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Space Invader Arcade Equipment from 1954, probably pinball https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xB4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&dq=%22space+invader%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUK
by deepnet 7y ago
Space Invader Arcade Equipment from 1954, probably pinball
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xB4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&dq=%22space+invader%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBgtDyl_7mAhWHXsAKHazOAggQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22space%20invader%22&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xB4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&dq=...
- Luc 7y agoIt's actually a shooting game: https://strangewars.livejournal.com/21891.html https://strangewars.livejournal.com/21891.html
- Joeboy 7y agoGood answers! I feel slightly more confident in the integrity of the universe now.
- Symbiote 7y agoThe Oxford English Dictionary has let me down, it doesn't have anything prior to the 1979 game. https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/185414#eid21541915 https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/185414#eid2154...
- adamsea 7y agoThat’s a great link. And the gun in the shooting game is very very similar to Han Solos ...
- khazhoux 7y agoWow, that 1954 issue of "The Billboard" magazine was absolutely fascinating. Industry info on music charts, jukebox sales, pinball machines, TV, radio, film... full of history!