As a kid I can remember when was kid, begging my parents to let me have my birthday party in a Chuck E. Cheese, later at that party my grandparents gave me Yar’s Revenge as a present. I also grew up in the Salt Lake Valley and offered when to Lagoon Amusement Park which had a game center with all kinds of pin ball games. Bushnell.worked at Lagoon, founded Atari, and was involved with Chuck E. Cheese, crazy how one man could effect my childhood so much. Also Ron, this Video Games and Pin Ball machines that you restore and repair, really where the best part of my childhood, thanks you for doing your best to keeping thoughts machines working and my memories alive. Video games should be “easy to learn, hard to master", Bushnell’s Law
I don't remember ever seeing this game in the wild. The song it plays is the same tune that Stern's Armored Car plays at the end of the game. It took me a while to figure out what other game I had heard that theme in! I bet there are only a few original specimens of this machine left. I would be surprised if there were a dozen! I can see why operators would have kitted the cabinet back in the day. The pool game would be kind of cool in a bar but probably wouldn't be guzzling quarters in an arcade. Nonetheless, what a cool piece of history. I would put it in my arcade next to my Capcom Bowling with Risque graphics! Thanks for sharing it Ron, and you are most welcome for my t-shirt modeling at the beach!
It kind of makes sense to make the game, but ultimately compared to the flash of other games already out by 1985 I can see where it wouldn't make much depending on the location I guess....
I bought a Bally sente around 1994 and was able to acquire almost all of the games for it. ( I had 8 of them, marquee, control panel and cartridge) I ended up selling it to a guy the runs a a barcade in NYC. He put it out for folks to play there. The SAC 1 and SAC 2 were the base setup and cabinet. Wish I could upload a photo to a comment I would show you the stack of control panels
I played a Pac-Man cocktail arcade game table with my uncle once. It had many games on it and was a bunch of fun. Sadly, the place where it was at burnt down a few years back and the restaurant is no longer around. RIP Joe Mamma’s Pizza, Tulsa.
I remember this game. i played it some at a Pizza Inn or something like that back when I was a sophomore in High School. I love the cocktail versions of just about any video game.
Really enjoyed the gameplay! We had one of these in our local bowling alley! Half way through the video I swear I could smell cig smoke and stale beer!
I loved Sente’s Off the Wall. It’s a very unique tennis game. It’s a 2d side view, but you have a spinner that controls the paddle so you can spin it around. Crazy game and I’d love to try it on real hardware one day. Maybe not even that but at least with the real controls.
You're absolutely correct that rareness of a game doesn't always translate to lots of money for the said game in the arcade game industry. In console gaming a super rare game would almost be guaranteed to bring in far too much money. How that one escaped kitting is a great mystery! After watching you play it I can see why most were kitted. If I owned it I'd be pulling it all out and converting it to something else! I know. Blasphemy!
I remember Night Stocker. I played it at the supermarket when the other game wasn't working. To this day, I wish I could remember the name of the other game 😕
It played its sound track even in attract mode. A bass-heavy and somewhat catchy tune. It bled through my memories and is also now associated with that other game. Play-wise, you had to be good at both shooting and steering. Had to avoid mines and catch crystals with that front fork thing as you were harassed by other alien baddies. I was never any good.
The decco games were pretty cool too most have been archived some have been lost.. it used a user changeable cassette tape and key rom. Always wanted to get one because they are kind of rare.
I remember one in our enlisted man’s club in the navy, it was a space invaders game in a similar cabinet. That one was in constant use. But I do not remember what company made it.
This reminds me of my childhood in the UK when there was a weekly snooker television program on the BBC called 'POT BLACK' that used the same theme music as this game (Black and White Rag). What came first?
This one came out in 1985 I would imagine if Pot Black was using it, it was probably before then and may have been a song that was associated with billiards for some reason way back farther than that! It's one of those things that everybody's too young to remember I'll bet, like for instance 'Mack the Knife" the song was apparently about a play, that was old by the time the song was written so now when people hear that old song they have no idea what the hell he's talking about :)
Its all about the "english" on this game. I do remember you had to spin the shit out of it on a break with a ton of top spin to drive the ball through the rack. Again great channel!
That's how I started my first arcade game was on this table top it was pac man was begging my parents to buy the machine they never did lol but they gave me my first console which was the Atari 2600
Intersting but cool find and backstory, thanks!! Ever see the TV show "Gimme a Break!"? Nell Carter is hilarious in it! This game should have her doing a voice over and insulting the player while playing. If voice digitization costs were still that high and needed precious rom space to hold, it may not have been feasible... wasn't Paperboy from 1985 and it had stored, discernable digitized voices?
Never played this one, but looks cool! Will try on MAME. i love pool games, played Side Pocket A LOT in the arcade and on the Sega Genesis, and to this day I play Virtual Pool on the smartphone!
