Re: free Black Widow cabinet

I was in Germany in the summers of '88 and '90 <place geeky y2k joke here> and saw the exact same thing. I was 16 and 18 respectively and was quite aware of the laws preventing me from playing outrun (although I did anyway woohoo!) :) Actually, I don't know if it was illegal for me to play or if it was just that the vids were all lumped in the gambling areas and those areas were illegal for minors. Or maybe the German government just didn't like the little teens running around addicted to Tempest and pumping quarters in (like a disease), so they changed the law after you were there? I always thought it was strange that my friends over there didn't know anything about the cool games..

Jon

At 04:19 PM 11/12/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I was in Germany from late 82 to 85. High school age. Probably saw more
>arcade/kino places than I ever did in the states.
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>And there were always young kids in playing the videos (vector, so this is
>on topic).
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>Where did you get that idea?
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>David Haynes
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>> I know in Germany they were lumped into the same group as gambling
>machines
>> and no one under 18 was allowed to touch a gambling machine. I think that
>> probably limited the market...just slightly. And it's probably much
>> tougher to reel in new customers at 18 because they're just at the driving
>> age and they've probably discovered LOVE! OK, OK. LUST! They were also
>> more expensive to play.
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>> ObVector: I'm looking for a Space Duel control panel. Doesn't have to
>> have the buttons or CPO. LMK if you're looking to get rid of one.
>Thanks!
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>> Matthew Sell <msell@ix.netcom.com>@lists.cc.utexas.edu on 11/12/99
>02:07:44
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>> I guess that here in the USA we were quite a bit more addicted.... !!!
>> : )
>> - Matt
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>> Mendel Pearl wrote:
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>> > Why is it ALWAYS in the USA, and NEVER in the Netherlands! (OR europe).
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>> > Now that's a problem. even the things that are NOT free!
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Received on Fri Nov 12 15:46:12 1999