The Video Game Newsroom Time Machine is a weekly retro gaming podcast in which we travel back in time to see what was making headlines 40, 30, and 20 years ago in the arcade, video game, and computer gaming business and interview industry veterans.
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Aug 13, 2021
Many of us remember the days of walking into a pool hall, a
bowling alley, or even a supermarket and being able to drop a
quarter into an arcade game, be it Pac-Man, Defender, Street
Fighter II, or San Fransisco Rush. How did those games get there?
Well, that's where the route operators came in.
Our guest is Jim Trucano, he grew up in the industry, a third
generation operator, and he tells us all about the ins and outs of
being an arcade operator back in the halcyon days of Atari, Midway,
et al.
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Links:
https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/90s/1990/CB-1990-11-10-OCR-Page-0026.pdf
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/pac-man
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/defender
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/centipede_
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/rally-x
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/mortal-kombat
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/death-race___
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/san-francisco-rush-2049
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/ms-pac-man
https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/big-buck-hunter
Recommended Links:
Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/
They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/
Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/
The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/
The History of How We Play:
https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/
Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/