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Basketball Machine
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Version
5.6
This Basketball game machine is one of the arcade game
machines which were produced in the 70s and 80s,
through to the beginning of Perestroika. The devices
produced in non-specialist factories, mostly part of
the military-industrial complex, so there were almost
endless funds and advanced technology for that time.
These terribly expensive devices could be obtained for
2,500-4,000 rubles, nearly as much as a Lada
automobile! But unlike western one-armed bandits, the
goal of the Soviet machine was not gambling, but to
lift the spirits of the workers with some
entertainment. Think nothing of it, throw in 15 cents
and have at it! The game provided an opportunity to
play either alone (keys 0-9) as well as others
(Digital NUM 0 - NUM 9). Numbers greater than "9" are
the last digit, so for example if the ball is hit into
the hole under the number "13," you have to press "3."
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