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ST Poll: Did you grow up on arcades or console gaming or some combination of the two? -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Apr 9 '21, 07:52

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Atari and standups together. When I entered an arcade I always made a beeline for Tron. -- (edited) - Max Apr 9, 08:43
Arcades first (if you consider 5 or so games in a small room at the local grocery store and "arcade") quickly followed by - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 08:40 1
- I was an arcader, but summers in NJ at my grandparents house, the 2 games at the 7-11 around the corner was an all day hangout. - JaxSean Apr 9, 08:54
Both, but arcades were dominant until quality consoles came out. But I was already "grown up" by that time. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 08:36 1
- stop fibbing - decline Apr 9, 08:37
Both. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 08:28
Both -- nm - Jovian Apr 9, 08:27
Definitely both. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 08:24
When I was quite young, Eastern Airlines was on strike. My sister and I literally roamed the entire airport free-reign. Including the arcade. - IAmQale Apr 9, 08:23
PC. -- nm - colin Apr 9, 08:17 2
- And not some punk-ass old TRS-80 or something similar either, I bet. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 9, 08:29 1
  - TRS-80 COLOR Computer thank you very much. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 08:37
Combo. Used to ride the bus up to the mall in the summer with a roll of quarters for the arcade. - Volnelk Apr 9, 08:16
arcades ... LOVED the game Centipede ... so many quarters! -- nm - JenBro Apr 9, 08:14 3
- Q*BERT 4 EVA!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 08:40
- When i met Dave he had a full arcade size Centipede game in his office. Alas, it died soon after. -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 08:20 1
  - "as did my love for him a little" -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 08:20
I didnt get into arcades that much until I could drive - tRuMAN Apr 9, 08:11
Arcade + Intellivision + C64. -- nm - Reagen Apr 9, 08:10
I liked arcade and Atari 2600 and NES and Genesis. Galaga was my bag, but I tried just about every arcade game -- nm* - con_carne Apr 9, 08:08 1
- Galaga is likely my favorite arcade game. I played it every time I saw a machine. I also played a lot of Spy Hunter, Pole Position, Ms. Pac Man, Paper - Krusty Apr 9, 08:48
combo. Arcade plus had an Intellivision 2 -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 08:06
pool/snooker tables. -- nm - mud Apr 9, 08:03
Arcades -- nm - JD Apr 9, 08:02
Combo. Arcades were a big thing when i was young though. -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 08:00
combo. I can remember stealing quarters from a mug on my dad's dresser to take to the arcade -- (edited) - decline Apr 9, 07:59 3
- did you give any thought to travelling to get stuck? I think you should. - amanda jeans Apr 9, 08:03 1
  - ;) I'm gonna look into it over the weekend -- nm - decline Apr 9, 08:03
- i have the same memory. am I decline? -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 9, 08:00
Not much arcade played here. When I was growing up, they were extremely rare around here. - Marlowe Apr 9, 07:57
Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 9, 07:56 4
- This plus Punch Out and Dragon's Lair -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 08:30 3
  - I wonder how much I spent on Track & Field -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 08:32 2
    - Dragon's Lair, for me. To get the full memorization. - Spawn Apr 9, 08:47
    - Pole Position too. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 08:33
Combo. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 07:55
I was an 80s latchkey kid, so very much a combo of the two. - JaxSean Apr 9, 07:55 1
- Yes. -- nm - David Apr 9, 08:01
Combo - played consoles at home from the 2600 onward but anytime we’d be near an arcade, I’d play. Bars, mall, boardwalk. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 07:54 2
- I vividly remember the day I spent at White Eagle Tavern in Riverton, NJ, while my dad sat at the bar all day and I pumped quarters into Defender -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 07:59 1
  - My parents were regulars so me and these two girls got to play a lot of Ms Pac-Man on a sit down table console. - Will Hunting Apr 9, 08:05
Arcades, for sure. My dad used to take me to the local arcade when I got my report card cause they gave quarters/tokens for As and Bs. -- nm - Dean Winchester Apr 9, 07:53 1
- Although we did have the 2600, Intellevision and Colecovision - so I guess both. -- nm - Dean Winchester Apr 9, 07:56

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