tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post237807988806316930..comments2024-03-29T04:12:33.214-05:00Comments on The Golden Age Arcade Historian: Updates/Odds and EndsKeith Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08421308095592306594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post-19728649925968069462016-02-22T08:45:38.453-06:002016-02-22T08:45:38.453-06:00Disneyland opened in 1955, and Tomorrowland was on...Disneyland opened in 1955, and Tomorrowland was one of their opening-year lands. 1977 is when they added the California version of the Space Mountain roller coaster.<br /><br />I had never ran across anything about this Tomorrowland arcade racing game, but I know Disney modified games in the past. They had mechanical fortune tellers rethemed for the parks, as well as coin-operated marionette dancing ones (Pinoochio, and a County Bears one). Some of these are still in Disneyland. I have even read a reference to a flying mechanical game (probably something like Stunt Pilot) with a Disney theme on it.<br /><br />But, as a kid visiting in the 1970s, I remember seeing a black and white video game that involved a ghost flying over tombstones or something. If you run across this somewhere, let me know. I have yet to find any Disney resource that references it.<br /><br />Also, Disney apparently re-skinned all their arcade games since, I am told, they didn't want non-Disney cartoons/artwork in the park. Thus, all the old arcade machines had wood grain siding or solid colors rather than the original artwork. As recently as 1994, Disney was still retheming things. When the Indiana Jones Adventure opened in 1994, they installed an Indy pinball game nearby. It was decorated to look as if it was made out of a wooden crate and bamboo. It was still in the park the last time I visited (though that's been five years).<br /><br />Since Disney has also experimented with modern video games (Disney VR, displayed as a show/demo at Epcot in 1994-5 before moving to Disneyland around 96 then ultimately ending up at DisneyQuest in Florida a few years later), it seems their history of custom video games was not a one-off.Allen Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785680934278190478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post-72010422643658796562015-01-26T20:08:29.195-06:002015-01-26T20:08:29.195-06:00By the way, there's another photo of Dona Bail...By the way, there's another photo of Dona Bailey, seen and explained here.<br /><br />http://www.atarimuseum.com/orubin/smithsonian.htmlAguyinaRPGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post-91988756739012103932013-02-10T07:33:12.511-06:002013-02-10T07:33:12.511-06:00Yep.. that's Dona Bailey with Lyle Rains. You ...Yep.. that's Dona Bailey with Lyle Rains. You may this video interesting; there are quotes from Don Osbourne, Owen Rubin, and Dona, as well as a shot of one of the Atari coinop labs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gBWDlr3Rx0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com