Coin pusher thingamajig

Timber

I stumbled upon a naff game show earlier called the ‘Tipping Point’ based on my all-time favourite seaside arcade game. I cannot remember the game’s name but I always called it the coin pusher.

 

The coin pusher or penny fall were heavily advertised with a theme like pirates, cowboys, and Indians or some underwater adventure with lots of flashing lights. The lights may have the hook for some but it was the thought of easy money that drew me. Seeing all the coins teetering over the edge were enough to send me into a frenzy. The money was never easy, as you would soon find out.

 

First the coin just wouldn’t drop straight the pins in the backboard would send them all over the place. Most of the machines had either two or three coin pushing platforms with the coins building tantalizingly along the edge leaving you hoping it was your coin that dislodge them giving you that winning rush. More often than not, nothing happened. However, I would stand there feeding it to my last penny.

 

I soon worked out if you wanted fun at the seaside keep out of the amusement arcade or you will be wandering watching others have all the fun.