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This Arcade Game is a SCAM (I have proof)

Mark Rober · demo · Watch on YouTube

Mechanical & precision engineeringGames (other)Engineering & making (other)

What it is

Mark Rober builds a machine that plays the Cyclone arcade game with perfect timing and discovers the game is rigged so that perfect play still loses. The video explains the physics and electronics tricks behind carnival-style skill games.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in threads on rigged arcade machines and gambling-like games as the clearest demonstration that skill games can be tuned to be unwinnable.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Mark Rober did some nice videos about the analog/physic and electronic tricks of scam games”

    Physics and electronic tricks behind scam arcade games.

    gowld, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site”

  2. “Mark Rober covered this in a pretty decent YouTube video”

    Software influencing outcomes of arcade games.

    pavel_lishin, 2019-03 · Recommendation · in “The Elaborate, Dying Art of Hustling for Money at Dave and Buster's”

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Topics: arcade, cyclone, engineering, scam games, mark rober

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