University of Wisconsin Platteville - Pioneer Yearbook (Platteville, WI)

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Left: On cold or rainy nights. The local movie house is still a good spot f0 90. Below left: Watch ou'r all of you pool sharks, fhe elec'rronic games are moving in! Below right: Bicycling is good exercise as well as on interesfing pastime. AMUSEMENTS 15

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EIecTroniC ATTrocTion Poc-Mon fever. Many people around com- pus hove iT, iT's olmosT worse ThoT The flu! BuT don'T worry, millions of oTher sTudenTs, pro- fessors, and business men have iT Too! The elecTronic game craze sTarTed obouT '10 years ago wiTh The invenTion of Pong, on elecTronic version of Table Tennis. From There, games such as AsTeroids, Poc-Mon and Space Invaders have grown inTo o muITi-miIIion dollar indusTry. The populoriTy of These games has grown on The UW-P campus as well. ETecTronic melodies invode The lower level of The STu- denT CenTer now insTeod of The TrodiTionoI sounds of pin boll machines or pool Tables. AsTeroid and Poc-Man conTesTs were held on campus This year To odverTise These games. Winners received on exclusive T- shirT wiTh The Poc-Mon or AsTeroids design on iT. These modern pin boll wizards wiII hove plenTy of Time To procTice: elecTronic games will be around for a long while. Poc-mon has become one of The mosT popular posTimes for college sTudenTs. RighT: The STu- dio 50 is o fovoriTe downTown dancing spot in PIoTTeville. 14 AMUSEMENTS

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Above: Because The number of froin riders decreased on the Dubuque To Chicago Amtrak roufa the route was cancelled. Many people now prefer To fly. Right: Busses are a slow, but inexpensive way To Travel around a ciTy or state. '16 TRAVEL