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---
title: Watergate Caper
tags:
- mind games
years:
- '1973'
params:
image: /media/museum/software/arcade_watergate-caper_cab_1.jpg
specs:
- label: year of release
value: '1973'
- label: companies
value: Nutting Associates
- label: type
value: game
- label: media
value: arcade cabinet
- label: systems
value: Arcade
- label: number of players
value: 1 player
screenshots:
- title: arcade cabinet (artist impression)
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/arcade_watergate-caper_cab_1.jpg
machines:
- /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
company: /companies/misc
oc_id: 581
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20210928201547/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=581
date: '2021-09-28'
---
"Player feverishly twists the dial and punches the code key to reveal a mysterious combination before time runs out and he is caught by double agents.
Spine chilling sound effects create suspense and intrigue. Eerie black light adds to the mystery.
Watergate Caper stimulates the larceny in all of us to see if we can break in and not get caught.
Players try again and again to see if they can get away with it."
This simple code breaker game was actually based on the Watergate scandal that cost Richard Nixon the 1972 Presedential Election...