Gottlieb Wild Life, Farmington MI, 1973. A local pizza parlor had it along with a Williams Swinger.

I was 9 years old, my dad suggested I try one of them and put a quarter in WL for me. I didn't much want to at first cause I was afraid I'd be terrible at it. From that first quarter I was hooked -- and my dad regretted it ever since.

But only a couple more visits/play sessions followed there. A strip mall fire took the entire place out later on. But the seed had been planted in this pinhead-to-be's brain . . .