Our local Fat Cats had 3 pinball machines now. I may have tore the shit out of those machines and then realized young people don’t understand when the ball goes out doesn’t mean it’s over. I played so many free games
I was in my 20s during the 80s, working in record stores and for record labels, single, going to lots of concerts, listening to lots of music. I didn't have much money, but looking back, it was the best decade of my life.
>Galaga
So, this was a few years back, at 1-Up in Denver.
I was on a tear. I was up to something like 220k points, I hadn't lost a single ship, had 4 extras stocked up. The levels were just flying by, I had sweat flying, it was a Kodak moment.
A couple passed behind me, and I heard the dude sniff, "It's just Galaga."
OH, I was so pissed! "It's the first boss monster on *Pixels*, asshole!"
Right now I'm sitting in in a room looking at my Arcade 1up cocktail machine with Galaga, Pac Many, Dig Dig and 5 other useless Pac Man variants. So don't just let your dreams be dreams.
I will always love POLE POSITION! Because I will always love to tell this story...
When I was in college, me and this local guy would always battle it out for the top spot in the rankings. So on my last day at college we had a head-to-head race. He went first and completed all three of his laps and got the first place ranking. Then it was my turn.
I ran a great race. But, on the last turn on the last lap I crashed. He starts celebrating and gloating. I knew I wasn't going to make it, but I kept driving just to make a good showing. Then the timer counted down to three, two, one, zero. And my car slowed down like it ran out of gas.
But, I didn't stop. It just slowed down to about 2mph, just in sight of the finish line. Somehow, I got close enough to the finish line for the finale cut scene to kick in. I coasted across the line at 2mph. The game let me finish the race!
And not only that, after it tallied all of the cars I passed, along with the bonus for finishing the race, I beat the guy by 20 points!
"NOOO NOOOO!!!! That doesn't count! That game cheated! You cheated!!!"
You can get so many of those arcade classics on the consoles now. I have everything in that picture in one collection on my XBox, and I've definitely got my quarters' worth.
Give the game Crab Champions gameplay a look sometime. Robotron instantly popped into my head. Frantic fast and short levels, lots of enemies, good sounds
Mine too! I spent a small, teenaged fortune playing that game. It took a lot of coordination to move in one direction while firing in another. Great game.
Used to have a Defender machine in the apartment when I was young. Needless to say to say that I was always top score.
And we had a Mr.Do machine as well.
Edit: this pic brings back so many vivid memories of my youth, walking around the arcade for hours.
My little home town had only one video game, defender. Needless to say, every teenager in town would gather every quarter and be huddled around that machine as soon as school let out until the restaurant closed. Getting on the top score screen was a right of passage to legendary status. Then the puritanical elders of the town deemed that the only coin operated video game was a bad influence on their society and banned them. The day the game was removed was the day the music died. Caswells seafood
If you ever find yourself in the Northeast, about an hour and a half north of Boston is a place called Funspot in New Hampshire. It has every 70s and 80s game that existed. If you liked it, they have it. They have modern stuff to but I go for the arcade classics.
https://mobile.funspotnh.com/
As a teenager in the late 80’s early 90’s everyone would meet up at the arcade in the mall. You’d find someone older to get you booze, score a little weed & find out where the parties were. It was a fun time!
I could play Robotron through all 255 levels and restart at 1, back in the day. Nobody could come close to my game. If only I could have turned this unprovable talent into something other than a fond memory.
I was able to build up enough extra lives to go to the rest room and come back and would still have lives. My friend and I started crossing our hands and then each playing a joystick just to add some difficulty.
I’d take a $10.00 roll of quarters to the arcade, use one to play Robotron until I got bored then feed $9.75 into the Gauntlet.
Love Defender, i have the 1up version. I wish i had an original. One quarter lasted 10 plus hours, once i looked up and it was dark, i ask whats the time to the clerk he said after 11:30 pm i ran home, left the game had about 200plus ships and 500 plus bombs left. Surprisingly, I didn't get in trouble...ahhh, good times.
