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re: Arcade Memories...What games do you remember playing the 70’s and 80's?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:13 am to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:13 am to SaintlyTiger88
For me, it was the early X-Men and TMNT games, but I made the panties drop with my air hockey skills. Conner McGregor got his walk from me when it was time to show up and show out.
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:15 am to 14caratgoldjones
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I mentioned earlier in the thread, there used to be an arcade called Games By The Sea. This would have been in the early -late eighties. It didn’t have a restaurant over it at the time, but Hurricanes change the landscape every decade, so maybe we are talking about the same place. I was spending most of my time at the Flora Bama after 1992- so I didn’t see Gulf Shores for about 10 years. I do remember the go cart, carnival place across the street as well. It opened up in about 83-84 maybe? I spent about of time in that 2 -3 block area every summer from 82-89.
That's probably it. You're a bit older than me. I was born in 81. We lived in the townhouses across from the RV park, next to Nolan's (there was a vacant lot in between). When I was in High School we sold our place there and moved down to Ole River in Orange Beach because my Dad wanted a place for his boat.
But yeah, you missed me by about 4 years, because from 92 to 96, that arcade was my haunt.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:21 am to 14caratgoldjones
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was spending most of my time at the Flora Bama after 1992- so I didn’t see Gulf Shores for about 10 years.
If you're that age, you probably knew my older brother. Name started with H, played basketball at Faulkner, drove a blue VW Fox, worked at Crico's and lived back down at the end of the road on the third tier. Imagine Woody Harrelson from White Men Can't Jump, that was his style.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 2:13 am
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:53 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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The reason 3 lives became the standard
We rent a lake house from time to time and they have one of those 60 classic games consoles. I told my two teenage boys that the difference between the games I grew up with iand ayour games is that mine are trying to kill you as quickly as possible. They did not understand that we had to pay to play. They learned it really quickly playing some of the games we’re all talking about.
They still loved it.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:19 am to SaintlyTiger88
Not an arcade but I remember spending a weekend spending as many quarters as I could scrape up in the USL Student Union playing the most cutting-edge technology game I’d ever seen. Something called Pong.
Later, Alpine Ski at the 7-11 on Hooper Road.
Later, Alpine Ski at the 7-11 on Hooper Road.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:32 am to SaintlyTiger88
Played “Defender” back in the early 80’s
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:39 am to SaintlyTiger88
Galaga, Operation: Thunderbolt, and Monaco GP were the games I always had top score on. Me and a buddy could go through Thunderbolt together flawlessly.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:39 am to jake wade
Late 70's, early 80's my parents would vacation in Clearwater at the Sheraton on the beach.
They had a small arcade with a few games. Would bug the shite out of my parents for money every day to go down there. Asteroids, SI, pinball
They had a small arcade with a few games. Would bug the shite out of my parents for money every day to go down there. Asteroids, SI, pinball
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:45 am to SaintlyTiger88
I grew up 3 miles outside a little town in north Alabama named Altoona. And by “little”, I mean it had 3 traffic lights. But it did have a great Arcade. On Fridays, I’d get my allowance and ride my bicycle there to meet my friends. We’d shoot pool, play video games. I was pure murder at Joust.
We’d hang out there for hours. Usually one of us would run down to the convenience store to buy a pack of smokes, and if this fat guy named Tim was working, grab a six pack of beer that we’d all split.
I met this girl there who was my age. Her name was Samantha. We became good friends. Her dad was gone and her mom worked nights. After hanging out with the crowd, usually we’d peel off from the group, go rent a movie or two from that same convenience store, and watch them and have various other fun activities at her house until I had to be home at midnight.
Sadly that little town is now a shell of its former self. In the 80s, on any given weekend night yous find gobs of teens hanging out at the game room , or the gas station parking lot, cruising around and having fun. Now it’s almost a ghost town. It's even lost its three traffic lights.
Back then the town had a little Liberty overalls factory. It shutdown in the 90s and those jobs went to China. When that happened, my little small town died like countless other small towns across this once great country.
We’d hang out there for hours. Usually one of us would run down to the convenience store to buy a pack of smokes, and if this fat guy named Tim was working, grab a six pack of beer that we’d all split.
I met this girl there who was my age. Her name was Samantha. We became good friends. Her dad was gone and her mom worked nights. After hanging out with the crowd, usually we’d peel off from the group, go rent a movie or two from that same convenience store, and watch them and have various other fun activities at her house until I had to be home at midnight.
Sadly that little town is now a shell of its former self. In the 80s, on any given weekend night yous find gobs of teens hanging out at the game room , or the gas station parking lot, cruising around and having fun. Now it’s almost a ghost town. It's even lost its three traffic lights.
Back then the town had a little Liberty overalls factory. It shutdown in the 90s and those jobs went to China. When that happened, my little small town died like countless other small towns across this once great country.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:01 am to SaintlyTiger88
The Gold Mine at the Hammond Square Mall late 70’s early 80’s. Pac Man and Asteroids was the go to back then
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:25 am to SaintlyTiger88
I remember going to Grand Casino Marksville with my dad and kicking so much arse at Mortal Kombat 2 that I thought it would just be a given that hot chicks would make out with me. They didn’t.
I spent a concerning amount of time in casino arcades as a youth.
I also remember they played the electronica song “Blue” entirely too much in the Mall of La arcade when it opened.
I spent a concerning amount of time in casino arcades as a youth.
I also remember they played the electronica song “Blue” entirely too much in the Mall of La arcade when it opened.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:10 am to SaintlyTiger88
Space invaders
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:15 am to SaintlyTiger88
Acadiana Mall for years had an Aladdin's Castle next to the main entrance and food court. Ran through many quarters in there. 
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:23 am to SaintlyTiger88
One of my older sisters would qualify for the regional track meet in Abilene every spring. We would stay at a hotel with a small arcade that included Excite Bike. My brother and I pumped untold amounts of quarters in that machine over the period of two days each year. That game was one of my favorites along with Galaga and Cruisin USA.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 7:24 am
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:24 am to SaintlyTiger88
One of my best childhood memories was beating the Simpsons Arcade game with 3 other random kids at an Orlando Hampton Inn one afternoon in 1991 when there was a massive storm that caused us to leave Disney World early.
I don’t remember their names or where they were from, but for that singular moment we came together to do something we all thought was of momentous importance, for us…and maybe for the world as a whole.
That hotel was amazing. It had a full arcade and a crazy donut spread for breakfast.
I don’t remember their names or where they were from, but for that singular moment we came together to do something we all thought was of momentous importance, for us…and maybe for the world as a whole.
That hotel was amazing. It had a full arcade and a crazy donut spread for breakfast.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:34 am to SaintlyTiger88
The drug dealer of my early years:
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:40 am to SaintlyTiger88
My favorite time was when you I got three competent people to play Gauntlet with me.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 8:05 am to SaintlyTiger88
They had an arcade in Crowley in the early 90's right across the skating rink on Hwy 13. My cousin lived right down the road, so we would hit up the skating rink on Friday nights and spend the entire Saturday at the arcade playing in NBA JAM and Street Fighter II tournaments.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 8:07 am to TutHillTiger
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I had the record on crazy climber
Nah I just bumped you down to 2ed.
Seriously though that was the game I was best at in our little arcade. That and some ski game I can't remember the name of right now.
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