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s w e N IBULLETIN BULLETIN TRADESHOW SHOWROUNDUP ROUNDUP TRADE +According Accordingto t oJapan's JapansGame G αmeMachine, Mαc h i n e ,JAMMA JAMMA'96 96in i n n i n g s ,following f o l l o w i n gin i nmy myfather's f a t h e rsfootsteps, f o o t s t e p s ,that t h a thas hasbecome becomemy my nings, y e a r ) .Video Videogame gamemanufacturers manufacturersdominated dominatedfloor f l o o rspace s p a c ewith with year). polygon‑basedvideost a k i n gt h el e a d .Ont h ehomevideo polygon-based videos taking the lead. On the home video s i d e ,Tokyo TokyoGame GameShow Show '96in i nAugust Augustfound found87 87companies companies side, '96 p a r t i c i p a 凶 gw i t h a s h o w i n g o f 1 6 4 t i t ！ 田 f o r S o n y P l a y S t a t i o n participating with a showing of 164 titles for Sony PlayStation and118t i t l e sf o rSegaS a t u r n .Nintendod i dnote x h i b i tt h e r and 118 titles for Sega Saturn. Nintendo did not exhibit theree butwill w i l lshow show productat a tShoshinkai S h o s h i n k a iSoftware S o f t w a r e'96 '96this t h i smonth. month. but product +Coin CoinConcepts Conceptsofficials o f f i c i a l sreport r e p o r taafavorable f a v o r a b l ereaction r e a c t i o nto t oaa 9 6 . C CI n e w e n t e r t a i n m e n t c o n c e p t i t p r e v i e w e d a t F u n E x p o new entertainment concept it previewed at Fun Expo '96. CCI w i l l d e b u t 出 r e m o t e ‑ c o n t r o l l e d j e t s k i g a m e , S k i T i g e r , a t t h e will debut its remote-controlled jet ski game, Ski Tiger, at the upcomingIAAPAi nNewOrleanst h i smonth.Thegamei n ‑ upcoming IAAPA in New Orleans this month. The game inV巾 Sf o u rp l a y e r so mo 問 t j e ts k i出roughapoolc h a s i 時 a l ‑ vites four players orr more toojet ski through a pool chasing alt e r n a 凶 gl i g h t e d t a r g e t s t o f i n i s h f i r s t a n d w i n t i c k e t s . ternating lighted targets to finish first and win tickets. +Exidy Exidyis i shappy happywith withthe t h eresponse responseit i treceived r e c e i v e dfrom fromthe t h e T u r b o T i c k e t u n i t t h a t i s p e r f e c t f o r p r o m o t i o n s . T u r b o n e w new Turbo Ticket unit that is perfect for promotions. Turbo T i c k e t was i n t r o d u c e dat a tFun FunExpo Expo 9 6 .Said S a i dExidy's ExidysVirginia V i r g i n i a Ticket was introduced '96. ， S o m a n y i d e a s c a m e f r o m t h e a t t e n d e e s t h a t w e K a u f f m a n Kauffman, "So many ideas came from the attendees that we a r estarting s t a 出 ngan e w s l e t t e rsharing s h a r i n gways waysto t opromote promoterepeat r e p e a tbusib u s i ‑ are a newsletter tion. He praised fellow West Virginian Leoma Ballard, AMOA'sfirst f i r s tfemale femalepresident p r e s i d e n t(1981-82), (1981‑82),as a saa"wise wiseand and AMOA's work. l i f eswork." life's D e rrickhonored honoredand andthanked thankedmembers membersof ofthe t h eAMOA's AMOA'S Derrick 位1 g(up ( u pfrom 仕om6 l a s t Septemberfound found72 72companies companiesparticipating p a r t i c i p a September 699last P a s t P r e s i d e n t s ' C o u n c i l f o r t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e a s s o c i a ‑ Past Presidents' Council for their contributions to the associay e a r ) , a n d a t o t a l o f 1 , 3 0 1 s h o w b o o t h s ( d o w n 仕om1 ,337last l a s t year), and a total of 1,301 show booths (down from 1,337 t i o n . He p r a i s e df e l l o w West V i r g i n i a n Leoma B a l l a r d, s t r o n gvoice v o i c ein i nour ourstate s t a t eassociation's a s s o c i a t i o nsbusiness b u s i n e s smatters," m a t t e r s，and and strong t h a n k e d h e r f o r a l l h e r s u p p o r t a n d e n c o u r a g e m e n t . thanked her for all her support and encouragement. m ・ n e s s ." s." nes Coin‑Op I n t l ., whichdebuted debutedthe t h eLethal L e t h αl J u s t i c e t w o ‑ p l a y e r ·Coin-Op Intl., which Justice two-player g u n k i t ( d e v e l o p e d b y T h e G a m e R o o m ) a t AMOA I n t e r n a ‑ gun kit (developed by The Game Room) at AMOA Interna96,will w i l lact a c tas a sthe t h eexclusive e x c l u s i v edistributor d i s t r i b u t o rof o f t h e t i o n a lExpo Expo'96, tional the game,marketingi tt obothd i s t r i b u t o r sando p e r a t o r s .C o i n game, marketing it to both distributors and operators. Coin-‑ p o s i t i o n i n go u r ‑ OpI n t l .p r e s i d e n tMarkG r i e g e rs a i d，Wer Op Intl. president Mark Grieger said, "We'reepositioning ours e l v e s t o d i