Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
I really liked pinball more than the video games even though I would play either. Last year I heard that the people who grew up going to arcades were starting to introduce their children to arcade games to share the experience. A supermarket here in town has one arcade game and some Wal-Marts have them at one entrance. the mall in the closest city to me shut their arcade down but there is still an arcade in a mall about 50 miles away. One problem with all these machines, though, was the joysticks and buttons getting worn out so you didn't have much control after the game has been out a while. Dean - Original Message - From: Allan Thompson allan1.thomp...@cox.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes |I wonder if they still make pinball machines anymore. It probably costs more | then a quarter to play today if there is still some around. | | al | - Original Message - | From: Mich m...@ntl.sympatico.ca | To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org | Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:19 PM | Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes | | | Hi all. throwing in my 2 sense worth. I can remember playing pinball when | I had my sight and pressing the buttons to make the paddles work. I | remember the shape of the machine was kind of slanted towards you with the | screen away from you at the top and the 2 buttons on each side. A Few | years back I found on line and was quite tempted to by all though I could | not afford it a lord of the rings pin ball machine. well those are my 2 | sense worth on this topic. from Mich. | | --- | Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org | If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to | gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. | You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at | http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. | All messages are archived and can be searched and read at | http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. | If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the | list, | please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. | | | | | --- | Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org | If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. | You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at | http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. | All messages are archived and can be searched and read at | http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. | If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, | please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
Yes, I know what you mean. The other big problem is that when a game would eat your tokens, or if it was broken, that was pretty much it. You either waited a few weeks to see if they fixed the problem of see if they replaced it with some other game. I think the worst thing about arcade games is that if someone is sick, and then get their germs all over the controls. It is a really easy way to spread the flu or cold. The pinball games were always second fiddle to me because they were all basically the same thing. On top of that, a lot of the game play was pure luck, and had nothing really to do with skill. With a video game, you could pracitce to get better to beat the game, but how do you practice against a metal ball slidding in between your flippers, or against the ball going down the wrong chute to lose your turn for no other reason then just because physics sent it there. Other then tilting the machine, the only other way I can see to make sure the machine gives you your quarters worth is to send in trained hamsters to go inside the game and have them catch the ball and roll it into one of your flippers. grin. al --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
[Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
Hi all Those of you who were sighted before you became blind, I've got another question for you. I'm very curious. How did the arcade machines in shops work like? What games could you play on such an arcade machine? Could you play pack man? How many money did you have to throw into such a machine to play and then for how long could you then play? I have asked my mom, when she was a kid if they had arcade machines in their days. My mom says in her child days they didn't had such things, they played outside, making their own toys. When I went with my parents to buy groceries when I was a kid, we walked past game machines but I do not know wich games they offered. Do you still get these arcade machines in American shops today? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
You get them all over the place. You get them in the UK as well but they are very expensive to play. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Nicol Sent: 10 September 2009 19:36 To: gamers Subject: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Hi all Those of you who were sighted before you became blind, I've got another question for you. I'm very curious. How did the arcade machines in shops work like? What games could you play on such an arcade machine? Could you play pack man? How many money did you have to throw into such a machine to play and then for how long could you then play? I have asked my mom, when she was a kid if they had arcade machines in their days. My mom says in her child days they didn't had such things, they played outside, making their own toys. When I went with my parents to buy groceries when I was a kid, we walked past game machines but I do not know wich games they offered. Do you still get these arcade machines in American shops today? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
