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Born_Somewhere_9788@reddit

Ditto Glaga (also Dig Dug)
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Intelligent_West7128@reddit

Galaga
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Fools_Overture1977@reddit

Dig Dug
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Ok-Location3244@reddit

This is a tough one. ![gif](giphy|RMEI5Bz5tnhUrGQ8w0)
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According_Reading920@reddit

Asteroids
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secretlysmooth@reddit

No question, asteroids!
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jbry27@reddit

Pac-Man. Always Pac-Man
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JUKE179r@reddit

Where is Joust and Tempest? šŸ˜Ž
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Dirty_Wookie1971@reddit

Any body remember Scramble?
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TaiDavis@reddit

The sound effects alone made me drop quarters
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merocet@reddit

Hell yeah.
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TaiDavis@reddit

Centipede
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Confident-Line-2558@reddit

Frogger!
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mgweir@reddit

Missile Command
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Impossible_Eye_5814@reddit

Space Invaders of Course šŸ˜† 🤣
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Chrome_Armadillo@reddit

The OG of video games: Pong.
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Due-Survey7212@reddit

Turbo
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y2jimi@reddit

On the list - Centipede Not on the list - Popeye, sit down Spy Hunter, Elevator Action
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Exciting-Half3577@reddit

I went so long on one quarter on Popeye I shat myself right there in the pizza parlor.
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y2jimi@reddit

Oh jeez TMI lol
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Tight_Win_6945@reddit

Space Invaders for me.
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Fathead5f@reddit

Spy Hunter
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Adept-Lettuce948@reddit

Frogger because they love froggie style.
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GradeFair@reddit

Tempest
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tennwife@reddit

Death race
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duhrun@reddit

Def Galaga, even now I want to play it.
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FakieManual@reddit

Donkey Kong.
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MoonBaby812@reddit

No Tempest or Dig Dug? Donkey Kong get my quarter.
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yorlikyorlik@reddit

Defender or DK. I loved Defender but was never very good at it.
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Clash_247g@reddit

Galaxian
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sandbag65@reddit

Astroids
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The_Texas_Bacon@reddit

Defender
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Acidcouch@reddit

No Joust, no quarter.
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Ok-Bend634@reddit

Space Invy
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SucculentMeatloaf@reddit

I like to think I ruled Defender, but probably not.
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kaoh5647@reddit

Joust!
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Safe-Dentist-1049@reddit

Tempest
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JGLip88@reddit

Pac man
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Tramp876@reddit

Galaga not Galaxion should be on the list. With the choices given it would have to be Space Invaders for me. Not a one is a bad choice. I might surprise myself if I had my old Atari 2600.
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BegnignSine@reddit

Screwed as these need 2 quarters
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Born-Throat-7863@reddit

Gotta go with the Kong!
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Vlinkous270@reddit

Asteroids
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ImindebttoTomnook@reddit

Donkey kong all the way
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Ordinary_Slip_155@reddit

Asteroid
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Iamthebuckleupbug@reddit

Defender. All day
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SchwillyMaysHere@reddit

Frogger
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smakdye@reddit

Well, seeing how Galaga (best game ever invented) isnt on the list , I'll say Defender
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TrueClu@reddit

Back in the day, I played Stargate over 12 hours on a single quarter.
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Cheese_booger@reddit

Pretty sure Galaga was left off the list because whom in their right mind would pick anything *but* Galaga?
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DLK_ALLDAY@reddit

Galaxian is Galaga 2!
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icherub1@reddit

Firmly agree on both counts.
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Mixednutbag@reddit

Galaga all the way! Spent a whole summer playing that game. I was obsessed with it!
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YousAPenguinLookinMF@reddit

Me too! Did you use the cheat that disabled enemy fire for the rest of the game? Took forever waiting for that ā€œbumblebeeā€ to run out of ammo…
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Mixednutbag@reddit

No idea about a cheat up until I saw your post. I just played the game in the summer of 85 and loved it! Lol!
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smakdye@reddit

Me too! I spent so much money on that game. I still play it every chance I get when I can find/ see it in an obscure convenience store it.
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SinewaveZB@reddit

Gotta get one of those emulators from TikTok, I got one it has 20k games, most of them are terrible or incomparable w the controller but they do have a galaga that works along w a handful of other games that actually make it worth the 30 bucks or whatever I spent.
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smakdye@reddit

