Great magazine. A real collectable.

Great coffee table book

I finished reading the Wayne interview.

Super interesting and great to have it saved for the future.

There was one question I would loved to have asked him.

In the 50's ( which is when he thought he was at a designing peak ) , most of his superb designs had multiple ways to win. Many games had 5 different ways to win.

He said himself that this kept players on the edge as they always believed they had a chance of winning and so these games were very enticing to play.

In the 1960's Wayne's games did not have as many ways to win and I don't think any game had 5 ways to win.

Was this done deliberately or a result of 'design fatigue' or simply a cost cutting measure?

Interesting to read that moving to metal legs from wood, saved 50% cost!

Nice that you could ask Wayne

It does make sense that it would be harder and more costly to have multiple ways to win, once score reels were introduced.

But, it does seem there was a shift away from the multiple ways to win, that were so plentiful from 1950 - 1955 especially.

1955 was the time Gottlieb moved from wooden legs to save money, so maybe it was cost cutting?

Also the big jackpot games were phased out, which is surprising as try and find these titles without worn playfields.

Ace High 1957. An 8 special jackpot.

World Champ 1957. A 10 special jackpot.

These 2 games were incredibly popular with players due to those jackpots but Gottlieb never introduced them again, and no real idea why?

Whilst there are many many great games after 1957, there were no more big jackpot games or games that you could win 5 different ways.

Very curious as Wayne was very clear how he liked to reward the player with enticing jackpots and the feeling of always being close to winning.

So, there was certainly a massive shift from 1957 and I just wonder why?