Arcade Obituary: Exidy’s Clay Pigeon
Victim: Exidy Clay Pigeon upright no. 17970
This rare piece of arcade history came my way thanks to Jon Jamashid, or evil exidy on the forums. He was moving cross country and had to unload some games. I ended up with Clay Pigeon and Hit N Miss. I shipped them all the way from Florida to the Midwest because Exidy cabs are somewhat scarce in these parts. I’m a huge fan of the Exidy 440 series of games and was looking forward to installing my multi-Exidy kit into a cabinet.
Unfortunately I barely have space for one, let alone two Exidy cabinets, so one had to go. Lisa was a fan of the colorful artwork on Hit N Miss, so it was staying. After months of trying to sell Clay Pigeon at my cost I got zero interest, which surprised me. I wasn’t going to give it away, so I stripped the cabinet of its useful parts and offered up the empty cabinet for free. Another local collector picked it up with plans to MAME it. So while the cabinet lives on, its life as Clay Pigeon has ended.
Tags: 440 shooter, Arcade Obituary, Clay Pigeon, Exidy, video game
November 30th, 2009 at 11:32 am
When was this? 2004? 2005?
I really like the logo actually on this, but the landscape background is so mundane, I tend to agree with you. Seems fitting only for a bar setting, not really an arcade. I can’t imagine too many kids walking up to this game and playing…but maybe they were appealing to a different demographic?…
December 4th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I think it was actually in 2008, spring/summer-ish time. I hadn’t met Mike (gatordad) until after we moved, so that seems about right. I held on to that cab for some time, that’s for sure. I think I saved the marquee if you want it.