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manman:

I played arcade games randomly through out the years (star wars, mario bros etc), but I was about 10/11 when SFII came out, and that's when I fell in love and actually became an arcade rat.. probably spent the better part of age 11-18 in the arcades, and when I wasn't there it was snes at home :)

TPA5:

I accidentally his early to mid 70's. I mean 70's - 80's. I only had a few arcade games at my local pizza shop to play, but I had an Atari 800 computer in my room (Yeah, I felt like a total badass. My dad gave it to me when I was 5.) and a lot of the popular arcade games of that era were available for my Atari 800. Except Zaxxon, I believe. That one was at my local pizza shop, and me and my dad played the hell out of that thing. When I build my cab, I'm definitely having a joystick for some Zaxxon action in it.

Sadly, I'm not old enough to truly enjoy the golden age of arcade games. Born in '91 you see. But like I said, I got a classic gaming fix through my Atari 800, which is sadly no longer with me.

Gorotsuki:

Having been around 5 by 1980 I was fortunate to experience most of what arcades had
to offer at all points in this time line.
Mom would take me to the mall on Saturdays and buy a $5 bag of
tokens and I would wear myself out on Ring King.
Would play Shinobi, Xenophobe, Mario Bros. and Mat Mania at the bowling alley.
Donkey Kong Jr. at the Pizza Hut.
I would play any game at any place I could.
Then when the fighting games hit I was a teen.
I loved that scene, it was so much fun.
Would ride miles on my bike to whatever had
an arcade machine in town. All the other kids were
doing the high school thing...suckers.


ahofle:


--- Quote from: Epyx on May 20, 2010, 09:21:50 pm ---
--- Quote ---I can't answer the poll as my hardcore addiction ran from '81 through to early 90's.
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I wanted to select 3 of the categories, but settled with golden age.  
I would say I pretty much played the entire time that most games were 25 cents.  ;D

Vulgar Soul:

Since I was unfortunately born in 89, I missed out on the golden age of arcade gaming; and by the time I was really coming of age, arcades were all but dead. But the few arcades still around in the 90s were great. Street Fighter II, MK, NBA JAM, Raiden series, Aero Fighters, Virtua Fighter, KoF, and all the Capcom/Marvel mashups. Damn good era in gaming. The arcade may be gone, but they went out with a bang.

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