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arcade cabinet
copyright status
public domain
determination method or standard: no copyright due to missing copyright notice
inception
May 1977
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data size
19,457,914 byte
height
6,426 pixel
width
9,984 pixel
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Uploaded a work by Gremlin Industries from Scanned from a May 1977 issue of Play Meter, uploaded to the Internet Archive by RevengeOfTheHubz at https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-3-number-8-may-1977/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%203%2C%20Number%208%20-%20May%201977/page/30/mode/2up with UploadWizard