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IAAPA appoints committee Recognizing family entertainment centers as the fastest growing segm ent of the amusement ind u s try, t he Internafound out was like saying tional Association of we expected high winds Amus ement Parks and and got a lev el-one Attractions CIAAPAl has appointed a committee to typhoon! " Even with double pro- address the unique issues duction in Germany a nd family a musement cena second production ters fa ce . IAAPA will facility being readied in sponsor a day-long workthe United States, a ccor- shop at its upcoming conding to Strahan, ''The first v entio n (Nov . 18-21 in backorder was dozens of Dallas ) t o discuss the units, then hundreds, and development and operait began to creep over a tion of family amusement centers. thousand units. " The company trip led the production in Germany and got the American facility up a nd running. Finally, with sales at record lev els , AMOA is looking to fill NSM is happy to say that 10 board of directors posithey are now keeping up tions at its board meeting with production. in October . The association is a sking members to r ecommend anyone who decision to exit the continually strives to addistribution sector has vance the the coin machgiven our company the ine industry. Each canopportunity to acquire a didate must be submitted number of well respected t o the nominating comand experienced sales mittee by a member in staff. It will also be a good standing. The canspringboard to enter the didate must also be enfruit machine market dorsed by five other with two major fru it members a nd submitted for investigation 30 days machine agencies." before the election. Enough to go around For the first time since its introduction, NSM's Performer-Grand CD jukebox is not in short supply. The company admitted that although the inner workings of its jukeboxes were great, the outside wasn't so great. NSM-America president Rus Strahan said, "We've always felt that we had the best jukebox CD system on the market.. .but our outer box appearance, the cosmetics of our designs, were .. .well, they stunk. crease , a dramatic one. When we finally came out We geared our factory with a really good-looking production accordingly." He continued, "But exjukebox-the PerformerGrand-we were all but pecting a sales increase, guaranteed a sales in- even a dramatic one, we Looking for a few good (wo)men At ari appoints Deith Leisure as distributor David Smith, director of sales and marketing for Atari Games' European division, has announced the appointment ofDeith Leisure as a distributor of Atari games for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Deith joins Brent Walker Leisure as joint distributors. Bob Deith said, "Atari is the most successful innovator of video games in the USA. Its products have been consistently among the top five games at most locations, so we are obviously pleased to be distributing Atari games in the U .K. and Irish markets." Deith Leisure has purchased MHG Sales in Scotland. Deith said of the purchase , " MHG 's Asahi Seiko sues Taiwan company Asahi Seiko Corp., one of Japan's leading manufacturers of cash-dispensing machines, has filed suit against YIIN for allegedly copying two of its most popular machines. YIIN had allegedly been selling the copies PLAY METER 14 primarily in Las Vegas and advertising them in a catalog. YIIN is under a U .S . court order to stop producing, selling, and advertising the copied products. Asahi Seiko grants exclusive rights to a AUGUST1992 number of American companies for the CH-500 and the DH-750, the two products that were the basis of the lawsuit. The company also carries a warning that they may only be produced under license. New address for Bob Snyder& Associates Here's a new address you should add to your directories: Bob Snyder & Associates has moved to 20266 P aseo Robles, W alnu t, CA 91789. The phon e numbers remain the same.