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Retro arcade games appreciation thread
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Retro arcade games appreciation thread
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
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”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
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"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Lock Wolter out of this thread.Wolter wrote:
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Played that to death on holiday in Majorca back in '81. Just looking at that picture reminds me of hairy european women.tepista wrote:
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My memory of Missile Command and one other one that used a track ball (something sports themed) was getting my hand pinched every once in a while. Hurt like a fucker cos it was always the same spot.Heston wrote:Played that to death on holiday in Majorca back in '81. Just looking at that picture reminds me of hairy european women.tepista wrote:
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I actually loved that game for some reason. Here are some better ones that I played more often, though:
Although, to be honest, the latter was usually played like this:
Oh, and...
Although, to be honest, the latter was usually played like this:
Oh, and...
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
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I used to keep fit playing this....
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I used to have great fun playing my Dad's old Coleco...I believe it still works too!
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I used to really like this game:
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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A soul-rotting version of Galaxian or Galaga, Satan's Hollow. I once thought (very wrong) that I could impress a girl I liked with my SH prowess.
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There is an arcade (the last one pretty much) about an hour away from me that had that game. I play it whenever I go because it is fun as shit.Heston wrote:I used to keep fit playing this....
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.