We've got all kinds of cool stuff in storage, we pull out a weird one every once in awhile and fix it up. We bought this about 5 years ago off of a guy he had several other cocktails that were very weird too. Like a Rastan cocktail... and a Bowling game, cocktail....
I started getting the hang of it a little bit by the time I finished, the camera cut off but I made it to another level you basically instead of using a line try to aim with the little dots around the trackball on the control panel....
Ron, when I play straight pool, I usually start with the 1 ball. Just sayin. =) Bally must have had their own rules for straight pool. Also, you're getting shitty breaks because the back of the rack is nearly against the rail. What's up with that??
wow, rare indeed, pool video games have been hits and misses over the 80's and 90's. pool is the trickiest games to translate into video game format in the 80's. nowadays, I seem better looking and better played pool video games.
Absolutely, the game owner must bake scones and prepare tea! In this case, English is fine control of the cue ball movement. IRL, you can add top spin, back spin, left/right spin, etc. by the place you hit the cue ball with the cue stick and the stick movement.
As a kid I can remember when was kid, begging my parents to let me have my birthday party in a Chuck E. Cheese, later at that party my grandparents gave me Yar’s Revenge as a present. I also grew up in the Salt Lake Valley and offered when to Lagoon Amusement Park which had a game center with all kinds of pin ball games. Bushnell.worked at Lagoon, founded Atari, and was involved with Chuck E. Cheese, crazy how one man could effect my childhood so much. Also Ron, this Video Games and Pin Ball machines that you restore and repair, really where the best part of my childhood, thanks you for doing your best to keeping thoughts machines working and my memories alive.
Video games should be “easy to learn, hard to master", Bushnell’s Law
Thank you Marinka, yeah he basically did a LOT of really cool stuff, he really had a good mind for this industry. Thanks for watching!
I don't remember ever seeing this game in the wild. The song it plays is the same tune that Stern's Armored Car plays at the end of the game. It took me a while to figure out what other game I had heard that theme in! I bet there are only a few original specimens of this machine left. I would be surprised if there were a dozen! I can see why operators would have kitted the cabinet back in the day. The pool game would be kind of cool in a bar but probably wouldn't be guzzling quarters in an arcade. Nonetheless, what a cool piece of history. I would put it in my arcade next to my Capcom Bowling with Risque graphics! Thanks for sharing it Ron, and you are most welcome for my t-shirt modeling at the beach!
It kind of makes sense to make the game, but ultimately compared to the flash of other games already out by 1985 I can see where it wouldn't make much depending on the location I guess....
You know what the song is right? If you don't it's Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
I bought a Bally sente around 1994 and was able to acquire almost all of the games for it. ( I had 8 of them, marquee, control panel and cartridge) I ended up selling it to a guy the runs a a barcade in NYC. He put it out for folks to play there.
The SAC 1 and SAC 2 were the base setup and cabinet. Wish I could upload a photo to a comment I would show you the stack of control panels
which ones you were missing?
I played a Pac-Man cocktail arcade game table with my uncle once. It had many games on it and was a bunch of fun. Sadly, the place where it was at burnt down a few years back and the restaurant is no longer around. RIP Joe Mamma’s Pizza, Tulsa.
Tip my 40 to your memory Joe Mamma's! - th-cam.com/video/dVSiv8-ugu0/w-d-xo.html
I remember this game. i played it some at a Pizza Inn or something like that back when I was a sophomore in High School. I love the cocktail versions of just about any video game.
Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin. Impossible to not be in a good mode while listening to ragtime. 😉
The song instantly made me think of Domino Man since it plays Maple Leaf Rag too.
Really enjoyed the gameplay! We had one of these in our local bowling alley! Half way through the video I swear I could smell cig smoke and stale beer!
Ain't it funny how a melody, can bring back a memory :)
I remember seeing an upright pool game at the Pavilion, but I can’t remember if it was this game or not.
They had one for awhile that you actually had a pool stick that you used...
Love them cocktail arcade games
They're pretty awesome :)
I loved Sente’s Off the Wall. It’s a very unique tennis game. It’s a 2d side view, but you have a spinner that controls the paddle so you can spin it around. Crazy game and I’d love to try it on real hardware one day. Maybe not even that but at least with the real controls.
Good old pool. I would play this for hours if I had it
It's pretty fun once you play it for a little bit...
You're absolutely correct that rareness of a game doesn't always translate to lots of money for the said game in the arcade game industry. In console gaming a super rare game would almost be guaranteed to bring in far too much money. How that one escaped kitting is a great mystery! After watching you play it I can see why most were kitted. If I owned it I'd be pulling it all out and converting it to something else! I know. Blasphemy!
Stay the hell away from my game!
If only there was a game called scratch, you would own it 🤣
I'm pretty good at it :)
I remember Night Stocker. I played it at the supermarket when the other game wasn't working. To this day, I wish I could remember the name of the other game 😕
I never saw that one out!
It played its sound track even in attract mode. A bass-heavy and somewhat catchy tune. It bled through my memories and is also now associated with that other game.
