PT-109 © 1976 Mirco Games, Incorporated.
2-to-4 players face off in a naval battle. Each team controls either a PT boat or a battleship, looking to score as many points as possible by blasting the opposing team the most before the timer runs out.
It is essentially Atari's Tank but with boats.
Only released in a cocktail table model.
Used 4 spinners.
Debuted at the MOA '75 show, which was the same event where Midway debuted Gun Fight. Both games were the first video arcade titles to use a microprocessor (CPU) instead of TTL chips, which would revolutionize video games.
PT-109 was ultimately a victim of poor marketing and the decision to only make it in a cocktail model - the cocktail market at the time was in a slump and games like PT-109 were not turning that around. On the marketing side, Mirco threw their budget behind their Spirit of '76 pinball machine, which was also one of the first CPU-powered (solid state) pins to the market, but that bombed thanks an uninspired layout and artwork.
Game's picture.
Game's flyer
November & December 1975 issues of Play Meter Magazine
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