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Title: Ms. Pac Man factory footage
Post by: eurotronic on December 23, 2012, 05:00:59 PM
Here it's a vid of a Bally/Midway factory in the 80's, showing the making process of a Ms pacman cabinet.

http://mediaburn.org/video/wired-in-raw-28/#video (http://mediaburn.org/video/wired-in-raw-28/#video)

Enjoy! :)

PS: the vid start at 0:49.
Title: Re: Ms. Pac Man factory footage
Post by: Blanka on December 23, 2012, 05:55:45 PM
Double post:
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=4113.0
But how to download.... ?
Title: Re: Ms. Pac Man factory footage
Post by: anunaki on December 23, 2012, 06:57:50 PM
In the other topic there's a direct link
Title: Re: Ms. Pac Man factory footage
Post by: level42 on June 03, 2013, 11:00:43 PM
More (mostly Bally) factory footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOh9HL-dOdQ

Pac Man and Tron production going on. Funny, I recognize some of the guys from the Ms.Pac video (esp. the guy with the weird hat :) )
Title: Re: Ms. Pac Man factory footage
Post by: Blanka on June 04, 2013, 10:11:07 AM
Cool video Level42! Nice pick-N-place machines. Reminds me a bit of assembling 33 Retro Spaces in 2010.
Title: Re: Ms. Pac Man factory footage
Post by: level42 on June 04, 2013, 10:39:43 AM
Yeah, it was top-of-the-bill in the early 80's I guess but when I looked at it my first feeling was: Mmmm, pretty slow.

Then again, can't compare through-hole picking and placing with SMD....
Title: Re: Ms. Pac Man factory footage
Post by: Blanka on June 04, 2013, 11:04:29 AM
Quote from: Level42 on June 04, 2013, 10:39:43 AM
Yeah, it was top-of-the-bill in the early 80's I guess but when I looked at it my first feeling was: Mmmm, pretty slow.
I was expecting hand work!
Title: Re: Ms. Pac Man factory footage
Post by: level42 on June 04, 2013, 12:39:54 PM
LOL, well inserting the chips is :)

It's a lot of hand work still. Today it would probably happen in China, although Stern seems to be keeping up things with the pinball machines in pretty much the same way they always did.