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There's this movie theater I go to, and One day I went, I could've sworn I heard Oxygene IV. The next time I went back with some friends, I realized that it was coming from the coin-operated toy machine with the claw- you know, the rigged ones that usually don't work because of the angle of the glass? Next time I see a movie I'll bring my camera along to take a video of the Oxygene-playing claw machine. Has anyone else seen anything like this?

Yeah, them synthesizer-tunes playing machines are all over the fairground here..

When I heard it, I was like "Oh my god, the toy machine is playing JMJ's Oxygene IV!" And everybody, even the dude behind the snack bar looked at me. XD

They have been around for quite a few years - I remember a thread on the old defunct jarre@clic.net forum about this.

Pat Gleeson wrote:They have been around for quite a few years - I remember a thread on the old defunct jarre@clic.net forum about this.

Cool.

I recall hearing Oxy4 back in the 80s on a arcade machine while on a day trip to Blackpool.

Ethnicolor wrote:you know, the rigged ones that usually don't work because of the angle of the glass?

Or perhaps the grip itself is too slippery or soft until enough tries has been carried out to pay the costs of the damn prices.

Velodynamic wrote:

Ethnicolor wrote:you know, the rigged ones that usually don't work because of the angle of the glass?

Or perhaps the grip itself is too slippery or soft until enough tries has been carried out to pay the costs of the damn prices.

Yeah, that too. I don't think I ever saw anyone win that thing.

Ethnicolor wrote:

Velodynamic wrote:

Ethnicolor wrote:you know, the rigged ones that usually don't work because of the angle of the glass?

Or perhaps the grip itself is too slippery or soft until enough tries has been carried out to pay the costs of the damn prices.

Yeah, that too. I don't think I ever saw anyone win that thing.

I did. I was so desperate to get the price for my girlfriend, I tried a couple of dozen times.. XD

GeeJee wrote:

Ethnicolor wrote:

Velodynamic wrote: Or perhaps the grip itself is too slippery or soft until enough tries has been carried out to pay the costs of the damn prices.

Yeah, that too. I don't think I ever saw anyone win that thing.

I did. I was so desperate to get the price for my girlfriend, I tried a couple of dozen times.. XD

So, how many quarters did you have to spend? XD

I remember hearing oxygene 4 on those claw machines ever since I was a child on holiday in spain (around 95ish) now I hear it all the time when the fair comes to town. Its quite common place.

How it wound up on those machines is what i would like to know.

Ethnicolor wrote:

GeeJee wrote:

Ethnicolor wrote: Yeah, that too. I don't think I ever saw anyone win that thing.

I did. I was so desperate to get the price for my girlfriend, I tried a couple of dozen times.. XD

So, how many quarters did you have to spend? XD

A couple of dozen.

GeeJee wrote:

Ethnicolor wrote:

GeeJee wrote: I did. I was so desperate to get the price for my girlfriend, I tried a couple of dozen times.. XD

So, how many quarters did you have to spend? XD

A couple of dozen.

A dozen of couples.