Another Arcade Game Identity Question - Find the Soccer Ball?

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Back in the mid 90’s there was a small arcade game I only ever saw in one location (Wilt Chamberlain’s in Boca Raton, to be specific). There was really little to no action involved; you were shown action photos taken of various soccer matches with the ball cleverly edited out of the picture. You placed a video “target” (concentric circles) in the spot where you thought the ball would be, and received a score based upon how close to the center of your target the ball appeared.

Silly game, but surprisingly addictive. Anyone remember this?

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I never saw a video arcade version of that game… but “find the soccer ball” type contests used to be a regular feature in the sport sections of British newspapers in the Seventies.

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Well, it appears that “Spot The Ball” was the common phrase used for the British newspaper game(s), so I’m thinking that the arcade game’s name was similar…no luck finding any reference though.