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Problem with Mame and Asteroids
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Wetworks on December 31, 2005, 08:03:20 pm ---Love Galaga too (Although I think its given me RSI) I cracked 500000 a couple of years ago . Once you work out all the bonus screens and shoot everything before it has time to attack (later levels) it starts to become a stamina test and a lot of repetitive strain on the fire fire arm. Love the game still and always is the first game I show people on the Cab. Might go back for more punishment!
Has anyone else suffered Strain Injury's from older Arcade games where firing is repeated. Just curious.
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yeah, it's quite common. i get it bad enough that i play pinball or gunblade at the arcade mostly. they have raiden II and a 50 in 1 pirate cab but i get really sore. the correct term is RSI- repetitive strain injury.
edit: of course i have neither of those games at home. does that stop me playing mame? hell no! i suffer for my love (",)
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Wetworks on December 31, 2005, 08:03:20 pm ---Has anyone else suffered Strain Injury's from older Arcade games where firing is repeated. Just curious.
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First week after picking up my Joust was VERY painful ... flap flap flap flap flap flap flap ...
Cheers.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: markrvp on December 31, 2005, 11:35:40 pm ---Preparation H is good for Asteroids. ;D
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Preparation A is better :)
I don't think the Internet would have had too big an impact on the arcade games in the 80's. Everyone knew about hunting the little saucer to rack up the points (at least everyone who waited around a crowded machine to play...there was always someone doing this). The thing was, that totally changes the game. If you wanted to blast rocks, waiting for the saucer gets boring. Kind of like using patterns to play Pac-Man. Sure you can get through the mazes, but the game isn't as fun if you play it that way (and kind of like cheating, IMHO.)
RandyT
MikeQ:
I practically lived in an arcade in the 80's and never learned the asteroids trick. I guess my arcade was the arcade for the kids riding the short bus. It is possible too that I did learn it and old age has affected my data retrieval system.
I had a copy of "Scoring Big at Pac Man" as a kid too. While it may have been like cheating, I think all that memorization gave me the brainpower and concentration to learn calculus....and staring at video games all day probably retarded all that brainpower right back out of me. I guess breaking even isn't so bad....but then there are all those quarters.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: RandyT on January 01, 2006, 05:15:10 pm ---
If you wanted to blast rocks, waiting for the saucer gets boring.
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