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What were your favorite Arcade games or Pinball from the 70s and early 80s ?
self | algore

Posted on 10/17/2021 6:41:16 PM PDT by algore

I played a lot of Off Road, Defender, Battlezone, Astro Blaster, Galaga in the Golden age.

I know a few people who collect and refurb pinball machines, but I was never coordinated enough to play those so I have no favorite, but I appreciate the art and mechanism as I may a fine watch or automobile.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; History; Society
KEYWORDS: arcade; pinball
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To: FreedomPoster

What I recall mostly about Tron is steering a motorcycle-like vehicle while trying to avoid lines that were constantly being added. It’s been a long time.


181 posted on 10/18/2021 9:53:27 AM PDT by Atticus
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To: EEGator

List....
Wow. I’m exhausted from reading your list and visualizing their actions. Too tired to play the games.


182 posted on 10/18/2021 10:58:19 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: SamAdams76
There was a tabletop version of this game in the bar of the restaurant I worked in and we could play it on breaks during the breakfast shift when the bar was closed.

Cocktail Version as Dr. Sivana tells us. In 1981 I worked in a fantastic pizza/sandwich place called Mr. Gatti's a mile down from Nashville's Vanderbilt University. We had a tabletop version of "Phoenix" that switched views per player turns. After closing and tasks the manager and I sat for hours drinking Gatti's draft beer (dang spillage) and eating orders that weren't picked up while playing that game. Great memory!

183 posted on 10/18/2021 11:16:45 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Real tanned, rested and ready to raise hell - Trump '24!)
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To: frank ballenger

The weird part is if you play often enough, you hit the buttons you want without thinking about it.


184 posted on 10/18/2021 11:49:05 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Sounds freakishly intriguing. So 2021 ish.


185 posted on 10/18/2021 11:54:29 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: frank ballenger

I think it’s a combination of amazing and terrible.


186 posted on 10/18/2021 11:57:34 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator
I think it’s a combination of amazing and terrible.

That's what they said about the modern Dem Party.

187 posted on 10/18/2021 11:59:31 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: algore
I was a champion at 8 Ball Deluxe pinball and Space Invaders.

Stink at everything else ever since =p

188 posted on 10/18/2021 12:03:05 PM PDT by Manic_Episode ( “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”)
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To: frank ballenger

The Dem Party is far, far worse than video games.


189 posted on 10/18/2021 12:03:18 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

I got that on Steam and still cant last 30 seconds p


190 posted on 10/18/2021 12:04:59 PM PDT by Manic_Episode ( “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”)
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To: Mopp4

And don’t forget that parmesan cheese stuff you sprinkled on the lane to make the disc slide better!


191 posted on 10/18/2021 12:07:00 PM PDT by Manic_Episode ( “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”)
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To: algore

Black
Knight
Will
Rule
You


192 posted on 10/18/2021 12:08:06 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: fidelis
I owned the high score on every arcade version in the San Fernando Valley for about 2 years I guess.

Even the Silver Mine Arcade up in Sylmar?

193 posted on 10/18/2021 12:44:00 PM PDT by The Chid
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To: algore

Pac-Man, Defender, Asteroids, and Ms Pac-Man.


194 posted on 10/18/2021 4:18:41 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: The Chid

If that was the one up on Foothill, then yes!


195 posted on 10/18/2021 4:25:16 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
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To: fidelis

Foothill and Sayre. Considering how much time I spent there, we probably ran into each other at least once. :)


196 posted on 10/18/2021 5:28:58 PM PDT by The Chid
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To: Dr. Sivana

No - don’t even recall those. And to be honest, I didn’t know the others were Atari, it wasn’t like we bought a home game console back in those days.


197 posted on 10/18/2021 5:53:28 PM PDT by utford
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To: Manic_Episode
And don’t forget that parmesan cheese stuff you sprinkled on the lane to make the disc slide better!

LOL ! I forgot about that.....thanks !

198 posted on 10/19/2021 7:30:12 AM PDT by Mopp4 ("It is a cruel world, Herr Hauptman. You said it yourself.")
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To: algore

shuffleboard, hands down.


199 posted on 10/19/2021 7:38:43 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: algore
My parents bought this one when I was a kid, and I played it forever:


200 posted on 10/19/2021 7:51:11 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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