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NEWS BULLETIN texture-mapped graphics, 60 frames per second, a nd 500 all-new moves. Sega shared some player comments with us, which indicated player appreciation of a fighting game that focuses on the technique of martial arts without blood. In other Sega news, Sega Pinball Inc. announces the appointment of Deith Distributing Inc. as a factory authorized distributor for its pinball product line. De ith will represent the line in the state of New York, witha heavy emphasis on Long Island. Operators in the area are invited to visit Deith to see Sega Pinball's latest release, Mary Shelley's Frank enstein. Deith is located at 84 Mineola Ave., Roslyn Heights, N.Y. , (516) 621-1234; FAX:C516l621-1238. DOLLAR COIN BACK ON FRONT BURNER While Congress is in a cost-saving and balanced budget mode, AMOA feels that ll the dollar coin issue is sure to gain attention, and 2l the time is right for passage of dollar coin legislation that has bounced around in Congress since 1987. AMOA has contracted with Valis Associates, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm , to spearhead a major effort to gain approval of a dollar coin during the new 104th Congress that took office in January. Said AMOA president Tami Norberg-Paulsen: "A dollar coin is extremely important to the future of our membership and the industry. The chances for passage in this political climate are excellent, but we felt something more was needed than was done in the past. Valis Associates' qualifications and expertise are highly regarded in the nation's capital. We feel they will be of great help in securing passage of a new dollar coin." AMOA is a strong advocate of the dollar coin at the grassroots political level, through its Washington, D.C., activities, and in its support of the efforts of The Coin Coalition, a broad-based Washington coalition of diverse industries. The U.S. General Accounting Office conservatively estimates that the federal treasury would save $395 million a year by replacing the $1 paper bill with a $1 coin. The United States remains the only major industrialized nation in the world that does not have a widely used dollar coin in mass circulation. DYNAMO REACHES MILESTONE Dynamo Ltd. reports it has shipped its 1,000th video gaming terminal. Dynamo, which is known primarily for its line of table games, holds a manufacturer's license for legalized gaming machines in Montana a nd Louisiana. The 1,000th unit, a High Country Video Poker terminal, was shipped to Mo~tana in early January. Dynamo has also acquired the software and hardware related to video gaming terminals from Merit Corp. of Bensalem, Pa., which had over 2,500 video gaming machines in Montana. With the acquisition, Dynamo has gained a stronger foothold in Montana, while gathering momentum to expand its products into other states as well. BETSON ACQUIRES EASTERN DISTRIBUTORS Joe Cirillo, president of Betson Enterprises in Carlstadt, N.J., announces the company's acquisition of certain assets of Eastern Distributors in Philadelphia. Pa. The new Betson-Philadelphia office will officially open on March 1. Eastern president Phil Sternberg and vice president Morris Zacher will pursue other ventures; the remaining staff will become Betson employees. More details will follow in the March issue. ROCK·OLA AND C·TEL ADDRESS CHANCES Rock-Ola Mfg./ Antique Apparatus Co. has a new address, phone, and FAX in Illinois: 5233 N. Pearl St., Rosemont, IL 60018; (708) 928-2121; FAX (708) 928-2 121. The company's California address remains the same. G-TEL Enterprises Inc. has moved to larger quarters in Texas: 16840 Clay Road #113, Houston, TX 77084. G-Tel's telephone and FAX numbers remain the same: (800) 884-4835 or C713l 550-5592; FAX: C713l 550-1028. SONY ESTABLISHES EUROPEAN OFFICE Sony Electronic Publishing Co. and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announce the establishment of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which will be responsible for the European introduction of Sony's new 32-bit, CD-based video game system, the PlayStation. Chris Deering, formerly executive vice president of sister Sony company Columbia TriStar Home Video International, has been named president of the new company. Deering considers the PlayStation "a unique opportunity for Sony to marry its entertainment and technology assets into a breakthrough home video game product." In other Sony news, company president Olaf Olafsson announced the promotion of Steve Race to the post of president of Sony Computer Entertainment of America. Race was formerly executive vice-president and general manager. ALC BENEFITS COWBOY FUND American Laser Games joined with the U.S. Tobacco Co. to donate $1,000 to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund at the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Associa tion convention h eld recently at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. ALG set up two Fast Draw Showdown arcade video games at U.S. Tobacco's Copenhagen Skoal display at the event. Booth visitors had the opportunity to try their quickdraw skills against 60 filmed gunfighters. All proceeds collected from the machines were donated to the fund. Said Stan Jarocki, vice president of marketing and sales for ALG: "Cowboys and the rodeo are a favorite topic of mine, and many of our games are set in the Old West, so it is fitting that we proudly support this fund " CCI ROLLS OUT TWO NEW GAMES Coin Concepts Inc. announces the debut of two new games on the heels of its popular Home Run Hitter coin drop game. The titles are Triple Play, a new Pick 3-style lottery game that allows players to win a possible 1,000 tickets, and Over the Rainbow, a spin-the-wheels, skillstop game that awards tickets for achieving certain symbol combinations . .A. SECA RELEASES VIRTUA FICHTER 2 Sega Enterprises Inc. USA announces the longawaited release of Virtua Fighter 2, which uses Sega's new Model 2 Hardware System that generates 300,000 polygons-per-second. VF2 succeeds the popular VFJ and features new fighting arenas, two new characters, PLAY METER 3 FEBRUARY 1995