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Electromechanical games

Similar to the modern arcade video games

Alternatives to pinball were electromechanical games (EM games), which were clearly games of skill to avoid the stigma of pinball. The transition from mechanical arcade games to EM games dates back to the World War II era, with various types of arcade games gradually making the transition in the postwar period between the 1940s and 1960s. In 1941, the International Mutoscope Reel Company released the Drive Mobile electromechanical driving game, which had an upright arcade cabinet similar to what arcade video games would later use. It was derived from older British driving games from the 1930s. In Drive Mobile, a steering wheel was used to steer a model car across a road on a metal painted drum, with the goal being to keep centered around the car as the road shifts left and right.

Table of contents

YEAR	NAME	LINK
—	Introduction
1910+	Bafflen Ball
1933	Pin-based Games
1939	The Nimatron
1941	EM Games
1951	Nimrod

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