The time I can remember playing them, it was like 25 cents in the states. They had everything, from space invaders, galaga, xevious, pacman, donkey kong. Later on we had street fighter and stuff like that. Games that you play sitting on a motorcycle. You can still find arcades in shopping malls all over. chrissy -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Darren Harris Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:00 PM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes You get them all over the place. You get them in the UK as well but they are very expensive to play. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Nicol Sent: 10 September 2009 19:36 To: gamers Subject: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Hi all Those of you who were sighted before you became blind, I've got another question for you. I'm very curious. How did the arcade machines in shops work like? What games could you play on such an arcade machine? Could you play pack man? How many money did you have to throw into such a machine to play and then for how long could you then play? I have asked my mom, when she was a kid if they had arcade machines in their days. My mom says in her child days they didn't had such things, they played outside, making their own toys. When I went with my parents to buy groceries when I was a kid, we walked past game machines but I do not know wich games they offered. Do you still get these arcade machines in American shops today? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
Yeah but it's more like $1 now to play or something very near that mark. Those games aren't fun any more because of the price. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of ChB Sent: 10 September 2009 20:09 To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes The time I can remember playing them, it was like 25 cents in the states. They had everything, from space invaders, galaga, xevious, pacman, donkey kong. Later on we had street fighter and stuff like that. Games that you play sitting on a motorcycle. You can still find arcades in shopping malls all over. chrissy -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Darren Harris Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:00 PM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes You get them all over the place. You get them in the UK as well but they are very expensive to play. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Nicol Sent: 10 September 2009 19:36 To: gamers Subject: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Hi all Those of you who were sighted before you became blind, I've got another question for you. I'm very curious. How did the arcade machines in shops work like? What games could you play on such an arcade machine? Could you play pack man? How many money did you have to throw into such a machine to play and then for how long could you then play? I have asked my mom, when she was a kid if they had arcade machines in their days. My mom says in her child days they didn't had such things, they played outside, making their own toys. When I went with my parents to buy groceries when I was a kid, we walked past game machines but I do not know wich games they offered. Do you still get these arcade machines in American shops today? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
Hi Nicol, While I was growing up in the 1980's there were several arcade machines around in the malls, in most department stores, and there were even sspecialized arcades filled wall to wall with arcade machines IN terms of what games were available back then most games were first introduced on a standalone arcade machine, and then later released for your Atari, Colleco, Nintendo, etc.. I couldn't even begin to give you a comprehensive list of games that were out bac then, but I personally played Donkey Kong, Packman, Asteroids, Double Dragon, Poll Position, Centapede, Ninja Turtles, Galaxian, Space Invaders, etc just to name some of the games I played on the classic arcade machines before they went out of fassion. As far as how they operated a player would drop a quarter, that's $0.25, in the slot and it would last untill you lost all three lives. Each machine had a built in controller such as a joystick, racing wheel, whatever that was specially designed for that game. If you were playing a racing game like Poll position you would sit down in an arcade machine designed to look like a car and it would have a break peddle, stearing wheel, buttons, and the windshield was the game's screen. It was actually better inside the arcade machine than playing it on the Atari, because they tried to make it feel like driving a car in the arcade machine where the Atari was just a simple console that hooked up to your TV. Other games like Double Dragon weren't quite as fancy. It was just a typical stand up arcade with a joystick and buttons on the front and a big monitor displaying the game. You would use the joystick to move Billy around on the screen and you would use the various buttons to kick, punch, and otherwise beat the stuffing out of the thugs on screen. As I said it wasn't anything special. When i was growing up our local Pizza Hut had a Packman arcade machine. What was unique about the arcade machine is that it was set up like a normal booth, witht the game screen built into the table top, two benches on either side, and two sets of joysticks and buttons for joint player game play. So every kid I knew of use to take turns playing that game while our families waited for our pizza to arrive. My point is every arcade machine was different. Often they were specially crafted for the specific game it was built for. Others were built using a generic arcade machine type. They were quite common until the early 1990's or so, and steadily became less common. These days they seam very few and far