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| {{Infobox_Hardware |hardware_image=| | | {{Infobox_Software | |
| hardware_name = Elektronika microprocessor games|
| | software_name = Arcade| |
| designer = [[Elektronika]] (clone design)<br />[[Svetlana]] ([[computer chess]])<br />[[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]] ([[Game & Watch]])<br />[[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]] ([[Big Trak]])<br />[[Bandai]] ([[Digi Casse]])<br />[[Mattel Electronics]] ([[computer chess]])|
| | software_image = [[File:Gaspara Arcade.jpg|300px]]| |
| manufacturer = [[Elektronika]]|
| | developer = Numerous| |
| cpu = [[Sharp SM|KB1013VK1-2]]|
| | publisher = Numerous| |
| gpu = [[liquid crystal display]]|
| | systems = See [[:Category:Arcade hardware|arcade hardware]]| |
| ram = From 1.2KB to 64KB [[RAM]]|
| | release = 1902-present| |
| media = On-board [[ROM]]|
| | added_to_museum = N/A| |
| release = 1984-1992| | |
| added_to_museum = See [[:Category:Soviet clones|Soviet clones]]| | |
| }} | | }} |
| '''Elektronika microprocessor games''' ('''Электроника Игра Микропроцессорная''', '''Elektronika Igra Mikroprotsessornaya''') were devices released under the [[Elektronika]] brand name. | | An '''arcade''', also known as an amusement arcade or a video arcade, is a location that has coin-operated games to play. They can be a dedicated arcade location or consist of one or more coin-operated games inside a business such as a bar or a restaurant. |
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| ==Types of games== | | ==History== |
| Most systems consisted of a single [[video game|game]] played on a simple [[liquid crystal display]] screen.
| | The earliest arcades were called '''penny arcades''', as pennies were the original currency used in coin-operated games. The earliest use of the term in print appeared in the May 17, 1902 edition of The Saint Paul Globe in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The [[Gaspara Arcade|penny arcade at Eldridge Park]] in Elmira, NY first appeared in print in the April 9, 1923 edition of Star-Gazette. It was one of the longest continuously running arcades in the world when Eldridge Park closed in 1989. |
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| Many of the systems are unlicensed clones of the [[Nintendo]] [[Game & Watch]] [[video game console]]s. These used the 4-bit [[Sharp SM|KB1013VK1-2]] microprocessor, which was a Soviet clone of the [[Sharp]] [[Sharp SM|SM series]] of microprocessors used in the Game & Watch systems.
| | The games played in the penny arcades were non-electrical, and some scored points or performed tasks through mechanical means while others were manual. The most popular penny arcade games included: |
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| Several were [[computer chess]] systems developed by [[Svetlana]].
| | *Bagatelles (a billiards game developed in France in 1777 in which the goal is to get a set number of balls past stationary pegs into holes guarded by also guarded by stationary pegs). The version popular in penny arcades incorporated these changes to the game: |
| | **In 1871, the English-American inventor Montague Redgrave was awarded a patent for improvements to bagatelles that replaced the billiards cue with a spring-loaded plunger, decreased the size of the game so that it would fit atop a counter, changed the balls from billiard balls to marbles, and changed large wooden pegs to small metal pins. |
| | *coin-operated fortune telling machines |
| | *Coin-operated music players: |
| | **music boxes |
| | **player-pianos |
| | **jukeboxes |
| | *Amberolas that played wax cylinder [[phonograph record|record]]s (Blue Amberol Records were introduced in 1912, replacing the 4 minute Black Amberol Records introduced in 1980, that in turn replaced the wax cylinders introduced in 1888) |
| | **Phonographs that played records (Vinyl records were introduced in 1931, replacing shellac records that were introduced in 1895) |
| | **Later jukeboxes used cassette tapes, compact discs, or digital media such as MP3 (MPEG-1 (Moving Picture Experts Group) and MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) files. |
| | **Coin-operated shooting games |
| | **Mutoscopes (early machines that displayed motion pictures in a similar method as flipbooks) |
| | **Pachinko and pinball games, derived from bagatelles. |
| | ***Pin games evolved into the game commonly known as [[pinball]] with the addition of electromechanical games with active bumpers in 1933 and with the addition of flippers in 1947. |
| | ***Pinball machines began using microprocessors in 1976. |
| | ****Pachinko games only used electricity for lighting, until roughly this time, when some began to have electromechanical features and/or microprocessors. |
| | *Peep show machines (photographs and pictures shown through the machine) |
| | *Slot machines |
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| ==Models== | | ==Current arcade brands== |
| The vast majority of the Elektronika microprocessor games had model names that start with IM (ИМ – Игра Микропроцессорная, Igra Mikroprotsessornaya, "microprocessor game").
| | ===CTM Group arcades=== |
| | *[[CyberStation]] |
| | *[[Time-Out]] |
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| Some model names for Elektronika branded clones start with IE (ИЭ – Игра Электронная, Igra Elektronnaya, "electronic game)".
