Invaders
Invaders. An amusement arcade on the front at Blackpool in June 1979. A Japanese machine in which you shoot at rows of descending aliens is filling every…
Ten pence a go. The queue is out of the door.
An amusement arcade on the front at Blackpool in June 1979. A Japanese machine in which you shoot at rows of descending aliens is filling every arcade that has one, at 10p a go. The makers cannot build them fast enough, second-hand ones cost a fortune, and the council is asking whether children should be let in.
- Starts
- June 1979
- Length
- 18 months
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Scored on
- Reach £250,000 of annual sales
- Business
- Amusement Arcade
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