{"id":2387,"date":"2011-11-30T09:49:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T09:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2011-11-30T09:49:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T09:49:58","slug":"arcade-in-the-30s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-30s\/","title":{"rendered":"Arcade in the 30s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#B\">B<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#C\">C<\/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=\"#P\">P<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"#S\">S<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"..\/images\/30-thirties.jpg\" alt=\"The 30s\" 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>single-plungerdly invents the pinball craze, while <em>Bumper<\/em> and <em>Contact<\/em> take the game two steps into the future. At the penny arcades, fortune telling machines like <em>Mystic Pen<\/em> and <em>An Answer from Beyond<\/em> promise<br \/>\nDepression-era patrons a rosier future, and pitch-and-bat baseball games like <em>All-Star Baseball<\/em> let li&#8217;l sluggers live out their big league dreams. 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