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re: 80s Arcade Throwback Thread

Posted on 11/7/17 at 11:32 pm to
Posted by BigPerm30
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Posted on 11/7/17 at 11:32 pm to




And who couldn’t forget these ladies.



Posted by davidsheroes
Los Angeles
Member since May 2007
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Posted on 11/7/17 at 11:32 pm to
One of my all time favorite games- Pole Position

Watch the world record in Pole Position

Pole Position 2
This post was edited on 11/7/17 at 11:35 pm
Posted by SpeckTigerLure
Member since Nov 2016
511 posts
Posted on 11/7/17 at 11:37 pm to
Galaga

Track and Field

Karate Champ
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
22064 posts
Posted on 11/7/17 at 11:47 pm to
Gauntlet and virtua fighter.
Posted by Havoc
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Posted on 11/7/17 at 11:57 pm to
quote:

Needless to say she ended up as My PLAYGIRL............................

No, she didn't. She never even looked at you.
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
14424 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 12:19 am to
Some friends opened an arcade in our neighborhood in Harvey/Marrero, on the Expressway. We could ride anywhere between the Canal, Barataria, the River, and the Expressway...we could ride our bikes to the arcade. It lasted about three years or so, but what a great time!!! Especially during the summer. Two bucks, and air conditioning.

Pac Man
Defender
Asteroid (had one at K&B across the Expressway, too.)
Galaxian
Galaga
Phoenix
Dig Dug
Gorf
Berzerk--"Intruder Alert, Intruder Alert"
Qix
Qbert
Space Invaders
Missile Command
Death Race
Star Wars
Tempest

Gauntlet with three other guys in the arcade at Loyola, always fun

PGA Golf, Baseball, trac-ball soccer and football.

There was a Defender-type game, but with a chopper and old school military targets, man can't remember the name.

Good days.
Posted by la_birdman
Northern GA via Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
31033 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 2:30 am to
Great thread!

I miss arcades so much. They were awesome.


Dig Dug I played at a Shakey's pizza that was here in town at the time. That and Joust.


Donkey Kong was a big part. Played it at a place called Pat O'Carroll's.

The main arcade was in the mall, it was called the Land of Oz. I remember playing Zaxxon there, Karate Champ, Moon Patrol, Star Wars, a game where you were in a tank driving it around.... Battle Zone?

Dang Dragon's Lair always sucked me in because it was a "cartoon." That game was so hard. Yet you'd stand there and dump in a bunch of dollars in quarters.


Gauntlet (elf shot the food!). Then you'd go next door and get a slice of pizza and a coke, even if it was a Sprite.


Played the heck out of Pac Man at a little convenience store right across the street from Prien Lake Park.


Tron at the local skating rink. I think I spent more time playing Tron while wearing my skates than I did actually skating. I loved that game. The light cycles!

Good times.
This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 2:35 am
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 11/8/17 at 3:42 am to
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Track and Field


Did you use a pencil to get more speed for the long jump?
Posted by the paradigm
Moon Township, PA
Member since Sep 2017
5417 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 4:01 am to
Mat Mania
Double Dragon
Shinobi
Operation: Wolf
10-Yard Fight
Kung Fu Master
Karate Champ
Hie-Ar Kung Fun
Punch-Out!!
Ring King
TRON
Jungle Hunt

This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 4:03 am
Posted by EastBankTiger
A little west of Hoover Dam
Member since Dec 2003
21352 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 4:09 am to
Forgot to mention this favorite earlier. I used to like leaving with one robot left so it would say, "chicken, fight like a robot."

Posted by LesMiles BFF
Lafayette
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 11/8/17 at 4:35 am to
Star Wars



This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 4:38 am
Posted by tigeroarz1
Winston-Salem, NC
Member since Oct 2013
3382 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 5:43 am to
Arcades are making a comeback. They are for adults now and are bars. Winston-Salem has three downtown arcade bars. These are places with fifteen or more machines.
This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 5:46 am
Posted by crazycubes
Member since Jan 2016
5256 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 5:59 am to


Probably one of my favorite , Virtua Racing
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
40260 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 6:13 am to
My grandma used to give me 10$ when she went shopping in the montgomery mall...this was the 90s but I loved pacman and galaga. Cruisin USA for the newer game but Galaga was my main shite
Posted by CoachDon
Louisville
Member since Sep 2014
12409 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 6:21 am to
Pole Position
Star Castle
Centipede
Defender
Asteroids
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
61864 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 6:26 am to
Pizza Hut up the street from my house had a table top version of Asteroids. Myself and a few of my friends would ride up there (about a mile) on our bikes and play almost everyday. They eventually took out the Asteroids game and exchanged it for a Galaga.






Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 11/8/17 at 6:40 am to
Posted by zsav77
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 11/8/17 at 6:59 am to
quote:


The main arcade was in the mall, it was called the Land of Oz


Was just telling my wife the other day about what Alladins castle was called back in the day when it was across from where foot locker is now. Couldn't remember the name of it.

And neither of us remember the name of that pizza place, sucks getting old

Played the shite out of golden axe in Skate City back in sixth grade.
This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 7:01 am
Posted by Big Jim Slade
Member since Oct 2016
4948 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 7:30 am to
Spy Hunter- while driving on 10, at times I wish my car had the oil slick, smoke screen, knife extension rims and front grill mounted guns....or I could just bump the car next to me off the road.
Posted by cajunbuck
R-KANSAS
Member since Sep 2017
997 posts
Posted on 11/8/17 at 8:00 am to
roller kingdom! please tell me you remember the sign and list of rules hanging in the back and one of them was ... "NO NECKING"
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