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First arcade you ever played
RTSDaddy2:
Somewhere on this board, lost in the dust, was my request about the first game I ever played, and now I can't remember the name of it again. It was a "shark attack" styled game in that you shot at the shark by aiming your harpoon gun....but the shark was done to look like an actual shark coming towards you....dad gum, wish I could remember the name. At any rate, someone on here found it for me at one of the websites housing arcade antiques (it was circa 1976 -77).
Asteroids and Space Invaders soon made their apperance in the Gold Mine at Northlake Mall in Tucker Georga....I spent many happy hours in there. :)
Mauzy:
Im pretty sure the first vid I played was Galaga. This was about 11 years ago, so the game was already a classic and simple for my 5 year old motor skills...
TOK:
--- Quote from: RTSDaddy2 on May 15, 2008, 07:47:09 pm ---Somewhere on this board, lost in the dust, was my request about the first game I ever played, and now I can't remember the name of it again. It was a "shark attack" styled game in that you shot at the shark by aiming your harpoon gun....but the shark was done to look like an actual shark coming towards you....dad gum, wish I could remember the name. At any rate, someone on here found it for me at one of the websites housing arcade antiques (it was circa 1976 -77).
Asteroids and Space Invaders soon made their apperance in the Gold Mine at Northlake Mall in Tucker Georga....I spent many happy hours in there. :)
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Probably Killer Shark. It was made in around 72. I played a similar one with a manta ray, I think it was called Devil Fish.
Department store my mom went to had a few electro mechanical games, including the manta one, Haunted House (gun game, not the pinball) and the one where you bomb scrolling terrain. It was like a big drum inside that went around and you fired at ground targets with a flight yoke.
ark_ader:
First arcade (if you could call it an arcade) was Shakey's Pizza back in 1976 or so in Downey Ca.
They had a Pong game I liked to play on.
The other proper arcade was in 1979 on a 14 day cruise to the med, they had two Space Invaders at 10p a pop, as it was a Fred Olsen Cruise Liner. I was on that sucker every day.
My gaming habit drew me to the states where I played at Bobo's Arcade, Sega Center and Golf n Stuff in Downey Ca.
My Dad liked to take me to amusement parks every Sunday. When it rained it was Movieland Waxwork Museum and they had a cool arcade too. I went to Disneyland and Knotts so much, I just headed to the arcades, as the rides were boring.
Buena Park mall, La Mirada (the Arkade), Westminster Mall Sega Center was huge as was Torrence's Redondo Beach marina arcade and Old Towne Mall.
The best arcade at the time was in the Roaring Twenties part of Knotts Berry Farm. Starcade at Dineyland was another favorite.
Both arcades were HUGE. I got $20 a week pocket money just to play on the machines, thus my permanent addiction, which I blame my parents ever since. ;D
Well if I added all the money spent, I could have bought a machine.
vizzinni:
I had a Pong (console) when it first came out.
My first arcade game was Tank, in a cocktail at a local pizza place. Then Clowns and Space Invaders.
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