Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agoGallery of pinball gamers in the early 40slemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1187arrow-down1imageGallery of pinball gamers in the early 40slemmy.worldZombiepirate@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
1 (OP): Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 1941 2: Ambridge, Pennsylvania 1941 3: Clinton, Indiana 1940 4: Fort Belvoir, Virginia 1942 Photos from Library of Congress.
minus-squareCandleTiger@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-212 days agoThey had a plunger, ball goes up and hits targets (or not) and falls down. Your score is however many targets it hit while it was up. Your controls were bumping and rocking the game case to try to make the ball bounce better off of things. Games have … improved since then.
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days ago Your controls were bumping and rocking the game case to try to make the ball bounce better off of things. The original Pro Gamer move.
They had a plunger, ball goes up and hits targets (or not) and falls down. Your score is however many targets it hit while it was up.
Your controls were bumping and rocking the game case to try to make the ball bounce better off of things.
Games have … improved since then.
The original Pro Gamer move.