I have the Sega Jet Rocket that was at Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio, it’s now restored running on Cedar Point tokens and it is a prize in my collection! Thanks for the video and bringing this game to light.
Wow! I absolutely loved all those old machines that used to be in that arcade. My dad still tells the story how he couldn't get me out of there in 1991. Did you get any of the other EM games? I always liked watching people play Sega Helicopter and Whirly Bird. It was too advanced for me. Dang I miss those days. Now it's all redemption junk in there.
Really cool seeing how the mechanisms work. The timer has a old time governor fan like a antique striking clockworks. The rolling landscape is so neat how it was done, i had a couple little toys as a kid that was from the 70s that used the same principles of the continuous roller field. One was a driving game. I grew up with family that repaired old TVs and radios and granduncle that worked on watches ,my dad did just about every kind of trade just for DIY. I studied with my granduncle to repair clockworks as he was trying to semi-retire. So i still do restorations on old clocks and other mechanisms, sometimes old toys. Im always fascinated by the old machines and how they were able to create the illusions.
In the '70's, El Dorado Hills (just north of Folsom California), there was a restaurant/grill/arcade place named Sam's Town. My mother took us there as kids and I played this game every time we went. In the mid '80s, as an adult, I bought it from the owner. I still have it.
As a kid I played this game all the time when my mother took me to W.T. Grants on Saturdays. This game was always by the Grants Hot Dog Stand. I keep on searching the internet for this arcade but with no success.
Thank you so much for posting this video-it has particular meaning for me. This was my favorite arcade game as a young boy, but Ive had no idea the name or more info about it until today (im now 57). My dad had been a Navy pilot and I was a young boy enthused about military flying. I remember asking my dad about getting one of these-and him instructing me to talk to our church congregation man friend we knew who owned the entertainment arcade where I played this game. That was a pretty tall order for me as a young boy who was probably only 6 or 7 years old. Ive never seen one of these all these over 5 decades since 1972or 73 ish, but there have been times Ive thought of this game and wondered more about it. Thank you for making that information possible for me. -(a grateful 7 year old boy; who is now “57”).
I remember this game from the early 1970's. I went onto UA-cam to search out jet fighter arcade games (1960's) and this came up. So happy to see the game again, but amazed at the inside of the machine and the art of making the game come to life. Thank you for posting it up!
Really cool seeing how Jet Rocket works. I never even seen that gem until last week on the channel. Simply gorgeous piece of art. They did a great job restoring it.
As a little kid in 70s just barely before video games, our penny arcade (Spring Lake) at our town beach (now the world's oldest arcade) had a Bally Target Zero, which apparently was a clone of Sega's Jet Rocket. It's almost identical. I loved that game, and it was at our beach until about 25 years ago. I played it for years. On my first visit to Canobie Lake Park in NH in 1999, they had a Sega Jet Rocket which I was surprised was practically the same game as Target Zero. It's featured in my Canobie Lake Park video I posted on UA-cam. It was these kind of EM arcade games that first made me love the arcades. It wasn't the pinball machines so much, but sure I liked them too. The first b&w video games besides Pong started coming out a year or two later like Sea Wolf, Atari's Star Ship 1, and others.
The only way I could move this monster with me from the places that I lived, was disconnecting the 'map machine', pulling it out of the cabinet, then moving the two heavy pieces, lol.
I have great memories of playing some of these old Sega machines but at the same time I wonder how they ended up at where I played them, I was just to young to realise what I was actually playing at all! I remember a samey kind of game but with tanks, another samey cabinet with a submarine and a variant with a motor cycle. It would have been around '90 and it was in the basement of an old event building, not an arcade. The machines where powered so someone must have cared about it, but I was only I think 8 at that time and didn't even realise what piece of oldschool arcade I was playing at all.
I actually played one of these babies at the Sauble Beach Arcade in Ontario Canada in the late 1970’s. It was pretty spectacular for the time. Thanks Todd. Yo’ still Da’ Man. 👍👍🏼👍🏿🏆
Fun fact: in Japan, any sort of mechanical arcade game is referred to as an "Elemecha", short for 'electromechanical'. This term also applies to games that are completely solid state but use mechanical components.
