Patentmania: The Golden Age of Electronic Games

The first era of computerized fun was crude, clunky...and unforgettable.

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Atari Arcade Patent

Game Cabinet

Filed February 14th, 1977

Atari bragged that this cabinet was so refined that restaurants and ski lodges that had nixed arcade games in the past would jump at the chance to install ones of this design. (I like the footprints indicating where the player stood in relation to the game.)

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