{"id":2384,"date":"2011-11-30T09:44:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T09:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2011-11-30T09:44:47","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T09:44:47","slug":"arcade-in-the-40s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-40s\/","title":{"rendered":"Arcade in the 40s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"#B\">B<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#D\">D<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#F\">F<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#G\">G<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#H\">H<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#M\">M<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#P\">P<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#R\">R<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#S\">S<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"..\/images\/40-forties.jpg\" alt=\"The 40s\" width=\"93\" height=\"74\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"alignright\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"; \/* SKOOLNEW-w-arcade-300x250 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"5621883829\"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Voice-O-Graph<\/em> lets amateur crooners save their performances on a cardboard record, <em>Drive Mobile<\/em> puts gamers behind the wheel, and <em>Monkey Climb<\/em>. well, it has climbing monkeys. Two popular sports get arcade makeovers in <em>Basketball Champ<\/em> and the puck-bowling pioneer <em>Shuffle Alley<\/em>, while pinball gets its first set of flippers in <em>Humpty Dumpty<\/em>. And for those just looking for a few minutes of cheap entertainment, may we direct your gaze to a few <em>Peep Show Barrels<\/em> (don&#8217;t worry, moms, it&#8217;s not what you think).<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong class=\"letter\">B<\/strong> <a id=\"B\" name=\"B\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1244.htm\">Baseball games<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1248.htm\">Basketball games (mechanical)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1273.htm\">Bowling games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"letter\">D<\/strong> <a id=\"D\" name=\"D\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1249.htm\">Digger\/Crane\/Claw games<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1228.htm\">Driving games (pre-video)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"letter\">F<\/strong> <a id=\"F\" name=\"F\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1265.htm\">Foosball<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1256.htm\">Fortune Telling Machines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"letter\">G<\/strong> <a id=\"G\" name=\"G\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1225.htm\">Grip Scale Strength Testers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"letter\">H<\/strong> <a id=\"H\" name=\"H\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1211.htm\">Humpty Dumpty<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"letter\">M<\/strong> <a id=\"M\" name=\"M\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1247.htm\">Monkey Climb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"letter\">P<\/strong> <a id=\"P\" name=\"P\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1218.htm\">Pachinko<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1255.htm\">Peep Show Barrels<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1215.htm\">Photo Booths<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"letter\">R<\/strong> <a id=\"R\" name=\"R\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1271.htm\">Recording Booth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"letter\">S<\/strong> <a id=\"S\" name=\"S\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1212.htm\">Saratoga<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/categories\/arcade\/ag1210.htm\">Skee-Ball<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h3>Recently Added<\/h3>\n<p><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li class=\"current\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-40s\/\">Arcade in the 40s<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/bagatelle\/\">Bagatelle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-40s\/\"><\/a><p>B\u00a0\u00a0D\u00a0\u00a0F\u00a0\u00a0G\u00a0\u00a0H\u00a0\u00a0M\u00a0\u00a0P\u00a0\u00a0R\u00a0\u00a0S\u00a0\u00a0 The Voice-O-Graph lets amateur crooners save their performances on a cardboard record, Drive Mobile puts gamers behind the wheel, and Monkey Climb. well, it has climbing monkeys. 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