#CoinOperated
I stumbled upon this relic while on my adventures in Branson, Missouri last month. I've seen many of these coin-operated children's rides before, but I don't think that I've ever seen one for the Batmobile from the 1995 Batman Forever movie. #Batmanforever #Batmobile #Coinoperated
October 26, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Hidden in Fisherman's Wharf, Musée Mécanique is a family-run museum with 300+ coin-operated mechanical arcade machines.

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#MuseeMecanique #FishermansWharf #SanFrancisco #VintageArcade #CoinOperated #FamilyFun #HiddenGem #AntiqueGames
October 24, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Zamperla El Toro coin-operated strength tester, a product of Italy 🇮🇹.

The Company began making these mechanical grip testing machines in 1960 and continued to build them for several decades.

As seen at Past Times Arcade in Girard, Ohio.

#strengthtest #1960s #arcade #coinoperated #madeinitaly
June 24, 2026 at 1:48 PM
1980 Bally Nitro Ground Shaker pinball machine.

7,950 units produced. Designed by George Christian with art by Dave Christensen.

As seen at Velum Fermentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

#pinball #arcade #1980s #coinoperated #bally
June 18, 2026 at 7:48 PM
1966 Sega Enterprises Periscope electromechanical arcade game.

Design credit for the game is often given to Sega’s founder David Rosen and his Japanese engineering team.

As seen at Past Times Arcade in Girard, Ohio.

#sega #arcade #1960s #coinoperated #Periscope
May 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
1956 Genco Manufacturing Lucky 7 electromechanical roll down game

The player rolls 3” balls into scoring holes. This game is unique because it has a mechanical flipper bar that players can use to influence which hole the ball ends up in

#arcade #1950s #antique #electromechanical #coinoperated
December 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
1971 Chicago Coin Sharp Shooter electromechanical rifle shooting gallery game.

As seen at the Silverball Arcade in Asbury Park, NJ.

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#ShootingGallery #arcade #electromechanical #coinoperated #1970s
December 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
1979 Gottlieb Genie 🧞‍♀️ widebody pinball machine.

6,800 units produced. Designed by Ed Krynski with fantastic art by Gordon Morison.

As seen at the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ.

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#pinball #genie #arcade #70s #1970s #gottlieb #coinoperated
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
1980 Atari Missile Command upright arcade cabinet.

Atari produced over 14,000 upright Missile Command cabinets, around 1,500 Cabarets and around 3,000 Cocktail machines. Designed by Dave Theurer with art by George Opperman.

#atari #arcade #videogames #coinop #coinoperated #RetroArcade #80s #1980s
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
1956 Williams Crane electromechanical coin-operated amusement game.

The original price to play was $0.10 per game.

As seen at the Silverball Arcade in Asbury Park, NJ.

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#arcade #antique #1950s #50s #coinoperated #coinop
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A rare 1978 Gottlieb Gemini 2-player electromechanical pinball machine.

Only 300 units were produced. Designed by Ed Krynski with art by Gordon Morison

As seen at the Silverball Arcade in Asbury Park, New Jersey

#pinball #arcade #Gemini #gottlieb #70s #1970s #retroarcade #silverball #coinoperated
December 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
1958 Williams Turf Champ 🐎 wood rail electromechanical pinball machine.

The production numbers are ot known. Designed by Harry Mabs and Harry Williams with art by George Molentin.

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#pinball #turfchamp #coinoperated #electromechanical #50s #1950s #antique #horserace #horseracing
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1984 Williams Laser Cue 4-flipper pinball machine.

2,800 units produced. Designed by Edward Tomaszewski with art by Pam Erickson.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#pinball #Arcade #williamspinball #80s #1980s #retroarcade #classicarcade #coinoperated
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
2000 Midway Games Gauntlet Dark Legacy hack and slash dungeon crawler upright arcade cabinet.

As seen at the Marcade in Rockaway, NJ.

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#Gauntlet #arcade #coinop #coinoperated #2000s #MidwayGames #retroarcade
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
1983 Taito Zookeeper 🦒 🦓 🐘 🐒 arcade game.

Designed by Keith Egging and John Morgan.

As seen at The Arcade in Brighton, Michigan.

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#arcade #retroarcade #classicarcade #taito #zookeeper #coinop #coinoperated
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
1958 Williams Ten Strike 🎳 electromechanical bowler coinop amusement machine.

As seen in the personal collection of Joe Newhart of PinballSTAR Amusements.

#bowling #bowler #coinoperated #coinop #Electromechanical #amusementmachines #arcade #antique #50s #1950s
February 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
1985 Atari Road Runner. Road Runner was originally created in 1984 to be a LaserDisc game, with graphics laid over video footage of actual roads and scenery. Atari decided to scrap that idea and released the game in 1985 as a traditional vid.

#roadrunner #looneytunes #arcade #coinoperated #atari
February 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
1978 Atari Fire Truck 🔥 🚒 black and white 2-player arcade game. Considered by many to be the first co-op video game, two drivers must work together to drive the fire truck as far as possible without crashing.

#firetruck #Atari #Arcade #classicarcade #retroarcade #coinop #coinoperated #70s #1970s
February 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1982 Nintendo Donkey Kong Jr. arcade cabinet. As seen at Coop De Ville in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

#nintendo #donkeykong #donkeykongjr #80s #1980s #arcade #arcadebar #CoinOp #coinoperated
January 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
1970 Williams Dipsy Doodle electromechanical pinball machine. 4,703 units produced. This game is the 4-player version of the popular Williams single-player game Doodle Bug.

As seen at Velum Fermentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

#pinball #williamspinball #1970s #electromechanical #coinoperated
January 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A rare 1971 MCI Airball coin-op arcade game. Players use two joysticks to control the height and direction of air that blows a ball up from the bottom and try to navigate it through a series of 3D shapes.

#arcade #coinop #coinoperated #70s #1970s #arcademachine #arcadegames
December 8, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Apr 28, 1976 NYT The Bicentennial show traces moviemaking in New Jersey back to Thomas A. Edison's patent in 1893 of a coinoperated viewing machine, the Kinetoscope. His staff produced films for this machine in the world's first movie studio, the Black Maria.
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State Relives Its Early Film Glory (Published 1976)
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April 29, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Hidden in Fisherman's Wharf, Musée Mécanique is a family-run museum with 300+ coin-operated mechanical arcade machines.

britonthemove.com/musee-mecani...

#MuseeMecanique #FishermansWharf #SanFrancisco #VintageArcade #CoinOperated #FamilyFun #HiddenGem #AntiqueGames
June 20, 2026 at 2:01 AM
January 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Josh Kushner & Bob Iger purchased the Lakers from Mark Walter, whose insurance companies happen to be under investigation by the DOJ

Ossoff: “The Mar-a-Lago mafia has taken American corruption to spectacular new heights — American politics is coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out”
August 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM