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    • GtBFilmsG
      GtBFilms @mediamogul
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      @mediamogul the only games I ever completed in the arcades were Vigilante (they were testing it and had loaded it up with lots of free credits), Golden Axe (with a lot of credits) and Double Dragon (lot of credits, 2 player with the inspired fight against each other at the end) and Robocop, which is basically a test of memory, I could eventually complete that on a single credit, so if I wanted to make my money last, I'd play that.

      Just waiting patiently for for that one to come up in the MAME ROW!

      Oh yeah and Altered Beast, which is a just a credit gobbling slog to the end.

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      • lilbudL
        lilbud @GtBFilms
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        @GtBFilms @mediamogul

        To be honest, I've never been to a real arcade. But, if I did, I'd be broke right now. Especially after the likes of Aliens and Phoenix.

        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

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        • meleuM
          meleu @lilbud
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          @lilbud said in MAME ROW #15:

          To be honest, I've never been to a real arcade.

          cerealguy

          Just kidding! Now my turn to tell my arcade story. My father forbade me to go to arcades and I had to go without his consent. I was the guy who never use continues, I started from the beggining just to maximize the time playing. :-)

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @meleu
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            @meleu said in MAME ROW #15:

            My father forbade me to go to arcades

            That's terrible. Although, it must have been a thrill to go when you were able.

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            • UDb23U
              UDb23 @meleu
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              @meleu When I saw first Arcade games ... Arcades did not even exist. You could find single games at Bars.
              Space invaders, Arkanoid, Scramble, Vanguard, Cosmic Guerilla... these were the first I played.
              :-))

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @UDb23
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                @UDb23 said in MAME ROW #15:

                When I saw first Arcade games ... Arcades did not even exist. You could find single games at Bars.

                Very cool. Although, seeing things in Bars that don't exist anywhere else is a bit of a warning sign to most people. Proclaiming that you were only trying to stop the giant gorilla from throwing barrels at you doesn't help matters either.

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                • lilbudL
                  lilbud @meleu
                  last edited by lilbud

                  @meleu I wish I could upvote this a million times.

                  And for my story. I was born LONG after the advent of arcades. That is why I have never been to a real one...they don't exist anymore. The closest I have been to an arcade would either be...Ed's Funcade, or the pinball museum north of here.

                  Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

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                  • mediamogulM
                    mediamogul Global Moderator @lilbud
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                    @lilbud said in MAME ROW #15:

                    The closest I have been to an arcade would either be...Ed's Funcade

                    Boardwalk arcades are still arcades. Plus, Ed's Funcade has been around for well over 30 years, making it the original article. You're also not too awfully far away from FunSpot which has the largest collection of retro arcade games in the world. I plan on visiting a friend of mine in Boston this summer and we he hope to make a trip in that direction while I'm there.

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23 @mediamogul
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                      @mediamogul
                      At first Bars, then Arcades came and no more games in Bars... then no more Arcades. :-(
                      Now Retropie! :-))

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                      • lilbudL
                        lilbud @mediamogul
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                        @mediamogul said

                        You're also not too awfully far away from FunSpot

                        That's at least a 7-8 hour drive away from where I am. Still, I wish Ed's had more real arcade games. Galaga, Donkey Kong...etc.

                        TBH if I saw a Phoenix machine in the flesh, I probably start looking for the nearest sledgehammer :)

                        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator @lilbud
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                          @lilbud said in MAME ROW #15:

                          That's at least a 7-8 hour drive away from where I am.

                          7-8 hours is my outer limit of acceptability for a road trip these days, but it is probably too far just to visit an arcade.

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                          • UDb23U
                            UDb23
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                            FYI
                            @mviars set up a poll to request new overlays.

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                            • meleuM
                              meleu
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                              Hey! Today is Monday, right!
                              Let's move to the MAME ROW #16!

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                              • UDb23U
                                UDb23 @meleu
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                                @meleu yeah, but first we have to congratulate this week's winner: you!

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