Played this game back in 70`s, Here in UK . there are some similar ones to this ( i dont remember their names though ) where your jet is visible pretty much a strafing run style game and actually like river raid on atari 2600, damn wish i could remember names. Mechanical games are so good Sega where really ahead of their times with these games..
I recall my dad taking me to a pinball arcade place in the 70s in Houston where they had various mechanical games. I remember one with an airplane that flew around. But later, we saw PONG at a Shakey's Pizza Parlour and that changed everything…
What is the purpose of the flywheel mechanism? I don’t see a linkage between this mechanism and the mirror, so I’m guessing the yoke is directly linked to the mirror and the flywheel creates resistance when turning the yoke.
Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving...Very cool classic electro-mechanical arcade machine. They really are works of art and extremely rare. The sad part is that the replay value in these machines is poor and probably why they are extremely rare. The nostalgia value is to the moon though. Truly a classic SEGA masterpiece. Awesome video !!!
So cool. Not many around much. We have 3 Sega Jet Rockets, we are in South Africa and possibly the only ones with vintage arcade games. Sadly, no one here is interested in these games anymore.
@@tntamusements if there was any type of museum for these games. Unless you know of a place looking for vintage games then we have quite a few and others
I have the Sega Jet Rocket that was at Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio, it’s now restored running on Cedar Point tokens and it is a prize in my collection! Thanks for the video and bringing this game to light.
Wow! I absolutely loved all those old machines that used to be in that arcade. My dad still tells the story how he couldn't get me out of there in 1991. Did you get any of the other EM games? I always liked watching people play Sega Helicopter and Whirly Bird. It was too advanced for me. Dang I miss those days. Now it's all redemption junk in there.
Really cool seeing how the mechanisms work.
The timer has a old time governor fan like a antique striking clockworks.
The rolling landscape is so neat how it was done, i had a couple little toys as a kid that was from the 70s that used the same principles of the continuous roller field.
One was a driving game.
I grew up with family that repaired old TVs and radios and granduncle that worked on watches ,my dad did just about every kind of trade just for DIY. I studied with my granduncle to repair clockworks as he was trying to semi-retire.
So i still do restorations on old clocks and other mechanisms, sometimes old toys.
Im always fascinated by the old machines and how they were able to create the illusions.
In the '70's, El Dorado Hills (just north of Folsom California), there was a restaurant/grill/arcade place named Sam's Town.
My mother took us there as kids and I played this game every time we went. In the mid '80s, as an adult, I bought it from the owner.
I still have it.
You lucky guy. I wish I had that game at my house. Good purchase, especially hearing the history of this game.
As a kid I played this game all the time when my mother took me to W.T. Grants on Saturdays. This game was always by the Grants Hot Dog Stand. I keep on searching the internet for this arcade but with no success.
Thank you so much for posting this video-it has particular meaning for me. This was my favorite arcade game as a young boy, but Ive had no idea the name or more info about it until today (im now 57). My dad had been a Navy pilot and I was a young boy enthused about military flying. I remember asking my dad about getting one of these-and him instructing me to talk to our church congregation man friend we knew who owned the entertainment arcade where I played this game. That was a pretty tall order for me as a young boy who was probably only 6 or 7 years old. Ive never seen one of these all these over 5 decades since 1972or 73 ish, but there have been times Ive thought of this game and wondered more about it. Thank you for making that information possible for me. -(a grateful 7 year old boy; who is now “57”).
This thing is awesome. Saw an article about it today, had to check this out.
I remember this game from the early 1970's. I went onto UA-cam to search out jet fighter arcade games (1960's) and this came up. So happy to see the game again, but amazed at the inside of the machine and the art of making the game come to life. Thank you for posting it up!
Really cool seeing how Jet Rocket works. I never even seen that gem until last week on the channel. Simply gorgeous piece of art. They did a great job restoring it.
