Comments on: Wico – A Brief History

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Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:27:54 +0000

[...] issue of Gameroom magazine to find a nice little snippet covering an article I wrote about an old Playmeter Magazine article about WICO. I am a subscriber and was shocked to find that my little site got picked up by the [...]

By: Alexred

Alexred — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:42:46 +0000

Get ready for an influx from Game Room Magazine!

By: Rndy Fromm

Rndy Fromm — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:57:13 +0000

It was fun to read this again. Because it isn’t technical, it ws buried in file. I haven’t seen it in 25 years!

I like the BIG hair!

Funny to see the IBM computer too. We probably carry around more processing power in our pockets now.

The demise of WICO was rally surprising at the time. As a young man, working in the amusement industry in the 70s and 80s, I had always thought that coin-op arcades and WICO would be around forever. Boy, was I wrong.

Randy Fromm

By: Chris Moore

Chris Moore — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:44:54 +0000

Great read, thanks for sharing. Two things really stand out for me, one, the Harry Marcus connection mentioned. That family had a LOT of business dealings in Chicago and owned some serious real estate, mostly near the old stockyard district. The second is the big Penn-Ray advertisement right below the Wico article. Too funny!

I think its great that you are helping to preserve this history…these little bits help fill in the gaps that have been taken for granted for too long.

Chris

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:28:13 +0000

Wico’s history may or may not be easy to come by, but I really enjoyed reading over these pages. Thanks Preston for scanning and sharing them…