Play Meter

TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME22, 2 2 , N O .66 MAY1996 1996 VOLUME NO. ·・ MAY 5 4 5 4 AMOABoard B o a r dMeeting 聞e e t i n g AMOA D e p a r t m e n t s Departments NewsN o t e s . ・ ・ . .. .. .• . 3 3 News Notes ...・ 8 Fromthe t h eEditor E d i t o r . .. 8 From Eq 山p mentPoll P o l l . . . . 1 0, 1 2 10, 12 Equipment L e t t e r s . . . . . . . . 1 5 Letters 15 U p F r o n t . . . ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ . . 1 6 .16 Up Front P a r a l l e lUpdate U p d a t e ・ ・ . .18 . 1 8 Parallel FromLeft L e f tField F i e l d .. . ・ . . .. 20 20 From C o i nOpNews News .•• • ...• • • • . 2 2 22 Coin-Op Whos News . . .. . . . . 3 6 Who's News 36 B e y o n d t h e P l a y 白 e l d . . 4 2 .42 Beyond the Playfield I n t e r n a t i on a lScene S c e n e .. .・ . . 5 0 .50 International C o v e rStory S t o r y . .. . . 6 6 .66 Cover FECFocus-Redemption F o c u s ‑ R e d e m p t i o n . . .. 1 1 8 118 FEC FECFocus-Disney F o c u s ‑ D i s n e y .. . . 1 2 8 128 FEC FECFocus-Bushnell F o c u s ‑ B u s h n e l l . . . . .. 1 3 0 FEC 130 OpenHouses House s. . ・・・ ・ ・ ・・ ・ ・ ・・ ・. . . 133 133 Open TheS po 吋mg E d g e ... .135 . 1 3 5 The Sporting Edge AMOAAgenda Agenda .. . . 1 3 9 139 AMOA P l a y e r s P e r s p e c t i v e . ・ ・ . . ・ ・ ・ . 1 4 1 141 Player's Perspective T e c h n i c a lT o p i c s. . . .. 144 144 Technical Topics T i c k e tTech T e c h .. . .. 1 4 6 146 Ticket P r o d u c tFeature F e a t u r e .. . .. .. . .. . . . . 148 Product 148 Whats New. . . . .. . 1 5 1 151 What's New C l a s s i f i e d .. . . . . . 1 5 6 156 Classified C a l e n d a r .. ・ ー ・ ー ・・ ・ . . . 202 Calendar .202 0 0 0 e While t h esetting s e t t i n gwas w出 picturesque p i e 加r esquea ndserene s e r e n ethe t h eissues i s s u e swere weresigs i g ‑ While the and n i f i c a n t a n d s o m e t i m e s h o t l y d e b a t e d a t t h e m i d y e a r g a t h e r i n nificant and sometimes hotly debated at the mid-year gatheringg o f t h eAMOA AMOAboard boardof o fdirectors d i r e c t o r s i nPuerto P u e r t oVallarta, V a l l a r t a ,Mexico. M e x i c o .TopT o p ‑ of the in i c sincluded i n c l u d e dparental p a r e n t a ladvisory a d v i s o r yicons, i c o n s ,government governmentrelations, r e l a t i o n s, mem‑ ics memb e r s h i p ,marketing, m a r k e t i n g ,jukebox jukeboxpromotions promotionsand andlicensing, l i c e n s i n g ,and and bership, c h a n g e s m 出 e AMOA E x p o p r o g r a m . changes in the AMOA Expo program. 7 4 7 4 R e d e m p t i o nEquipment E q u i p m e n tCatalog C a t a l o g Redemption Whatsthe t h ebottom bottomline l i n eon onredemption redemptiontoday? today?Business B u s i n e s swas was What's booming twoyears y e a r sago agobut butaaglut g l u tof o fequipment equipmentadversely a d v e r s e l yaffecta f f e c t ‑ booming two edthe t h edomestic d o m e s t i cmarket. m a r k e t .Internationally, I n t e r n a t i o n a l 恥the t h eoutlook o u t l o o k sgood. g o o d .Find Find ed isi o u t w h a t r e d e m p t i o n m a n u f a c t u r e r s h a v e t o o f f e r i n t e r m o f out what redemption manufacturers have to offer in termssof p r o d u c t , c o m p a n y h i s t o r y , a n d c a n d i d v i e w s o n t h i s i m p o r t a n t product, company history, and candid views on this important segmentof o f t h eindustry. i n d u s t r y . segment the 1 2 4 12 4 e 0 0 C o 曹e r T h eLegal L e g a lEagle E a g l e Cover The P i c t u r e t h i s :anewp h o t ob o o t hf r o mt h e 川市e r esagooda omeywhenyouneedone?R i g h ti nt h epages Picture this: a new photo booth from the 抗 Where's a good attorney when you need one? Right in the pages o f P l a y M e t e r . C o l umnistTom TomFricke F r i c k esheds shedslight l i g h ton onthe t h etouchy touchy of Play Meter. Columnist SU 同ectof o fconsulting consu l t i n g l oca l l awenforcement enforcementto t odetermine determinethe t h elel e ‑ subject local law g a l i t y o f r e d e m p t i o n e q u i p m e n t . T h i s i s a n u n s e t t l e d a r e a o f t h e gality of redemption equipment. This is an unsettled area of the 川市en i ndoubt, d o u b t , lawwhere wherethe t h eapproach approachis i soften o f t e nconservative: c o n s e r v a t i v e："When law in k e e p i t o u t . keep it out." companyknown knownfor f o rquality q u a l i t ycranes c r a n e sand a n drer e ‑ company d e m p t i o n g a m e s . S m a r t I n d u s t r i e s d e b u t demption games. Smart Industries' debutss t heHollywood Hof 勿woodPhoto P h o t oBooth B o o t hthat t h a tdelivers de l i ve r saa the d i g i t i z e d i m a g e w i t h a c h o i c e o f s i x b a c k digitized image with a choice of six backg r o u n d s .Jeff J e f fSmart Smart(1) ( I )and andGordon GordonSmart Smart grounds. s h a k ehands h a n d sover o v e rthe t h enew newaddition. a d d i t i o n . shake RHODE ISLAND NOVELTY RH OD EI SL AN D WORLD CHAMPIONS OF REDEMPTION MERCHANDISE L VE NO TY sur es g Diar Fillin r Glide rHand Snappe KANSAS " NG O CH I BESTPRICES. P R I C E S . BEST B E S T S E R V I C E . BEST SERVICE. B且RN O N E . BAR NONE. I, CINCINNAT HA BIASND TER 副 首EUS u sA且CALL C A I 品． ． ． GIVE ... 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