tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post1465739765231768400..comments2024-03-29T04:12:33.214-05:00Comments on The Golden Age Arcade Historian: A Trip to the Penny Arcade - Circa 1907Keith Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08421308095592306594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post-787920808893331992012-10-27T18:31:45.441-05:002012-10-27T18:31:45.441-05:00Gun games have been around since at least the 1890...Gun games have been around since at least the 1890s. The Automatic Target Machine Company of New York produced their first gueen games in 1892 but I don't think they were very common. I don't think gun games really became popular until the 1920s, however - especially with the appearance if A.B.T. Manufacturing's pistol game Target Skill in the 1920s (A.B.T. filed for a patent in 1921 but I don't think it went into production until a few years later).<br /><br />I think driving games started appearing in the 1940s. A British company called Canova and Thompson released a game called Automatic Cycle Racer in 1897 but I don't think many others followed.<br /><br />In 1940 or 1941 International Mutoscope released Drive Mobile, which some say was the first car driving game. Another very cool (IMO) early driving game waa Capitol Projector's Auto Test (1953? - though a number of later models also appeared), which used 8mm film (they also did a boat game).<br /><br />This site:<br />http://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/<br />also has some nice info on old arcade games.<br />Keith Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08421308095592306594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post-31729294300067075912012-10-27T16:32:44.600-05:002012-10-27T16:32:44.600-05:00Interesting breakdown of what would be a penny arc...Interesting breakdown of what would be a penny arcade. Makes me wonder exactly when EM drivers and shooters started coming around?<br /><br />The Penny Arcade in Manitou Springs, CO has a ton of antique games. They've been around since 1907. Check out the pictures I took here:<br /><br />http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=98350kiwasabinoreply@blogger.com