between. Mainly you find them in the big cities or a place like Chucky Cheese where are large number of kids go to eat pizza and have fun playing games. Nicol wrote: Hi all Those of you who were sighted before you became blind, I've got another question for you. I'm very curious. How did the arcade machines in shops work like? What games could you play on such an arcade machine? Could you play pack man? How many money did you have to throw into such a machine to play and then for how long could you then play? I have asked my mom, when she was a kid if they had arcade machines in their days. My mom says in her child days they didn't had such things, they played outside, making their own toys. When I went with my parents to buy groceries when I was a kid, we walked past game machines but I do not know wich games they offered. Do you still get these arcade machines in American shops today? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
I tried the motorcycle racing game some time ago at a laundrymat, it was like 50 cents a game. Yes 25 cents was when I still had vision left, have not tried out any in a long time other than the aforementioned. chrissy -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Darren Harris Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:12 PM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Yeah but it's more like $1 now to play or something very near that mark. Those games aren't fun any more because of the price. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of ChB Sent: 10 September 2009 20:09 To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes The time I can remember playing them, it was like 25 cents in the states. They had everything, from space invaders, galaga, xevious, pacman, donkey kong. Later on we had street fighter and stuff like that. Games that you play sitting on a motorcycle. You can still find arcades in shopping malls all over. chrissy -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Darren Harris Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:00 PM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes You get them all over the place. You get them in the UK as well but they are very expensive to play. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Nicol Sent: 10 September 2009 19:36 To: gamers Subject: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Hi all Those of you who were sighted before you became blind, I've got another question for you. I'm very curious. How did the arcade machines in shops work like? What games could you play on such an arcade machine? Could you play pack man? How many money did you have to throw into such a machine to play and then for how long could you then play? I have asked my mom, when she was a kid if they had arcade machines in their days. My mom says in her child days they didn't had such things, they played outside, making their own toys. When I went with my parents to buy groceries when I was a kid, we walked past game machines but I do not know wich games they offered. Do you still get these arcade machines in American shops today? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.412 / Virus Database: 270.13.89/2359 - Release Date: 09/10/09 11:29:00 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list
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Hi, Yeah, I think cost has a lot to do with why stand up coin operated arcade machines are on the decline. They are still around, but I often don't let my son play them because they cost too much to play very many games. I've seen some that are like 50 cents and plenty of games that costs as much as a dollar per game. For that price back in the 1980's I could have had four games for the price of one. Now, that I am the responcible adult I can't see throwing money away on arcade games. It would be different if they were still 25 cents and I could buy four games for a dollar instead of one game for a dollar. Darren Harris wrote: Yeah but it's more like $1 now to play or something very near that mark. Those games aren't fun any more because of the price. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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Hi, You go girl. Did you get very far on that motor cycle game? grin ChB wrote: I tried the motorcycle racing game some time ago at a laundrymat, it was like 50 cents a game. Yes 25 cents was when I still had vision left, have not tried out any in a long time other than the aforementioned. chrissy --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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Hehehe, quite a bit, I had a friend with me, who told me directions like they do in nascar, so I knew where the other cycles came up to me what side and so far and called out the directions I needed to go. It was quite funny as my friend played a two player game and did worse than me, even with sight lol this machine was cool you lean the cycle you sit on to go into the curves. chrissy -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:33 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Hi, You go girl. Did you get very far on that motor cycle game? grin --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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A whole area of gaming I never realised existed until recently is the cultivation of those old arcade cabinets. Their are guys and gals all over the world buying them from arcades that close down, redesigning the interior to occomodate a mac or pc running the emulator of choice (usuallly some flavour of Mame), and voila, multipurpose arcade chaos in your lounge. Some people take this stuff pretty far, I saw an awesome Apple cab where the guy had done a really swanky job of the interior, plus imbeded a little keyboard into the