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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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1 (OP): Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 1941

2: Ambridge, Pennsylvania 1941

3: Clinton, Indiana 1940

4: Fort Belvoir, Virginia 1942

Photos from Library of Congress.

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[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

They had a plunger, ball goes up and hits targets (or not) and falls down. Your score is however many targets it hit while it was up.

Your controls were bumping and rocking the game case to try to make the ball bounce better off of things.

Games have .. improved since then.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Your controls were bumping and rocking the game case to try to make the ball bounce better off of things.

The original Pro Gamer move.