Play Meter

PUZZLE ANSWERS
By Bill Brohough
Co i n - Op fi rsts (Solution to puzzle in Dec, 15 issue of Play M.t.r, page 228)
What was the fir t coin-op video game? Do I hear the
chorus of voice aying Pong? Nope . Wa n't even the fir t
game to come from No lan Bu hnell.
The fact that many of you did an wer Pong how you
that what yo u think was the fir t thi or that may not be -
which leads to thi les -th an-famou fir t quiz.
I. OK , what was the fir t coin-op video game?
2. Baffle Ball, produced by David Gottlieb in 1931 , i
co n idered the fir t pinball game . It wa the fir t
successful pinba ll. Wh ich wa the first , and when wa
it pat ent ed?
3. Stern' Free Fall pin wa n 't the fir t with that name .
Wh ic h company produced the fir t and in what year?
4. Gottlieb' Black Hole wa n't the fir t coin-op game to
u e that name . Which company produced the fir t?
5. Humpty Dumpty (Gottl ieb 1947) is considered the
fir t fl ipper game. Technically, it wa n't. Which wa ?
6. Ba lly' Evel Knie vel ha gotten the reputation a the
fir t electro nic pin . Wh ich was reall y the fir t?
15. What wa th e fir t four-player pin?
ANSWE R S
I. Computer Space
2. A game patented by Montague Redgra e In 1871
called imply, "improvements in bagatelle"
3. Gottlieb in 1974
4. Game-A-Tron produced a Black Hole video
5. According to the book , "Tilt," a game called Oly mpic
Pin ( alifornia Games, 1935) u ed ix paddle -
forerunner of flipper .
6. Mirco'
pirit of 76 ( 1975)
7. Gottlieb' 1973 one-pla yer pin
8. Tra vel Tim e (William 1973)
9. X en on (Ball y. 1980)
10. Bally hoo (1932)
7. Taito' recent video , Jungle King , wa n't the first coin-
o p game with that name . Which one wa s first?
II. Ball y' 4 Million B. C. (197 1)
8. Gottlieb' James Bond wa n't the fir t pin to be ba ed
12. Play boy pin s b Gottlieb in 1932 and by
in 1947
on time. Whic h pin used time fir t?
9. Which wa the fir t pin who e name tarted with an X?
13 . Sarat oga by William (1948)
10. Wh ic h wa the first pin made by Ball y?
14. Bright Light b
II. Flash (William 1979) wa n't the fir t game to launch
the ball acro the playfield . Which game u ed that
device fir t?
15 . Super Jumbo by Gottlieb ( 1954)
12.
arne t wo pin th at preceded Bally' 1979 Play b oy.
hicago Coin
Ball y (1951)
SCO RI NG
2- 15: You're an expert
13. What pin wa the fir t t o use a thumper bumper?
I : You can be proud of thi
14. Whi ch wa the first bingo pinball machine?
0: Just pretend you didn't take the qui z
core
" ... I've worked with people who wash their hands 97 times a day or open and close doors
97 times a day. The water in the sink isn't doing it to them. The doors aren't doing it to them."
-Peter Favaro, Clinical Psychologist, Long Island, New York
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PlAY METER. January 15. 1983