exterior along with power and standby buttons and such. Fun fstuff! So, Chrissy, if you have room at home for one of those motorcycles... lol Scott On 9/10/09, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, You go girl. Did you get very far on that motor cycle game? grin ChB wrote: I tried the motorcycle racing game some time ago at a laundrymat, it was like 50 cents a game. Yes 25 cents was when I still had vision left, have not tried out any in a long time other than the aforementioned. chrissy --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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Hi. Arcade machines play one single game and in England cost betwene ten pence and fifty pence a time (that's about 6 cents to 30 I think). For fighting games and games like packman you usually get a number of game lives for your money, usually 1 or 3 depending upon the difficulty of the game. There used to be a lot of arcade games around when I was younger, some of my favourites included the original versions of Streetfighter 2 and mortal combat, not to mention Double dragon and the Ninja turtles game. At the time arcades could produce better graphics and sound than home versions, pluss arcade versions came out earlier, thus playing a game like streetfighter 2 or Killer instinct in an arcade was very different from playing it at home. Today from what I've seen sadly, those days are going out rather, and while there are stil games around like Streetfighter 3 and the tekken series, you won't find them in usual arcades (they're all fruite machines and such now), but have to go to a specialist gaming arcade for them. It's a bit sad really the way arcade games are going out of fashion, though I do suppose it saves money. Hope this answers your question. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Nicol nicoljaco...@telkomsa.net To: gamers Gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Hi all Those of you who were sighted before you became blind, I've got another question for you. I'm very curious. How did the arcade machines in shops work like? What games could you play on such an arcade machine? Could you play pack man? How many money did you have to throw into such a machine to play and then for how long could you then play? I have asked my mom, when she was a kid if they had arcade machines in their days. My mom says in her child days they didn't had such things, they played outside, making their own toys. When I went with my parents to buy groceries when I was a kid, we walked past game machines but I do not know wich games they offered. Do you still get these arcade machines in American shops today? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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Yes I would love to get an old arcade machine like that for home, just for the heck of it and old times. Something like maybe space invaders or donkey kong. Those things I can still hear the unique music and sounds they made, in my head. Lol about the motorcycle game, I would need to move to a bigger place for that. chrissy -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Scott Chesworth Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:55 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes A whole area of gaming I never realised existed until recently is the cultivation of those old arcade cabinets. Their are guys and gals all over the world buying them from arcades that close down, redesigning the interior to occomodate a mac or pc running the emulator of choice (usuallly some flavour of Mame), and voila, multipurpose arcade chaos in your lounge. Some people take this stuff pretty far, I saw an awesome Apple cab where the guy had done a really swanky job of the interior, plus imbeded a little keyboard into the exterior along with power and standby buttons and such. Fun fstuff! So, Chrissy, if you have room at home for one of those motorcycles... lol Scott On 9/10/09, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, You go girl. Did you get very far on that motor cycle game? grin ChB wrote: I tried the motorcycle racing game some time ago at a laundrymat, it was like 50 cents a game. Yes 25 cents was when I still had vision left, have not tried out any in a long time other than the aforementioned. chrissy --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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Not a game arcade, per say, but the first games I remember seeing were bowling machines. They were about 15 feet long and maybe? 3 feet wide. From 1 to 6 people could play for a dime (ten cents) a game, or 2 games for a quarter (25 cents). The bowling pins hung just above the surface of the lane, and you rolled a wooden ball at them. Pin action was determined by which of several bars, positioned beneath the pins, the ball rolled over. Scoring was done automatically, and displayed on the machine from which the pins hung. As a blind player, I could walk down to where the pins were and feel which ones were still hanging straight down after my first shot if I were the only player. Stop repeat offenders! Don't reelect them! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Hi, Yeah, I think cost has a lot to do with why stand up coin operated arcade machines are on the decline. They are still around, but I often don't let my son play them because they cost too much to play very many games. I've seen some that are like 50 cents and plenty of games that costs as much as a dollar per game. For that price back in the 1980's I could have had four games for the price of one. Now, that I am the responcible adult I can't see throwing money away on arcade games. It would be different if they were still 25 cents and I could buy four games for a dollar instead of one game for a dollar. Darren Harris wrote: Yeah but it's more like $1 now to play or something very near that mark. Those games aren't fun any more because of the price. