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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Whats everyones favourite arcade machine? Mine is the 1980s classic Out Run

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Out run or afterburner. Especially the afterburner they had in sega world that was built inside a gyroscope so as you rolled the plane you were turned upside down.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sega's Space Harrier, the one you sat in and it moved. Also loved the Skiing of Jet Ski ones you stood on.

If I win the lottery jackpot I'm getting myself a games room and buying them all

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By *0hnnyBrav0Man
over a year ago

Great Wyrley

Valtric proper addictive and frustrating shooter game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Operation Wolf

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts


"Operation Wolf"

I completed that. Then built my own version from lego and toy soldiers

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By *rcher XMan
over a year ago

Ghost Town

I deposited many a coin into the 4 player version of Gauntlet. A small price to pay for the happiness of childhood.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Defender or track and field

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Defender or track and field

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asteroids was a good one as well

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts


"I deposited many a coin into the 4 player version of Gauntlet. A small price to pay for the happiness of childhood."

We had that on the Spectrum. I always played as Questor

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By *ebecca stensonCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Streetfighter 2 even though m bison was a absolute b*****d!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bomb Jack or Pac Man.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Neo-Geo ones with multiple games on it. Samurai Showdown and metal Slug were my faves on there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Has to be space invaders

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

OMG Neo Geo I'd completely forgotten about that, there was an ace SF2-esque beat 'em up on there. Fond memories

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

when i was a young'un i was fixated on track and field and WWE main event

then i graduated i went up to operation wolf, outrun and after burner

offically a sega kid!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you're talking 'The Best' then surely that would be the original arcade wire framed Star Wars machines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWM9BF8fJSU

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was a spectrum geek so for me it was things like jet-pac, jet set willy, ant attack, manic miner, chuckie egg, spy vs spy and also have flat fingers thanks to Daley thompsons decathlon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pac-man

Frogger

Pole position

Aaaah, the good ole days! Games i could actually play!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

final fight or double dragon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pac man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Carnival. The one with the ducks quacking, the pipes and the bonus bears between each screen. Cute.

Asteroids was a good one for when the lights in the pub were turned down/off.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If you're talking 'The Best' then surely that would be the original arcade wire framed Star Wars machines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWM9BF8fJSU"

Oh happy days, spent in the sit-down version pretending you were actually in an X-Wing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good old Galaxian.......big improvement on the standard space invaders!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

Chuckie Egg! Spent a whole holiday once as a kid playing one that I think was called Wonder Boy in a Greek cafe. Never found it at home for the Commodore 64 though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol "

great call

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pin ball!!

.......Jurassic, maybe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Chuckie Egg! Spent a whole holiday once as a kid playing one that I think was called Wonder Boy in a Greek cafe. Never found it at home for the Commodore 64 though. "

C64? Mmmmmm posh totty!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol "

I loved that game on the Mega Drive but my god was it unforgiving!

Would love to play it now and see what it's like.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rampage

Paperboy

Spyhunter

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By *iceguy 1966Man
over a year ago

in pa postcode

Robotron did it for me

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By *itSamCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

OMG has this thread got me thinking. I feel that if I was to give a favourite I would be dissing the others.... Mmmm

I gotta admit I did play a lot of PAC MAN and ASTEROIDS in our local shopping center. That was before things like OUT RUN had come out. Have to say I lost a lot of money in the OUT RUN game.

I could not do it. Can not give a favourite as I loooooove the old retro games.... Dare I say it but to be honest some of the old retro games were more fun then some of the games today. I guess you had to live the era.... it was also linked with a fun time I had with friends who joined me playing the games.

Slightly off topic tho . . . loved pinball too. Not really a vid game tho...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Phoenix

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough


"Pac man"

I was completely rubbish at PacMan but pretty good at Centipede and could crash the machine when playing the game where you had to direct a train along tracks, picking up carriages, whilst avoiding the rogue engines/track changers.

Can we include pinball, as well?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

R- Type,streetfighter and tumble pop

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At the arcades for me it was: wwe main event, 720, afterburner, star wars (wire frame one), altered beast, wonderboy, Bubble Bobble. At home..rambo, bombjack, Jet Pack Willy (Spectrum).

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By *itSamCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham


"At the arcades for me it was: wwe main event, 720, afterburner, star wars (wire frame one), altered beast, wonderboy, Bubble Bobble. At home..rambo, bombjack, Jet Pack Willy (Spectrum).

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Oh you went there..... Spectrum... Was the OP question regarding arcade as in going to an arcade or can spectrum be included.... Loved my speccy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Out run was ace ! ...... Can't remember the bike ones names ....... Damn .... Loved paperboy too ...... Ahhhh the days ......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Missile command - once spent 4 hours in a pub on one game, still had lives left when they were kicking out and had posted the high score by a big margin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

honorable mentions to Mr Do, centipede and tanks

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By *untimeanytimeMan
over a year ago

kings lynn


"I was a spectrum geek so for me it was things like jet-pac, jet set willy, ant attack, manic miner, chuckie egg, spy vs spy and also have flat fingers thanks to Daley thompsons decathlon"

Daley thompsons decathlon gave me a massive blister in palm of my hand I couldnt wank for weeks hahaha

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Star Wars was state of the art with its vector graphics, a good game but not a commercial success, Atari lost money on every machine sold!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My favourite was 'paperboy' character on a skateboard jumping boulders...spent hours lost on that game for 10p

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Paperboy loved it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I deposited many a coin into the 4 player version of Gauntlet. A small price to pay for the happiness of childhood."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can't decide between 'Tempest' (which I was rubbish at) or 'Battlezone' (which I got pretty good at)

There was something about the simple but effective vector graphics that just seemed futuristic at the time!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Defender and asteroids

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By *andAukCouple
over a year ago

leeds

Splatter House . I spent a fortune on this one .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was there one called streetfighter?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol

I loved that game on the Mega Drive but my god was it unforgiving!