| | ===Genda=== |
| | *[[GiGO]] |
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| The Elektronika microprocessor games that had model names beginning with MG were manufactured by [[Angstrem]] and were designed for export with English packaging and inserts.
| | ===Namco arcades=== |
| | *[[Namco Land]] |
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| ==Elektronika microprocessor games== | | ===Sega arcades=== |
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| | =====Japan===== |
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 24-01
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Mickey Mouse]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1984]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Clone of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg|Mickey Mouse]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-01
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Computer chess|Computer Chess]]<br />([[Computer chess|компьютерные шахматы]])
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1986]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A [[computer chess]] system by [[Svetlana]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-01T
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Computer chess|Computer Chess]]<br />([[Computer chess|компьютерные шахматы]])
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1992]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Updated version of the IM-01 [[computer chess]] system.<br />Designed by [[Svetlana]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-02
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Well, Just You Wait!]]''<br />(''[[Egg|Nu pogodi!]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1984]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Clone of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.<br />Released in [[1984]] without a product number.<br />Re-released in [[1986]] under product number IM-02.<br />Based on the animated series of the same name.<br />Released for the IM-26 [[Digi Casse]] clone in [[1991]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-03
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Octopus|Mysteries of the Ocean]]''<br />(''[[Octopus|Tayny Okeana]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Clone of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Octopus]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-04
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Chef|Merry Cook]]''<br />(''[[Chef|Vesolyy Povar]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Clone of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Chef]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-05
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Computer chess|Computer Chess]]<br />([[Computer chess|компьютерные шахматы]])
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Updated version of the IM-01 [[computer chess]] system.<br />Designed by [[Svetlana]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-09
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Fire|Space Bridge]]''<br />(''[[Fire|Kosmicheskiy Most]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Fire]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-10
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Hockey]]''<br />(''[[Egg|Khokkey]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.<br />Released for the IM-26 [[Digi Casse]] clone in [[1991]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-11
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Big Trak|Lunokhod]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1983]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Clone of the [[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]] [[Big Trak]] programmable tank.<br />Named after the Lunokhod lunar rover.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-12
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch video game)|Winnie-the-Pooh]]''<br/>(''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch video game)|Vinni Pukh]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1991]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch video game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]''.<br />Based on the Soviet ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' short films.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-13
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Explorers of Space]]''<br />(''[[Egg|Issledovateli Kosmosa]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-15
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Cup Football|Football]]''<br />(''[[Super Cup Football|Soccer]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Clone of ''[[Super Cup Football]]'' by [[Tomy]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-16
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Fowling]]''<br />(''[[Egg|Okhota]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-19
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Biathlon]]''<br />(''[[Egg|Biatlon]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-22
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Monkey Goalkeeper]]''<br />(''[[Egg|Vratarom Martyshkoy]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.<br />Also known as ''[[Egg|Merry Footballer]]''.<br />Released for the IM-26 [[Digi Casse]] clone in [[1991]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-23
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Autoslalom]]''<br />(''[[Autoslalom|Avto slalom]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Released for the IM-26 [[Digi Casse]] clone in [[1991]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-26
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Handheld [[video game console|console]]<br />Interchangeable display cartridges
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1991]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Clone of the [[Bandai]] [[Digi Casse]].<br />Cartridge for IM-02 Well, Just You Wait! was available.<br />Cartridge for IM-22 Merry Footballer was available.<br />Cartridge for IM-23 Autoslalom was available.<br />Cartridge for IM-10 Hockey was available.<br />Cartridge for IM-32 Cat Fisherman was available.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-29
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Computer chess|Chess Partner]]''<br />(''[[Computer chess|shakhmatnyy partner]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1991]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Clone of [[Mattel]] [[Computer Chess]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-30
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Orfey
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1991]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Miniature digital synthesizer.<br />Designed and manufactured by [[Svetlana]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-32
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Cat-Fisherman]]''<br />(''[[Egg|Kot-Rybolov]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1991]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-32
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Cat Fisherman]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1991]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.<br />Released for the IM-26 [[Digi Casse]] clone in [[1991]].
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | IM-50
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Space Flight]]''<br />(''[[Egg|Kosmicheskiy Polet]]'')
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1992]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | MG-50
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egg|Amusing Arithmetic]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[1989]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Used the design of [[Game & Watch]] ''[[Egg]]''.
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| [[Category: Brand names]] | | =====United Kingdom===== |
| [[Category: Brand names by Elektronika]] | | *[[Sega Prize Zone]] |
| [[Category: Elektronika microprocessor games]] | | |
| [[Category: Soviet clones]] | | ===Independent arcades that were formerly part of chains=== |
| [[Category: Soviet Union]] | | *[[GameWorks]] |
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| | ==Former arcade brands== |
| | ===Former Namco arcades=== |
| | *[[Aladdin's Castle]] |
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| | ===Former Sega arcades=== |
| | *[[Club Sega]] |
| | *[[Hi-Tech Sega]] |
| | *[[Hi-Tech Land Sega]] |
| | *[[Sega Arena]] |
| | *[[Sega World]] |
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| | [[Category:Arcade games]] |
