Most arcade game places I go to with my kids are basically gambling games...stick in a token..push a button, ball drops, tickets dispensed and I just spend $1.00 on a small tootsie roll. The odd part is that my kids don't even feel that they have been cheated.
Recently, I purchased a vintage Kiss pinball machine. I love it and worth every penny. Not only are the graphics incredible but it is a game of skill. My 10 year old is hooked on it and feels the same sense of frustration at the same age. I was really shocked to watch him play it because I have never watched him play a game that made him feel glory and defeat unlike most every game on any console. We even make bets now. Winner has to call the other "Magi" for a day. Double or nothing and it is "Magi Johnson"...and then the days double from there. If you can score 100,000 on the machine, that's pretty good and anything above is pretty diffcult. My 10 year old is really good so I don't cut him any slack. i love to see the emotions go crazy when the ball moves randomly out of our control. I have realized (now that I have owned it) that there is a magnet that pulls the ball in the way that you don't want it to go...which is pure brilliance. I swear a $.25 game will sometimes last less than a minute.
Recently, I purchased a vintage Kiss pinball machine. I love it and worth every penny. Not only are the graphics incredible but it is a game of skill. My 10 year old is hooked on it and feels the same sense of frustration at the same age. I was really shocked to watch him play it because I have never watched him play a game that made him feel glory and defeat unlike most every game on any console. We even make bets now. Winner has to call the other "Magi" for a day. Double or nothing and it is "Magi Johnson"...and then the days double from there. If you can score 100,000 on the machine, that's pretty good and anything above is pretty diffcult. My 10 year old is really good so I don't cut him any slack. i love to see the emotions go crazy when the ball moves randomly out of our control. I have realized (now that I have owned it) that there is a magnet that pulls the ball in the way that you don't want it to go...which is pure brilliance. I swear a $.25 game will sometimes last less than a minute.
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