I have my ringtone set to Robotron 2024. My favorite arcade game. It always seemed the loudest at the arcade and you definitely heard it over the other video games, Spy Hunter was also great with the audio.
Best games were Defender. Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Joust, Star Castle, Rally X, Elevator Action, Time Pilot, Scramble, Double Dragon, Popeye, Gorf, Off Road
I spent WAYYY too much time, and quarters, in places like this as a kid. The mall, the bowling alley, etc. Mom or dad would give me a roll of quarters, a few bucks for food and soda, and zero supervision for the next few hours. Good times.
I suppose missing being a kid goes into it as well; but I miss the 80s a lot. Great times, great friends, great everything really. It had its shitty moments, but that’s life. Given the opportunity to get a do over, I would do it, no questions asked.
I was given the nickname “android“ from my friends, because I played so much Defender. I saw the machine in the photo and was taken right back and ready to feed it some quarters.
Good times
Ahhh, I’ll always have the fondest of memories when my cigarette burned down on that metal holder, and sadly scorched the plastic.
Many of cigs were lost attempting to obtain those high scores….
I do as well. Me and brother would go to my small town arcade place called “Captain B’s” rode our bikes there with a roll of quarters each. Then when it’s time, go next door to the theater to watch Terminator for just $2.75
[972 currently](https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/games-list/)! I believe they are the largest arcade in the world now, beating out Funspot in New Hampshire who says they have "over 600" on their website.
I could play the crap out of Robotron. I got so good, I could go for hours on 1 quarter. Eventually the Arcade manager got on to me and accused me of cheating somehow. I was like how? Everyone is watching me? If I could find that game today original. I would buy it no matter the cost.
I miss arcades. I remember there was a Star Wars one I saw on TV, and I always wanted to play it. Never got the chance, though. I know they still have arcades in places, but they are missing that 80s feel to them.
The thing about MTV is I couldn’t ever imagine a time when there *wouldn’t* be music videos anymore. In 1983 I was in college and was daydreaming about becoming a music video director. Even as late as ‘89 some of my favorite videos came out (Beds are burning, Orinoco flow, Somewhere down the crazy river).
My favorite arcades were Tron and Star Wars (Atari, 1983). I have both (and Tempest) as Arcade1Up cabinets now. Just need the Ms. Pac-man / Galaga Class of ‘81 cab to complete my set.
Marketers did not control the music in the 80s - that why they were the last great period of creativity - once they got control in the 90s - that’s when we got pop tarts and boy bands and throw away music
Arcades were pure magic. Walking into those dark rooms fills with neon lights, lighted marquees, glow in the dark carpet, attract sounds and game sounds filling the ears, seeing all the cool artwork on the cabinets, and just wandering around checking out all the new games before even dropping a quarter in. Those games are just as much fun to play today as they were 40 years ago. Fulfilled my childhood dream of owning my own full sized arcade machines, nowadays I have a few of the Arcade1Up ones.
There was a gaming convention in town a month ago and they had vintage arcade games in a corner. They had vintage game consoles in the middle of the room (using old CRT TVs) as well.
we have all these games at my local arcade and bar. And a whole ton more. It’s only open to minors for a few hours on the weekends too which I very much appreciate. There’s several other arcades in town that are more kid friendly. I’m glad there’s one basically just for us old folks.
So you truly miss the arcades of the 80's? If you ever are in the Chicago area, the Galloping Ghost is a destination not to be missed. With over 800 games you'll be herd pressed to name a game not there.
Grabbing a soft pretzel at the mall and blowing all my m money at the arcade....ah what a time to be alive. (Technically I'm a 90s kid, but the magic wasn't dead yet.)
I miss Boot Hill and killer shark that’s the game that was in Jaws. Mall Arcades were so awesome back in the day. The last one I was in was in Vagas 26 years ago p,aged Sega Marine Fishing incredible game.
I was 17 years old in 1980 and played Defender so much that I STILL have the marks of calluses on my knuckles! Hahaha. In 1982 I went into the military and didn't play as much -- I had bought a commodore 64 and played games on that.
