Early Arcade Machines

[Deleted]

Does anyone remember this?

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It frequented more than a couple of Fish and Chip shops years ago.

In fact the first time I played it I had to be held up because I was too short to reach the peddles and work the steering wheel!

Goes to prove the simple things in life are often the best. Apparently it was one of the earliest of its kind.

[sokurah]

I remember playing it a lot. This was before Space Invaders. Probably around the time of Pong.

[TrekMD]

I remember seeing those but I never played them. I didn't really get into video games until SI came around.

[VectorX]

Which game is that? I can't quite read it, but yes, I've played several of those Kee Games/Atari units, with the oil slicks and all that you had to avoid.

I remember playing them at my local bowling alley and skating rink

[sj]

The picture of that machine has jogged an old memory. I can't remember the game but I remember the foot pedals and the steering wheel. An amusement arcade in Broadstairs, maybe 1976 or 77?

[sj]

... which has also triggered...

long hot summer of '76.
train journey to the seaside with mum and dad.
flares.
skateboards.

Fantastic.

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Nov 12, 2012 10:08:37 GMT -5 VectorX said:

Which game is that? I can't quite read it, but yes, I've played several of those Kee Games/Atari units, with the oil slicks and all that you had to avoid.

I remember playing them at my local bowling alley and skating rink

Grand Trak 10 but I do remember various other labels being used. It was always the same basic arcade game though.

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Nov 14, 2012 14:04:34 GMT -5 sj said:

... which has also triggered...

long hot summer of '76.
train journey to the seaside with mum and dad.
flares.
skateboards.

Fantastic.

I smell fish and chips every time I see one! I know precisely what you mean.

[woodentulip]

Ah, I remember that: And the Pizza Shop where they had it too.



It wasn't Vector though, it was a Raster display.

But like the table-top clones that it represented, it was pretty awesome; and heavy too (several cinder-blocks to keep it from tipping) to allow kids to hang on.

-sean

[wyldephang]

Looks like an interesting rig! By the sound of it, I'm a bit younger than the majority of you--my local Pizza Hut had a Contra cabinet.