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| DaOld Man:
Im pretty sure it was galaga because I remember the insects coming down and the mother ship capturing my ship. Now I could be wrong, it wouldnt be the first time my memory has failed me, plus the year could have been 1980 or maybe spring of 81. My first marriage was in fall of 1981, and it was before that. |
| patmanqc:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on January 07, 2019, 11:25:29 am ---I like your videos. But I dont know a lot about the history of the arcade games, I still find your videos enjoyable. Just for grins and giggles: I grew up in the 60's and my very first time at playing a "real" arcade machine was in a convenient store in a city 30 miles form my home town. Year was 1976 or 1977 (maybe 78). I had some friends that after HS graduation attended a college (WKU), and one weekend they were home and we all got together and drove to the big city to check out the night life. We stopped at the convenience store got gas and some cold drinks. They had a brightly lit Galaga cabinet and it caught my eye. I must have put 4 or 5 quarters in it until my friends threatened to leave me if I didnt come on. So the very first "real" arcade experience for this old man was Galaga. A few years earlier I had a ping pong/ hockey game that plugged into the TV. It had dials for paddle controls. It was a huge panel and the graphics were very basic. The ball was actually square and the sounds it made were atrocious, but we loved it, and it didnt take long for my siblings and I to wear it out. (I dissected it then and found there wasnt much to it in the way of parts.) So from that ancient ping pong game to the Galaga was a big step for me. But it was like black and white TV compared to color. (Most of you guys probably dont remember having only a black and white TV). Anyway, thats it for my useless dabble. BTW, still waiting for history of Donkey Kong. (Galaga would be nice too). Anyone else remember their very first "real" arcade game? --- End quote --- Thanks for the kind words. The first arcade game I can recall was a black-and-white bowling game that didn't even have a joystick. Ironically enough it was next to the men's room at a bowling alley. Since I essentially grew up in a bowling alley I thought this was very cool to see. This is probably 1975 or 1976 |
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| ark_ader:
--- Quote from: patmanqc on January 19, 2019, 10:40:24 pm --- --- End quote --- Your video doesn't work and I want to go to sleep. Please fix. |
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