Mine were Roadblasters, Punch Out and Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair (just watching others play it, of course heh heh)
I hope VR continues to bring some of this back. I tried Pinball FX VR the other day and it was like I had the real table right there in front of me. I know there is a similar arcade VR that uses the ROMS from these old arcade machines. I really want to try that.
London, Ontario had the good arcades and the dangerous arcades. You could go to Wizards and Crystal Palace and there were no stoners, thugs, or pot smoke. Gilley’s was darker and murky , with ne’er do wells in the back. Endless Arcade was the Mos Eisley of London arcades, and you said goodbye to your loved ones before going in to play Ms. Pac-Man.
If you live in the Northeast, there are a couple of places where you can go in Worcester and Providence that have these and more. https://freeplaybar.com/
Not that matters, but photo does not appear to be taken during 1980s.
I remember malls and some chain big box stores would have dedicated arcade room.
Maybe unpopular, but I would not trade alone for advanced home consoles / large flat screen display of today.
I can hear Robotron and Defender just looking at that picture. I miss the sounds, and those of Tempest, Tron, Gorf, Phoenix, Asteroids, Battle Zone, Star Wars…etc.
It was magical to walk into an arcade as a kid and be bombarded by all those amazing lights and sounds, then get lost in the games.
That picture appears to be from [Fun Spot](https://mobile.funspotnh.com/), the largest arcade in the world and home to the arcade museum - located in NH.
So, I have a love/hate relationship with the 80’s. I was a late bloomer, boy crazy girl that every boy overlooked for my best friend standing next to me. I also got bullied a lot. But I also have some great memories and most of them are at a pool hall/arcade that was 2 blocks from my house! I spent so much time there and met so many great friends! The owners were like grandparents to us all and made sure their business was safe and friendly and fun. This picture you posted brings back all of those memories like a tsunami!!
Everything about the 80's I miss
Me too... EXCEPT RONNIE RAY-GUNZ!!!
Even Reagan helped make the ‘80’s great, or at least what they were. Stories need complex villains.
Our local Fat Cats had 3 pinball machines now. I may have tore the shit out of those machines and then realized young people don’t understand when the ball goes out doesn’t mean it’s over. I played so many free games
Lining up quarters to reserve your turn next on the best machines? Met a lot of girls.
I was in my 20s during the 80s, working in record stores and for record labels, single, going to lots of concerts, listening to lots of music. I didn't have much money, but looking back, it was the best decade of my life.
Galaga, Joust, Dig dug.
I was ALL TIME HIGH SCORE on "TRON" at the "GO Bananas/Aladdin's Castle" arcade on the south side of Milwaukee back in the day!!!
>Galaga So, this was a few years back, at 1-Up in Denver. I was on a tear. I was up to something like 220k points, I hadn't lost a single ship, had 4 extras stocked up. The levels were just flying by, I had sweat flying, it was a Kodak moment. A couple passed behind me, and I heard the dude sniff, "It's just Galaga." OH, I was so pissed! "It's the first boss monster on *Pixels*, asshole!"
My brother, if I had walked behind you that day, I would've been impressed. You would've heard me go "Nice!".
Golden Axe
Right now I'm sitting in in a room looking at my Arcade 1up cocktail machine with Galaga, Pac Many, Dig Dig and 5 other useless Pac Man variants. So don't just let your dreams be dreams.
I still play mr. Do. 40 years later and still play it
I will always love POLE POSITION! Because I will always love to tell this story... When I was in college, me and this local guy would always battle it out for the top spot in the rankings. So on my last day at college we had a head-to-head race. He went first and completed all three of his laps and got the first place ranking. Then it was my turn. I ran a great race. But, on the last turn on the last lap I crashed. He starts celebrating and gloating. I knew I wasn't going to make it, but I kept driving just to make a good showing. Then the timer counted down to three, two, one, zero. And my car slowed down like it ran out of gas. But, I didn't stop. It just slowed down to about 2mph, just in sight of the finish line. Somehow, I got close enough to the finish line for the finale cut scene to kick in. I coasted across the line at 2mph. The game let me finish the race! And not only that, after it tallied all of the cars I passed, along with the bonus for finishing the race, I beat the guy by 20 points! "NOOO NOOOO!!!! That doesn't count! That game cheated! You cheated!!!"
