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Thought it was about time we did another one of these. Looking through my archives, I found a bunch of arcade production line photographs that to my knowledge, haven\u2019t been shared before.<\/p>\n

I originally posted some arcade factory pictures exactly a decade ago here<\/a> \u2013 which is also worth checking out if you missed it. (Holy smokes, is the blog really over 10 years old now?)<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to jump around a bit, and these images are in no particular order, but let\u2019s start at the fledgling early years of the arcade industry with a newspaper clipping from late 1972 which shows and details Atari\u2019s Pong <\/em>production facility in Santa Clara, CA.<\/p>\n

You can click on each image below to view its full size:<\/p>\n

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Click the image for a bigger version to read the copy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

And fast forward to March 1974. This image shows Atari\u2019s Quadrapong <\/em>being built at the same factory. It was a groundbreaking four-player version of Pong <\/em>developed and designed by Steve Bristow, and was famously recognized as the first arcade game to be housed in a cocktail table cabinet:<\/p>\n

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Quadrapong arcade cabinets being constructed \u2013 March 1974. The production line was pretty crude back then!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Let\u2019s cross over to Japan and take a look at Taito\u2019s production line for this great shot:<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a lot going on in this picture. The cockpit cabinets in the foreground are Taito\u2019s Super Speed Race Jnr cabinets (note the castors on the front designed to help move the cabinets around). In the background on the right are rows of Taito\u2019s vertical shooter, Wyvern F-0, and the green cabinets you can just make out in the background on the left are Taito\u2019s MA1 cabinets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Taito\u2019s Super Speed Race Junior<\/em> is an interesting one. Never seen one before, but it was designed to teach kids about road and traffic safety. Check out this video of the gameplay:<\/p>\n

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