Electromechanical Arcade Games

Barring pinball and skeeball, how did primitive youngsters amuse themselves in arcades before computer-chip video games?

With electromechanical games.

As in the videos below.

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Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 06, 2016
Category: Technology | 1960s | 1970s | Videogames and Gamers

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You've got to admire the classic lines of the missile: http://c8.alamy.com/comp/C8C1J2/rocket-to-moon-rocketship-mars-classic-vintage-ray-gun-buck-rogers-C8C1J2.jpg

Posted by tadchem on 11/07/16 at 12:26 AM

I've seen the F1 Racing game before. And it's not hard to see the ancestor of "Missile Command" in the first Sega game. I could usually kill any previous high score on "Missile Command."

Posted by KDPterest on 11/07/16 at 03:50 PM

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