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Re: From 1986, one of the world’s first ‘experiential’ arcade games ??
01/09/14 10:41 PM
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> On Disneyland's Main Street penny arcade, they had a couple of pong clones amongst
> many of the mechanical and EM type games and rifle games.
Yep, and I remember playing a few of them. Didn't spend a lot of time in that one, though - I'd typically beeline for either Frontierland or Tomorrowland, and usually Tomorrowland because of Starcade.
> I recall Sega Tic Tac Quiz
> cocktail table being either at the Main street arcade or more likely at Starcade.
Pretty sure that one was Starcade, ground floor, near to the back.
> Starcade did have either Exidy Car Polo or maybe it was Sprint 4 on the upper floor
> in late 1970s.
I'm almost positive it was Sprint 4. I also seem to recall that there was a Sprint 8 on the ground floor there at one point, which was replaced by an Atari Football and some uprights I'm not entirely remembering.
> I am certain Disneyland did not have Exidy Death Race nor the film reel version of
> Nintendo Wild Gunman during 1970s since those were considered not appropriate for the
> advertised "Happiest Place on Earth".
Can't remember ever seeing either of those there. In fact, the only place I can remember seeing a Death Race on location was at Pinball Plus on Magnolia in Burbank. Didn't last long in there from what I recall.
> All the more reason I preferred Knotts Berry Farm's Buffalo Nickel arcade where
> Knott's family had no problems with having 3 WG cabs and 1 Nintendo Shooting Trainer
> all lined in a row during late 1970s years from 1977 through 1978 along with a couple
> cabs of Exidy Death Race.
Didn't spend a lot of time at Knott's - a relative of mine was an ex-Disney employee who still had a ton of contacts there; there was a drawer in his kitchen that was literally full of Disney ticket books (from when everything was still an n-ticket-attraction) so we tended to go there more than Knott's or Magic Mountain.
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