PSE Cocktail arcade

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Hello

I bought a neat little machine today, and im trying to find some information on what the thing is.
The machine in question appears to be a PSE (Project Support Engineering) Cocktail table, which has 5 games and supports up to 4 players.
I cannot find the machine under the manufacturer here on your site, so is it a very nice home made one? or some kind of early lesser known machine?

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More pictures can be found on my Skydrive
If you know what it is, please do tell me :)
 
From your pics it appears to be a Pong clone with a twist. Most arcade Pong machines played only one game while the home units had multiple games available. This has multiple games in an arcade machine. It is pretty cool and looks to be the oldest PSE game I can find info on.

PSE created some pretty cool stuff, I would love to find a 'Knights in Armor'.
 
From your pics it appears to be a Pong clone with a twist. Most arcade Pong machines played only one game while the home units had multiple games available. This has multiple games in an arcade machine. It is pretty cool and looks to be the oldest PSE game I can find info on.

PSE created some pretty cool stuff, I would love to find a 'Knights in Armor'.

So this would be some kind of early home 'console'?
I found this flayer about a similar machine, could it be an early model with a different chassis?
 
Nope, not a home game... It's a commercial arcade game, and its a Pong clone.. That's it.. Very cool that its still working, and its in great shape! Many clones were produced back in the day as Pong was a huge money maker..


So this would be some kind of early home 'console'?
I found this flayer about a similar machine, could it be an early model with a different chassis?
 
The cabinet looks like a Scandia cabinet (there is a picture at http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2012/11/1975-atari-photos-and-untafad-games.html but I also have a better one) except for the plaque.

Scandia was released around August of 1975 but only had one game - Frenzy. It looks like they took the Scandia cabinet and added more games to it.

BTW - there were actually quite a few multi-game arcade Pong games. Fun Games' Take Seven had seven games in one cabinet. Gametech's Olympic 9 had nine and another game had ten.
 
I had a PSE Maneater a few years back, they were an interesting company and their concepts were revolutionary at the time. That cocktail looks like it's in great shape, what's the story behind it as in where did it come from?
 
The cabinet looks like a Scandia cabinet (there is a picture at http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2012/11/1975-atari-photos-and-untafad-games.html but I also have a better one) except for the plaque.

Scandia was released around August of 1975 but only had one game - Frenzy. It looks like they took the Scandia cabinet and added more games to it.

BTW - there were actually quite a few multi-game arcade Pong games. Fun Games' Take Seven had seven games in one cabinet. Gametech's Olympic 9 had nine and another game had ten.

Yes, thats the one! I even have those feets.
They are de-mounted now cause i couldn't fit it through my door :p

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I would love to see the other picture if you had one.

Dump any ROMs it has while it's still working!!

This is my first arcade machine, i wouldn't know where to start.

I had a PSE Maneater a few years back, they were an interesting company and their concepts were revolutionary at the time. That cocktail looks like it's in great shape, what's the story behind it as in where did it come from?

I bought it off a guy in town (Avesta Sweden) for around $230, the seller runs a café and its been kept on Gotland up untill recently. He sold it due to lack of space :)
But the label says it accepts 25¢ and 50¢ coins, so originally id guess its from America?

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You gotta post this on Pook's cocktail thread! Can't go wrong with Pong!

Post it where what now? Sorry but im new here :)

Also, on the main board(?), theres a 'free game' stamp, is it possible to bridge them to enable free playing or something?
Theres a high res picture here.
 
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My friend has one of those.. The throw a table cloth over it and use it as a mini breakfast table..
 
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