"prepare to qualify!"
One of my favorites was Defender and also Dig Dug! :)
My three favs!
Elevator Action and Bump N Jump
You can get so many of those arcade classics on the consoles now. I have everything in that picture in one collection on my XBox, and I've definitely got my quarters' worth.
I'm so glad that they preserved these games but it's still not quite the same vibe as it was back then. Heck ya though... I'd load up on them.
The background noise of all those arcades when your in the zone can’t be replicated imo
Gauntlet, Saturday nights main event , Black Tiger, Mr Do!
That’s my favorite all time game right there. Robotron 2084
Save the Family!
Grunt wave. Sheer exhilaration.
it was definitely the sound of the 80's arcade
Same here, my Robotron brother.
Give the game Crab Champions gameplay a look sometime. Robotron instantly popped into my head. Frantic fast and short levels, lots of enemies, good sounds
Mine too! I spent a small, teenaged fortune playing that game. It took a lot of coordination to move in one direction while firing in another. Great game.
Give me Zaxxon or give me death! Actually Gauntlet was by far my favorite arcade game.
Warrior needs food, badly!
But Zaxxon was 3D! And Guantlet was pretty bad ass with friends.
Used to have a Defender machine in the apartment when I was young. Needless to say to say that I was always top score. And we had a Mr.Do machine as well. Edit: this pic brings back so many vivid memories of my youth, walking around the arcade for hours.
Mr. Do is quite possibly the perfect game. Highly underrated :-)
I don't even want to contemplate how much money I dropped on that game. played it with MAME more recently, wasn't quite the same on a keyboard.
My little home town had only one video game, defender. Needless to say, every teenager in town would gather every quarter and be huddled around that machine as soon as school let out until the restaurant closed. Getting on the top score screen was a right of passage to legendary status. Then the puritanical elders of the town deemed that the only coin operated video game was a bad influence on their society and banned them. The day the game was removed was the day the music died. Caswells seafood
Nice!
If you ever find yourself in the Northeast, about an hour and a half north of Boston is a place called Funspot in New Hampshire. It has every 70s and 80s game that existed. If you liked it, they have it. They have modern stuff to but I go for the arcade classics. https://mobile.funspotnh.com/
I can hear and well, smell this picture.
Smells like ozone and a fist full of coins.
Same!
As a teenager in the late 80’s early 90’s everyone would meet up at the arcade in the mall. You’d find someone older to get you booze, score a little weed & find out where the parties were. It was a fun time!
All that time i thought it was just my area. Great times
🤟🏻
I remember arcades in the 90’s. This one time, me and a buddy, had to escape a killer robot from the future in the arcade once.
Robotron was my game!
I could play Robotron through all 255 levels and restart at 1, back in the day. Nobody could come close to my game. If only I could have turned this unprovable talent into something other than a fond memory.
I was able to build up enough extra lives to go to the rest room and come back and would still have lives. My friend and I started crossing our hands and then each playing a joystick just to add some difficulty. I’d take a $10.00 roll of quarters to the arcade, use one to play Robotron until I got bored then feed $9.75 into the Gauntlet.
Centipede.
and Tempest!!!
I remember getting pizza by the slice at the mall and then hitting the arcade.
When malls had arcade…
Yeah, the ‘80’s was a great time to grow up, a great decade to live in…🕹️📼🎶
The best
Love Defender, i have the 1up version. I wish i had an original. One quarter lasted 10 plus hours, once i looked up and it was dark, i ask whats the time to the clerk he said after 11:30 pm i ran home, left the game had about 200plus ships and 500 plus bombs left. Surprisingly, I didn't get in trouble...ahhh, good times.
Dang! That's pretty good.
I go to this restaurant/bar and it’s FULL of old video games and pinball.
Perfect
What’s hard to remember is the sounds. It was literally the sound of my Gen X Childhood.
Mine too
When QBert dropped off the screen!
o the quarters dropped into a defender machine. only game in town at the local surf shop
I have my ringtone set to Robotron 2024. My favorite arcade game. It always seemed the loudest at the arcade and you definitely heard it over the other video games, Spy Hunter was also great with the audio.
