Subj : Re: Favorite Retro Arcade Gam
To   : jimmylogan
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Nov 08 2024 10:10:47

-=> jimmylogan wrote to Spaceboy <=-

 Sp> On Wed Jul 17 2024 01:53 pm UTC-5:00, you wrote:

 Sp> My first memories were of playing space invaders at the laundromat
 Sp> waiting on my mom as a kid. Great game. Later on in teenaged years (ca.

 ji> I remember when Wal-Mart (or Big K) would have the machines in the
 ji> entry ways. I always looked for pinball, but usually the closest
 ji> thing were the baseball machines. :-)

PONG and Space Invaders at Pizza and Pipes, a restaurant with an old
Pipe organ. They'd have an organist playing old timey standards, free
refills on pitchers, and a couple of games.

Later, it was Defender and Tempest at a 7-11. I got a high score on
Defender one day (I think it was around 1.8 million) and had to walk
away. I knew I'd never beat it.



 
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