InterGame examines how rides for small children have kept pace with changing times.

THESE days, kiddie rides are a far cry from the hackneyed old image of a tired, long outdated machine being wheeled out of a supermarket in the morning, plugged in and then wheeled back in at night.
Similarly, rides have traditionally lasted for years at the front of a seaside arcade, positioned to encourage small children to pull their parents inside - to stay awhile.