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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:10:23 PM EDT
... and it was.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:11:46 PM EDT
[#1]
All things end eventually? You just never know when?
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:17:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Badlatitude]
[#2]
I probably put my last quarter in a real arcade game at Barnacle Bills arcade in Seaside heights NJ August 1997. It was most likely Super offroad.
ETA. We actually bought a Super Offroad arcade game many years after that. But we always used the free game button 🤣 |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:22:28 PM EDT
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Might just be the saddest picture I've ever seen.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:23:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CastleBravo91]
[#4]
There's a retrocade pretty close to my house.
Arcades were before my time, with unless you count Chuck E Cheese's. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:24:02 PM EDT
[#5]
Thanks for that emotional kick to the dick.....
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:25:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: bennnn]
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I got kicked out of an arcade in New York when I was nine for being too good at several of the games.
Apparently I pissed off some of the teenagers that spent a lot of money in there and they were going to stop coming because of me. The owner kicked me out and accused me of stealing quarters from my dad's bar and cheating by having unlimited practice time. My dad told the guy he gave me two rolls of quarters every day that summer and to go out and have fun (true). Then he put two popular arcade games in his bar and had them set up to be free. The other guy lost a bunch of money. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:25:43 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Badlatitude: I probably put my last quarter in a real arcade game at Barnacle Bills arcade in Seaside heights NJ August 1997. It was most likely Super offroad. ETA. We actually bought a Super Offroad arcade game many years after that. But we always used the free game button 🤣 I loved that game and was quite good at it if I do say so myself. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:26:23 PM EDT
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Probably in the 80's for me. Playing a tabletop Ms. packman with then girlfriend (now wife) waiting on laundry at the laundry mat.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:32:17 PM EDT
[#9]
God I miss those days. Space Harrier, Cyberball, Street Fighter games, Mortal Kombat games and so many others.
The "games" they have now suck. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:49:29 PM EDT
[#10]
1984 in Springfield is my go to
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:54:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: odiedodi]
[#11]
Just emulate.
Originally Posted By BooJangles: God I miss those days. Space Harrier, Cyberball, Street Fighter games, Mortal Kombat games and so many others. The "games" they have now suck. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:59:54 PM EDT
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USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 12:17:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: NDHojo]
[#13]
Good times
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Posted: 4/25/2024 12:18:03 AM EDT
[#14]
Spy Hunter, 80's McCrorys in Latrobe PA.
Great memories.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 12:23:13 AM EDT
[#15]
I miss the arcade in New Smyrna Beach Florida. We would pay for a round of putt-putt golf just to go hang out on the roof and smoke one,
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Posted: 4/25/2024 12:28:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 50cal]
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Sunk no telling how many quarters into Wizard of Wor, Defender, Missile Command, Q*Bert and Tempest games. The arcade at Dale Hollow Dam near my home growing up was a steady hang out when I was a teen in the late '70s/early '80s
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Posted: 4/25/2024 12:39:02 AM EDT
[#17]
Take Ten in the mall took ALL my cash. Not some, Not half, ALL my cash.
 Roadblasters, Battlezone, Time Pilot, Out Run, Dig Dug, Zaxxon and Donkey Kong
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Posted: 4/25/2024 12:43:38 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BillofRights]
[#18]
It was a simpler time.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 12:48:53 AM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tcfla: Probably in the 80's for me.  Playing a tabletop Ms. packman with then girlfriend (now wife) waiting on laundry at the laundry mat. Cow Lick’s ice cream Daytona Beach still has a tabletop Ms. Pac-Man. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:00:00 AM EDT
[#20]
Tilt arcade in ballston commons
From 1987 thru 2000 ( age 12 thru 25 ) Whenever we went to the mall we would stop there and play about 5.00 in quarters after work or getting a late night bite Good times I'd love to go tk the galloping ghost arcade in Illinois once 400 games https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/games-list/ |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:00:21 AM EDT
[#21]
Black tiger
elevator action Star wars Afterburner tons of others. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:05:37 AM EDT
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1992 or so, there was a dinasaur fighting game. Kimd of like Mortal Combat but with dino's. Man it was state of the art! My favorite character was Vertigo. Just can't remember the name of the game. I dropped many rolls of quarters into that machine.
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AR, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:11:03 AM EDT
[Last Edit: splitbolt]
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Born in '75...
