The first arcade game I ever played... I was 6 or 7 and mum (bless her soul) gave me a quarter to give it a try. That's how you create a future arcade junkie! A fun game to play that was ahead of its time...it must. Be rare as you don't see it for sale often.

This was still in arcades in the mid-late 70's ... excellent thank you I remember it well.

Cool

Wow! That takes me back. Great fun. I loved those old mechanical arcade games.

That is a thing of beauty. Love these games.

I remember this one from childhood. How cool.

I have an actual home version, yes a real home version of this game. It is made by Mego and is called Mego Grand Prix and has all the same action in a huge tabletop. But I really do like the mechanical arcade versions a lot better. If you want to see what the home version looks like, search KZread for Mego Grand Prix.

That's too cool, especially how this mechanical game would be the precursor to future racing games.

This is amazing brings back memories. 👍

I love EM machines. I finally got a Speedway that was mostly working, I’m currently doing a sympathetic restoration one. What an amazing game. Thanks for posting this video.

I played one of those in the '70s when I was 9 or 10. It was at night and so dimly lit that I couldn't tell that the car was a reflection. The sound and that moving shadow effect weren't working though.

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Amazingly... Shit's well made!

Looks amazing!

Great vid thanks for sharing. The hologram car on your machine is far more clearer than those on other vids.

I *remember* this!!! (yes,I'm old)

@crazydoug66

7 жыл бұрын

Me too! I got this working again with the intention of selling it, but just haven't been able to bring myself to part with it!

@5inthehole

7 жыл бұрын

If you do sell it, don't plan on finding another one. Arcade collector never part with their "roadrunner" machine(s).

@kimthompson6686

3 жыл бұрын

crazydoug66 -I’ll appreciate the game and get it back to A-1 condition and NEVER SELL IT!

The game needs some work as the first lane collisions are not sending the players car off the track. Very collectible game, hope you got at least 2g’s for it.

wonderfull game, nice video, do you have some pictures or a movie from the inside thx

car looks like glowing ghost

Amazing game, look like holographic display !

@tommcewan7936

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing so fancy, it's just a "Pepper's Ghost" optical illusion. That's what makes these mechanical games so magical, though; they accomplish so very much with nothing more than a sheet of glass and carefully placed lighting. Computer games don't have that same magic, because by definition a computer can achieve anything; whereas whenever you see one of *these,* it's always a surprise and a marvel that some fiendishly clever person figured out a way to do it electro-mechanically.

I am really curious how the sound effects work.

@crazydoug66

4 жыл бұрын

There are 2 different sound effects .one for the car you are driving and one for the other cars. The sound is generated by a small electric motor that varies in speed and the sound of the motor is amplified by some very early solid state amplifiers. I am not not an ele trical engineer, but that is the basic idea.

@michaelbauers8800

4 жыл бұрын

@@crazydoug66 that makes sense

So beautiful.

Thanks for the video! Let me know when you put it on ebay!!!!!

Remember this but i thought there were a few more lanes and I thought the counter was different. Maybe im remembering wrong or maybe there were later versions of this game. Also I remember the cars as being Aurora Cigar Box.

I'll take it!

NO VIRTUAL RACING, NO MONITOR, NO SERVIIIIICE!!!!

Did you sell it?

how much ?

so i cant play this while crossing the road looking at my phone..it MUST be rubbish

@RetroDawn

3 жыл бұрын

You can play the augmented reality version while doing so. The catch is that when a car crashes into you, you really die.

I find them after 48 years!!!