Would love to play it now and see what it's like."

i had it on the ps1 and it was still tough lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Rampage

Paperboy

Spyhunter

"

Rampage! Loved that game.

And paperboy. Just used to fuck up the bmx track at the end.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol

I loved that game on the Mega Drive but my god was it unforgiving!

Would love to play it now and see what it's like.

i had it on the ps1 and it was still tough lol"

It was on ps1? Don't remember that.

I remember Maximo on ps2.

Ah I wanna play it now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Was there one called streetfighter?"

street fighter 2 turbo got rinsed when i was a kid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pac man, mortal kombat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know it's not a retro machine, but does anyone remember those electric chairs, sometimes uncle fester machines?

They were fun.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol

I loved that game on the Mega Drive but my god was it unforgiving!

Would love to play it now and see what it's like.

i had it on the ps1 and it was still tough lol

It was on ps1? Don't remember that.

I remember Maximo on ps2.

Ah I wanna play it now "

yeah it was on the disk capcom classics

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

Don't know the name of it, but it started with two rows of eggs, then they hatched and birds swooped at you, then eventually you had to shoot the shit out of a big round ship until you cut a hole through to the center and blew it up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

you can run nearly all the old games through emulators on your computer or tablet

used to do it all the time

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

Star wars from the early 80s got it on my tablet as an app well impressive

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Don't know the name of it, but it started with two rows of eggs, then they hatched and birds swooped at you, then eventually you had to shoot the shit out of a big round ship until you cut a hole through to the center and blew it up. "

That'll be Phoenix yeah loved that game too ... And the music

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Pac man, mortal kombat. "
and street fighter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Does anyone remember tennis on atari..

Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.

Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does anyone remember tennis on atari..

Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.

Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading"
Sinclair spectrum the black colour one ? And it came with a James bond game and gun ? Still got one at home it in the shed somewhere

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid? "

Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle?

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

for arcade games for me and still is

played air hockey the most in arcades that i own a smaller version now to play at home instead

others that i played

outrun

mortal kombat had sore fingers for that one

teken

starwars

as goes for chuckie egg still addicted to that game and still play it nowadays

as goes for the old games i had to have them and play them on pc

spectrum favorate was knightlore and underworld

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Killer instinct, street fighter 2-3, sega rally,

terminator 2, fist of the north star punching game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master system now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?

Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle?"
You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master system now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?

Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle? You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master system now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe"

That's the one.

There was a Fox game too. Can't remember the name.

God I feel old.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Frogger !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?

Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle? You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe

That's the one.

There was a Fox game too. Can't remember the name.

God I feel old."
fox game don't ring any bells it most be the old age kicking in me ....you remember shadow dancer and shanobi (spelling mite be wrong )

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By *ll of a QuiverCouple
over a year ago

Douglas


"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?

Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle? You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master system now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe

That's the one.

There was a Fox game too. Can't remember the name.

God I feel old."

Would the fox game be psycho fox?

Faves here were Chase HQ, Outrun, Hang On, NARC, Dig Dug and 10 yard fight.

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By *itSamCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Anyone heard of a Panasonic 3DO.

I had one. Amazing how many people not heard of them. . .

If you google daedalus encounter 3do it is an interactive movie. 4 disks big and you control the movie. The only reason I bought one.

Loved little computer people on the cbm64

3d death chase on spec

Attic attacks on spec.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does anyone remember tennis on atari..

Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.

Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading Sinclair spectrum the black colour one ? And it came with a James bond game and gun ? Still got one at home it in the shed somewhere "

I think the one with the gun was a spectrum+, +2 (which had the built in tape deck) or +3 (built in disk drive) which were actually Amstrad after Al the beard bought the company.

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By *itSamCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham


"Does anyone remember tennis on atari..

Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.

Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading Sinclair spectrum the black colour one ? And it came with a James bond game and gun ? Still got one at home it in the shed somewhere

I think the one with the gun was a spectrum+, +2 (which had the built in tape deck) or +3 (built in disk drive) which were actually Amstrad after Al the beard bought the company."

+2 with tape deck was grey and +3 was blak with a 3" drive (i got one of each lol)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does anyone remember tennis on atari..

Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.

Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading Sinclair spectrum the black colour one ? And it came with a James bond game and gun ? Still got one at home it in the shed somewhere

I think the one with the gun was a spectrum+, +2 (which had the built in tape deck) or +3 (built in disk drive) which were actually Amstrad after Al the beard bought the company."
The tapes use take abt 5,10 min to load remember sitting there waiting for the game to load with a 10p lucky bag in my hand the good old days.Still think the commerdore 64 was better kick start the motorbike game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Binatone tennis with the square ball and the dials that controlled the line up and down the tv screen.....now that is old school

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gauntlet!

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"Pac man, mortal kombat. and street fighter"

in our neighbourhood you were either a mortal kombat person... or a street fight person......

I was never really a fight game person... I was too busy playing all the driving games or shoot em ups... and the odd game of NBA JAM....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Donkey kong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Binatone tennis with the square ball and the dials that controlled the line up and down the tv screen.....now that is old school "

thats what i meant ...but i called it Atari !! x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

galaxian ,, much of a misspent youth on that machine

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