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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Well, while I don't go in for the cabinet thing, I do own an X arcade joystick which is fantastic! Basically it's what would happen if you sliced the control section off a streetfighter or turtles cabinet, a huge, steel shafted joystic, pluss about eight buttons. I've not got the pc usb adapter for it so I've not been able to play either audiogames or mame stuff, however I have had lots of fun on my gamecube and Gba, particularly with things like final fight 1, soul calibur and double dragon. To anyone who knows the Metroid games, it's also fantastic for doing space jumps on. I really did ought to buy that pc adapter actually, especially as mame comes with standard config settings for the x arcade stick. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes A whole area of gaming I never realised existed until recently is the cultivation of those old arcade cabinets. Their are guys and gals all over the world buying them from arcades that close down, redesigning the interior to occomodate a mac or pc running the emulator of choice (usuallly some flavour of Mame), and voila, multipurpose arcade chaos in your lounge. Some people take this stuff pretty far, I saw an awesome Apple cab where the guy had done a really swanky job of the interior, plus imbeded a little keyboard into the exterior along with power and standby buttons and such. Fun fstuff! So, Chrissy, if you have room at home for one of those motorcycles... lol Scott On 9/10/09, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, You go girl. Did you get very far on that motor cycle game? grin ChB wrote: I tried the motorcycle racing game some time ago at a laundrymat, it was like 50 cents a game. Yes 25 cents was when I still had vision left, have not tried out any in a long time other than the aforementioned. chrissy --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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Hi Nicol, Great question and it brings up alot of nostalgia. Usually the cabinet games were a single stand up model. It had a moniter inside the cabinet, and usually a piece of glass seperated the screen from the outside but not all of them were like that. On a flat surface sticking out from the cabinet in front of the moniter were the controls. These had a start button, and usually a joystick and some buttons. Depending on the game there can be as many as six or more buttons. Other controller types were the steering wheel, pistols or machine guns, track ball, fighter jet joysticks, and a control type called a paddle which is just a spinner type of controller that was used mostly for games like pong and arknoid. There were also the bigger cabinets that were shaped like tables (I have only seen this type of cabinet for pac man), and the kind you can sit in and drive with gas and brake pedels, and even a pedel for changing gears. There was also a game where you literally sat on something like a mortorcycle. It had the gas and brakes in the handles, and could also rock to the sides to lean into the curves. Lastly there was the periscope types which were popular for a brief time for a submarine game and a tank game. Pac man only had the one joystick and a few start buttons. Most of the arcade games had extra controls for up to four people to play at one time, while others allowed you to switch off between players. When I could see, there were arcades on every mall and corner, and it seemed like every store on mainstreet had at least one near it's entrance. They usually cost a quarter ( an american dollar is 100 cents, so a quarter is 25 of that), and the real popular ones cost fifty cents. I am sure they cost a bit more now. As for accessibility, I am not sure how many of them were feasible to play. I was never a big fan of street fighter style games when I could see, so I guess I am not much help in that department. The coin ops games are probably dwindling away now, simply because the game consoles are so powerful, and relatively cheaper in the long run to own and play indefinitely, it just doesn't seem worth it to justify spending the cash. When it comes to game length. Most of the time the magic number was three lives. Of course you could increase your play time by getting really good and earning extra lives, but you had to put the money and practice, practice, practice. Some other games gave you a time limit, and of course, if you get enough points you get extended time. It all depends on the game. The games I can remember playing are, in no particular order: pong, breakout, space invaders, asteroids, pac man, Mrs. pac man, Pac man junior (this was kind of a pacman/pinball hybrid), battlezone, death race 2000, sprint, outrun, afterburner, zaxxon, donkey kong, Super Mario Brothers, dragons lair (this was actually a cartoon game), star trek, star wars, time pilot, galaxians, galga, gorf, Mr. Do, dig dug, Operation:wolf, area 51, Dungeons and dragons, gauntlet, missile command, centipede, pole position, defender, moon landing, time cop, space ace (another cartoon game), star castle, tron, bad dudes, double dragon, ninja gaiden, the simpsons game, the ninja turtles game, robotron, smash TV, moon patrol, rygar, final fight, jackal, frogger, ghosts and goblins. I remember playing many others, but I forgot their names. Man I blew alot of money when I was a kid, lol. Where to find arcade cabinet games now is a good question too. In america there is probably some malls that still have arcades, and I know on the jersey shore on the boardwalks there is still plenty of arcades as well. The pplace to go for arcade cabinet games