Real arcade games

[Spaced Cowboy]

forgot the pic

[Dis]

never heard of these games.

but who can argue with a half-naked mermaid peddling games.

[Tuberski]

There is an amusement park in Utah called Lagoon that has a lot of these games in their "penny" arcade.

ACK!

[Barinthus]

Moon Patrol! Space Raiders! Dig Dug

[CapTVK]

I was bit too late for the mechanical generation as well. Although the arcades I went to still had a sizable collection of mechanical games like submarine scope, racing etc too.

For the rest it was Pacman, Ghost&Goblins and Elevator Action for me! And for those today I've got MAME. Could you imagine as a 10y kid that one day you would be able to play ALL the arcade games, and i mean ALL, right at home on your computer?

[Bkeela]

Could you imagine as a 10y kid that one day you would be able to play ALL the arcade games, and i mean ALL, right at home on your computer?

I never, ever imagined such a wonder. Nor could I ever imagine that console games would match, or even surpass the graphics of arcade games.

I occasionally walk through the last remaining arcade in my city, to marvel at all the Japanese tourists who alone seem willing to spend money on playing fighter games inferior to anything on a current console. Maybe they get a good exchange rate?

[DRoseDARs]

My stepdad probably helped design/program those things pictured when he worked for Midway oh so many years ago.

[Standup]

The two arcades where i grew up are almost exclusively fruit machines now. 20+ years ago they were about 50/50 fruit machines and arcade games. Personal favs were Spy Hunter, Centipede and Sine Star and a bit later Twin Cobra - College time wasted rather than school days.

[Kuciwalker]

Fruit machines?

[alva]

Back then, they had a special gay section.

[alva]

He's talking about pinball machines that didn't have digital readouts but scrolling analog readouts.

ACK!

That lovely, lovely sound...

This is one that I remember playing...somewhere....I went to some state fairs when I was younger (around 1970) and they had tons of these mechanical beasts.

I dont think I ever played this particular version but certainly something likewise.

[lord of the mark]

Spaced Cowboy, youre incredible, Im sure it was one of those machines, though im not sure which one. Youve definitely got the idea. Almost any beach resort with a boardwalk had those kinds of games, though you had to conserve your quarters. But I once went to a summer camp ( a day camp in the city) that had a bunch of them, that you could play for free, but only during the limited free time. It was a great alternative on rain days, though

This was all before Pacman, etc.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Fruit machines?

One armed bandits, i guess, the kind that take old ladys change at Atlantic City. You know, three lemons is a win, etc.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Tuberski
He's talking about pinball machines that didn't have digital readouts but scrolling analog readouts.

ACK!

the pre digital pinball machines were definitely the same vintage, and were usually found in the same places, but I was never a big pinball player. I was thinking more of shooting type games. Yup, your HL2 and Halo2 have their roots in these old machines, I think.

[Spaced Cowboy]

lord,

I'm almost sure that you did not notice the link above the first pic. That site has most of the mechanical games that were produced with pics, ads, etc.