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Penny Arcade
A penny arcade can be any type of venue for coin-operated devices, usually for entertainment. This included early forms of pinball and fortune telling machinery of the 1930s. Vending machines may also be considered in this category. The name derives from the penny, once a staple coin for such machines. The ...
Pinball Firsts
First pinball machine that was commercially successful: Gottlieb's Baffle Ball (1931) First pinball machine with a tilt mechanism: Williams' Advance (1932) First pinball machine with a bumper: Bally's Bumper (1936) First pinball machine with full-sized backglass: Dux (1937) First pinball machine to use flippers: Humpty Dumpty (1947) First pinball machine to use "jet bumpers" and ...
Pinball
Pinball is a type of coin-operated arcade game where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass case. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible. Secondary objectives are to maximize the time ...
List of Arcade System Boards
Capcom Capcom Play System 1 Capcom Play System 2 Capcom Play System 3 Data East MLC System Gaelco Gaelco GAE1 Irem/Data East M-10 M-62 M-107 Jaleco Mega System 32 Kaneko Super NOVA System Konami GX System GV System GQ System Hornet System System 573 Midway Astrocade MCR MCR II MCR III MCR-68 Y-Unit (1991-1992) T-Unit (1993) X-Unit (1994; used only in Revolution X) Wolf Unit (1994-1996) V-Unit (1995-1996) Zeus Zeus II Seattle Vegas Namco Namco Pac-Man Namco Libble Rabble Namco Pole Position Namco Super Pac-Man Namco System 86 Namco System 1 Namco System 2 Namco ...
Arcade System Boards
An arcade system board is a standardized printed circuit board or group of printed circuit boards that are used as the basis for multiple arcade games with very similar hardware requirements. Early arcade system boards incorporated the game directly into the system board, which saved on manufacturing costs (due to the ...
JAMMA - Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers’ Association
The Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers' Association (JAMMA) is a trade association based in Japan; it also the namesake of a trade show hosted in Japan; additionally, JAMMA is a wiring standard for arcade machines. The JAMMA wiring standard was introduced in the mid-1980s. Arcade cabinets wired to the JAMMA standard can ...
Arcade Game Cabinet
An arcade game cabinet, also known as an arcade machine or coin-op, is the housing within which an arcade game's hardware resides. Most conform to the JAMMA standard, a way of wiring the machine. Parts of an arcade cabinet Note: Because arcade cabinets vary according to the games they were built for ...
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