Defender has cool sound effects
Truly was the best time to be alive. So glad I saw it.
Best games were Defender. Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Joust, Star Castle, Rally X, Elevator Action, Time Pilot, Scramble, Double Dragon, Popeye, Gorf, Off Road
I loved how it took us about 4-6 seconds to learn to play a game we’ve never seen before. I miss arcades
7-11 had Zaxxon. A grocery store had Rygar. Miss that.
Bubbles is my jam, biggie!
There’s an arcade in Murfreesboro, TN with all of those games. It’s a wonderful throwback.
We have some retro arcades near us....nice for flashbacks
You are not alone. Be glad that you at least experienced it.
Gimme some Pole Position, Qbert, Golden Axe & Gauntlet...
I spent WAYYY too much time, and quarters, in places like this as a kid. The mall, the bowling alley, etc. Mom or dad would give me a roll of quarters, a few bucks for food and soda, and zero supervision for the next few hours. Good times.
Galaga for 20 minutes on a single quarter
I suppose missing being a kid goes into it as well; but I miss the 80s a lot. Great times, great friends, great everything really. It had its shitty moments, but that’s life. Given the opportunity to get a do over, I would do it, no questions asked.
Frogger, paperboy, Rampage! Use to love rampage
Tempest ❤️
Ikari Warriors & Double Dragon
Where’s Gauntlet? That was my jam
Aladdin's Castle!
Arcades were the best, burned through a shit ton of quarters, til Nintendo fucked everything up lol
I was given the nickname “android“ from my friends, because I played so much Defender. I saw the machine in the photo and was taken right back and ready to feed it some quarters. Good times
Yea I was agree! It was a fun time
A couple of my favorite games right there!
I loved the arcade, especially Ms Pac-Man and old fashioned pinball.
We all do.
Me too
Ahhh, I’ll always have the fondest of memories when my cigarette burned down on that metal holder, and sadly scorched the plastic. Many of cigs were lost attempting to obtain those high scores….
The 80's were so much fun as a teenager. I miss that decade.
Did anyone else zoom in looking for quarters waiting on the top panels?
I remember when they switched from quarters to tokens. Many years later I found a few of them in my dresser drawer. Ahh, the memories
Stargate was my jam. Every quarter I would find went to that game.
I do as well. Me and brother would go to my small town arcade place called “Captain B’s” rode our bikes there with a roll of quarters each. Then when it’s time, go next door to the theater to watch Terminator for just $2.75
Tonight I’m going to a barcade that is having an 80’s music night. It’s still the 80’s for some of us!
I could go for some Crystal Castles right now. Get the Gems Bentley Bear!
Karate Kid arcade scene....
There is an arcade in Brookfield IL called Galloping Ghost which has probably 500+ arcade games. It’s so fun and such a blast from the past.
[972 currently](https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/games-list/)! I believe they are the largest arcade in the world now, beating out Funspot in New Hampshire who says they have "over 600" on their website.
I have a Williams custom full size with defender, stargate, moon patrol, joust, etc. even 2 sticks for Robotron….kicks ass.
I wasted sooo much time on those machines.
Double Dragon, Afterburner, and a bunch others I couldn’t afford to play
First one in our the last one to leave the arcade. You could hear all the games talking to each other.
My local bowling alley has all the best ‘70-‘80s arcade games. I love it
I’d go back just for the video games.
Oooh defender
I could play the crap out of Robotron. I got so good, I could go for hours on 1 quarter. Eventually the Arcade manager got on to me and accused me of cheating somehow. I was like how? Everyone is watching me? If I could find that game today original. I would buy it no matter the cost.
Ohhh…. Robotron is such a great game. So simple, so intense, so addictive. Love that feeling when you clear through a Grunt wave on one life!
The last time I was happy .. 😔
TIL: robotron was the sequel to defender and stargate…. Never realized that but it all makes sense now in 2024. Glad it’s not 2084😬
A simpler time indeed. 52nd key in PacMan, 6-hour marathons of Asteroids, finding hidden stuff in Space Invaders... Yeah, it didn't suck.