however is disney at a place called quest. It is a five level building that is like one big giant arcade game, and there is one floor, I am told, that has nothing but all the arcade cabinets they can cram in there...and they are all free. Of course I am sure the cover charge probably gets you, but just being able to play the games free seems like a cool idea. I am planning to take my kids there next year so hopefully I can see first hand what it is like. al --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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I am not sure if there are as many arcade room out there anymore. Home computer systems...playstations and ms XBox systems have really given them a beating. Most of the older games took a single quarter. When I had sight I spent alot of time in one of them near to my house. the most awesome games were ones where you could play 2 or 4 players against each other. I loved playing Gauntlet! it was a 4 sided system. One big screen in the middle facing up, and 4 players at east, west, north, and south playing against each other. there was another one I loved. Can't recall its name just yet. But you had two Uzi machine guns on the front of the box. You had to shoot enemy vehicles...and there were buzzards that would fly thru, if you shot them you got the extra bullet cart they carreid and then dropped. Missile command was awesome too! a track ball moved an x on the screen where you would hit one of 3 buttons to shoot from city 1, 2, 3 at the incoming missiles. One game I liked had you sit on the top of a motorcycle and race it on the screen in front of you. The cycle could tilt so you really got in the curves close for a faster run. There was a submarine game that had you look thru a periscope to shoot at ships passing over you. Marble madness was another trackball game. You had to race a ball down a maze avoiding monsters, acid pools and other hazards by rolling the trackball in the direction you wished the marble on the screen to roll. Sometimes to get the marble to change direction you really had to give the trackball 2 good rolls to change direction. Some of the Jet plane games had you use a high tech joystick. Some had 8 buttons on it. some were for defense and others were offensive. One terminator shooter game I played also had a nice machine gun on it. Even had option to shoot a grenade. as games got more advanced, the cost went up from a single quarter to 3-4 quarters per game. the erly big draw games were pacman, missile command, space invaders, and asteroids. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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Hi all. throwing in my 2 sense worth. I can remember playing pinball when I had my sight and pressing the buttons to make the paddles work. I remember the shape of the machine was kind of slanted towards you with the screen away from you at the top and the 2 buttons on each side. A Few years back I found on line and was quite tempted to by all though I could not afford it a lord of the rings pin ball machine. well those are my 2 sense worth on this topic. from Mich. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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on the subject of games. through www.synthstudio.net I got a site www.queststudios.com this has a database of the sierra soundtracks. also actual tracks from the cds remixed. some midi to for various yamaha and roland synths. I spent the last week getting all I could access from the misc and other sections, I think I have just about the entire site, 2.3gb of stuff. At 11:28 a.m. 11/09/2009, you wrote: Hi Nicol, Great question and it brings up alot of nostalgia. Usually the cabinet games were a single stand up model. It had a moniter inside the cabinet, and usually a piece of glass seperated the screen from the outside but not all of them were like that. On a flat surface sticking out from the cabinet in front of the moniter were the controls. These had a start button, and usually a joystick and some buttons. Depending on the game there can be as many as six or more buttons. Other controller types were the steering wheel, pistols or machine guns, track ball, fighter jet joysticks, and a control type called a paddle which is just a spinner type of controller that was used mostly for games like pong and arknoid. There were also the bigger cabinets that were shaped like tables (I have only seen this type of cabinet for pac man), and the kind you can sit in and drive with gas and brake pedels, and even a pedel for changing gears. There was also a game where you literally sat on something like a mortorcycle. It had the gas and brakes in the handles, and could also rock to the sides to lean into the curves. Lastly there was the periscope types which were popular for a brief time for a submarine game and a tank game. Pac man only had the one joystick and a few start buttons. Most of the arcade games had extra controls for up to four people to play at one time, while others allowed you to switch off between players. When I could see, there were arcades on every mall and corner, and it seemed like every store on mainstreet had at least one near it's entrance. They usually cost a quarter ( an american dollar is 100 cents, so a quarter is 25 of that), and the real popular ones cost fifty cents. I am sure they cost a bit more now. As for accessibility, I am not sure how many of them were feasible to play. I was never a big fan of street fighter style games when I could see, so I guess I am not much help in that department. The coin ops games are probably dwindling away now, simply because the game consoles are so powerful, and relatively cheaper in the long run to own and play indefinitely, it just doesn't seem worth it to justify spending the cash. When