![]() ![]() ![]() In 1931, David Gottlieb's Baffle Ball introduced "pin games" to arcades and kick-started an industry. When the novelty of those devices wore off, establishment owners repurposed them with lower-priced attractions for a wider crowd - workers and tourists would spend pennies on coin-operated shooting galleries, peep shows, fortune tellers, strength testers, candy dispensers, and even slot machines. There, patrons could spend their dimes and quarters on kinetoscopes and phonographs, allowing the then-miraculous experience of listening to recorded sounds and watching moving images. The roots of the arcade are the midways, dime museums, and amusements parlors of the 19th Century (which often had visible arches supporting their roofs, and recessed arches for the attractions, hence the name). ![]()
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