1960s Arcade Machines

A short video featuring my small collection of restored slot machines, mostly ones I can remember playing on at Great Yarmouth in the 60's (although a couple of the machines were made in the mid to late fifties).

Don't be fooled by my apparent winning streak - many of the shots were done several times until the machines paid out!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• slot
• machines
• penny
• arcade
• amusements
• 1960's
• sixties
• one-armed
• bandit
• Bally
• bingo
• pinball
• Sega

[NishadSD]

what's the music?

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@NishadSD,

The music is "Pinball Rejection" by McKenzie Stubbert, one of the Audio Swap tracks that YouTube provides for people to put onto their video soundtracks. It is from an album called "That is to Say".

[IHDesigns]

Wher can I get a 80s arcot machine

[traxcontrols]

My Ascot was made in the 60's - I don't think they were around in the 80's.

All mine were bought off eBay, but you can sometimes get real bargains at amusement machine auctions.

[sparkle935]

@IHDesigns hi there, do you have any wall mounted electro machines for sale, thanks, neil........luky9114@hotmail.c­om

[traxcontrols]

I don't have anything for sale at the moment - sorry. Apologies for not approving your comment earlier, but YouTube flagged it as "possible spam" for some reason!

[wontletthisfeelinggo]

Anyone whos interested in antique / vintage coin op machines should goto: pennymachines.co.uk

[hackller]

oh wow! what memories this vid has brought back. the royal ascot, i made a mint out of that cos i found that if i bought a milky way and stripped the sides of the cardboard inner was exactly the same width as an old penny and you could slide it in the slot and make the switch. oh those were the days, walking out of the arcade with bulging pockets of old pennies.

[951Alpha]

awsome collection and thank you for sharing it with us. Reminds me of the Long Beach Pike (California) of yesteryear...........brought back good memories :)

[gamezonic]

i would use it as a piggy bank

[boffinme80]

@iMichaelanimations Why?? The 60s were a really nice time. And arcades back then were old vintage arcades, not the tacky cheap horrible arcades you see today. Unlike now, Britain kept it's tradition.

Arcades were fun to play in and you weren't stuk with hearing loud music all the time. What's the problem you've got with the 60s?

[iMichaelanimations]

Im soooooooo glad i did not live in the 60's. I wonder what arcade games are gonna be in the future...

[balamimammy]

Nice collection !. I`m getting a few together myself on a shoestring budget from auctions etc. I`d like just one of the machines I played on Brighton Pier in the 60`s . They must have been from the 40`s and earlier. Got a Bal-Ami juke too.