{"id":17132,"date":"2022-11-30T16:22:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T21:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=17132"},"modified":"2025-02-11T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:56:55","slug":"raceway-arcade","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/exhibit\/raceway-arcade\/","title":{"rendered":"Raceway Arcade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opens March 23, 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Play your way through the history of electronic driving games and learn about America\u2019s long fascination with the need for speed in <em>Raceway Arcade<\/em>. Start your engine and zip through the evolution of driving games in this highly interactive and artifact-rich exhibit designed for racing enthusiasts of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-title-wide-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"Raceway Arcade title banner\" class=\"wp-image-23560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-title-wide-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-title-wide-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-title-wide-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-title-wide.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Challenge friends to the two-player <strong><em>Daytona USA <\/em><\/strong>(1994), three-player <strong><em>Super Sprint<\/em><\/strong>(1986), and the two-player favorite <strong><em>Mario Kart Arcade GP2<\/em><\/strong>(2007).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be the first to the finish line in <strong>arcade classics<\/strong> such as <em>Pole Position 2<\/em> (1983), <em>Out Run<\/em> (1987), and <em>Cruis\u2019n USA<\/em> (1994).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grab the wheel in the thrilling <strong><em>Cruisin\u2019 Blast<\/em><\/strong>(2017).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take your picture on the <strong>victory stand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>View <strong>pioneering racing games<\/strong> from The Strong\u2019s collections\u2014including International Mutoscope\u2019s Drive-Mobile (1941), one of the earliest coin-operated driving games and Atari\u2019s <em>Gran Trak 10<\/em> (1974), the first arcade racing video game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See how the precursors to modern video games operated by examining the inner-workings of the electro-mechanical <strong>Chicago Coin\u2019s Drive Master<\/strong> (1969).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced by The Strong\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/collections\/icheg\/\">International Center for the History of Electronic Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-arcade-wide-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"Raceway Arcade hallway exhibit with video games\" class=\"wp-image-23561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-arcade-wide-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-arcade-wide-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-arcade-wide-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Raceway-arcade-wide.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Playable machines in&nbsp;<em>Raceway&nbsp;Arcade<\/em>&nbsp;require purchased tokens. Money collected from the sale of tokens helps maintain these original artifacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Note: Arcade games are sometimes rotated for maintenance. This list is updated periodically.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Banzai Run pinball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cruis\u2019n Blast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cruis\u2019n USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daytona USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gumball Rally<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mario Kart GP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Road Blaster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sega Gremlin Turbo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sega Outrun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spy hunter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Super GT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lemans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pole Position 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motorcycle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opens March 23, 2024<br \/>\nPlay your way through the history of electronic driving games and learn about America\u2019s long fascination with the need for speed in Raceway Arcade. Start your engine and zip through the evolution of driving games in this highly interactive and artifact-rich exhibit designed for racing enthusiasts of all ages.<br \/>\nProduced by The Strong\u2019s&nbsp;International Center for the History of Electronic Games.<br \/>\nPlayable machines in&nbsp;Raceway&nbsp;Arcade&nbsp;require purchased tokens. 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