cocktail game

noun

A video game built into a cocktail table.

Meanings

nouncocktail game (plural cocktail games)

plural cocktail games

  1. A video game built into a cocktail table.

    Atari sold it as a cartridge, upright video, and as a cocktail game.

    1993, Gene N. Landrum, Profiles of Genius: Thirteen Creative Men who Changed the World
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    Accordingly, cocktail games were commonly programmed either for cooperative play or to rotate between multiple competitors in turns.

    2015, Nathan Altice, I Am Error, page 20
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