remembering the video arcades of the 80s and the old classic games

[Werewolf]

Loved Tron

Prob my fav game

That was a great game and the arcade cabinet was very cool with its light up joystick.

[HardyGirl]

Well, I still have my Atari 2600, (though I haven't played with it in a long time), and I have 180 games for it, and an additional 40 games for my Intellivsion II, (also not played with). I remember when I lived w/ my dad and every Sunday was Bowling Day. We'd go out and go bowling but we also loved to hit the arcade. A favorite game was Donkey Kong when it first came out. But I always loved Space Invaders.

[Sideshow Spock]

Too many to even list, I think my friends and I played practically every day in the early and mid '80s. There were a couple pizza shops on the walk home from our middle school, each had a few games. Not to mention the local mall arcade and restaurants like the Ground Round that also had great games.

But here's one that's always been a personal fave, mostly cuz I got really good at it.

[Red Hulk]

I loved Rampage I put a lot of quaters in that game.

[Mikey]

Loved Tron

Prob my fav game

[Hedji]

Anyone who has nostalgia for old games should read Ready Player One by Ernest Kline. I'm not a huge gaming fan, but the book waxes nostalgia and brings it all back nicely.

[starsky]

i loved playing 4 player gauntlet, and x-men at the local pizza joint. those were the days!

[Werewolf]

I love classic video games. Stuff like Pac-Man and Atari are just as much of part of my childhood as other classic toys like Mego and Star Wars. The first video game I played was Space Invaders at a laundry mat. Had to stand on an old milk crate to reach the controls.

A couple of my favs

Q-bert
Centipede
Ms Pac-Man
Galaga
Star Wars arcade by Atari- I put SO many quarters into that thing.
Joust

[Duncan]

I've noticed that the old games are making a comeback. The Museum of Play in Rochester NY has a bunch of the old games (& pinball) that patrons can play. There's also a bar in Columbus (the 16 Bit Arcade, I think) and a store front in St Louis with old games. I played some Tempest in Rochester this summer and had a blast.

[megotastic]

anyone remember when you had to go to a special place to play a pc game?

theyre a thing of the past now arent they- i had to explain what a cassette tape was to my daughter i felt like i was telling her we used to live in caves.

befor the internet when you had to buy toyshop to find toys and call people or in my case waste a fortune on international reply coupons that sellers never used to reply to you.##

anyway,,, who remembers GORF- GALAXIANS-BOOT HILL-DEFENDER-

ah those were the days, gorf in particular incorporated several other games into it as the various levels.
halcyon days