MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: From 1986, one of the world’s first ‘experiential’ arcade games ??

> Frontierland...I forgot about that room. iirc it only had mechanical rifle/gun
> games.

That's my recollection, too. The one that's sticking in my head was a Midway light-gun rifle game, though I can't for the life of me dig up which one it may have been. I believe it had moving targets (possibly projected), if it helps.

> As one exits from the Pirates of Carribean ride, it couldn't be missed. I
> don't recall seeing any other type of games their in that room during 1970s era
> although that may have changed by 1980s.

Can't say I remember seeing video games in there either.

> I visited Disneyland much more during 1970s.
> Somewhere nearby there in the area, I believe there was the Atari Compugraph photo
> machine at some merchandise area where patrons would shop. Someone else claimed it
> was in Tomorrowland and not Frontierland. I am certain I did see it at Frontierland
> in summer 1977 or maybe it was 1978. Maybe a chance it could have been moved to both
> locations over time?

Possibly. Assuming my memory of it is at all good (which is a dangerous thing to do), I remember seeing it in either the vicinity of the gift shop near America Sings or the gift shop next to Starcade. Somewhere there's possibly a photo that it took of me as a small child still floating around; my grandfather had me try it out when he saw that I was fascinated with it.

> I agree it had to more likely be at Starcade since it was a newer game then compared
> to a couple pong clone cabs that were released in 1973 or 1974. The newest games
> would have most likely been at Starcade first.

Good point. The Main Street USA arcade generally seemed to be where games ended up when they were still taking in enough money to justify their operation, but weren't new enough to keep on the floor at Starcade.

> For me, I only recall seeing a Sprint 8 cab (and played it too) at Knott's Berry
> Farm's Buffalo Nickel arcade. If Dinseyland had a Sprint 8 cab at Starcade, I somehow
> missed seeing it....probably when I was so hooked to playing Exidy Circus back in
> 1977 when visiting Disneyland that day. :-)

Thinking back on it, I may have been misremembering the location of the Sprint 8. For some reason I now want to say that it was at a Malibu Castle or similar (which would make sense, given that they also had go-karts there) in the San Fernando Valley, but there's still that tiny little nagging at my mind saying it was Starcade.

Either way, how did Buffalo Nickel compare to Starcade? I have virtually zero recollection of it, but then, didn't really spend as much time at Knott's as at Disneyland.