ARCADE 1
BOOK REVIEW
ARCADE 1 is similar to Dick Bueschel's other illustrated
history guides in that it dedicates a single page to each machine for 100
different arcade machines. This is probably the most popular feature of
Dick's books.
It includes some of the very rare early turn-of-the-century
machines, the collectible machines from the 1920's & 1930's, the more
readily available machines from the 1950's and 1960's, and even several
video machines from the 1970's and 1980's.
The whole range of arcade machines are included: fortune machines, strength machines, working models, peep shows, diggers, skill testers, electric shockers, etc.. And best of
all, there is a price guide providing prices for each machine in a variety
of conditions.
Many collectors would gladly buy the book just for the 100
machine section. ARCADE 1, however, includes 200 additional pages detailing
the history of the arcade machine from the 1880's to 1905. There are
extended sections on: strength testers, lung testers, and electric
shockers; peep shows, stereoscopes and mutoscopes; the Roovers and
Rosenfeld companies; the Mills Novelty and Caille Bros. companies, and; the
layout and contents of a 1905 penny arcade parlour.
There is even a listing by manufacturer(American and European) of approximately 1000 machines manufactured from 1870 to 1905. These 200 pages reveal fact after fact and
story after story that previously were unknown to collectors. There are
hundreds of additional photos and illustrations making it invaluable to the
historian and collector alike.
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Copyright: 2003 Ken Durham
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Copyright 2003: Ken Durham
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