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Scandia

Arcade Video game published 49 years ago by PSE

Not listed in MAME yet

Scandia © 1975 PSE [Project Support Engineering].

The Scandia was a coin-operated cocktail arcade cabinet designed for interchangeable arcade boards. The first and only game to come with it was a ball & paddle game called Frenzy.

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TECHNICAL/MACHINE PICT.
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Ran on TTL-based hardware.

Used bi-directional joysticks.

Used a cooling fan pointed at the logic board to prevent overheating.

TRIVIA

Released in August 1975 as P.S.E.'s first game. There are no known instances of a different PCB than Frenzy being released for it.

P.S.E. bragged that it was the first game in the industry to use a cooling fan.

SOURCES

Game's picture. (Keith Smith)
"P.S.E. Rises on video horizon with Frenzy" - Play Meter Magazine, August 1975, pg. 44