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[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

For those old enough to remember...which game cost you more quarters than the rest?

[GhostGirl]

"Tempest" without a doubt.  The hotel we always stayed in when we went to the beach had this game, and I played it for HOURS.  I was gooooood, too.

[Moonraker]

I'm a youngin, so I only got to play what was still left around.  So I went with Pac-Man.  My favorite arcade games were those Simpsons/Ninja Turtles/X-Men games.  The one where 4-6 people could play at once and you all faught together to get to the next lvl.  One day, a handful of friends and I spent a few hours and completely beat out the X-Men game.  I remember getting very far in the Simpsons too.  

[rushengal]

Has to be Space Invaders.... with Tom Sawyer playing in the background!!

[sfuentes]

Spy Hunter... That was a great game...

F***in' civilians...    

[Digital Man]

Tron, I liked the fact that it was different games.

There was another one that was multiple games in one (space invaders, galaxian)  If you lost it talked to you:  "You Lose Space Cadet"  in this cheesy robotic voice, but I can't remember what it was called.  I put lots & lots of quarters in this one.

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

I chose "Robotron: 2084." One of those very rare games that used two joysticks simutaneously. No thinking, all adrenaline. My other faves are "Defender" and "Joust."

[rickyrob]

DIG DUG (on the right)

I was addicted to this game whilst at University

[Dweezil]

Frogger and Donkey Kong.

Days and days spent at the local pizza joint drinking coffee (that's all we could afford) and playing either of those. A mispent youth

[Slacker]

  Asteroids...  

[physics23]

My vote went to "Other." I used to spend hours playing Rolling Thunder at the local arcade, Chuck E. Cheese's. I don't think I ever got past the second level.
Another game I played a lot was Rampage. You got to grab people out of their apartments and eat them. And if you didn't eat enough, you started shrinking.

[kazzman]

Mario Bros first introduced me to video games so that'll always have a spot in my heart...

[Snowdog]

It would have been Defender, but 1-0-0 being the video game afficiando he is, he included the sequel to Defender, Stargate! Many, many hours and quarters were spent playing Stargate. I can still remember the day I broke 100,000 points for the first time it was the highlight of my young life at the time    

[Arndrake]

I remember dumping a lot of quarters into Donkey Kong. Even with a strategy guide to arcade games, which had hints for Kong, Tempest, Asteroids, Centipede, etc.., I still lost a lot of money.

For some reason, even though I sucked, I loved playing them.

"Video, video, video
Video, video games
No matter how much I try to stop,
Can't stop playing them video games"

[ladirushfan80]

there are too many to pick just one!!! ( i did anyway..) my girlfriend once won a 10 speed bike for having the high score on  Donkey Kong....
pac man....
centipede..
qbert...
frogger...
galaga...
tetris....
i spent alot of time at this arcade called the beehive...
sooo much fun....

[Bastille Night]

  

[ES-335]

Galaga   

[Sark]

I was a big Cyberball fan. it was a split screen futuristic football game with robot players. Moon patrol was another fave. Galaga comes close though.

[Pags]

I voted other.  My favorite was Scramble.




Other favs were:

Tempest
Mrs. Pac Man
Spy Hunter
Defender
Pole Position
and of course... Sinistar

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[Drumnut]

I had to say other. I never liked video games. (still don't) I always played Pinball machines or shot pool.