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fecnlintl 8-G Sundav, October 12. 197. -i PRICES GOOD THRU WED. CPENSUN. 1 0 7 DAILY 9 9 Navy Band To Play Under New Director A new director will be at the helm when the Navy Band Orlando plays its 8l30 p.m.

Orlando Presents concert today in Eola Park. He is WO Gary Blalock, Navy musician and band director for 18 years. Blalock handled and distribution of all enlisted Navy Musician personnel for the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. before coming to Or lando Naval Training Center as band director. HIGHLIGHT OF TONIGHT'S hour of patriotic music is a number called "America the Beautiful" featuring an appearance by the 50 State Flag Team.

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If he gets all, his quarter is returned. "Sea Devil" is electronic. The player shoots at a shark in the ocean and depending on the degree of the accuracy and the location in which the shark is hit, the fish expires as blood gushes over the screen. In electronic baseball, the player has control over the batter, pitcher, how fast the ball travels and who catches it. A logic board operates this game, even to the sound effects.

"Computer Space" is the first computer game and really didn't take off as well as Black expected it would, owing to its complexity. It is a simulated space battle that pits computer-guided saucers against a rocket ship the player controls. "THE NIGHT Bomber" is a popular war game because of the flash and noise the bombs make when they destroy government buildings at night. The fly-ing-in-a-bomber effect with night lights on the ground has an exciting appeal for some. 'Tank," in which two electronic tanks blast each other apart, takes practice and strategy to win.

"U.S. Marshal," probably the last nickle machine in the world, calls for shooting at various clandestine gunslingers and depending on the number of bad guys hit, rank gets more prestigious. If all the villains are down, Time-Out gives the player a free game of his choice. Arcade and family amusement center owners expect the electronic games popularity to increase with free time, a disappointing television season, affluence and the lack of entertainment outlets for minors. Corkey does not know how long his slots-and-coins fascination will last.

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in compliance with mail regulations. Black says his rules attract a well-behaved bunch making it conducive for family participation. The same holds true at Funtime. Altamonte Mall's Fun-N-Games, open until 10 p.m., operates on a similar premise. Manager Larry Rose of Orlando Fashion Square says Leonard L.

Farber malls, of which Fashion Square is one, do not allow such outfits because it is inconsistent with the type of activity for which Farber malls are designed. BLACK SAYS THERE is no way to characterize the type of person who frequents amusement centers. Businessmen drop in at lunch, father and son teams come by Saturdays and teens on dates often play a few rounds. What motivates each of them is as varied as the games they play. Dr.

William R. Brown, assistant professor of sociology at Florida Technological University, substan- tiates Black's belief. "There are many reasons as to what makes people do what they do. Social behavior is a complex phenomenon and ft can't be catalogued." While there might always be some motives for challenging a machine, 3rown believes the majority of players at arcades and amusement centers have some spare time and want something different to do with it. There is excitement, fun and stimulation in many games and a certain amount of challenge especially in those for two or more players.

PINBALL IS BY far the big daddy of mechanical games. It is widely distributed in bars, bus stations and arcades, and looks out of place practically nowhere. An Orlando law prohibits allowing anyone under 17 years old to play pinball. Black supposes the taboo dates-back to when pinball was typically a bar game associated with gambling. Gill Lineberry, clerk of Orlando municipal court, says he does not recall any violations of City Code 43.37 concerning pinball adding that there does not appear to be any problem.

In agreement, Sgt. Charles Gibson of the Orlando Police Department Youth Section attributes few, if any, violations to watchful managers who comply with the law. Garrick Fox of the state attorney's office in Orlando says there is no state provision on pinball. The law does prohibit games of chance in which no skill is required, but pinball, requiring some timing and agility, does not come under that statute. GAME MACHINES are costly.

A pinball machine starts around $1,500, air hockey at $2,000 and even higher for electronic tennis or ping pong, making an entrance into many bars and restaurants. Willie Mae Dixon of Papa's 1899 Deli in Orlando Fashion Square says its popular electronic table tennis game is an machine. Player appeal figures into cost, and sometimes a game increases in value if it is found to be successful. The converse is also true. Sometimes a game's appeal wans after just two months.

When games become worn out, some arcades will trade them for different games. GENERALLY, BLACK says, "The louder the game, the more appeal it has." Other appealic? characteristics "are flash and the degree of simplicity in winning. If a game is not too complicated, then it will have a wider appeal than one which is, save for some computerized games with which intellectuals like to play, he adds. As an example, Black says "Super Shifter," a simulated race car game in which the driver steers and shifts down a runway without blowing an engine, has much more appeal than a similar game in which a motorcycle is featured instead of a car, "More patrons know how to shift a car than a motorcycle," Black reasons. Still, many "Super Shifter" players have trouble, '-'because they freeze up on the simulated course," the manager, attendant and sometimes fix-it man says.

"It goes to show that most drivers drive and shift without thinking. It is different when they are up against a game and a scoreboard," he adds. SEVERAL GAMES players, Black says, equate the imaginary skill with the real thing, either as a joke or in acting out fantasies. Standing jokes and jibes are common among many of the more level headed players. After those race car games in which one player does worse than his partner, he may become the object of razzes such as "You're not going to drive home tonight" or "I'm never going to ride with you again." Because the games are just that, Black doesn't think any, of them actually advocate an illegal activity, or serve as an impetus to crime.

Many players get rid of frustrations and hostilities. One man who frequents Time-Out wears earphones attached to a tape deck and plays gun games to the background of German marching music. "He really gets into it," Black says. For many players, Black says, the world ends if the machine doesn't work. They accuse the game of "ripping them off' and create all kinds of noise until their money is refunded.

But some players really hope the machine does not work. That way, they have time to postpone losing to it, and becoming humiliated. Others get a satisfaction from beating the machine, he says. HALF THE TIME, machines are not really broken. It 3s usually a matter of its being jammed with a bad coin, or else the player has not read the directions.

Of course, there are times when the games are broken, just as many players expect them to be. Black says it takes an electronic genius to figure out how to fix "major problems. And crackerjack mechanics are hard to find. Black and an assistant do many repairs themselves. He says he has not had any formal electronic training, but experience is the best teacher.

Most times it is the same thing that goes wrong on a particular machine so the mechanic knows where to look for the problem right away. There is a dramatic switch in the kind of games they are going from electromechanical to the com- puter-like solid state logic boards with printed circuits and no moving parts. Too often, a mechanic will know how to fix one type and not the other. Some games are ferocious, others are calm, and some limited appeal. ute To The Navy I fe'Jl SfrVf DECORATOR L'ff hr; colors Commemorating Its 200th Anniversary with the il TRIPLE TOP SERVING PITCHER 216 QT.

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