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Rare East German Arcade Game Unearthed

Posted by michael on Tuesday July 13, 2004 @07:43AM from the capitalistic-tendencies dept.

Lancey writes "While hunting for work stuff I found this press release about an old Soviet games machine, apparently there are only three surviving units from a production of 1500 - most of them were destroyed after the Berlin wall came down. Thought you might find it interesting..." There are screenshots and photos in this BBC story.

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Re:U of Bath is in the UK by WormholeFiend · 2004-07-13 07:58 · Score: 0, Redundant

It's your civic duty to practice good hygeine.

Especially after playing a game of Scheissbude (literal translation "crap booth"!)
How sad is it that ... by bob670 · 2004-07-13 08:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

as I read the title all the "In Soviet Germany..." possiblities started to run through my brain?
Re:Are the games in MAME yet? by I+confirm+I'm+not+a · 2004-07-13 08:13 · Score: 0, Redundant

Are the games in MAME yet?

Here you go!

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