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Space Invader Arcade Equipment from 1954, probably pinball

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xB4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&dq=...

It's actually a shooting game: https://strangewars.livejournal.com/21891.html

Good answers! I feel slightly more confident in the integrity of the universe now.

The Oxford English Dictionary has let me down, it doesn't have anything prior to the 1979 game.

https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/185414#eid2154...

That’s a great link. And the gun in the shooting game is very very similar to Han Solos ...

Wow, that 1954 issue of "The Billboard" magazine was absolutely fascinating. Industry info on music charts, jukebox sales, pinball machines, TV, radio, film... full of history!

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