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Great Twitter Poll: You are a kid/teen. You head to the arcade. What are you playing first?

Posted by Flavorize— (aka Flavorize) Apr 9 '21, 10:18

Fun responses!

https://mobile.twitter.com/caroljsroth/status/1380308272574529539 (mobile.twitter.com)

Responses:

Original Pacman or pinball -- nm - zork Apr 9, 11:11
Also I played a lot of pinball -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 11:11 1
- Hell yeah. I clearly remember Space Invaders arriving and was the only non-pinpall in a place I went to. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:14
Q*Bert or Ms. Pac Man. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 9, 11:07
Tempest -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:04 4
- This game always scared me away, the interface and controls were so unique -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 11:10 3
  - For some reason, in my arcade the volume was cranked up to maximum. So you really felt the game. Also, Sinistar. -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:13 2
    - Just made me look up a gameplay video just to hear Sinistar. - Volnelk Apr 9, 11:19 1
      - RUN! RUN! RUN!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 9, 11:32
You'll be happy to know that when we win the lottery and build the ST compound, I will be stocking the arcade with all your favorites. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 11:00 4
- please include 6' x 12' snooker table, or two -- nm - mud Apr 9, 11:02 3
  - And tabletop shuffleboard - Strongbad Apr 9, 11:11
  - “And that’s a bad miss.” -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 11:05
  - That's in the board and table game annex. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 11:02
What was the game where you're the cowboy and you had 2 trigger buttons? Gunsmoke? - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:58
Q-Bert, Mappy, Pacman -- nm - Andie Apr 9, 10:57
Tetris and Ms. Pac Man. -- nm - Inigo Apr 9, 10:56
Galaga. Burgertime. Gauntlet. Punch-out. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 9, 10:53
I always liked Dig Dug -- nm - Beaker Apr 9, 10:43
Wrestlefest, TMNT, or Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 10:34 4
- Damn, SF2 is another good call. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 9, 10:43
- Or X-Men, T2: Judgement Day with the guns. -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 10:42
- I misread this as Championship Editing and thought that would be an interesting game. -- nm - Max Apr 9, 10:34 1
  - Narrator: "No, it wouldn't" -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 10:37
I think the one I played most frequently as a kid was Battle Zone - oblique Apr 9, 10:34
Missile Command. That and Galaga were my main games. -- nm - GregW Apr 9, 10:32
sub commander sinking battleships -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 9, 10:30
TMNT, Simpsons or Wrestlefest. Those were fun. -- (edited) - Strongbad Apr 9, 10:30
Forget everything I said, insert *random shooting game here* (Time Crisis, House of the Dead, Virtua Cop, etc.) -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 10:29
TMNT, Joust. I was also a sucker for Dig Dug -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:28 6
- Pole Position also -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:29 5
  - And I loved Spy Hunter too, shoot -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:29 4
    - Yes Spy Hunter -- nm - stim-mie Apr 9, 10:48
    - Once you start seeing other game titles you remember how many great ones there were that you played regularly. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 10:35 2
      - I haven't seen NBA Jam posted. It's all time dependent. Are you 8, 12, 14? At each age there are different games that you'd go for first. -- nm - Krusty Apr 9, 10:37 1
        
        NBA Jam was awesome! -- nm - Shaun Apr 9, 10:41
Rolling Thunder or Smash TV or Crossbow -- nm* - Jovian Apr 9, 10:27 2
- I spent many an hour at the theater I worked at playing Smash TV - JD Apr 9, 10:34 1
  - "Good luck! You'll need it!" - Jovian Apr 9, 11:08
Xevious, Soul Blade, Galaga, Joust. But only because some of the games I like are much rarer and hard to find. -- nm* - Mop Apr 9, 10:26
Bosconian or 1942 -- nm - JD Apr 9, 10:25
Track & Field. Still can beat Star Wars Arcade on 1 credit -- nm* - stim-mie Apr 9, 10:24
Ms. Pac-Man then. It'd be Simpsons Arcade today. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:24 7
- Last time my friends and I went to the local barcade (Aug 2019?) we played through to the end of the Simpson Arcade game -- nm - JD Apr 9, 10:47
- So, Token Tavern is your spirit place? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 9, 10:44 2
  - See you there a week from Wednesday! - David Apr 9, 11:08 1
    - That's pretty funny -- I'm plotting out the poker games starting next weekend - Will Hunting Apr 9, 11:10
- My dream is to have a cocktail tabletop Ms. Pacman game at home. No fake emulator version either. The real deal. -- nm - oblique Apr 9, 10:34 2
  - Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail Table Video Arcade Game for Sale -- (link) - JD Apr 9, 10:40
  - Same here. Kim and I have legitimately talked about it. -- nm - David Apr 9, 10:36
Galaga! I shared this on Twitter yesterday and that was my reply. It was the game I went to most but some days it was Spy Hunter or Pole Position. - Krusty Apr 9, 10:23
Joust. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 9, 10:23
Q*Bert -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 10:22 1
- My backup was Centipede -- nm - Dano Apr 9, 10:30
Tron > Galaga > Hard Drivin'. Possibly Joust but I think I played that at home more than in the arcade. -- nm* - Max Apr 9, 10:20
If they have it, the original sit down Star Wars machine. Likely they won't, so Mario Brothers. nm - Dean Winchester Apr 9, 10:20
Dragon's Lair. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 10:19 2
- Good answer, but that was for the high rollers. TMNT gave me more bang for the buck and was super fun multiplayer. -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 10:27 1
  - I was too young and too poor to play it much. But when DL II came out and made its way to my college arcade, I became an expert. - Baron Nefcy Apr 9, 10:31

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