With technology leaping forward Ian Donegan takes a look at where the venerated pusher stands amid the upheaval.
With its gentle but ceaseless movements back and forth it almost seems meant-to-be that pushers would become a mainstay of the seaside arcade. The amusement device is credited to Alfred Crompton – though this is not gospel – in 1960 in Kent, UK. He built a number of machines with moving decks that deposited money into a payment cup.
Penny Falls was one of the earliest and most famous pushers, receiving its name for the large pennies the UK called currency before adopting the decimal system. Although the pusher has evolved considerably since the Penny Falls, it remains essentially the same game.
