your go to favorite coin-op' Arcade game back in the day was, what(s)❔
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4mo
was my go-to that was more accessible.
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4mo
S/O to the arcade at Garden Spot Bowl in Strasburg, PA for the many hours my friends and I spent there in the '80s. Great memories. Burnt down in 2011. Never replaced.
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4mo
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4mo
And an Andre the Giant character.
** Edited by KCHokie2 at 3/15/2026, 9:10:03 PM
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4mo
Ms Pacman got most of my money. I remember the town of Blacksburg had maybe 3 arcades at one time, all competing, and you could get 10 tokens for a dollar at one point. At that price, you could afford to play anything, haha, and I sure did. I love all of them.
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4mo
and later games had too much going on.
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4mo
Too many damn buttons. Gimme one joystick and one or two buttons. Either that, or a gun-like object you can point at the screen and fire.
Defender was the first game that I just found overwhelming with too many buttons. Then all the Nintendo/Sega/Sony/Microsoft game consoles in the 35 years since then just keep getting more complicated.
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