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  |image  = 1975 4 Square Flyer 01 - Front.jpg
  |image  = 1975 4 Square Flyer 01 - Front.jpg
  |developer = JRW Electronics
  |developer = JRW Electronics
  |publisher = JRW Electronics
  |publisher = JRW Electronics / U.S. Billiards
|platforms = {{plat-arcade}}
  |date = 1975}}
  |date = 1975}}


''4 Square'' was a seated cocktail cabinet [[Pong]]-type game released and engineered by JRW Electronics. It featured a number of advanced features for a game of its type including the ability to have anywhere between one to four players, instructions for each player, and joysticks instead of potentiometers.
'''4 Square''' is a ''[[Pong]]''-type game released by [[JRW Electronics]] in 1975. It was released in a seated cocktail cabinet format and enabled four players to compete.


== Announcement ==
The game simultaneously released by U.S. Billiards as ''Survival'' in agreement between JRW and the publisher.
<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
1975-03 Play Meter pg 56 03.png|(1975)
</gallery>


== Flyers ==
== Photos ==
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{{GalleryStart}}
1975 4 Square Flyer 01 - Front.jpg|(1975)
{{GalleryCard
1975 4 Square Flyer 01 - Back.png|(1975)
|file=1975-05 Play Meter pg 24.png
</gallery>
|title=Play Meter
|date=May 1975
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
 
== ''4 Square'' ==
=== Announcement ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=1975-03 Play Meter pg 56 03.png
|title=Play Meter
|date=March 1975
|country=US
|description=
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
 
=== Flyers ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=1975 4 Square Flyer 01 - Front.jpg
|title=Flyer
|date=1975
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
 
== ''Survival'' ==
=== Announcement ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=1975-03 Play Meter pg 57 01.png
|title=Play Meter
|date=March 1975
|country=US
|description=
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
 
=== Flyers ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=1975 Survival Flyer 01 - Front.jpg
|title=Flyer (front)
|date=1975
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=1975 Survival Flyer 02 - Front.jpg
|title=Flyer (front)
|date=1975
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
 
=== Advertising ===
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=1975-03 Play Meter pg 21.png
|title=Print ad
|date=1975
|country=US
|description=Taken from the March 1975 issue of ''Play Meter''
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}


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Latest revision as of 02:16, 28 February 2025

4 Square is a Pong-type game released by JRW Electronics in 1975. It was released in a seated cocktail cabinet format and enabled four players to compete.

The game simultaneously released by U.S. Billiards as Survival in agreement between JRW and the publisher.

Photos[edit]

4 Square[edit]

Announcement[edit]

Flyers[edit]

Survival[edit]

Announcement[edit]

Flyers[edit]

Advertising[edit]