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ARCADE ACTION CLOSE-UP BUMP 'n' JUMP

Speed is king in racing. If—at those blinding and illegal velocities—one happens to collide with a brick wall, it's adios, Charlie. The Demolition Derby—the most dubious and American of all sports—on the other hand relies upon collisions.

September 2, 1983

ARCADE ACTION CLOSE-UP BUMP 'n' JUMP

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Speed is king in racing. If—at those blinding and illegal velocities—one happens to collide with a brick wall, it's adios, Charlie.

The Demolition Derby—the most dubious and American of all sports—on the other hand relies upon collisions. Ramming into other junkheaps creates a special kind of energy and an escape valve in an auto-obsessed world. You can get it all out of your system, crashing a hunk of steel evilly into the turkey in the next lane driving backwards.

Pul them together, and you have Bally's Bump 'N' Jump, a video race game with the capacity to bump and rebound from the other cars on a scenic unpredictable track.

Oh, one other thing. When you punch the jump button, your car flies.

In most videogames, touch alone can be deadly, not only with brick walls, but even with friendlier substances, like people. Carried over into life, this can be an unhealthy attitude, particularly when polite social gatherings or procreation are involved.

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