http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/features/polyplay.shtml
The Poly Play videogame was Eastern Bloc's answer to the capitalist's Pac
Man but resembles something more like on old-fashioned TV set in a tall
wooden cabinet.
Nevertheless, with up to eight games, a simple firing button and 8-way
joystick, and a slot to take tokens rather than coins, the Poly Play is,
in fact, less grim than it sounds.
Simon Webb, the curator of Swindon's Museum of Computing told BBC
Wiltshire, "The story goes that this was the only arcade approved machine
to be produced in East Germany and they used to go into places like
municipal swimming pool and leisure centres.
"When the Berlin Wall came down, for some strange reason they recalled the
machines to the factory and had them dismantled. A few were salvaged.
There were probably about 1000-1500 made."
Received on Thu Jul 15 2004 - 09:05:12 BST