![]() ![]() They were closed during the parade, but I could see a new, bright yellow cabinet with characters I had never seen before… Of course, I sneaked away to see what new games the Pizza Village got in. Arcade games (they went well with the aforementioned PIZZA).We were sitting next to the parking lot for Pizza Village (to my Hopewell Junction peeps- you know the place.)- an establishment I frequented A LOT as a kid. I remember going into town with my family for a Memorial Day parade. Iwatani playing on an original Puck-Man cabinet. He had been at Namco for about two years, and had seen some success withe the three pinball/ pong hybrids he had done- Gee Bee, Bomb Bee, and Cutie Q. That’s where Toru Iwatani come into the story. ![]() In Head On- you could be one of two cars, running over dots, and trying to avoid running into the other players car. Games like The Amazing Maze, you were an icon ( Square and Diamond, respectively), and it was your job to get to the other side to exit first. Maze games before Pac-Man were car chase games (where you collect dots…) or a “maze crawler”- where you are a square, and you have to make it to the exit of the maze. It’s not the first maze game, But it changed the arcade landscape forever. Is a 1980 maze game from Namco, and released in the US by Bally- Midway. ![]() If you have a favorite game you would like to see in a review- let me know in the comments section below! Lets start this Maze Madness series on the Pac-Man games of the Bally-Midway Era, with the one that started it all! Welcome to the latest issue of COIN UP! This is the review series where I go back in time and review those arcade games of the past that you probably remember or or have a memory vaguely playing at the local arcade- the game tucked away in a corner while you’re waiting for your turn at Frogger. ![]()
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