Old fashioned arcade machines, happy memories...

I would ask for it back if I was you. Some of the original consoles in working order are worth alot of money to collectors.

And he's a collector and will appreciate it far more than I will, so no big deal!

My brother still has one, since I eventually gave mine to him. He has just about every video game system known to man!

That game rings a bell

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.

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

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

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!!

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.

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!

I know what you mean about the new advanced game systems, just not the same. The graphics and sound maybe much improved but for me most of the charm of the old arcade video games was the simplicity. Block graphics, basic colours, and simple beeps and bangs. HaVe FuN..