Coin Operated Americans
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Coin Operated Americans
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Author : Carly A. Kocurek
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2015-09-30
Coin Operated Americans written by Carly A. Kocurek and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-30 with History categories.
Video gaming: it’s a boy’s world, right? That’s what the industry wants us to think. Why and how we came to comply are what Carly A. Kocurek investigates in this provocative consideration of how an industry’s craving for respectability hooked up with cultural narratives about technology, masculinity, and youth at the video arcade. From the dawn of the golden age of video games with the launch of Atari’s Pong in 1972, through the industry-wide crash of 1983, to the recent nostalgia-bathed revival of the arcade, Coin-Operated Americans explores the development and implications of the “video gamer” as a cultural identity. This cultural-historical journey takes us to the Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa, for a close look at the origins of competitive gaming. It immerses us in video gaming’s first moral panic, generated by Exidy’s Death Race (1976), an unlicensed adaptation of the film Death Race 2000. And it ventures into the realm of video game films such as Tron and WarGames, in which gamers become brilliant, boyish heroes. Whether conducting a phenomenological tour of a classic arcade or evaluating attempts, then and now, to regulate or eradicate arcades and coin-op video games, Kocurek does more than document the rise and fall of a now-booming industry. Drawing on newspapers, interviews, oral history, films, and television, she examines the factors and incidents that contributed to the widespread view of video gaming as an enclave for young men and boys. A case study of this once emergent and now revived medium became the presumed enclave of boys and young men, Coin-Operated Americans is history that holds valuable lessons for contemporary culture as we struggle to address pervasive sexism in the domain of video games—and in the digital working world beyond.
An American Premium Guide To Coin Operated Machines
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Author : Jerry Ayliffe
language : en
Publisher: Crown Pub
Release Date : 1981-05-01
An American Premium Guide To Coin Operated Machines written by Jerry Ayliffe and has been published by Crown Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-05-01 with Coin-operated machines categories.
Illustrates and lists current prices for antique vending machines, jukeboxes, slot machines, mechanical fortune tellers, pinball, and other game machines
Vending Machines
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Author : Kerry Segrave
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-09-24
Vending Machines written by Kerry Segrave and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-24 with Social Science categories.
Although the 1880s are considered the beginning of the vending machine era, these devices have existed for a couple of thousand years. The earliest reference to a vending machine was made by Hero—a Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer who probably lived in Alexandria during the first century a.d.—who described and illustrated a coin-operated device to be used for vending sacrificial water in Egyptian temples. Completely automatic, the device was set in operation by the insertion of a five-drachma coin. This work traces the history of the vending machine from its inception to its current place in popular American culture, with the eight chapters covering significant eras. Successes and failures of the machines, economic factors influencing the popularity (or lack thereof) of vending machines, and the struggle of industry to become a dominant, large-scale method of retailing products are discussed. This text is richly illustrated and includes appendices on vending dollar value, vending sales by location type and vending statistics.
Automatic Pleasures
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Author : Nic Costa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Automatic Pleasures written by Nic Costa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Business & Economics categories.
This book has stood the test of time. Copies of the first edition have over the years regularly sold for many times the cover price. The full color book is once more in print. Since its original publication it has been cited in many academic papers and has since become the definitive work on the subject. It caused embarrassment to the huge American coin machine industry when it was first published in 1988- they were busy celebrating the centenary of the Juke Box in that year as an American invention whereas the book revealed that it was actually an earlier British invention. It awoke huge interest in Japan by giving them long sought answers as to the origins of the Pachinko machine (which at the time was consuming as much as a quarter of the gross domestic product in Japan). As a direct result of the book a new museum was established in the Japanese city of Kobe and for a short while the author became a national celebrity there. The book established many new facts and destroyed many of the myths that had arisen in the gaming industry during the 20th century. Originally an ancient Greek invention, the advent of the coin machine in the 19th century heralded a Victorian revolution which sought to establish a fully automated society. The visionaries of the past are the direct forbears of the all pervasive computer industries -without the gaming and coin machine industries it is doubtful as to whether today's computer dominated age would have ever happened. Most important of all, it is fun to read
Atari Design
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Author : Raiford Guins
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-12
Atari Design written by Raiford Guins and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-12 with Design categories.
Drawing from deep archival research and extensive interviews, Atari Design is a rich, historical study of how Atari's industrial and graphic designers contributed to the development of the video game machine. Innovative game design played a key role in the growth of Atari – from Pong to Asteroids and beyond – but fun, challenging and exciting game play was not unique to the famous Silicon Valley company. What set it apart from its competitors was innovation in the coin-op machine's cabinet. Atari did not just make games, it designed products for environments. With “tasteful packaging”, Atari exceeded traditional locations like bars, amusement parks and arcades, developing the look and feel of their game cabinets for new locations such as fast food restaurants, department stores, country clubs, university unions, and airports, making game-play a ubiquitous social and cultural experience. By actively shaping the interaction between user and machine, overcoming styling limitations and generating a distinct corporate identity, Atari designed products that impacted the everyday visual and material culture of the late 20th century. Design was never an afterthought at Atari.
North American Industry Classification System Naics Reprint United States 2017 Edition
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Author : Brian Greul
language : en
Publisher: Ocotillo Press
Release Date : 2021-01-17
North American Industry Classification System Naics Reprint United States 2017 Edition written by Brian Greul and has been published by Ocotillo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-17 with Reference categories.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. It is a joint work between the Untied States, Canada, and Mexico that allows a high level of comparability between the countries. The NAICS officially replaced the SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) system in 1997. The publisher has included the SBA Size Standards Table as an appendix at the back of this book to assist users of the data. Should you have suggestions or feedback on ways to improve this book please send email to [email protected] If you would like to order a copy of this book as a 3 ring punched looseleaf print please contact [email protected]
Commerce Reports
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930-09-15
Commerce Reports written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930-09-15 with Consular reports categories.
Hearings
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
Rendition Of Musical Compositions On Coin Operated Machines
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Rendition Of Musical Compositions On Coin Operated Machines written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Copyright categories.
Considers legislation to remove music performance royalty payment exemption given to jukebox operators.
Rendition Of Musical Compositions On Coin Operated Machines
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Rendition Of Musical Compositions On Coin Operated Machines written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Copyright categories.
Considers legislation to remove music performance royalty payment exemption given to jukebox operators.