sprazzi Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Watching an old movie from 1975 (amici miei) i just noticed an arcade machine set in a bar... Being this set in Italy i find it very peculiar... Does anyone know anything about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Thread belongs in the arcade forum Obviously a Pong clone/bootleg that time forgot. Hard to make out the control panel - does the wording say "Fuk-o-chaos"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Lol I read rik-o-chess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good_Times Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Dunno, but that guy looks like the actor Paul Dooley.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) Very cool. I heard there were lots of Arcade cabs liek that in Italy. made from consoles. Lots of them in France too Edited July 6, 2017 by CatPix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Ric-o-chet, I think. Like a bullet ricochets. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Not the same cabinet as the movie, but... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Not the same cabinet as the movie, but... Sure about that? Looks the same to me. (Anyway, what else could it be?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Maybe it is... looking at it more... the one in the movie looks more washed out or something... not the rich dark wood grain like in the ad... maybe it is the same, though, and just a different angle and lighting or whatever... /shrug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) Well it's a 1975 movie, looks like a TV movie (or we're seeing a rip made in 1998) AND it appears to me the OP took a picture of his screen rather than a screenshot, resulting in a very blurry and washed out picture. The colors might look off, but the shape is right. You can even see the edge of that large coin slot door. There appears to be a large metallic thing in front of the cabinet, which might be what confuse you? Edited July 7, 2017 by CatPix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 The one in the movie appears to have metallic panels on the top and woodgrain on the lower half; Plus some kind of water faucet looking this on the top. Otherwise the same cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Thanks, you guys a re amazing...didn't know the word "ricochet" or maybe i would have guessed it... Anyway... so far I found this: http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.it/2016/06/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of-nutting_21.html and this: https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=13131 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Yeah, I agree picture quality is probably making color and such difficult to tell. As far as being different, the bottom does look very similar or the same (marquee, controls, door, can even see the top of one of the legs), but the top looks off to me. The one from the movie seems to have perfectly square top corners while the one in the image I linked has side panels that seem to come up above the top of the monitor a bit. But it doesn't matter. It's close enough if not the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Well, the top might look different because to make things simpler/save on weight, they removed the original 60 htz display and got a supply of Italian televisions that weren't exactly the same size. That would save on shipping, on the need to protect the cabs from all kind of shocks, and probably lower import taxes. Or they were made locally and the top was different, still because or the monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I had a home console by "Ricochet" that I sold a few years back. I wonder if it's related. http://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_07_2014/post-12370-0-18397200-1405210510.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) It is the same cabinet. The top only looks a bit different because the studio lights for the scene were very bright and the t-molding pretty shiny so it almost looks as if it has a chrome outline on the monitor, but I'm sure it doesn't. Also where the marquee is that is wood grain around it, but again due to very bright studio lighting it looks very washed out. The metal trim under the marquee that looks out of place is in fact the control panel. The shot in the OP is pretty dead on angle wise so you can't see the top, but the black specs just above the metal strip are in fact the control spinners for moving the paddles. I'd say that is for sure a Ric-O-Chet cabinet as appears in post #7 above. Edited July 7, 2017 by -^Cro§Bow^- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Now that I look at it again, it looks like the top right side of the cabinet has a lamp shade in the way that is white and the thing that looks like a faucet is the top of the lamp poking out the top of the lamp shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Here's a much clearer version of the machine. Go to 2:41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Bartender sure picks his nose a lot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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