Newsbytes: Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted; New Atari Arcade Prototype: Time Bomb

arcadehero June 21, 2014 14

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It might be hard to believe but Blue Laws banning certain types of games still exist out there. Today comes news that Oakland, CA is finally going to remove their ban on pinball machines which was put in place back in the 30s. According to the article the ban wasn’t enforced in recent years anyways so while it may be a formality when the law isn’t enforced, it’s still nice to remove that hanging sword from over the head of bar or arcade owners. Apparently the city of Alameda, CA still has a ban officially in place for some reason. Perhaps Robert Sharpe needs to make a visit to the City Council there too (or just a letter showing that hey, no one makes 1930s style pinball machines anymore). Read more about it at SFGate.com

Just when I think I’ve heard about all of the prototype/unreleased games that Atari had been working on, something new pops up. Scott Evans posted this video to Youtube showing Atari’s Time Bomb. You move a “robot” that looks like a bulldozer, pushing bombs into the enemy base and trying to keep their bombs out of yours. It lacks some collision detection and looks like it was pretty close to finished but was ultimately pulled for whatever reason, probably an underwhelming location test.

 

 

 

 

14 Comments »

  1. chaos June 21, 2014 at 4:56 pm - Reply

    1 – Sega – Funky Head Boxers

    2 – Namco – Final Lap

    3 – Ninja Clowns (forgot who the mfg is)

    • chaos June 21, 2014 at 5:00 pm - Reply

      Okay I had to go back and double check a couple of these since I knew # 2 wasn’t the first Final Lap. It’s actually Final Lap R. Manufacturer for Ninja Clowns is Strata.

  2. Phil June 22, 2014 at 12:41 am - Reply

    #1 gives a whole new meaning to the term “blockhead”, lol!

  3. jon June 22, 2014 at 2:26 am - Reply

    I care 🙂

  4. 60Hz June 22, 2014 at 8:15 pm - Reply

    I care – just didn’t know last weeks batch 🙁 and only got funky head boxer this week lol – i sux!

  5. arcadehero June 22, 2014 at 8:18 pm - Reply

    OK good to know, I just wanted to be sure. It shall continue on then!

  6. nestlekwik June 22, 2014 at 9:11 pm - Reply

    That first .gif is hypnotizing.

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