1982 Chicago TV report on arcade games
Great dated story here. Some neat photos inside Williams and Midway, including some photos of the Williams development gear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JJywbVZvCI
On 05/15/2013 10:43 PM, Christopher Strong wrote:
Great dated story here. Some neat photos inside Williams and Midway, including some photos of the Williams development gear.
That reporter certainly knows how to sling a jacket over his shoulder.
And how to rock a hairstyle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Ashdown" <pashdown@xmission.com> To: "Christopher Strong" <strong@cs.utah.edu> Cc: utvgg@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:38:41 AM Subject: Re: [UtVgG] 1982 Chicago TV report on arcade games On 05/15/2013 10:43 PM, Christopher Strong wrote:
Great dated story here. Some neat photos inside Williams and Midway, including some photos of the Williams development gear.
That reporter certainly knows how to sling a jacket over his shoulder. _______________________________________________ UtVgG mailing list UtVgG@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utvgg
"Pac-Man is known as the cute game." On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Sean McLachlan <sean@lithoflexo.com> wrote:
And how to rock a hairstyle.
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On 05/15/2013 10:43 PM, Christopher Strong wrote:
Great dated story here. Some neat photos inside Williams and Midway, including some photos of the Williams development gear.
That reporter certainly knows how to sling a jacket over his shoulder.
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"The life of a video game is basically 6 months to a year, depending on the popularity of the game." - Ron Crouse, Williams Electronics I am so glad that has turned out to be untrue. Sean McLachlan IT Manager, Quality Manager LithoFlexo grafics ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Rivera" <jar155@gmail.com> To: "Sean McLachlan" <sean@lithoflexo.com> Cc: "UtVgG" <utvgg@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:36:21 AM Subject: Re: [UtVgG] 1982 Chicago TV report on arcade games "Pac-Man is known as the cute game." On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Sean McLachlan < sean@lithoflexo.com > wrote: And how to rock a hairstyle. From: "Pete Ashdown" < pashdown@xmission.com > To: "Christopher Strong" < strong@cs.utah.edu > Cc: utvgg@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:38:41 AM Subject: Re: [UtVgG] 1982 Chicago TV report on arcade games On 05/15/2013 10:43 PM, Christopher Strong wrote:
Great dated story here. Some neat photos inside Williams and Midway, including some photos of the Williams development gear.
That reporter certainly knows how to sling a jacket over his shoulder. _______________________________________________ UtVgG mailing list UtVgG@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utvgg _______________________________________________ UtVgG mailing list UtVgG@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utvgg -- Jeff Rivera 801.599.4547 http://gamertheory.com
On 05/16/2013 08:41 AM, Sean McLachlan wrote:
And how to rock a hairstyle.
Yes, it made all of the period photos of the people at Atari look a whole lot more stylish when I saw the "fashion" of Chicago. I think this is earlier than 1982. They talk about Asteroids "about to come out" for home systems, but I thought Asteroids came out for the 2600 well before Christmas 1981, and I have the 400/800 version here in my office (what, you don't?) and it is dated 1981. With Pac-Man and Defender being hot games, I'm betting mid-1981 at the latest. Ms. Pac came out in '81 and it is not even mentioned here. I liked the attempts to ban the "dangerous" arcade games for those under 18. If you note at 1:17, there is an interesting type of lamp behind the midway marquee. They don't quite look like the standard "painting/aquarium" lamp, they appear to be tapered at the base, though that might just be an effect of the light levels on the vidicon. Do you know of a different type of bulb used by Midway, Jeff? -Chris
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