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bourbonstreet bourbonstreet OP
Oct 09, 2024 at 05:28 PM ET
waaay way back in da day... you just HAD to drop 25¢ on which arcade, game❓

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Tafkam Hokie Tafkam Hokie
Mine are a bit obtuse. Battlezone, Crossbow and Sinistar were
the ones I fed all my quarters into. Battlezone was at the roller skating rink. Crossbow and Sinistar were at the biggest arcade in town. I went there with a friend of mine almost every Friday night back in 8th grade. Those were my games, and his were Punch Out and Dragon's Lair.
vthhhi vthhhi
Damn defender-it would P_$$ me off, but I was hooked!
pburg_hokie pburg_hokie
Pro Wrestling - Starman for the win!
HOKIE HOKIE
Gunsmoke
Wore that game out at Winks on Virginia Dale Trail!
Late 80s Hokie Late 80s Hokie
Lot's of them, but favorite was probably Robotron.
There was a year or 2 around 1988 (give or take) where Arnold's had a room with 6 or 7 video games, including Robotron. Somehow, they had a slightly slowed down version though. I remember going there when I had 30 minutes or so free before needing to be somewhere else, dropping in an quarter and playing for like 40 minutes before just suiciding the 12 or so extra lives I had earned just because I had to leave.
HokieMacDaddy HokieMacDaddy
almost forgot my all-time favorite - Karate Champ
I *destroyed* on that game
Major Kong Major Kong
I was a Pinball Wizard on this game...
astrohokie astrohokie
---> Old School Pinball'r
Baltimore Hokie Baltimore Hokie
Dig Dug
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HokieJamie
Spy Hunter
vatechcowpatty vatechcowpatty
Real young...Pole Position. Teenager....Street Fighter 2.
Victory Ticker Victory Ticker
Gallaga / Mrs. Pac-Man tabletop. The grommet in me loved 720 Degrees. Also
Elevator Action Dig Dug Joust
RoswellGAHokie RoswellGAHokie
Time Out at Tanglewood had a game called Sub Hunter or something like it.
Got the high score. The one and only time I ever did that. Made sure to get the attendant so he could note my name and post it on the game.
RTFC RTFC
Wow, forgot about that place - Night Driver was my go to waaayy back
One of the first "first person" driving games.
Spudnut Spudnut
I spent huge money on
Space Invaders back in the day
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HokiefromBedford
8 Ball Deluxe
GoobyPls GoobyPls
Donkey Kong Jr. is the only arcade game I'm good at
I still play that once in a while, along with Galaga
ColoVT82 ColoVT82
Damn. What was the one where you shot torpedoes at ships. Xxx commander?
RTFC RTFC
Defender - machine in grill at Dietrick almost caused me to flunk out....
Stork Stork
Space Invaders, Galaga
ShortFatHokie ShortFatHokie
Sinistar
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Even though I sucked at it.
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HokieNoVA
Everyone sucked at, just mashed the buttons and hoped for the best.
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
Gas station condom machine.
DonHo-kieHi DonHo-kieHi
OK, I laughed! Ribbed for pleasure I’m sure!
dolph dolph
I thought you didn’t have kids? I used a gas station condom and said this
Feels better than any condom I’ve ever used. It had broken on the second stroke.
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
LOL
bigbadbird bigbadbird
galaga
WestyHokie WestyHokie
I was a Qbert master
I owned Q like Diddy!
Brown Water Brown Water
I spent hours and hours on Galaga and Centipede
E
EDGEMAN
Should require everyone to watch Pixels before answering...lol
Coach McGuirk Coach McGuirk
That's like driving by a graveyard and asking someone, "How many dead?"
Answer: All of them
HokieMacDaddy HokieMacDaddy
Galaga or Zaxxon
Although I probably spent the most money on Pac-Man because the local 7-11 where I picked up my newspapers every morning had a machine
Vtskier1 Vtskier1
Zaxxon was my video go to, but played a lot of Pinball
Worked at a mall one summer and pretty much spent $5 every day playing games. I really hated it when the Zaxxon sit in version that moved all around like a simulator hit the mall...boomed to a $1 to play. That was too rich, but I still played it occasionally.