1905 Mills Novelty Co.: Retro Design Gold
Step right up and witness the incredible 1905 Mills Bag Puncher! This vintage amusement machine promised a fun way to earn a daily income, as proclaimed in this captivating advertisement. Invest just $60 and start punching your way to prosperity! 💰🥊
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The Williams Pinball 2000 platform was an interesting beast in many ways, but since we're on the topic of pinball displays, then here's the mother lode.
Instead of a matrix gas discharge displays of the previous generation, this one had a 19" CRT screen (a Duckscan CGM-1901CW) in it! Now keep in mind it was 1999 when this game came out, so TFT screens weren't economical for an arcade game at that point.
This huge screen is reflected to a semi-mirrored glass, which has a gradient to completely transparent around half-way down. This causes a rather neat effect of the screen reflecting off the glass, but the player still seeing the playfield. The game can also dim the playfield lights at the back to make the screen image more pronounced.
The effect was like experiencing some sci-fi gadget in real life. The game can project virtual targets, which you can hit thanks to strategically positioned switches on the playfield.
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A fascinating piece on one of Sega's early hits in America, Basketball. The piece by Caitlyn reveals a similar tangled web to what we've uncovered about Periscope. #sega #arcadehistory
https://earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2024/02/1966-basketball-by-sega.html
Very interesting video from @rmcretro
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Herbert Mills would not be the only coin-op magnate to see life behind bars, though he kept out of the worst of it until his death in 1929.
How many things need to go wrong before they become right, eh? These early trials likely helped make Mills into the adaptable company they were, going from niche to niche and finding success along the way.
We'll definitely have some more Mills stories in the future. For now, take a moment to appreciate what they went through to bring us #arcadehistory
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