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First arcade you ever played
Ginsu Victim:
Before it was Scooby Doo's?
I went to that one in the very early 80s when it was Scooby Doo's Pipe Organ Pizza. (I'm originally from Channelview)
slider2732:
There was something about owning dead flesh keyboarded computers that helped with Defender, I know that. With the ZX81 or ZX Spectrum, you had a quirky set of controls as it was for games and no joystick unless you bought a plug on addition. Had to figure out up/down/left/right in a line across for one thing and that seemed to help with the Defender controls.
So the first memorable one for myself was indeed Defender. But, someone had told me about the use of an electronic lighter to gain free credits on fruit machines and arcade games. I tried it on a fairground Defender and *cough* it reset, the rug pattern appeared and it wouldn't go past that. I'll never know if they got it running again, because that was the last night of the fairground in our area for the year. Not exactly proud of that, but it made a memory.
SavannahLion:
Realistically, it's probably between Tempest or Pong. Tempest was a regular. I watched my brother play some flying dog fight game (which never worked when I had quarters to play), Pong, Four player Pong, and Atari Football. Since I didn't understand how football was played and I could never get the dog fighting game running, It was down to Pong or Tempest.
ahofle:
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on May 13, 2008, 12:09:28 pm ---Before it was Scooby Doo's?
I went to that one in the very early 80s when it was Scooby Doo's Pipe Organ Pizza. (I'm originally from Channelview)
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Hmmm, I don't recall anything about Scooby Doo. It was the one at Memorial City mall. I just searched though and saw that they did add Scooby Doo to the name -- bizarre. I'm amazed at how little I can find out about that place on google.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: ahofle on May 13, 2008, 03:45:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on May 13, 2008, 12:09:28 pm ---Before it was Scooby Doo's?
I went to that one in the very early 80s when it was Scooby Doo's Pipe Organ Pizza. (I'm originally from Channelview)
--- End quote ---
Hmmm, I don't recall anything about Scooby Doo. It was the one at Memorial City mall. I just searched though and saw that they did add Scooby Doo to the name -- bizarre. I'm amazed at how little I can find out about that place on google.
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This was a stand-alone location. I don't recall exactly where. I was VERY young. Maybe four (1981-1982)
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