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March 1995
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SKEE-BALL INTROS Two
NEW UPGRADE KtTs FoR ALLEYS
SURFING THE
INTERNET?
Brenda Dunkelberger
Skee-Ball. Inc.
Chalfont, Pennsylvania
SUBJECT
Skee-Ball has recently introduced
two new retrofitable upgrade kits
for their Model 'S' Skee-Ball al-
leys.
percent. The new display saves
time and money while creating a
more attractive display.
Mo
SINGLE BALL SYSTEM
This feature, now standard on all
Skee-Ball alleys, helps operators
eliminate the down time caused
by having less that nine balls in
an alley.
The rocker arm has been replaced
by a solenoid which counts the
balls as they pass down to the
player. The solenoid remains ac-
tive until nine balls have been re-
1 eased. This way, an alley
equipped with this feature could
be played if there was only one
ball in the game. For maximum
performance, the factory recom-
mends placing six balls into each
alley.
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INFO
For more information about the
Single Ball Retrofit Kit or the LED
Display Upgrade Kit, contact
Skee-Ball, Inc. at 215/997-8900.
Or by fax at 215/997-8982.
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ATARI PRIMAL RAGE LATEST SOFfWARE,
CoLoR OUT IMPEDANCE
a SELF TEST
Mark Sherman
Atari (Time Warner)
Milpitas, California
SOFTWARE
LED DISPLAY UPGRADE KIT
A kit is now available which al-
lows older model 'S' games to
upgrade from the incandescent
display to the new LED version.
The latest version for Primal Rage
is 2.3. This version adds some new
finishing moves and tightens up
the overall game play.
IMPEDANCE
The new LED display will not
bum out under normal operating
conditions and should last for
hundreds of thousands of hours.
It also cuts power consumption to
the display unit by seventy five
Primal Rage is available in three
different formats:
1. Showcase: High impedance.
2. Family Cabinet: Low imped-
ance.
3. Kit: High or Low impedance.
The impedance refers to the drive
on the color output circuit. Most
monitors that the kits will go into
will accept high impedance. The
impedance will affect the bright-
ness of the game.
SELF TEST
The motion object test shows
RO Ms 0-0 in red. The RO Ms are
OK if the checksum is 363E0.