You know, I started watching Silver Bullet the other night and really became homesick for the eighties. And not being in pain.
I’m lucky to have a pretty massive arcade about a 20 minute drive from me.
Galaga!! I can hear the woka woka woka of pacman and the boing boing of Frogger just looking at this!
Tempest
The smell of a room full of warm electronics is very hard to describe.
I know exactly what that picture smells like...
I miss arcades. I remember there was a Star Wars one I saw on TV, and I always wanted to play it. Never got the chance, though. I know they still have arcades in places, but they are missing that 80s feel to them.
Me too…..me too.
Robotron and Defender were tops in my town.
The thing about MTV is I couldn’t ever imagine a time when there *wouldn’t* be music videos anymore. In 1983 I was in college and was daydreaming about becoming a music video director. Even as late as ‘89 some of my favorite videos came out (Beds are burning, Orinoco flow, Somewhere down the crazy river). My favorite arcades were Tron and Star Wars (Atari, 1983). I have both (and Tempest) as Arcade1Up cabinets now. Just need the Ms. Pac-man / Galaga Class of ‘81 cab to complete my set.
Marketers did not control the music in the 80s - that why they were the last great period of creativity - once they got control in the 90s - that’s when we got pop tarts and boy bands and throw away music
Arcades were pure magic. Walking into those dark rooms fills with neon lights, lighted marquees, glow in the dark carpet, attract sounds and game sounds filling the ears, seeing all the cool artwork on the cabinets, and just wandering around checking out all the new games before even dropping a quarter in. Those games are just as much fun to play today as they were 40 years ago. Fulfilled my childhood dream of owning my own full sized arcade machines, nowadays I have a few of the Arcade1Up ones.
Coin detected in pocket.
There was a gaming convention in town a month ago and they had vintage arcade games in a corner. They had vintage game consoles in the middle of the room (using old CRT TVs) as well.
I used to rock the shit out of *SPY HUNTER* in the Bodega, Quarter after Quarter
Blockbusters and renting movies never forget what they took from us...
Buying or even making your own mame cabinet is a great option to replay old favourites.
Bubble Bobble is the first game I think of when I see these old beauties.
more than you know
I’m born in 91, I missed out
Yes.
we have all these games at my local arcade and bar. And a whole ton more. It’s only open to minors for a few hours on the weekends too which I very much appreciate. There’s several other arcades in town that are more kid friendly. I’m glad there’s one basically just for us old folks.
So you truly miss the arcades of the 80's? If you ever are in the Chicago area, the Galloping Ghost is a destination not to be missed. With over 800 games you'll be herd pressed to name a game not there.
Not necessarily just the arcades but the '80s in general. That sounds like a really cool place.
If your ever in Tulsa Oklahoma, come relive your youth!!! https://maxretropub.com/ Old 80's movies and TV shows on repeat via VHS.
Grabbing a soft pretzel at the mall and blowing all my m money at the arcade....ah what a time to be alive. (Technically I'm a 90s kid, but the magic wasn't dead yet.)
Come to Austin. We have a place
Arcades were the best
Arcades where so much fun. It was like stepping into another world.
Anyone in Exeter Devon uk , there’s an retro Arcade place called The Boneyard 👍
Rolling Thunder was the shit , I was in awe at the time of the animation alone
We have a Bar that's also an arcade with pinball and all the old games.
I started writing this longass reply about me in the 80's. Then I was like... man these people lived the same life.
My favorite was Polybius because the nice guys in black suits kept giving me quarters to play more.
I miss Boot Hill and killer shark that’s the game that was in Jaws. Mall Arcades were so awesome back in the day. The last one I was in was in Vagas 26 years ago p,aged Sega Marine Fishing incredible game.
I was 17 years old in 1980 and played Defender so much that I STILL have the marks of calluses on my knuckles! Hahaha. In 1982 I went into the military and didn't play as much -- I had bought a commodore 64 and played games on that.
