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  • Pachinko, i.a. Nishijin & Sankyo, from 1980…

    Extremely addictive

    The first Pachinko machines appeared in Japan around 1920 and were initially intended as children's toys. A decade later Pachinko became very popular among grown-ups as well. It's highly addictive...
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  • NBA Jam, Midway games, 1993

    NBA Jam changed the face of basketbal forever.

    Until NBA Jam was released, basketball games were really only for the true enthusiast. After all, everything you could do on screen, you could do in real life as well. However, after 1993 basketball...

  • Hyper Sports, Konami, 1984

    Olympic athlete of stature

    Pushing buttons or rolling the trackball as quick as possible, in Hyper Sports (the follow-up of the slightly more popular Track & Field) the player slips into a high class olympic athlete. On this...

  • Daytona USA, SEGA, 1994

    Popular racing game

    The high quality of the graphics and the possibility to set up eight machines next to each other makes Daytona USA the most profit-generating coin-op worldwide. The player sits in a tub-like seat in...

  • Badlands, Atari, 1989

    A post-apocalyptic racing game

    Badlands must be one of the most fun racing games out there. The two steering wheels offer such nice game play that it's hard for anyone not to get swept up in the race. Not only do you race each...

  • Up Scope, Grand Products, 1986

    Shooting torpedoes

    Similar to the Jet Rocket from 1970, this arcade game immediately stands out. No big screen or joystick but a small window and two handles mounted on a periscope. The mission can't be more simple:...

  • Dancing Stage, Konami, 1999

    Dance till you drop

    In 1999 Konami released the first "Dancing Stage" in Europe. In Japan, where the game had been introduced a year earlier, it went by the name of "Dance Dance Revolution". Since then, clones have been...
  • 1 Jan 1992

    Mortal Kombat, Midway, 1992

    So real it hurts!

    The flyer for Mortal Kombat sported the daunting but promising text “So real it hurts!” The digital graphics combined with the rampant, bloody scenes turned Mortal Kombat into one of the most popular...

  • Zanussi Ping-o Tronic, 1975

    Game: Pong

    The original Pong (Atari) consisted of a black and white television set and the coin system from a coin operated washer. The coins were collected in a milk carton that had been cut open. It was an...

  • Philips Videopac G7000, 1978

    Game: Flipper

    The Videopac G7000 was one of Atari 2600's biggest rivals. It was the only video game console to have a built-in keyboard. Its successor, the G7200, would feature a built-in black and white screen.

  • Sega Saturn, 1994

    Game: Panzer Dragoon

    Sega Saturn is a 32-bit video game console. It was first released in Japan. The Saturn was released six months prior to the expected release date, in order to compete with the Playstation. However

  • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), 1983

    Game: Super Mario Bros.

    The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit video game console. It was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 1984.

  • Sega Mega Drive, 1988

    Game: Sonic the Hedgehog

    The Sega Mega Drive is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988. It wasn't until the Mega Drive was released in the US (1989) under the name Genesis that sales really...

  • Level 3: Consoles

    Interactive entertainment computers

    Atari, Commodore, Sega and more. These are the consoles on display in the Arcade exhibition. This level was opened on January 22nd 2011.

  • Atari 2600 jr, 1983

    Game: E.T.

    The Atari 2600jr was the last version of the Video Computer System to be sold. It was introduced by Atari Corp in 1986. However the Atari 2600jr was originally designed in 1983. The Atari 2600jr was...

  • Jet Rocket, Sega, 1970

    Arcade flight simulator and the gem of our collection

    Jet Rocket, released by SEGA in 1970, is a flight simulator that makes use of visual techniques which were also used for military flight simulators. By playing with a real controller stick in a...

  • Commodore 64, 1982

    Game: Jupiter Lander

    With a 30% to 40% market share, the C64 is one of the most successful games of its time. It's not surprising that, at 17 million sold units, it still tops the list of best selling PC's ever.

  • SNK Neo Geo, 1990

    Game: Baseball Stars Professional

    The Neo Geo was a video arcade machine and 16-bit video game console released by the Japanese company SNK. When it first hit the American market it was priced at a staggering $649.99. Proud owners...

  • Sega Master System, 1986

    Game: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

    The Sega Master System (SMS) is an 8-bit video game console released by Sega. Worldwide thirteen million copies of this machine have been sold. It's based on the SG-1000 Mark III (1985). The SMS...

  • Level 2: Arcade

    Coin swallowing amusement machines

    Mortal Kombat, Jet Rocket, Badlands and more. This page offers you an overview of the video arcade machines in our collection.

  • Amiga CD32, 1993

    Game: Lemmings

    The Amiga CD32 was the first 32-bit CD-ROM based video game console. It was released by Commodore. Despite being a very powerful machine, way ahead of its time, the CD32 was never a big success. Some...

  • Playstation 3 (3D), 2006

    Game: Motorstorm Drift 3D

    The PlayStation 3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. Thanks to a nice firmware...

  • Atari Jaguar, 1993

    Game: DOOM

    The Jaguar is a 64-bit video game console, released in 1993 by Atari. Although it wasn't a big success (only 80 games were released for this little machine), it's important in that it was Atari's...

  • Philips CD-i, 1991

    Game: Escape from CyberCity

    The Philips Cd-i is an interactive multimedia CD player. Apart from games you could play audio CD's, picture CD's and, in combination with a video cartridge, video CD's (VCD). The CD-i featuring in...

  • Arcade Collection

    Arcade is an expanding collection of games

    Arcade will grow into a collection of interactive installations, video arcade machines, all-generation consoles, handhelds and mobile games. The opening of Level 3: Consoles is on January 22nd.

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