COIN-OP FINE ART
changes wrought by moving images on a
dynamic society. From the Victorian
and the early “Magic Lanterns
Shows”, through movies, early television
shows of the ‘50’s, to contemporary laser
and holograms and video games, the
museum has created a most interesting
display of the evolution of moving
images. The coin-operated amusement
industry had a significant role in the
history with the early kinetoscopes and
mutascopes and again today with video
Parlor
Kinetoscope
Bacigalupi’s
1894-1897, San Francisco.
Peter
Parlor,
Coin-op nostalgia is on display, to-
gether with a video game of today, at a
special exhibit on moving images by The
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. A
poster photo of the first Kinetoscope
Parlor in the west, dating from 1894,
provides the background for a display of
early
coin-operated kinetoscopes and
mutascopes, more commonly known as
“the peep show.”
Patrons of the exhibit turn the crank
to view “My Girls Go West” where a lady
shows her stocking and a “strip” show
games.
provided a Dominos^''^ video
game for the six week exhibit in the
museum’s downtown center. Michael
Lerner, curator for the show said, “The
Dominos game fits in well with the theme
of our show as an example of the current
uses of moving images. Additionally both
patrons and employees of the
the
museum have enjoyed playing the game.”
Over 700 people attended the grand
opening of the exhibit on May 6th. Many
representatives of the press and influen-
members of the community were
tial
Atari
decent on 1970’s TV to arrest the entire
industry!” one patron com-
mented.
The exhibition explores the profound
Fine
Arts
Downtown
Sprint
Museum
of San
Center, 651
Francisco,
Howard
Street.
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features
from
Sprint
8.
their
top driving games in
Additionally,
the
built-in
program for troubleshooting any
potential
problems assures maximum
income potential. Sprint 8 is engineered
self-test
for the highest reliability with fewer parts
and rugged construction
for durability.
Sprint 8 is certainly a spectacular
arcade game which is ready to set more
income records for operators. For further
information contact your Atari Distrib-
utor or Frank Ballouz, Atari National
Sales Manager, for referral.
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proud to be a year old. He
hard to keep on
players and share his
wealth and popularity with operators. His
next goal is to break into even more new
is
Breakout
working
challenging
where the most you see is a distorted
shadow. They laugh and affectionately
acknowledge this as history and nostalgia.
However, also on display is a newspaper
clipping about the arrest of an operator
for showing “indecent” kinetoscopes to
turn-of-the-century San Franciscans. “To-
day’s standards have changed somewhat,
there is enough turn-of-the-century in-
television
present for the occasion. The exhibit will
continue until June 18th and is free to
the public. If you are in San Francisco
during this time, you should plan to
attend The Moving Picture Show by The
is
very
new
locations.
Dominos^^
is
displayed
together with
the
Kinetoscope and Mutascope at the Special
Moving Picture Exhibit by the San Francisco
Fine Arts Museum.
Publisher — Atari, Inc.
Editor — Carol Kantor
Art Director
—
Evelyn Lim
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