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Post by restlessnative on Sept 9, 2024 12:08:00 GMT -5
For whatever reason I never got in to playing video games. We had a Nintendo but it rarely got used so was never upgraded.
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Post by johngalt on Sept 9, 2024 12:11:30 GMT -5
Back in the 80’s I was pretty good at Tank Attack and Missle Command. But I still preferred pinball. 👍 By the way, there is an arcade downtown Panama City and it has a bunch of old pinball machines. The kids are lined up waiting to play one!😂
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Post by tonyroma on Sept 9, 2024 12:12:52 GMT -5
Vintage pinball machines are extremely collectible.
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Post by olmucky on Sept 9, 2024 12:15:20 GMT -5
How many of you have young children (17 and younger) or grandkids that are allowed to play video games such as Mortal Kombat, Manhunt 2, Grand Theft Auto, Postal, et al.? Have you ever paid attention to idle chatter amongst them and their peers regarding these games? I do. He never got into those Mostly the sports ones.
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Post by johngalt on Sept 9, 2024 12:17:21 GMT -5
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Post by bullfrog on Sept 9, 2024 12:23:19 GMT -5
Video game industry makes more money than the movie industry. Indeed. And most of that revenue now comes from the mobile gaming market. Most people now have in their pockets gaming systems far more powerful than most dedicated game systems via their smart phones.
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Post by ferris1248 on Sept 9, 2024 13:19:12 GMT -5
Ice Road truckers?
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Post by gardawg on Sept 9, 2024 13:40:22 GMT -5
I was in the coin operated amusement business for a couple of years. I had 30 pinball machines. Wish I still had them. It was Ms Pac Man that made me the most money. People could sit and play all damn night. and when the welfare checks came out I'd have to empty the machines every day.
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Post by johngalt on Sept 9, 2024 14:11:54 GMT -5
Video game industry makes more money than the movie industry. Indeed. And most of that revenue now comes from the mobile gaming market. Most people now have in their pockets gaming systems far more powerful than most dedicated game systems via their smart phones. Yeah but you can’t shake and kick the phone like you could the arcade machine and not spill your beer. 😉
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Post by johngalt on Sept 9, 2024 14:12:18 GMT -5
Ice Road truckers? NCO club.
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Post by bullfrog on Sept 9, 2024 14:46:44 GMT -5
Indeed. And most of that revenue now comes from the mobile gaming market. Most people now have in their pockets gaming systems far more powerful than most dedicated game systems via their smart phones. Yeah but you can’t shake and kick the phone like you could the arcade machine and not spill your beer. 😉 You’re right. The reason dedicated video game systems still persist is because people like me who grew up with them are used to holding a controller in the hand and playing on the living room TV. I play very few games on my phone. PCs are actually the elite gaming system of choice because they can be constantly tweaked and upgraded. But I still prefer a console gaming system on the TV.
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Post by stc1993 on Sept 9, 2024 15:06:13 GMT -5
I played the pinball machines when I was a kid. There was one in a service station that was a nickle to play. Only one I ever saw. Most were a dime or 3 games for a quarter. The local bowling alley had a line of them. I'd go in there and play them. My mom could smell the cigarette smoke in my shirt that was a whipping. We weren't allowed to go in the bowling alley.
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Post by gardawg on Sept 9, 2024 15:12:56 GMT -5
Sometime around 1964 I went into a pool hall that was in the basement of a large building. The pool hall had an entrance one street and it extended all the way to the other street.
You could not see the last few tables because the cigarette smoke was so think.
Lot's of tables and they were all humming.
I've only seen smoke that thick in one other place. A conference room that was packed and you could barely see the speaker. That was in Innsbruck Austria. I was just walking by and was astounded at the smoke.
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