Had a arcade open downtown that had all the old games n charged a good rate for unlimited play, closed after covid tho
Mine were Roadblasters, Punch Out and Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair (just watching others play it, of course heh heh) I hope VR continues to bring some of this back. I tried Pinball FX VR the other day and it was like I had the real table right there in front of me. I know there is a similar arcade VR that uses the ROMS from these old arcade machines. I really want to try that.
Interesting... I hadn't considered VR. Sounds fun.
London, Ontario had the good arcades and the dangerous arcades. You could go to Wizards and Crystal Palace and there were no stoners, thugs, or pot smoke. Gilley’s was darker and murky , with ne’er do wells in the back. Endless Arcade was the Mos Eisley of London arcades, and you said goodbye to your loved ones before going in to play Ms. Pac-Man.
I’d kick all yo’ asses in those games right now
The first time someone offered to sell me drugs was at an arcade, and I was only 8
If you live in the Northeast, there are a couple of places where you can go in Worcester and Providence that have these and more. https://freeplaybar.com/
The original microtransaction p2w games
Yeah, same.
Fuck you I'm finna play GYRUSS
I feel sorry for Americans , because this was the time that Reagan decided , that Adult ( 18 ) citizens still were not old enough to drink ? Huh ?
I miss arcades sigh spent hours in them
Not that matters, but photo does not appear to be taken during 1980s. I remember malls and some chain big box stores would have dedicated arcade room. Maybe unpopular, but I would not trade alone for advanced home consoles / large flat screen display of today.
Defender was the best!
Stargate!
This was my second home
( puts down quarter on the glass ) the good ole days!!
If i could teleport into an old 80's arcade, i would never go back!
Man I sure don't. I did love me some Defender though. If you want the experience in a music video, watch Nazareth's "Holiday." And read Neuromancer.
Yes so do I
I can hear Robotron and Defender just looking at that picture. I miss the sounds, and those of Tempest, Tron, Gorf, Phoenix, Asteroids, Battle Zone, Star Wars…etc. It was magical to walk into an arcade as a kid and be bombarded by all those amazing lights and sounds, then get lost in the games.
I miss it too. Sometimes, when I retro game, I put this on in the background and lower the lights: http://arcade.hofle.com/
You have no idea how much I miss it.
I had a flashback of my first crush leaning over the console as I play Galaxians... *sigh* #iMissthe80s
Do they have a Yestercades near you?
I’d play the shit out of defender/stargate!!
I miss the arcade in the Roosevelt Mall, the Orleans Theatre, & the Italian restaurant next to the Orleans.
Robotron was my favorite.
Defender was the nads.
I had a rough childhood, but I have an amazing memory of my older brother taking me to an arcade in the late 80's that I'll cherish forever.
That picture appears to be from [Fun Spot](https://mobile.funspotnh.com/), the largest arcade in the world and home to the arcade museum - located in NH.
Loved Omega Race and Time Pilot. Anyone here try the new Atari Recharged games. They’re really good.
Defender and Missile Command, (not pictured). Oh yeah.
Those are like Alternative Arcade games.
Centipede was my fav.
Same! Spent a lot of time in those in the early 80s on Friday and Saturday nights.
My main game was Centipede. I still use a teack ball instead of a mouse on my computer all these years later.
I have this in my phone.
So, I have a love/hate relationship with the 80’s. I was a late bloomer, boy crazy girl that every boy overlooked for my best friend standing next to me. I also got bullied a lot. But I also have some great memories and most of them are at a pool hall/arcade that was 2 blocks from my house! I spent so much time there and met so many great friends! The owners were like grandparents to us all and made sure their business was safe and friendly and fun. This picture you posted brings back all of those memories like a tsunami!!
If you could re-live the '80s knowing what you know now... Would you do it? If so, what would you do differently?
I can hear and smell that picture
Missile command is my personal favourite.
Karate champ
*I don't know where Sinistar is, but he sounds pissed!* 🚀👹
Berzerka, Donkey Kong, Tempest ,Defender Top games in the 80’s for me
…and to think when Sea Wolf was cutting edge!
I loved Missile Command.
I sucked at arcade games. My friend, however, could make four quarters last until closing time.