Americoin Junkyard

Description: Junkyard, Americoin, 1970s (exact date unknown, a digger/crane game where the player picks up diecast cars (the "junk") and tries to load them into the hopper for a fixed amount of time. The more cars loaded, the better your operator rating. A spring-loaded scale measures how many "tons" have been loaded, which gives an operator rating of "novice", "apprentice", "crane boss" or "scalebuster". Uses an 8-track tape player for sound. A newer version of the older Williams Crane (1956) and Chicago Coin's Steam Shovel (1956). 8-track tape player background sounds (12 minutes long) of cars being crushed, smashed glass, straining diesel engines, etc. The 8-track player seems to be an automotive-style unit running on 12 Volts DC. Mark (arcadearchive.com/em/sound) made an MP3 of the sound available here.

If you have a Americoin Junkyard for sale please contact me at cfh@provide.net


Pictures by J.Robertson.


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