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The history of arcades is full of fun details! Here are seven unknown facts about arcade games:
- An average Skee-ball alley is 10 feet long, but the original alleys were 35 feet long! The sizes were reduced to allow more players to fit into an arcade.
- A competitive table air hockey world championship tournament has been held every year in the United States since 1974.
- In 1971, Computer Space was the first coin operated arcade game to be released to the public.
- The first battery operated pinball machine was debut in 1933.
- Pac-Man’s iconic shape was inspired by pizza.
- Although Pong wasn't the first video game created, it was the first commercially successful one.
- Super Mario wasn’t originally known as Mario, he was formally known as Jump Man.
Check out a few of these fun arcade games at Spooky Nook today! With over 60 games, the Nook Arcade is sure to have something fun for everyone.
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