John Wood - Sally Dark Ride

Mechanical amusements have long been a mainstay of theme parks and travelling fairs. In the 1980s, this technology entered the realm of the arcade, most notably through Chuck E. Cheese and since then, has merged with the traditional dark ride to become the interactive dark ride, a mixture of animatronics, motion, lightguns and video games. Our guest today, John Wood is the head of Sally Corporation, a pioneer of animatronic entertainment and especially the interactive darkride. John tells us how this industry leader got its start Recorded: September 2024 Video version: Get us on your mobile device: Android: iOS: And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram Or Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: Gaming Alexandria: They Create Worlds: Digital Antiquarian: The Arcade Blogger: Retro Asylum: Retro Game Squad: Playthrough Podcast: Retromags.com: Games That Weren't - Copyright Karl Kuras

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John Wood - Sally Dark Ride is an episode from Video Game Newsroom Time Machine by Karl Kuras.

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