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The earliest penny arcades from the nineteenth century had machines called bagatelles, a game combining pinball and billiards. Later, penny arcade machines grew closer to modern pinball. Penny arcades were once common at amusement parks and fairs but by the 1950s, such coin-operated amusements were generally replaced in midways by more modern games of chance and skill (redemption games such as shooting galleries and skee ball).
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The earliest penny arcades from the nineteenth century had machines called bagatelles, a game combining pinball and billiards. Later, penny arcade machines grew closer to modern pinball. Penny arcades were once common at amusement parks and fairs but by the 1950s, such coin-operated amusements were generally replaced in midways by more modern games of chance and skill (redemption games such as shooting galleries and skee ball).
Another form of machine found in penny arcades were peep show machines (ancient usage of the term) which allowed the viewer to see various views of objects and later moving pictures. Slot machines, love testers, fortune teller machines and other coin-operated devices were found in such venues.
Penny arcades later led to the creation of video arcades in the 1970s.
References
- Namerow, Wayne. The Pennyarcade Website. Retrieved February 6, 2004.
See also
- Pinball
- Musée Mécanique
External links
- A Collection of Antique Amusement Machines
- Gameroom Show, Penny arcade related website
- http://www.underthepier.com/15_history_intro.htm Illustrations of various machines


















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