Who else spent hrs at the arcade as a kid?

[Fedorgasm]

I never really liked arcades that much. I'd rather save up my money and buy the game at home where I can play as much as I want without putting more money in.

I dabbled in mortal Kombat and street fighter 2 but I would only drop a couple bucks before I felt like I was wasting my money so I never got good at them until the home versions came out.

 

[Mock Artwork]

I am insanely lucky to have a movie theater/arcade that is dirt cheap. It’s amazing nostalgia.

I suck at video games though.

 

[Spam On Rye]

Loved me some Mario Arcade, Ms. Pacman, and Wrestlemania as a kid. Then Primal Rage a few years later. Then Fist of the North Star. Finally, I used to skip college classes to go play Tekken and Virtua Tennis at the arcade in the mall.

 

[PeterGriffin]

You know what town you were in?

I only know of the two in Ryde...

We were docked in Portsmouth at the time. The HMS Victory is one very impressive masterpiece.

 

[HHJ]

100%

The local arcade was part of our social circle in the late 80s/most of the 90s

in the late 90s we started playing online against each other instead.

 

[Streeter]

Was born in 72. Spent my coming of age years in 80s - i could retire on the amount of quarters I spent in arcades. I think i spent close to 100 bucks in a day once to finish Dragons Lair first time. Never finished Space Ace bastards made it too damn tough.

 

[Slobodan]

@lsa got kicked out of arcades because he was stealing all the quarters.

 

[lsa]

@lsa got kicked out of arcades because he was stealing all the quarters.

A boy gotta eat

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

There was an arcade near the school(s) I attended.

So lunch hours were spent there and weekends of course - usually Friday night, Saturday afternoon (sometimes evening).

Foosball was fun, Gauntlet, 1942, Double Dragon

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

We were docked in Portsmouth at the time. The HMS Victory is one very impressive masterpiece.

Indeed. I used to go to Portsmouth frequently. Gunwharf Quay is a pretty big shopping centre with brand names and the town centre, though a bit grim, has plenty of shops.

Southsea has two arcades right next to eachother and one at the back, that I haven't been to for years. Has a bunch of rides, bowling and mini-golf too. No idea what the place looks like now, but I may go drive down there for a day when summer hits...

 

[irish_thug]

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Oh hell yeah every weekend.
I used to kill it in killer instinct

That may as well be me. Got a paper route in 1984 spent a large chunk of my earnings in those things. Thank the gods that was before street fighter/mortal kombat, I never would have left.

 

[HomeCheese]

It was called Silver Ball Gardens and for a few years I thought it was the coolest place in town. 1970's Berkeley CA, just up from Telegraph Ave. Fun as hell.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

I absolutely would have if I could, but the town I grew up in didn’t really have a proper arcade, just arcade machines sprinkled throughout the town here and there, none of which were nearby my home so I couldn’t just walk or ride my bike to an arcade or a business with an arcade machine.

 

[Batjester]

It was called Silver Ball Gardens and for a few years I thought it was the coolest place in town. 1970's Berkeley CA, just up from Telegraph Ave. Fun as hell.

Silver Ball Gardens sounds like a whore house for old people.

 

[Gene Tunney]

I had this on Commodore 64.

Nah, my town was much too poor to have an arcade. We had to go the next town over. So I never went.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

I had this on Commodore 64.

Nah, my town was much too poor to have an arcade. We had to go the next town over. So I never went.

I played endless hours of California Games on the C 64

 

[AstralPanda]

There isn't a single person on this forum I wouldn't destroy at marvel vs Capcom in the arcade

 

[DougieJones]

Mystic Carousel was my local arcade... place was fucking killer as a kid

 

[Jackonfire]

I had this on Commodore 64.

Nah, my town was much too poor to have an arcade. We had to go the next town over. So I never went.

I only had the Vic 20

 

[Gene Tunney]

I played endless hours of California Games on the C 64

California Games came out in 1987. At the time, I was in a state of flux, moving here and there (we did not stay long enough to make friends and rock out the arcades there). At the time, my Commodore 64 was collecting dust in some goofy cardboard box on a shelf, high as a mountain top. When we moved again, I plug my treasured C64 in and guess what. Blank screen city. With a heavy heart, I confess that my gaming did not commence until the very end of winter in 1988, when my aunt gifted us an original NES. California Games was one of the early NES games that we rented.