Old fashioned arcade machines, happy memories...  

Mmmm Was that the game where the you moved the centipede around the screen and the further the time went the longer the centipede would get. You had to avoid tripping over yourself ?

Or am I barking up the wrong tree.

nope it wasnt more like space stuff as yu g=hqad to shoot down cetain things to get your men to another point in the game.

Well , I have never heard or seen Condor Attack, that's a new game on me. If my memory serves me right about River Raid, you steered a gun boat and you had to avoid rocks and other objects in the water.

Happy gaming days.

Air hockey tables, now thats a blast from the past, I had forgotten all about them. Object of air hockey- hit plastic disc as hard as possible and hope the other player removed his hand incase it hurt.

I cant remember the proper name for the olymipic game , but I do remember how stupid you would look battering the two buttons trying to make the guy run faster. I think there was 10 different sporting events, you had to get a certain score before you could get on to the next sport. 100M Running, Long Jump, Clay Pigeon Shooting,Weight Lifting, Swimming, that Horse thing, Archery, Pole Vault, and thats as much as I remember. Think I'll need to investigate further on that one.

Yes, that about sums up air hockey well!

I found the name of the game on Wikipedia, it was Track and Field. Fab game!!

I could never get my timing just right to shoot the mother ship at the top. I was too busy hiding behind what was left of my bases

That game rings a bell

When you say slot machines do you mean 'Bandits' or 'One Armed Bandits', or maybe 'Fruit Machines'. Money goes in, spin the reels, if you got 3 cherries in a row you won some money back.
They are great machines for eating up all your spare coins.

It took me over an hour of playing Google's Pac-man to complete 1 screen to I think my skills have dropped slightly also. May need to practise some more.

How disappointed would you be if a water pipe burst in your home and Mario turned up to fix it

Mario retired from running around the pipes. he now is chilling on the beach somewhere in a tropical beach, with rasta-inspired headwear and a 'One-Love' chain on his neck. he also developed a yellowish tan and grew a potbelly..

Oh well, just need to give his brother a quick phone then

Luigi!!

i'm so proud i remember

Mario looks strangly like Homer Simpson. Maybe Homer is Mario's hero?

You have a better memory than I do, mario. I couldn't remember Mario's brother's name although, quite awhile ago, I heard and saw more than I wanted to of those two guys and the little mushroom dudes.

So, Luigi it is if my pipes burst. Thanks for the heads up!

I cant remember much about the game but I do remember the film. Very hi-tech at the time. Great special effects still looks good even today.

I would have been useless in that world, I cant ride a bike

that's the best part. you don't need to know how. you just need to think that you are already riding...

it's like in Matrix..'in order to bend the spoon, you have to accept that there is no spoon..'

ok, i officially confused myself

Hello, I remember Defender well, it was cool. I think it was one of the first video games that you actually flew your space ship horizontally rather than vertically.
I was pretty rubbish at playing the game, everytime I pushed the hyperspace button I would re-appear right infront of an alien, so 'End of Game' seemed to be the most popular screen.

Frogger, how stupid was that frog wanting to cross a fast flowing river and then a busy road, DOH!

Hello,
I beleive some of the old original arcade video games are worth alot of money to collectors now.
How good would it be to have a room in your home with some of those retro machines ready to play. As long as you had the key to get your coins back out of the moneybox, LOL.

xBOX, PS3, and Nintendo Wii, just dont have a look-in these days.

My ex husbands brother actually did have a couple of pinball machines and video arcade games along with a few slot machines it was his personal game room, it was a lot of fun to visit and play. It didn't cost anything on the games only the slot machines they were rigged with crdits, but the slot machines also had buckets of quarters in the tray to play with, you just didn't get to keep any winnings, it was strictly for entertainment purposes. He is now currently building a home theater system that will seat 15 people including a lobby with snacks and an authentic popcorn maker, some people haven't been affected as much by the recession. Happy Mylotting!!!