Wow, this was absolutely fascinating. Being born in 1982 in Germany where arcades were very rare and the time of these vintage electromechanical arcade machines was already over, I only saw one of these machines in a kinda run-down amusement park in the Netherlands once (Sega Moto Champ) a couple of years ago and was instantly fascinated. It´s a bit of a shame that so many people know about Pong and Space Invaders, yet these old machines are so unknown. The night run was stunning
I loved this game as a kid. The graphic of the racer was taken from a famous picture of Joel Robert, a World Champion MX racer from the late 60s/early 70s. Do a google image search on “joel robert cz 360 twin” to see the pic.
Likewise, Steve. I remember electro/optical/mechanical games very vaguely, too, so seeing one in action is a real treat (and assures me that I didn’t dream/hallucinate them). And, yeah, it’s a shame that there’s so little information to be found.
Keinart, thanks for the upload! What an amazing game…
What a great video.
I’ve been quite fascinated with these machines for years, having very vague memories of playing them when I was 4 or 5 years old.
It’s very hard to find much info on them, much less quality videos, so thanks hugely for posting this.
July 30th, 2010 on 4:30 am
Wow, this was absolutely fascinating. Being born in 1982 in Germany where arcades were very rare and the time of these vintage electromechanical arcade machines was already over, I only saw one of these machines in a kinda run-down amusement park in the Netherlands once (Sega Moto Champ) a couple of years ago and was instantly fascinated. It´s a bit of a shame that so many people know about Pong and Space Invaders, yet these old machines are so unknown. The night run was stunning
July 30th, 2010 on 5:06 am
Ah the memories. I use to own one back in the 80′s in a bulk buy. Sold it off for $40.00 and of course now wished I’d hung on to it.
July 30th, 2010 on 5:21 am
I loved this game as a kid. The graphic of the racer was taken from a famous picture of Joel Robert, a World Champion MX racer from the late 60s/early 70s. Do a google image search on “joel robert cz 360 twin” to see the pic.
July 30th, 2010 on 5:22 am
Likewise, Steve. I remember electro/optical/mechanical games very vaguely, too, so seeing one in action is a real treat (and assures me that I didn’t dream/hallucinate them). And, yeah, it’s a shame that there’s so little information to be found.
Keinart, thanks for the upload! What an amazing game…
July 30th, 2010 on 6:16 am
cool. i’ve never seen that machine before
July 30th, 2010 on 6:20 am
Brought back some great memories : )
Many Thanks for the upload.
July 30th, 2010 on 7:15 am
What a great video.
I’ve been quite fascinated with these machines for years, having very vague memories of playing them when I was 4 or 5 years old.
It’s very hard to find much info on them, much less quality videos, so thanks hugely for posting this.
July 30th, 2010 on 8:06 am
Awesome vintage machine. So cool you shared this very treasure.
Ciao.
July 30th, 2010 on 8:18 am
Awesome machine. Thanks for sharing!
July 30th, 2010 on 9:09 am
neat EM machine, never saw one of these.
July 30th, 2010 on 9:19 am
Great looking machine! Thanks for taking the time to share it!