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New, unusued Robotron cabinet found still in the box

New, unusued Robotron cabinet found still in the box / Boing Boinghttps://boingboing.net/2018/04/26/new-unusued-robotron-cabinet.htmlRobotron: 2084 is one of my favorite games of all time. It has the rapidly-escalating-curve-of-difficulty I prefer in arcade games — the first level is easy, the second is harder, the third i…

In the late ‘60s there was an explosion at Bally Manufacturing near California and Melrose

In the late ‘50s or early ‘60s there was an explosion at Bally Manufacturing near California and Melrose. Do you have more details? —Adam Baran, Lansing There was in fact a mysterious explosion at the Bally Manufacturing factory in the Avondale neighborhood in 1969. The Chicago Tribune reported that people […]

Pop-up pinball arcade a real blast from the past

Pop-up pinball arcade a real blast from the past – Winnipeg Free Presshttps://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/times/correspondent/Pop-up-pinball-arcade-a-real-blast-from-the-past-480572381.htmlAs a teenager in the late 1970s, I grew up with pinball machines. Then, as the ’80s rolled along, video games like PacMan, Galaxian and Space Invaders started popping up. I tried them but there was something about […]