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Multi-Player Games, which provided the means for two or more players to compete, most often in simulation of a popular sport, commended themselves well to the early days of coin-operated machines. Usually a fairly simple mechanism dispensed nothing tangible in exchange for money. In effect, players "hired" the machine and their dynamic interaction supplied much of the entertainment. Most involved a ball game, and some a race (where the aim was to crank the handle fastest). Doughty and Barrett's The Racer of 1896 required two players to stake a penny on the game. By returning a coin to the winner, it added a wagering aspect, and this became common on subsequent machines. Two downsides, from an operator's standpoint, was that they generally required more floor space, with two or more players stationed around them, and earned no income from the lone patron.

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All Sport

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Added to Multi-players by widget2k4 on 10/07/17

All Sport



Wall-mounted two player machine with fast gameplay. For a penny, ten balls (or fewer, if the operator was greedy) are alternately delivered to the right and left bat by turning the crank. Goals scored can be counted in the recessed windows next to the knobs which control the bats.



Bryans   1937
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Bubbles

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Bubbles



Insert two pennies to start an electric pump which shoots balls upwards. Two players compete to catch as many balls as possible by manipulating the two brass nets. The winner gets to keep the returned coin when a timer ends the game.


Ahrens   1930s
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Double Top

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Double Top



This was the last wall machine produced by Bryan's Works and the only one designed by Jim Bryan (son of William Edward). After inserting two pennies, two players compete on the two allwin-like games.


Bryans   1970
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Golf

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Added to Multi-players by bob on 11/11/18

Golf



Cast iron floor standing two player arcade machine.


Automatic Sports Company   1905
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Greyhound Racer

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    Added to Multi-players by bob on 03/11/18

    Greyhound Racer



    Floor Standing Two Player Arcade Machine


    Ahrens   1925
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    Ice Hockey

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    Ice Hockey



    These robust, oak-cased games were a common sight in arcades of the '50s and '60s. Play is fast-paced as the two chrome manikins swivel on the spot, trying to fling the puck (ball) at each other's goals.



    Ruffler and Walker   1950s
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    Ice Hockey

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    Ice Hockey



    A late model of the well-established and already old-fashioned two-player ice hockey game. The flyer advertises 5 BALLS for 1d ALSO AVAILABLE AS 3d AND 6d PLAY WITH UP TO 9 BALLS.

     
     


    Cromptons   1960s
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    Added to Multi-players by pennymachines on 19/05/17

    Satellite



    Two pennies are inserted and the first player to orbit their satellite around the earth wins a penny back. As the satellites progress, the planets revolve on their axes. This is one of the smallest two-player race games (most of which are robust, floor-standing machines). Characteristically, Mr Bryan protected it from overenthusiastic competitors, designing it to reward those who wind the handle at optimum, rather than maximum, speed. Wind too fast and the drive disengages.

    Appropriately, this game arrived at the start of a much larger race which began with the launch of the Soviet Union's first satellite, Sputnik 1.



    Bryans   1958
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    The Cricket Match

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    Added to Multi-players by bob on 03/11/18

    The Cricket Match



    Cast Iron Floor Standing Two Player Cricket Machine


    Automatic Sports Company   Unknown date
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    Yacht Race



    Cast iron floor standing two player arcade machine.


    Automatic Sports Company   1900
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