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1974 Brunswick Corporation (US patent 3,933,354 by Adolph E. Goldfarb & Erwin Benkoe)

Brunswick "Karate" Reflex Testing Amusement Device (1974)

A coin-op reflex machine whose interface is a life-size combatant you physically strike at lit target points

InputEmbedded systemArcadeReflexPhysical
Brunswick "Karate" Reflex Testing Amusement Device (1974) archival photograph

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US patent figure sheet showing the two-player coin-op reflex device
Fig. 1-2 of US patent 3,933,354 showing the coin-operated, two-player reflex-testing device with its near life-size combatant pictures. Public domain (US Patent & Trademark Office).
1974 Brunswick Karate arcade flyer
1974 US two-page arcade flyer for Brunswick's Karate. Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA).

Sources

  1. Museum of the Game — Karate arcade by Brunswick (KLOV/IAM entry 18140)
  2. US Patent 3,933,354 "Reflex testing amusement device"
  3. Arcade Flyer Archive — Karate flyer