Retro arcade games appreciation thread

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Wolter wrote:Image

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Lock Wolter out of this thread.
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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.
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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.
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.
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I actually loved that game for some reason. Here are some better ones that I played more often, though:

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Although, to be honest, the latter was usually played like this:

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Oh, and...

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I used to keep fit playing this....
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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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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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Heston wrote:I used to keep fit playing this....
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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.
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.

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