Arcade Games in the 30s single-plungerdly invents the pinball craze, while
Bumper and
Contact take the game two steps into the
future. At the penny arcades, fortune telling machines like
Mystic Pen and
An Answer from Beyond promise
Depression-era patrons a rosier future, and pitch-and-bat baseball
games like
All-Star Baseball let li'l sluggers live out their
big league dreams.
Muscle men strut their stuff on Gottlieb's
Grip Scale Strength Tester, but for those looking for a
little more finesse,
Skee-Ball is still the only way to
roll.