it comes to game length. Most of the time the magic number was three lives. Of course you could increase your play time by getting really good and earning extra lives, but you had to put the money and practice, practice, practice. Some other games gave you a time limit, and of course, if you get enough points you get extended time. It all depends on the game. The games I can remember playing are, in no particular order: pong, breakout, space invaders, asteroids, pac man, Mrs. pac man, Pac man junior (this was kind of a pacman/pinball hybrid), battlezone, death race 2000, sprint, outrun, afterburner, zaxxon, donkey kong, Super Mario Brothers, dragons lair (this was actually a cartoon game), star trek, star wars, time pilot, galaxians, galga, gorf, Mr. Do, dig dug, Operation:wolf, area 51, Dungeons and dragons, gauntlet, missile command, centipede, pole position, defender, moon landing, time cop, space ace (another cartoon game), star castle, tron, bad dudes, double dragon, ninja gaiden, the simpsons game, the ninja turtles game, robotron, smash TV, moon patrol, rygar, final fight, jackal, frogger, ghosts and goblins. I remember playing many others, but I forgot their names. Man I blew alot of money when I was a kid, lol. Where to find arcade cabinet games now is a good question too. In america there is probably some malls that still have arcades, and I know on the jersey shore on the boardwalks there is still plenty of arcades as well. The pplace to go for arcade cabinet games however is disney at a place called quest. It is a five level building that is like one big giant arcade game, and there is one floor, I am told, that has nothing but all the arcade cabinets they can cram in there...and they are all free. Of course I am sure the cover charge probably gets you, but just being able to play the games free seems like a cool idea. I am planning to take my kids there next year so hopefully I can see first hand what it is like. al --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions
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I wonder if they still make pinball machines anymore. It probably costs more then a quarter to play today if there is still some around. al - Original Message - From: Mich m...@ntl.sympatico.ca To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes Hi all. throwing in my 2 sense worth. I can remember playing pinball when I had my sight and pressing the buttons to make the paddles work. I remember the shape of the machine was kind of slanted towards you with the screen away from you at the top and the 2 buttons on each side. A Few years back I found on line and was quite tempted to by all though I could not afford it a lord of the rings pin ball machine. well those are my 2 sense worth on this topic. from Mich. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes
Good times, smile. .. I just remembered a few other games, q bert, contra wars, and golden axe. Golden Axe was cool because you could play a male fighter, a woman fighter or a dwarf, and they all had special movies that allowed them to grab the bad guys and throw them off cliffs or bridges. As a side note, one of my favorite things I liked to do with a game like area 51 where it had two pistols for two players. I would plug in money for both pistols and use them both. It was very cool using both guns although admittedly it was somewhat expensive. Gauntlet was very cool...I don't remember fighting against the other players though. I could be wrong, cause the games start to run together after a while in my noggin, grin. I think the game I blew the most amount of cash on was double dragon. From: Robert Montowski r_montow...@yahoo.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game arcades in shopping malls and cafes I am not sure if there are as many arcade room out there anymore. Home computer systems...playstations and ms XBox systems have really given them a beating. Most of the older games took a single quarter. When I had sight I spent alot of time in one of them near to my house. the most awesome games were ones where you could play 2 or 4 players against each other. I loved playing Gauntlet! it was a 4 sided system. One big screen in the middle facing up, and 4 players at east, west, north, and south playing against each other. there was another one I loved. Can't recall its name just yet. But you had two Uzi machine guns on the front of the box. You had to shoot enemy vehicles...and there were buzzards that would fly thru, if you shot them you got the extra bullet cart they carreid and then dropped. Missile command was awesome too! a track ball moved an x on the screen where you would hit one of 3 buttons to shoot from city 1, 2, 3 at the incoming missiles. One game I liked had you sit on the top of a motorcycle and race it on the screen in front of you. The cycle could tilt so you really got in the curves close for a faster run. There was a submarine game that had you look thru a periscope to shoot at ships passing over you. Marble madness was another trackball game. You had to race a ball down a maze avoiding monsters, acid pools and other hazards by rolling the trackball in the direction you wished the marble on the screen to roll. Sometimes to get the marble to change direction you really had to give the trackball 2 good rolls to change direction. Some of the Jet plane games had you use a high tech joystick. Some had 8 buttons on it. some were for defense and others were offensive. One terminator shooter game I played also had a nice machine gun on it. Even had option to shoot a grenade. as games got more advanced, the cost went up from a single quarter to 3-4 quarters per game. the erly big draw games were pacman, missile command, space invaders, and asteroids. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
