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Description

The first digger is all mechanical, but offers no prize selection. The crane sweeps across the toys and stops at a different spot each time. The player continues to crank throughout the action. Erie Mfg. Corp. 1924-1930's. The machine contributed by James Roller may be circa 1931.

Erie Digger was produced by Erie Machine Co. in 1924.

Erie Machine Co. released 3 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1924. Erie Machine Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Erie Machine Co. during the time period Erie Digger was produced include: Emco (Nerve Exercise), and Bomber

Specs

Name Erie Digger
Developer Erie Machine Co. (United States)
Year 1924 - 1939
Type Arcade
KLOV/MOG # 2223
Sub-Type Digger

Erie Digger KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.89 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.80

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 5.00
Fun (Solo) 5.00
Collector Desire 4.00

Technical Rating: 2.67

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 3.00
Originality 2.00
Sound/Music -1.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Erie Digger Census

There are 15,364 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Owned - There is one known instance of this machine owned by an active member Erie Digger collector. It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit).

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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Foto-Finder® (Books)

  1. Arcade Treasures Kurtz (ISBN 088740619X) Page: 13; Color photo
  2. Drop Coin Here Rubin (ISBN 0-517-532980) Page: 81; Black and white photo Price guide: No

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