The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 7, 1982-Page 11
COLLEGES RAKE IN VIDEO GAME QUAR TERS
MePacMa earning big bucks
-.e a nnMaewyfor the new big man on campus, Pac-,
Man. Pac-Man and other video games have been percent over last year." way to do it. There's every indication that it's being
gobbling quarters in rec-rooms and residence halls Pineda said the video games generate about $40,000 used more and more as a dependable source of
on campuses nationwide and the schools' share of the a year. "We have the only license for video games in revenue," said Richard Blackburn, executive direc-
millions of quarters slipped into the game slots are Coral Gables," Pineda said. "The video game arcade for of College Unions International.
boosting student activity income to record levels, is open more than 15 hours a day and it's always "A temptation that must be resisted is to get
Some campuses also reported that money from busy." carried away with this and use too much room just
video games is helping to hold the line against bigger "IT'S A POPULAR form of relaxation," said Jef- for revenue production," he said.
hikes in room and board charges, as a result of frey Alford, associate director of public information Larry Berke, director of sales for Bally-Midway
decreased federal aid. at Texas A.&M., College Station. Manufacturing Co. in Chicago, said production of
AT SCHOOL after school, the report was that the Before the video games there were mere pinball video games, including Pac-Man, went up 30 percent
video games have replaced the pinball machine and machines, bowling, table tennie, pool. Altogether in the last 12 months.
are giving pooland table tennis a run for their money. they didn't draw the way the video games do, he said. Some of the manufacturer's products get their first
The sight of students standing three deep waiting to "Everytime we walk by, the place is lined up student test at the University of Illinois Student
play is not uncommon. solid," Alford said. "The income helps support Union, but according to Berke, he has no idea how
Joe Pineda, director of the student union at the student government here." much of the increased production in the last year was
University of Miami, Coral Gables, said, "Pac-Man "STUDENT UNIONS are under oressure to find due to installations on college campuses-an
set the world on fire. Our game room income is up 25 new sources of revenue, and this is a very obvious operation handled by independent vendors.
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