Pong In-A-Barrel

Manufacturer: Atari Year: 1973 Type: Videogame Sub:

Pong In-A-Barrel Description

Greg McLemore, the International Arcade Museum director, was able to find and obtain an original Pong InABarrel in February, 2005. After it arrived, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that it not only worked, but that it was serial 001. It was originally used on location in an arcade in Santa Clara, California.When we asked Nolan Bushnell the creator of Atari about it, he responded, We made about 20 wine barrel games and I am surprised you have one. We stopped because the wine barrels would come apart. They were probably in the first 200 units produced very early and before we moved production to the Martin Ave. location. They were after we were in regular production. I would guess February of 73.This game should not be confused with the later BarrelPong game, which was created by AtariSyzygy in conjunction with Hunter Electronics of Sydney, Australia for the Australian marketplace.

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VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Very Rare - There is one known instance of Pong In-A-Barrel owned by one of our 900 members. It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit).

Of the 57,098 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - We currently do not know of any VAPS members that have gotten around to adding this game to their wish list. The wish-list system is fairly new (not all VAPS members have filled one out) and there are probably a number of collectors who might purchase this game if offered one at the right price.

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