24-12-2004 09:22									#1
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and while we're waxing nostalgic (ive just started another thread on Risk) how about arcade games? NO, not the kind made by Atari, et al. REAL arcade games - the old electo-mechanical kind, where targets were fixed, or moved slowly, etc? I remember a submarine game, you looked through a periscope, - it was perfect for the technology - merchant ships move slowly, and having them move perpindicular to your aim, right across your field of vision, didnt feel too unrealistic. It almost makes me want to get a sub sim, but a PC game just wouldnt be the same. And baseball games, where you hit little balls across a plastic field, at tabs that said single, double, etc.

	24-12-2004 09:28									#2
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Sorry, not that old

	24-12-2004 09:30									#3
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This reminds me of the movie The Last Starfighter...

	24-12-2004 09:44									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Sorry, not that old

Ah, the world we have lost

	24-12-2004 10:52									#5
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Does Coconut Shy count? Or Hook-a-Duck?

	24-12-2004 11:11									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker This reminds me of the movie The Last Starfighter...

horrible movie, though I thought it was good as a kid for some reason.

	24-12-2004 11:13									#7
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I never had a lot of money for arcade games.

and I don't remember any mechanical kind Aside from pinball.

I remember liking ms. pacman. defender. asteroids. battlezone. frogger. centipede.

	24-12-2004 11:25									#8
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I like pinball machines and The Who's Pinball Wizard. I don't think that's what LotM has in mind, however.

	24-12-2004 13:02									#9
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He's talking about pinball machines that didn't have digital readouts but scrolling analog readouts.

ACK!

	24-12-2004 20:29									#10
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I was only interested in graphical arcade games. The most archaic I remember were vector graphic ones like Asteroids. Pinballs have always bored me.

	24-12-2004 21:43									#11
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nother one

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	24-12-2004 21:51									#14
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k so I'm bored

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	24-12-2004 21:54									#15
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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.

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forgot the pic

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	24-12-2004 21:55									#17
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never heard of these games.

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

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

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Moon Patrol! Space Raiders! Dig Dug

	25-12-2004 01:36									#20
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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?

	25-12-2004 06:07									#21
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quote: 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?

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

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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.

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Fruit machines?

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Back then, they had a special gay section.

	25-12-2004 19:38									#26
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quote: He's talking about pinball machines that didn't have digital readouts but scrolling analog readouts. ACK!

That lovely, lovely sound...

quote: 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.

	26-12-2004 10:00									#27
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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.

	26-12-2004 10:03									#28
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quote: 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.

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quote: 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.

	26-12-2004 21:21									#30
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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.