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a piece of furniture built entirely around the idea of taking your quarter and being worth it.
means a standalone wooden or metal cabinet housing a video game's screen, controls, speakers, and coin slot as one purpose-built machine.
from emerged in the early 1970s from Computer Space and Pong, borrowing the boxy form of pinball machines and jukeboxes so games could survive bars, arcades, and hard use for years.
coin mechanismdesigned to maximize plays per hour, not fun per dollar
cocktail cabinetstable-style versions let two players sit facing each other
cabinet artside panels were painted to lure players from across the room
jamma standard1985 wiring standard let one cabinet swap games easily
for instance
pac-man cabinet — 1980, yellow marquee became the most recognized arcade silhouette ever
street fighter ii — 1991, players lining up around cabinets revived the entire industry
dance dance revolution — 1998, turned the cabinet into a platform you danced on
neo geo mvs — 1990, one cabinet held four swappable game cartridges at once