Jed Yingst's Story
JY: "I have no idea of what Joe was talking about when mentioned an entirely clear playfield. That was never considered because the mechanisms are larger on the bottom than on the top. That factor limited the flexibility of the design. The playfield window was attached almost exactly like the production version. We had trouble making a proper edge for the plexi to lay in, so we covered the edge with contact plastic cut into that shape. The PF was covered with it also. All quite primitive, but effective. Gottlieb never played fair with the money. To get them to take any deal, I was always striving for a royalty payment per unit sold so they did not have to spend any money if they didn't make any. Gil Pollack and I initially agreed and shook hands on a figure. A few days later he called and said he had made a "decimal point" error, and that the initial figure was to be reduced by a factor of 100. I told him that I would be out in a few days to collect the prototype with the intention of taking it to Williams. Since Gottlieb already had the idea, I didn't feel too secure in this. We eventually agreed on a sum per machine that I could live with, although it was about 80% less than initially agreed upon."
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