New Robo Catcher

[Mulboyne]

The new Robo Catcher from MechaTraX - "the world’s first commercial biped robot amusement game". As the picture above shows, you get to throttle Snoopy. See below for a company promotional video and click through to their YouTube page if you want to see more clips.

[ttjereth]

That looks frustrating as all hell, but I'd play it.

I'm addicted to UFO catcher/Crane games. Don't want the prizes, just like winning them

[Taro Toporific]

Originally Posted by Mulboyne

The new Robo Catcher from MechaTraX - "the world’s first commercial biped robot amusement game". As the picture above shows, you get to throttle Snoopy....

How long before we see live puppies inside the Robo Catcher?

PRIOR ART

"Lobster Catcher" via bigonjapan.com.




"Baby Catcher" from NBC News.

[Mulboyne]

Not really worth a new post: here's a new "Ice cream Catcher" where the unit is kept refrigerated:





These are the two experts who were demonstrating the game:

[ttjereth]

My local Sega World has made the grip on all of the claws so loose that it is impossible to actually win anything via the traditional method of grabbing it in the claw and dropping it into the hole. you have to resort to pushing things, or tumbling them in to get anything anymore.