As a little kid in 70s just barely before video games, our penny arcade (Spring Lake) at our town beach (now the world's oldest arcade) had a Bally Target Zero, which apparently was a clone of Sega's Jet Rocket. It's almost identical. I loved that game, and it was at our beach until about 25 years ago. I played it for years.
On my first visit to Canobie Lake Park in NH in 1999, they had a Sega Jet Rocket which I was surprised was practically the same game as Target Zero. It's featured in my Canobie Lake Park video I posted on UA-cam.
It was these kind of EM arcade games that first made me love the arcades. It wasn't the pinball machines so much, but sure I liked them too. The first b&w video games besides Pong started coming out a year or two later like Sea Wolf, Atari's Star Ship 1, and others.
These old electromechanicals are brilliant works of art. Absolutely magnificent design and execution.
The only way I could move this monster with me from the places that I lived, was disconnecting the 'map machine', pulling it out of the cabinet, then moving the two heavy pieces, lol.
I have great memories of playing some of these old Sega machines but at the same time I wonder how they ended up at where I played them, I was just to young to realise what I was actually playing at all! I remember a samey kind of game but with tanks, another samey cabinet with a submarine and a variant with a motor cycle. It would have been around '90 and it was in the basement of an old event building, not an arcade. The machines where powered so someone must have cared about it, but I was only I think 8 at that time and didn't even realise what piece of oldschool arcade I was playing at all.
Cool to see really vintage stuff like that
I actually played one of these babies at the Sauble Beach Arcade in Ontario Canada in the late 1970’s. It was pretty spectacular for the time.
Thanks Todd. Yo’ still Da’ Man. 👍👍🏼👍🏿🏆
What an amazing machine. So creative.
I’m pretty sure that this will be the best video ever released on UA-cam! 😬
Some very fond memories dropping quarters in this game back in the 70's
That game is so cool for the timeframe
Man that’s awesome can’t imagine how heavy that beast is. Love to own or even just play it sometime.
Such a fascinating machine, and a great video!
Many thanks!
Fun fact: in Japan, any sort of mechanical arcade game is referred to as an "Elemecha", short for 'electromechanical'. This term also applies to games that are completely solid state but use mechanical components.
What a wonderful entertainment machine. That Sega arcade game is cool too. lol
I remember playing games like that those are the best times
A year before I was born, that's one beautiful restoration.
Played this game back in 70`s, Here in UK . there are some similar ones to this ( i dont remember their names though ) where your jet is visible pretty much a strafing run style game and actually like river raid on atari 2600, damn wish i could remember names. Mechanical games are so good Sega where really ahead of their times with these games..
Looks like a lot of peppers ghost going on in there
I recall my dad taking me to a pinball arcade place in the 70s in Houston where they had various mechanical games. I remember one with an airplane that flew around. But later, we saw PONG at a Shakey's Pizza Parlour and that changed everything…
That's was amazing thank you for showing us!❤
Amazing machine.
This was awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I think these EM Games will soon be very collectable
That is incredible!
Awesome! Just plain awesome!
Great game! I just played this exact one at the Game Preserve a few months ago.
What is the purpose of the flywheel mechanism? I don’t see a linkage between this mechanism and the mirror, so I’m guessing the yoke is directly linked to the mirror and the flywheel creates resistance when turning the yoke.
Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving...Very cool classic electro-mechanical arcade machine. They really are works of art and extremely rare. The sad part is that the replay value in these machines is poor and probably why they are extremely rare. The nostalgia value is to the moon though. Truly a classic SEGA masterpiece. Awesome video !!!
So cool. Not many around much. We have 3 Sega Jet Rockets, we are in South Africa and possibly the only ones with vintage arcade games. Sadly, no one here is interested in these games anymore.
Yes...perhaps in a museum setting it would be a hit!
@@tntamusements if there was any type of museum for these games. Unless you know of a place looking for vintage games then we have quite a few and others
This game is 13 years older than me and I'd love to play it!
The beard is lookin’ good Todd. Keep it up. Just remember, if your dad doesn’t have a beard - you’ve got two moms!
Pssh, pssh, pssh...boom boom boom, lol.
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