Play-wise, you had to be good at both shooting and steering. Had to avoid mines and catch crystals with that front fork thing as you were harassed by other alien baddies. I was never any good.
Cool I had a uprite sente wood cab loved that game. I think I paid $100.00 for it from a good friend in the bizz😊
The decco games were pretty cool too most have been archived some have been lost.. it used a user changeable cassette tape and key rom. Always wanted to get one because they are kind of rare.
I've never had one of the Deco ones I'd like to get one to mess around with though. Thanks for watching Fred!
@@LyonsArcade sorry about criticizing your wood identification the other day.. really hope you find the deco
I remember one in our enlisted man’s club in the navy, it was a space invaders game in a similar cabinet. That one was in constant use. But I do not remember what company made it.
I have never seen one of these before to be honest. Thank you for sharing it :)
Do u have a store here in CA?
Unfortunately we do not, we're only in South Carolina.
@@LyonsArcade oh ok
This reminds me of my childhood in the UK when there was a weekly snooker television program on the BBC called 'POT BLACK' that used the same theme music as this game (Black and White Rag). What came first?
This one came out in 1985 I would imagine if Pot Black was using it, it was probably before then and may have been a song that was associated with billiards for some reason way back farther than that! It's one of those things that everybody's too young to remember I'll bet, like for instance 'Mack the Knife" the song was apparently about a play, that was old by the time the song was written so now when people hear that old song they have no idea what the hell he's talking about :)
Its all about the "english" on this game. I do remember you had to spin the shit out of it on a break with a ton of top spin to drive the ball through the rack. Again great channel!
I typically like pool games. But this one just looks difficult. Almost too difficult not to be frustrating. :)
It's tough for sure!
A believe you can put a line on it. Not sure how. Remember playing it back in the day. Fun game!
That's how I started my first arcade game was on this table top it was pac man was begging my parents to buy the machine they never did lol but they gave me my first console which was the Atari 2600
Gimme a break of that kit-kat bar.
Intersting but cool find and backstory, thanks!!
Ever see the TV show "Gimme a Break!"? Nell Carter is hilarious in it! This game should have her doing a voice over and insulting the player while playing. If voice digitization costs were still that high and needed precious rom space to hold, it may not have been feasible... wasn't Paperboy from 1985 and it had stored, discernable digitized voices?
Never played this one, but looks cool! Will try on MAME. i love pool games, played Side Pocket A LOT in the arcade and on the Sega Genesis, and to this day I play Virtual Pool on the smartphone!
I have the refrigerator style cab w/ the GIMME A BREAK kit
Those cabinets are so cool :)
Looks like a fun game.
Not Having a way to line up the shots or the ball rolling physics is a bit slow.
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Thanks Man!
OMG. That is NOT a 60 in 1 in that Galaga cabinet. Right?! :p
OMG that is NOT a Galaga Cabinet, Right?!????
@@LyonsArcade LIKE OMG! THE GUYS ON KLOV WILL TOTALLY FREAK OUT!
i seen a game called chicken shift looks like the brand name sente but that was 35 yrs ago lol
That was one of them, I've never seen it though!
I use to play that grest game everytime I seen it
That Game may not be fun but at least it’s also hard to play.
Where in the world did you find this? Lol
Great gem there
We've got all kinds of cool stuff in storage, we pull out a weird one every once in awhile and fix it up. We bought this about 5 years ago off of a guy he had several other cocktails that were very weird too. Like a Rastan cocktail... and a Bowling game, cocktail....
Nuanced? I love when you talk French!
A shot line wouldn't help, the direction the ball shoots is controlled by the direction fo the trackball.
I started getting the hang of it a little bit by the time I finished, the camera cut off but I made it to another level you basically instead of using a line try to aim with the little dots around the trackball on the control panel....
Ive got a hat trick cocktail.🍸
Those are very cool!
I got lucky and found a snacks in Jackson daughter board PCB for like 85 bucks
Ron, when I play straight pool, I usually start with the 1 ball. Just sayin. =) Bally must have had their own rules for straight pool.
Also, you're getting shitty breaks because the back of the rack is nearly against the rail. What's up with that??
Yeah I thought they were in order too!
wow, rare indeed, pool video games have been hits and misses over the 80's and 90's. pool is the trickiest games to translate into video game format in the 80's. nowadays, I seem better looking and better played pool video games.
Hat trick too lol
Whats " giving it some English " ? do you talk to the ball all day about tea and the weather ?...cheers.
Absolutely, the game owner must bake scones and prepare tea!
In this case, English is fine control of the cue ball movement. IRL, you can add top spin, back spin, left/right spin, etc. by the place you hit the cue ball with the cue stick and the stick movement.
@@neilh2669 Cheers !
It's a great looking game but a trackball sounds like the absolute worst control method for pool to me!
Would buttons only be better than a trackball?
@@LyonsArcade An analog joystick would be better then you could aim your shots.