I remember as a kid, riding my bike 6 miles to Flipper Flapper at the mall for the Early Bird Special; 20 tokens for $2.50. I'd spend an hour or two there and hit Mickey Ds on the way home for a Happy Meal. $5 was a good time... Bally's arcade in Vegas when the family made a trip, was fucking awesome. My parents would give my brother and I each $100 bucks, while they went and gambled. The last time I was at an arcade was when D&B first came out. At $2.00 a play; I was over the arcade |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:11:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By muddawggin: 1992 or so, there was a dinasaur fighting game. Kimd of like Mortal Combat but with dino's. Man it was state of the art! My favorite character was Vertigo. Just can't remember the name of the game. I dropped many rolls of quarters into that machine. @muddawggin Primal rage  How I remember that one I have no idea lol |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:12:31 AM EDT
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We had a place in the 90’s down the street called WonderLand - you pay like $5.00 to get in, and then it was all nickel games. Kicked ass.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:15:32 AM EDT
[#26]
I cannot remember which version exactly but I put a lot of quarters into Time Crisis as a teen.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:15:34 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kbi: @muddawggin Primal rage https://i.gifer.com/55pZ.gif How I remember that one I have no idea lol YES! I would buy that game console if I could reasonably get it up here! Those were good times! |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:32:00 AM EDT
[#28]
never
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:42:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JustinU235: Spy Hunter, 80's McCrorys in Latrobe PA. Great memories.Oil Slicks, Guns & the Pit Move taking out enemy cars. & Who could forget the Awesome SAM for that pesky helicopter. Still trying to figure out how to do the "Sports car to Hydroplane" conversion. Bigger_Hammer 
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:48:30 AM EDT
[#30]
Tekken 2 was the last one I can remember being really good at the Arcade. 1995. The Playstation put the final nail in the coffin for Arcade games.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:50:09 AM EDT
[#31]
Spent way too many quarters & hours with Asteroids, Battle Zone, Joust, Faxon, Tempest & my favorite Missile Command.
Good times at the Arcade!  Bigger_Hammer
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CA, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:35:42 AM EDT
[#32]
Naw, it just led to having a full size cabinet in my living room. Of course I can get the quarters out anytime since I own it. Problem is now I'm looking for companion cabinets.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:41:35 AM EDT
[#33]
Galaga, Pole Position, DigDug, 1942, Ms. PacMan, Tron and Moon Patrol.
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IL, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:43:28 AM EDT
[#34]
I remember when Dragon's Lair came to Show Biz Pizza and they had to put a 2nd monitor on top of the game so all the people astounded by the graphics crowded around the game could see it
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:46:00 AM EDT
[#35]
I think the last one I played was Donkey Kong back in the mid '80s.
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:46:16 AM EDT
[#36]
Pin Ball Petes
Lansing Michigan Frandor center |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:46:41 AM EDT
[#37]
I never got into those back then. I was more interested in the Tandy Model 4 we had at work. Oh! the sweet joys of saving games to cassette decks! |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:48:03 AM EDT
[#38]
So true. . .they all use those stupid cards now.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:50:16 AM EDT
[#39]
There's a coin operated Pac-Man/Galaga game in my local bar I drop a couple quarters in now and again.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:52:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By south303: Pin Ball Petes Lansing Michigan Frandor center Shit, me and my buddies split a lot of time between there and the EL location. I remember when they put in the projection tv with Street fighter 2 on it and the line was 8 deep to play. Saw Terminator 2 at the spartan triplex and played a bunch of pool and pinball at Holiday lanes too. Small world. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:52:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kbi: I'd love to go tk the galloping ghost arcade in Illinois once 400 games https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/games-list/ I've been there; it's awesome. No coins either; you pay a flat fee ($20 or so) to get in, and all the cabinets are on free play. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:52:43 AM EDT
[#42]
Few local arcade bars where you can go in and play for free now while having a beer
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:53:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CastleBravo91: There's a retrocade pretty close to my house. Arcades were before my time, with unless you count Chuck E Cheese's. I found one last time I went back home to visit. It had a one-time admission and all the games were free to play once you were in. It also had a bar.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:54:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:55:17 AM EDT
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Probably 1995 or 96 for me.. Most likely the Dig Dug machine at the skating rink... Or the TMNT machine at walmart. Fkn loved both of those
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Posted: 4/25/2024 10:59:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigred1001: Shit, me and my buddies split a lot of time between there and the EL location.  I remember when they put in the projection tv with Street fighter 2 on it and the line was 8 deep to play.  Saw Terminator 2 at the spartan triplex and played a bunch of pool and pinball at Holiday lanes too. Small world. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigred1001: Originally Posted By south303: Pin Ball Petes Lansing Michigan Frandor center Shit, me and my buddies split a lot of time between there and the EL location.  I remember when they put in the projection tv with Street fighter 2 on it and the line was 8 deep to play.  Saw Terminator 2 at the spartan triplex and played a bunch of pool and pinball at Holiday lanes too. Small world. Good times and Pete made a fuck ton of money..I miss them, sucks to get old… |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 11:04:17 AM EDT
[#47]
The last time I was at an arcade had to be around 1990. Junior in HS.
Those were good days.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 11:05:12 AM EDT
[#48]
Lethal Enforcers was my favorite back before I could own a real gun. I can still hear the criminal yell, ‘Can’t kill me, copper!!!’ I played that one a bunch.
Silent Scope was pretty good too. One of the arcades had a Steel Challenge game and the guns had optics with fiber optic sights. That was a fun game too. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 11:05:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: GI-45]
[#49]
Arcades are alive & well in Utah; one reason why I enjoy traveling there:
Nickelmania Nickel City Quarters Arcade Bar |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 11:29:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Never_A_Wick: I cannot remember which version exactly but I put a lot of quarters into Time Crisis as a teen. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/578900/IMG_5891_jpeg-3197285.JPG I played quite a bit of Time Crisis 2 I think. So much, that I got it for my PS2  Then when I would randomly see it at an arcade, I could get through the entire 1st level on the initial start price 
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