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well as you see here:

https://arcadespecialties.com/arcade-games-for-sale/vintage-arcade-games/missile-command/

that's definitely the first machine shown. The issue identifying it could have arisen from the fact that many of those games went through cabinet and art revisions constantly, and very well could have contributed to minor issues causing inconsistency.

Additionally, part of the reason pinball might not have been included in many arcades, was that new york and chicago and so on, some of the bigger major cities, had actually added pinball to prohibition lists from the 40s to the 70s, which would mean there's a very high chance any arcades built/renovated during that time, would have foregone pinball in an effort to avoid excess loss, had they been nationally prohibited.

read more about it here:
https://www.6sqft.com/pinball-prohibition-the-arcade-game-was-illegal-in-new-york-for-over-30-years/

Hope that helps :)

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Identified elsewhere as

Star Castle (1980)

Star Gazer (1980)

The pinball machine is called Star Gazer and is made by Stern:

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The third machine appears to be Missile Command (also 1980).

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  I like the first two, but I'm not sure about Jump Bug. The title images on the box don't look anywhere similar... one is orange and Jump Bug is blue... though I have nothing to add right now in what it actually is!
  
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  @Odin1806 - The game was referenced in the comic serial; IDW Publishing Comics- Ghostbusters Get Real 1, which tends to back up the assertion that this is the game in question.
  
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From arcade-museum.com:

It's Missile Command, Star Castle and Star Gazer. There was already another thread on this not too long ago. There's speculation that the Missle Command is converted into a Ms. Pac, due to the tinge of blue in the upper right of the Marquee. However you can clearly see Missle Command on the screen.

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well as you see here:

https://arcadespecialties.com/arcade-games-for-sale/vintage-arcade-games/missile-command/

that's definitely the first machine shown. The issue identifying it could have arisen from the fact that many of those games went through cabinet and art revisions constantly, and very well could have contributed to minor issues causing inconsistency.

Additionally, part of the reason pinball might not have been included in many arcades, was that new york and chicago and so on, some of the bigger major cities, had actually added pinball to prohibition lists from the 40s to the 70s, which would mean there's a very high chance any arcades built/renovated during that time, would have foregone pinball in an effort to avoid excess loss, had they been nationally prohibited.

read more about it here:
https://www.6sqft.com/pinball-prohibition-the-arcade-game-was-illegal-in-new-york-for-over-30-years/

Hope that helps :)

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well as you see here:

https://arcadespecialties.com/arcade-games-for-sale/vintage-arcade-games/missile-command/

that's definitely the first machine shown. The issue identifying it could have arisen from the fact that many of those games went through cabinet and art revisions constantly, and very well could have contributed to minor issues causing inconsistency.

Additionally, part of the reason pinball might not have been included in many arcades, was that new york and chicago and so on, some of the bigger major cities, had actually added pinball to prohibition lists from the 40s to the 70s, which would mean there's a very high chance any arcades built/renovated during that time, would have foregone pinball in an effort to avoid excess loss, had they been nationally prohibited.

read more about it here:
https://www.6sqft.com/pinball-prohibition-the-arcade-game-was-illegal-in-new-york-for-over-30-years/

Hope that helps :)

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well as you see here:

https://arcadespecialties.com/arcade-games-for-sale/vintage-arcade-games/missile-command/

that's definitely the first machine shown. The issue identifying it could have arisen from the fact that many of those games went through cabinet and art revisions constantly, and very well could have contributed to minor issues causing inconsistency.

Additionally, part of the reason pinball might not have been included in many arcades, was that new york and chicago and so on, some of the bigger major cities, had actually added pinball to prohibition lists from the 40s to the 70s, which would mean there's a very high chance any arcades built/renovated during that time, would have foregone pinball in an effort to avoid excess loss, had they been nationally prohibited.

read more about it here:
https://www.6sqft.com/pinball-prohibition-the-arcade-game-was-illegal-in-new-york-for-over-30-years/

Hope that helps :)

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Identified elsewhere as

Star Castle (1980)

Star Gazer (1980)

The pinball machine is called Star Gazer and is made by Stern:

---

The third machine appears to be Missile Command (also 1980).

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  The leftmost one looks nothing at all like that Jump Bug game.
  
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  I like the first two, but I'm not sure about Jump Bug. The title images on the box don't look anywhere similar... one is orange and Jump Bug is blue... though I have nothing to add right now in what it actually is!
  
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  @Odin1806 - The game was referenced in the comic serial; IDW Publishing Comics- Ghostbusters Get Real 1, which tends to back up the assertion that this is the game in question.
  
  – Valorum
  May 23 at 21:03
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Looks like Missile Command.
  
  – Amy
  May 23 at 21:05
  

  
  
  
  


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  To be fair, I only looked at the other answer, scratched my head, googled the game, then commented here. Then I scratched my head again for good measure. Credit should go to FuzzyBoots and head scratching.
  
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  May 23 at 21:10
  
  

  
  
  
  

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Identified elsewhere as

Star Castle (1980)

Star Gazer (1980)

The pinball machine is called Star Gazer and is made by Stern:

---

The third machine appears to be Missile Command (also 1980).

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  The leftmost one looks nothing at all like that Jump Bug game.
  
  – Martha
  May 23 at 21:01
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I like the first two, but I'm not sure about Jump Bug. The title images on the box don't look anywhere similar... one is orange and Jump Bug is blue... though I have nothing to add right now in what it actually is!
  
  – Odin1806
  May 23 at 21:02
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Odin1806 - The game was referenced in the comic serial; IDW Publishing Comics- Ghostbusters Get Real 1, which tends to back up the assertion that this is the game in question.
  
  – Valorum
  May 23 at 21:03
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Looks like Missile Command.
  
  – Amy
  May 23 at 21:05
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  5
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  To be fair, I only looked at the other answer, scratched my head, googled the game, then commented here. Then I scratched my head again for good measure. Credit should go to FuzzyBoots and head scratching.
  
  – Amy
  May 23 at 21:10
  
  

  
  
  
  

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Identified elsewhere as

Star Castle (1980)

Star Gazer (1980)

The pinball machine is called Star Gazer and is made by Stern:

---

The third machine appears to be Missile Command (also 1980).

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From arcade-museum.com:

It's Missile Command, Star Castle and Star Gazer. There was already another thread on this not too long ago. There's speculation that the Missle Command is converted into a Ms. Pac, due to the tinge of blue in the upper right of the Marquee. However you can clearly see Missle Command on the screen.

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From arcade-museum.com:

It's Missile Command, Star Castle and Star Gazer. There was already another thread on this not too long ago. There's speculation that the Missle Command is converted into a Ms. Pac, due to the tinge of blue in the upper right of the Marquee. However you can clearly see Missle Command on the screen.

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From arcade-museum.com:

It's Missile Command, Star Castle and Star Gazer. There was already another thread on this not too long ago. There's speculation that the Missle Command is converted into a Ms. Pac, due to the tinge of blue in the upper right of the Marquee. However you can clearly see Missle Command on the screen.

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