I was a regular in places like 10/4 & Invaders in the city & it was amazing watching some of these “masters” dominate particular games. I never spent the $$ to get good at Dragon’s Lair but loved watching the guys who could get through to the end (that game was $1 when most others were still 20c). Its also amazing to think that even back then there were cheats & glitches to exploit in some games. I remember Wonderboy & Bubble Bobble had cheat code sequences to get extra lives etc.
Remember Big Charlie Bubble Gum??
… and then when it slowly became very little Big Charlie??
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Sunnyboys, used to love crunching them up as a kid.
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IIRC the competition was that the sticks would come marked and if you got the right sticks you would get a prize. I still have 3 Admiral Akbar figures as a result.
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Wow!
I totally forgot but that was a thing wasn’t it. Was in paddle pops and lots of them.
They became dynamite sticks and now are called somethimg else
Sellouts!
For reasons I cannot recall, I had exactly one tazo, and it was that Pepe Le Pew one.
In my Uni days one of the Electrical engineering students rigged up a switch inside the side of a Donkey Kong machine (when the service guy accidentally left it open). When it got locked again we could run a magnet along the side of the machine and it would flick the switch and give us free credits. Many of us became very good at Donkey Kong.
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Also loved a good craze, I remember pop balls, slap bands no idea why they were popular but you had to have one.
My arcade playing days were a bit later. Street Fighter 2, was the all time favourite. But I also remember loving a Simpsons and a Turtles arcade game. Both 4 player side scrolling games that were awesome if you had 4 good players.
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Yep loved that.
It’s weird looking at the timelines of arcade games I played. Global release dates really don’t have much to do with when they showed up in corner stores in suburban Tasmania.
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Someone really needs to burn this thread.
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What’s with all the rubbish 4pm start times?
Even for preseason they are shithouse, don’t get me started on Anzac Day.
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Port and Footscray up now
Battle for relevance with no winners
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