coin-operated

Adjective

Meaning

of devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coins

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Examples

a coin-operated telephone Source: Internet

1931: Coin operation introduced An early pinball game without flippers, circa 1932 By the 1930s, manufacturers were producing coin-operated versions of bagatelles, now known as "marble games" or "pin games". Source: Internet

According to trade publication Vending Times, revenues generated by coin-operated video games on location in the United States jumped from $308 million in 1978 to $968 million in 1979 to $2.8 billion in 1980. Source: Internet

After the collapse of the coin-operated video game industry, pinball saw another comeback in the 1990s. Source: Internet

Available in limited quantities in late 1972, Pong began reaching the market in quantity in March 1973, after which it ignited a new craze for ball-and-paddle video games in the coin-operated amusement industry. Source: Internet

Consequently, when a recent engineering graduate from Utah with experience running coin-operated equipment named Nolan Bushnell first saw Spacewar! at SAIL in late 1969 or early 1970, he resolved to build a coin-operated version for public consumption. Source: Internet

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