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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2024 · 12 MIN

Living in the Retro Arcade Episode 131 - The Electro Mechanical Era

from Living in the Retro Arcade · host Joel McLaughlin

Before we had games like Space Invaders we had electro mechanical games like Ride Motorcycle. These were games that did not have CPUs or CRTs but motors and lights. Today we talk about games like Motorcycle, Pinball and Varisty as well as the Tomy Classics Digital Derby, Baseball and Blip where were all electro mechanical games. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Arcade/motorcycle https://rctoymemories.com/2012/11/16/tomy-digital-derby-auto-raceway-1978/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_(console) https://handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/Diamond.htm

Before we had games like Space Invaders we had electro mechanical games like Ride Motorcycle. These were games that did not have CPUs or CRTs but motors and lights. Today we talk about games like Motorcycle, Pinball and Varisty as well as the Tomy Classics Digital Derby, Baseball and Blip where were all electro mechanical games. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Arcade/motorcycle https://rctoymemories.com/2012/11/16/tomy-digital-derby-auto-raceway-1978/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_(console) https://handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/Diamond.htm

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