . . .. . . . . The Industry Invaded! Invaded' . . . . . Industry The industry industry beginning beginningits its climb climb . The Electronic totalizers totalizers .. . .. . Electronic Touch screen screen for for MacIntosh Macintosh Touch Color video video FAX FAX Color Advanced tool tool kit kit . Advanced Pin & & socket socket connectors connectors Pin Sonex 1I baffles baffles . . .. . .. .. . Sonex Low cost cost display display module module Low catalog Maintenance catalog Maintenance Epoxy resin resin system syste m Epoxy Phone cabinet cabinet Phone Locator Remote Locator Remote Parts tester teste r Parts Electronic series Electronic series . series Electronic series Electronic Power Protectors Protectors Power Tool catalog cata log Tool Equipment belt be lt Equipment Smart Business Bus iness Card Card Smart Display selector selector . . . . . . Display reader . Card reader Card Soft ware package package Software z c m Xenophobe intermittent intermittent reset reset lock-up lock-up . Xenophobe Trade Accessories Accessories Trade INDEX Vendor (Coastal Vegas Vendor Vegas (Coastal Amusment Amusment Dist.) Dist.) . Ghou ls 'N ' N Ghosts Ghosts (Capcom) (Capcom) .. Ghouls Genie Games Games (Merit) (Merit) Genie Super Pit Pit Boss Boss (Merit) (Merit) Super Revenge (Technos (Technos & & Romstar) Romstar) . . Double Dragon Dragon II-The Double II-The Revenge 12-87.pp. 12 1 12-87,pp.121 1-88,pp.4 1 1-88,pp.41 2-88 ,pp. 76 2-88,pp.76 . 4-88,pp.22 4-88,pp.22 6-88.pp.68 6-88,pp.68 . 7-88,pp.32 7-88,pp.32 ... 8-88,pp.34 8-88.pp.34 . . . . .. 9-88,pp.32 9-88.pp.32 10-88 .pp .55 10-88,pp.55 11-88. pp.62 11-88,pp.62 12-88 .pp.68 12-88,pp.68 12-87 .pp. 131 13 1 12-87,pp. 12-87 .pp.13 12-87,pp. 1311 12-87. pp . 13 12-87,pp. 1311 12-87 .pp. 13 12-87,pp.1311 12-87 .pp . 132 12-87,pp.132 12-87.pp 132 12-87,pp.132 12-87 .pp.132 12-87,pp. 132 12-87 .pp. 132 12-87,pp.132 12-87 .pp. 132 12-87,pp.132 12-87 .pp. 132 12-87,pp.132 2-88. pp.89 2-88,pp.89 2-88 .pp.89 2-88,pp.89 2-88.pp.89 . . 2-88,pp.89 2-88 .pp.89 2-88,pp.89 2-88.pp. 89 2-88,pp.89 2-88. pp .90 2-88,pp.90 2-88. pp.90 2-88,pp.90 2-88.pp.90 2-88,pp.90 2-88 .pp. 90 2-88,pp.90 . 2-88,pp.91 2-88 .pp.9 1 2-88. pp .9 1 . 2-88,pp.91 PLAY METER METE R 1989 1989 DIRECTORY DIRECTORY 195 195 PLAY