Cover artwork of Videocart-17: Pinball Challenge

// Archive entry № 35501

Videocart-17: Pinball Challenge

Videocart-17: Pinball Challenge is a 1978 entry from the first wave of arcade and home gaming, preserved here as a discovery record for Channel F.

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About the game

Videocart-17: Pinball Challenge (1978) for Channel F takes its place in the VG90 index as one more thread in the story of the first wave of arcade and home gaming, kept here for readers researching the period.

the first wave of arcade and home gaming was a period of rapid change for the medium: cabinets and the earliest home systems were still teaching players what a video game could be. Placing Videocart-17: Pinball Challenge in that timeline shows where it sat as the industry evolved.

Preservation records on VG90 link directly to verified external archives and downloads. Explore the platform, year, and era context, or launch the download directly from this entry.

Why it matters

The value of a record like this is context: the first wave of arcade and home gaming produced far more games than the handful everyone remembers, and cabinets and the earliest home systems were still teaching players what a video game could be. An archive earns its keep by preserving the long tail, not just the hits.

Technical notes

Platform on record: Channel F. Release year: 1978. Details are drawn from public catalogue metadata; corrections and additions are welcome through the archive.