r e c t l y h e l p t h e s t r e e t o p e r a t o r . T h i s g u n k i t i s j u s selves to directly help the street operator. This gun kit is justt whatthe t h emarket marketwants." wants.The Thevideo videoredemption redemptionkit, k i t, F r a n t i c what Frantic i s a l s o a v a i l a b l e 什 om C o i n ‑ O p I n t l . F r e d , Fred, is also available from Coin-Op Intl. AMOAPRESIDENT P R E S I D E N TREFLECTS REFLECTS AMOA ONASSOCIATION A S S O C I A T I O NHISTORY H I S T O R Y ON I n h i sfirst f i r s t o f f i c i a l s t a t e m e n t a s p r e s i d e n tof o f t h eAmusement Amusement In his official statement as president the a n d M u s i c O p e r a t o r s A s s o c i a t i o n , J e r r y D e r r i c k o f Derrick and Music Operators Association, Jerry Derrick of Derrick M u s i c C o . i n C h a r l e s t o n , W . V a . , s a i d t h a t o n e o f t h e h i g h l i g h t s Music Co. in Charleston, W.Va., said that one of the highlights o fAMOA AMOAInternational I n t e r n a t i o n a lExpo Expo'96 96was wasattending a t t e n d i n gthe t h eAMOA AMOA of P a s tPresidents' P r e s i d e n t s 'Dinner. Dinner . Theroom room wasfull f u l lof o f AMOA h i s t o r y Past "The was AMOA history a n d i n d u s t r y e x p e r i e n c e ， ＇ h e r e m a r k e d . I a l r e a d y k n e w t h e and industry experience," he remarked. "I already knew the importanceof o f becomingpresident p r e s i d e n tof o f t h i sproud proudand and produc‑ importance becoming this product i v e 4 8 ‑ y e a r ‑ o l d a s s o c i a t i o n , a n d h a v e b e e n i n t r a i n i n gfor f o r tive 48-year-old association, and have been 'in training' s u c h a r o l e s i n c e b y f i r s t b o a r d p o s i t i o n b a c k i n 1 9 7 7 . A s such a role since by first board position back in 1977. As II lookedaround aroundthe t h eroom roomII thou ゆtof o f myown ownbusiness b u s i n e s sbeginb e g i n ‑ looked thought my P L A Y M E T E R M A G A Z I N E ,(ISSN ( I S S N1048-8243) 1 0 4 8 ‑ 8 2 4 3 )NOVEMBER N O V E M B E R1996, 1 9 9 6, V o l u m e22, 2 2, N o PLAY METER MAGAZINE, Volume No 1 2 . C o p y r i g h t 1 9 9 6 b y S k y b i r d P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y. P L A Y M E T E R M A G A Z I N E i 12. Copyright 1996 by Skybird Publishing Company. 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NO P L A Y M E T E R PLAY METER Derricks a i dhei l o o k i n gforwardt t h ecomingy e a r , Derrick said he isslooking forward toothe coming year, adding：＇AsIt r a v e lIhopet obecomeevenc l o s e rt ot h i ss u adding: "As I travel I hope to become even closer to this su-‑ perbgroupo p a s tp r e s i d e n t s. AMOAss t r e n g t hhasalways perb group off past presidents. AMOA's strength has always 出 o urstates. s t a t e s. b e e n o u r k n o w l e d g e o f e a c h o f o u r m a r k e t s w i been our knowledge of each of our markets within our Byj o i n i n gt o g e t h e rt h e s enewando l de x p e r i e n c e s ,ands h訂ー By joining together these new and old experiences, and shari n gt h i switheveηoperatorImeetalongt h eway,a lo our ing this with every operator I meet along the way, alll offour v o i c e swill w i l l beheard heardand andwe wewill w i l lbe beaabetter b e t t e rorganization." o r g a n i z a t i o n . voices be R e f e r r i n gt t h eExpohecommented，I supposedly Referring toothe Expo he commented, "Innaasupposedly d o w n y e a r f o r t h e i n d u s t r y , t h e f l o o r w a s a l w a y crowded 'down' year for the industry, the floor was alwaysscrowded a n d e x h i b i t o r s w e r e h a p p y . A n d , a s my f r i e n d a n d p r e d e c e s ‑ and exhibitors were happy. And, as my friend and predecess o r R a n d y C h i l t o n h a s o f t e n s a i d , y o u n e e d t o s t a y a b r e a s t o sor Randy Chilton has often said, you need to stay abreast off newtechnologies t e c h n o l o g i e sto t ostay s t a yin i nthe t h egame. game.At Atthe theExpo Expoyou yousaw saw new t h e h a n d w r i t i n g o n t h e w a l l w i t h t h e p r e s e n c e o f s e v e 凶 h i g h ‑ the handwriting on the wall with the presence of several hight e c h e x h i b i t o r s w h o , i f t h i n g s c o n t i n u e t o m o v e i n t h e d i r e c tech exhibitors who, if things continue to move in the direc-‑ t i o nthey theyare, a r e ,means meansmore moreuse useof o f i n t e r a c t i v eand anddigital d i g i t a ltecht e c h ‑ tion interactive n o l o g i e sin i nour ourbusiness." b u s i n e s s . 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