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re: Arcade Memories...What games do you remember playing the 70’s and 80's?
Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
The mid-to-late 80s were the prime arcade times for me. When we’d go to
Cortana Mall, I’d take a piece of my allowance and head over to Space Port. The old narrow, dark Spaceport with the old man in the blue jumpsuit with the coin changer belt at the entrance.
All the games were a quarter, so you could really get some mileage on a buck or two.
I’d play Paper Boy, Ring King, Punchout, Spy Hunter…
It was a lot of fun before all the games went up to 50 cents and a dollar.
Cortana Mall, I’d take a piece of my allowance and head over to Space Port. The old narrow, dark Spaceport with the old man in the blue jumpsuit with the coin changer belt at the entrance.
All the games were a quarter, so you could really get some mileage on a buck or two.
I’d play Paper Boy, Ring King, Punchout, Spy Hunter…
It was a lot of fun before all the games went up to 50 cents and a dollar.
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Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:16 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Cruisin USA had a steering wheel and gas pedal/brakes. If you hit a cow just right its head would bounce down the road and you could see into its skull.
Daytona USA had a setup for two drivers. I would try to crush the other driver between me and the wall.
NHL Open Ice was great too. Hockey version of NBA Jam.
Daytona USA had a setup for two drivers. I would try to crush the other driver between me and the wall.
NHL Open Ice was great too. Hockey version of NBA Jam.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:17 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Anyone remember Slick Track off Florida and Little John? They had a off road truck game we used to play a lot.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:31 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Summer between Junior- Senior year I work at Games People Play... arcade, putt-putt, go-kart, bumper boats
I was in charge of the bumper boats
putt putt was where the $$ was tho
I was in charge of the bumper boats
putt putt was where the $$ was tho
Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:31 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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Old Man Joe was the founder. He owned a large thoroughbred breeding farm Noth of Folsom
Yes, he’s the one. That’s unfortunate about his son.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:48 pm to Telecaster
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The only arcade game I liked.
The only one I truly hated. I simply couldn't play it.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:17 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Galaga, Joust, pac-man/mrs. Pac-Man, pole position, Skate-or-die were some of my favorites.
Pitfall, space invaders, on the Atari.
Pitfall, space invaders, on the Atari.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:19 pm to MemphisGuy
Space Port at Cortana was awesome.
For you Central boys, I lived in Biltmore and had Space Shuttle arcade at the front of the subdivision. I even worked there summer between freshman and sophomore year.
I was pretty good at Donkey Kong, up to a point, but there was a ceiling on that game that only masters got past.
My true jam was Spy Hunter. Even now, 30+ years later, I dream of hitting the oil slick button on idiot drivers.....
For you Central boys, I lived in Biltmore and had Space Shuttle arcade at the front of the subdivision. I even worked there summer between freshman and sophomore year.
I was pretty good at Donkey Kong, up to a point, but there was a ceiling on that game that only masters got past.
My true jam was Spy Hunter. Even now, 30+ years later, I dream of hitting the oil slick button on idiot drivers.....
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:20 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Challenges was the name of the arcade at Esplanade Mall in the 90’s. I remember they had their own tokens and did a 2 for 1 on Sundays if you bought a roll. I played the hell out of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Killer Instinct.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:20 pm to SaintlyTiger88
The money I spent on silent scope could’ve probably been invested in the early 2000s and made my family quite wealthy
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:24 pm to SaintlyTiger88
DigDug. Pac Man. Asteroids. So many. Video game machines were everywhere, fried chicken joints, pool halls, game rooms, arcades, laundromats. All through the 80s.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:25 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My dad said that dragonslayer was the hardest arcade game and there was literally only 1 kid in 10th grade who could actually beat the game. It was all over school and that kid slayed poon because of it he also said he and his friends played donkey kong alot on a flat table arcade game.
he also said he and his friends played donkey kong alot on a flat table arcade game. This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:31 pm to Jimbojambojumbo
The lsu union had video games in the back behind bowling alley as well as a pool room
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:34 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Pizza Hut in Donaldsonville had a sweet, sit-down Dig Dug machine and Galaga, too. We loved it.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:38 pm to cbr900racer22
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Anyone remember Slick Track off Florida and Little John? They had a off road truck game we used to play a lot.
Super Off Road baby!
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:42 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Dawn of the Dead LSU bowling Alley
Posted on 1/9/24 at 8:58 pm to Telecaster
Defender was the first arcade game I remember playing at the Time Saver on Downs Blvd. in Metairie. That game was hard as hell!!!
Posted on 1/9/24 at 9:08 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Me and my dad playing Virtual Racing . We we’re probably even against each other all time
Posted on 1/9/24 at 9:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Moon patrol…..
Posted on 1/9/24 at 9:21 pm to SaintlyTiger88
A guy opened a small arcade in Mandeville in the early 1980’s. They had one of each of the most popular games and a couple of pinball machines. I remember one pinball machine was Nip-It, the same one they had in Arnold’s on Happy Days. Anyway, the owner banned me from playing Pac Man because I could make 1 quarter last the better part of an hour.
Nick’s EAT didn’t care.
Nick’s EAT didn’t care.
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