adamzero
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Did anyone else here have an arcade room at their grade school?
I know after school programs at rec centers/YMCAs/etc had an arcade game or two (or more)... but did anyone else have games on-grounds in their actual grade school?
We had a game room that had bumper pool, regular pool, ping pong, an EM pin called "Big Ben" http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=964, a solid-state pin that I can't remember the name of, an EM gun game called "Sharpshooter" http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=5334, and a racing video game.
We used to have parties there for scouts or... like an end of the year party for our grade.
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Game ID: The racing game. Hopefully someone can help me get the name (or narrow down) on this one. What I remember was that it was a top-down racing game. Based on the age of everything else in there, I'd say this was 1983 or older. It had the steering wheel, as expected, but it had a 4-way shifter (4 gears). The screen scrolled/panned as you drove through the track, but it didn't turn "with" the car (like Assault did with the tank)... so it wasn't like you could see the whole track on a single, unmoving screen (Like Sprint).
But... yeah, that kind of gameplay with a 4-way stick shift. I'm assuming it had a pedal, too.
I know after school programs at rec centers/YMCAs/etc had an arcade game or two (or more)... but did anyone else have games on-grounds in their actual grade school?
We had a game room that had bumper pool, regular pool, ping pong, an EM pin called "Big Ben" http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=964, a solid-state pin that I can't remember the name of, an EM gun game called "Sharpshooter" http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=5334, and a racing video game.
We used to have parties there for scouts or... like an end of the year party for our grade.
............
Game ID: The racing game. Hopefully someone can help me get the name (or narrow down) on this one. What I remember was that it was a top-down racing game. Based on the age of everything else in there, I'd say this was 1983 or older. It had the steering wheel, as expected, but it had a 4-way shifter (4 gears). The screen scrolled/panned as you drove through the track, but it didn't turn "with" the car (like Assault did with the tank)... so it wasn't like you could see the whole track on a single, unmoving screen (Like Sprint).
But... yeah, that kind of gameplay with a 4-way stick shift. I'm assuming it had a pedal, too.

