Pinballing in memory of the first "Arcade"
Sun, Jan 25
|8 Bit Beans Arcade
Did you know that on January 25th, 1947, the earliest-known concept for an interactive electronic game was patented? It was called the Cathode Ray Amusement Device. Find out more below!
Time & Location
Jan 25, 2026, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
8 Bit Beans Arcade, 100 Brock St S, Whitby, ON L1N 4J8, Canada
About the event
The Cathode Ray Tube Amusement device would simulate an artillery shell arcing towards targets on a cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen, which is controlled by the player by adjusting knobs to change the trajectory of a CRT beam spot on the display in order to reach plastic targets overlaid on the screen.
Is that not super cool or what!?
And if you were wondering, the first pinball game was the Whiffle. You can see the Advertisement for it in the picture for this tournie :)
On to the rules for pinball :)
Fair Strike Knockout
1PM Start Time
Tickets
Online Ticket
$6 Entry fee online ($5 towards prize pool, $1 to cover IFPA fee)
$6.00
Total
$0.00