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One of my favorite arcade games
is Discs of Tron. This game is still popular today. The controls of the game were revolutionary, and the cabinet made the whole experience seem like you were inside the movie and playing real time. The control stick looked like something from the future, where you would use this stick to control the objects on the screen. It also had a control “wheel” to use on certain games within the game. The color scheme of the controls was very impressive as well.
hard as you can and make sure the dishes do not fall over... a crazy idea come to life in the arcade scene.
Around the same time, another game of the series called Ultra
Low Dining Table was created. The object of this game was to pound on a small table controller until the game reached a point where you flipped the table up, attempting to destroy every breakable object on the screen as possible.
Panic Park is another game that most arcades never had or had ever
One game which most people have never seen or played is called The Tablecloth Hour. This game literally is based on pulling the tablecloth out from under the items on the table. The control is a tablecloth where you would grab it and pull as
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seen. In this game, you competed to move your joystick around to your opponent’s side of the cabinet, while they have to do the same to you. The game’s unique controls were two horizontally moving levers, one for each player. Both levers moved in an arc across the front of the game but would collide when they were close together.
Time Traveler is a game like no other. Developed by Rick Dyer
(best known for creating Dragon’s Lair) and manufactured by Sega, Time Traveler doesn’t look like an arcade game at first glance. Instead of the familiar stand-up screen,
the cabinet had a low-slung half- circle opening that’s sunk beneath the controls. The game projects its action into that screen-like opening. It was the first holographic gam ever made.