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Wild Chicago visits Williams Electronics

17/09/2019 By ausretrogamer

This is a cool video from the early 1990s which has the TV show, Wild Chicago visiting the Williams factory. The video shows the making of The Addams Family pinball machine, which also includes a brief chat with Roger Sharpe and Steve Kordek amongst other pinball peeps at Williams. Ed Boon also makes an appearance where they show the making of Mortal Kombat!


source: Arcade Hunters

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Ah the 1980s, We Miss You So Much!

27/03/2018 By ausretrogamer

Gotta share this video that was posted by video game history guy, John Anderson. Using John’s words, this is, “A 1981 TV news report by WMAQ-TV in Chicago about the makers of Defender (Williams Electronics) and inside the Midway factory assembling Pac-Man arcade cabinets (350 a day!)”.

Ah the 80s, we definitely miss you so much!

A 1981 TV news report about the makers of Defender (Williams Electronics) and inside the Midway factory assembling Pac-Man arcade cabinets (350 a day!) from WMAQ-TV in Chicago. Via: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television. pic.twitter.com/x3fayTqlJw

— John Andersen (@JohnAndersen21) December 18, 2017

source: John Anderson via Twitter

 

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