The retro tech is 'quite elegant for what it does,' the restaurant chain's floppy disk vendor said.
Today there is a robust adult fandom dedicated to Chuck E. Cheese, which was launched in 1977 and purchased by Showbiz Pizza’s parent company in 1985. Collectors build and restore their own animatronic sets at home. On eBay, there’s a lot of vintage Chuck E. Cheese memorabilia, both toys and shirts, as well as stuff that only an employee could have obtained, including old costumes and parts of robots. A floppy disc made for Chuck E. Cheese to control the animatronic dancing mouse.
Eventually, Chuck E. Cheese plans to phase out animatronics altogether and focus on new screen-based entertainment . The overhaul was As for why the restaurant still uses floppy disks, Persky told BuzzFeed News that the floppy technology, while antiquated, is actually extremely reliable. “If you’re looking for something very stable, really nonhackable — it's not internet-based, not network-based,” Persky said. “It's quite elegant for what it does.”
However, an experienced Chuck E. Cheese employee, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak on behalf of the company, echoed Persky’s sentiments.
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