1969 Chicago Coin Speedway

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Күн бұрын

Today in the shop we have this 1969 Chicago Coin Speedway. This is an electromechanical arcade machine and is pretty ingenious considering there's not one single integrated circuit in the game.
The premise is simple: drive as fast as possible without crashing. The faster you drive, the more points you accumulate. When you crash into another car or into the sides of the track, you don't accumulate points for a second or three. Once you get the hang of it, you can find the "sweet spot" and manipulate the game and avoid crashing for long periods, which I manage to do during the first bit of this video. When you accumulate a set number of points, you get "extended play" which doubles the length of time you can play and the clock goes around twice instead of just once.
The game can be pretty frustrating for beginners until they get into the swing of how it works. The player is constantly having to pulse the accelerator until they find the rhythm.
Anyway, fairly fun/interesting machine, although I'm not sure how much staying power it would have in a home environment.
Some more info on Speedway can be found here: www.pinrepair.c...

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@ILoveSweetWaterMelon-ti2sq 3 ай бұрын

This is an example of arcade game that revolutionized modern arcade games. I can imagine the gamer's life without digital devices.

@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! I used to own this arcade game when I was a kid Got it for Christmas as a ten year old from my uncle who owned and operated several arcade games, mainly pinball. I think he was just trying to get rid of it when he gave it to me, lol. Haven't seen this in over 30 years, the gameplay and the sounds bring back a lot of great memories.

@londonpinball 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, Bobby. I've followed many of your videos over the years in my struggle to play guitar. :)

@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 4 жыл бұрын

@@londonpinball Wow that's cool. I guess it's a small world on KZbin. Hope your guitar playing is going well :-)

@Eric_Malbos 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible, I did not know arcade games stem from so far in time! Nor the electromechanical arcade games! Thanks for sharing!

@londonpinball 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching.

@michaelturner4457 27 күн бұрын

This brings back memories. I played this at Bournmouth in 1973 when I was 10.

@levinmorgan 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Remember playing this "high tech" game in 1973.

@kawboy14 Жыл бұрын

I played this game at Woolworths when I was a kid. It was my driver training before I went for my license .. 😂

@tomkatt2321 24 күн бұрын

Ah the memories of being a young kid and playing this at the NH cabins our family spent summer vacations... If I recall these were 25¢ games when many pinball games were still a dime, which works out to be over $1.75 in today's money.

@StaciArdmore 9 ай бұрын

I played this obsessively at a local bowling alley when I was a teenager. Even though I tore it up, and always got extended play, I used to think to myself, "I hope real driving isn't this hard." It wasn't!

@MichelCastonguay 6 жыл бұрын

this game was a huge hit, it was everywhere in the 70's

@fredjimenez4208 2 жыл бұрын

i loved playing this game at the Culver Teen Center in the 70s. The steering wheel and gas pedal made it real.

@angusgulliver7775 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. I remember playing this in an arcade in Newquay (Cornwall) in the late 70s when it was already outdated. But it was fun. then Atari's Sprint 2 came along...

@RazorEdge2006 3 жыл бұрын

The original version of this game was called Indy 500, released by Kasco in 1968. Can't seem to find online footage of that version.

@trs80model14 22 күн бұрын

I have one. I got it free at a pinball show, at the end of the show when the owner didn't want to haul it back home..

@cardtrix1970 4 жыл бұрын

That nutty "drum" in back always seemed to break! Stand By!

@guyonthedock 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Chicago Coin "Motorcycle". It's pretty interesting how similar the background, road, and the pattern of the other racers are. I'd bet money it's the same boards. Guts wise for the inner workings, they literally just used a different color wheel for the racers. Not knocking it, just pointing it out :)

@cardtrix1970 4 жыл бұрын

"Stan's Arcade" & "Star Billiards" in Janesville(Wisconsin)had this game back in the late 1960s. It had a wacky "drum" in the back that kept...malfunctioning. "Don"(service tech) from Lake Geneva thought it was..."junk"! He called any game that he...didn't want to fix..."junk"!