I bought a raspberry Pi 4 specifically for that very reason lol. Now I'm addicted to raspberry Pi, also, if you have an old PS3 or PS4 you can root it /jailbreak it to do the same.
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LemurCat04@reddit

Have 3 handheld emulators exactly for retro gaming. I just got done cleaning all the junk off the Gameboy shaped one.
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SinewaveZB@reddit

Hell yeah! Hope it plays better than mine does lol
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smakdye@reddit

It's pretty good lol.
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EntertainerOk252@reddit

My wife won Christmas this year, getting one of those under the tree was the highlight of the season. Wrecking my kids in Mortal Kombat was a close second.
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Bird2525@reddit

Flawless Victory
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therelybare5@reddit

We didn’t spend all that much money on it, in college. In fact, we availed ourselves of the bug in the programming that stopped all bombs dropping and played it off/on all day on a single quarter!
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Rocknhoo@reddit

Yes! I was obsessed. I still play it when I come across it. Funny how I still remember how to get to challenger stages and get double ships. And boy does my heart rate go up and palms get sweaty!
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Rocknhoo@reddit

Me too!! Funny how I still remember how to get to bonus rounds and get double ships. And boy does my heart rate go up and palms get sweaty!
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Lucky_Guess4079@reddit

Funny how we were limited to those quarters and game play only when you physically went to the machine. That’s a concept. Then when finally got the Atari! Game Changer! Then the trading off cartridges! That was cool!
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MongoLikeCandy2112@reddit

That’s not Galaga, it’s Galaxian, which was an inferior game, but still good.
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MickerBud@reddit

Agree! but why did they only have one in each arcade? wtf was that about?
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Available-Crow-3442@reddit

The only game close to Galaga is Q*Bert.
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Guilty-Pen1152@reddit

There’s a game in the App Store (on apple not sure about android) called Galaxiga that IS Galaga!!!!!!! I love it (not as much as the arcade game, but at least it’s still out there).
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Professor_McWeed@reddit

same. Galaga forever… but since not here I’d say Centipede.
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sidewaysbynine@reddit

Of not here games, it's Gauntlet, THE WARRIOR IS ABOUT TO DIE, but ya Centipede out of the choices listed
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Clean-Mention-4254@reddit

I would go find the Galaga machines.
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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Star castles
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WinterComfortable726@reddit

Galaga is truly the best arcade game ever made
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dangerfielder@reddit

Galaga! Galaga! Galaga!
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lost4wrds@reddit

my exact answer :-) Galaga rules.
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mouse_Jupiter@reddit

I had to look up Galaxian, because Ive never heard of it. Apparently Galaga is a sequel to it. Very similar looking game.
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majestration@reddit

Galaga every day! My high score handle was AXE lol
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Bob_12_Pack@reddit

Yep, and Galaxian is just a bad knock-off
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jayseventwo@reddit

Was just going to say Galaga!!
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this_kitty68@reddit

Galaga. I can still get the high score!
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DrLager@reddit

Yeah. I would have said Galaxian because I thought it was Galaga at first glance. I have no idea what Galaxian is
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Delicious_Cry_9872@reddit

I was spoiled rotten as a kid and we somehow had the defender game in the basement. I got really good it at šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
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Bird2525@reddit

My exact thought. Donkey Kong or Frogger if Defender is broken
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External-Dude779@reddit

Get that Galaxian BS outta there. Galaga is the only option here
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eggbean@reddit

Galaga was Galaxian II, so it's not bullshit.
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Formal-Cut-4923@reddit

Agree but then I would play Donkey Kong.
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eggbean@reddit

Galaga was essentially Galaxian II.
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BCVinny@reddit

Or dig dug
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ElliotNess@reddit

I'd put the coin into Galaxian and then get pissed that it's not Galaga like I had thought.
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smakdye@reddit

It's the "we got Galaga at home" version lol
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cybermage@reddit

Galaga4eva, second choice Donkey Kong
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Krimreaper1@reddit

We should be best friends. ![gif](giphy|Ke3CM1NVkULWo)
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Terrible_Emotion_710@reddit

My first thought was where the fuck is Galaga?
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secularist42@reddit

Exactly THIS...
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TakeMeToThePielot@reddit

I still love to kill me some space bees and oooh that double ship…
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Ill_Athlete_7979@reddit

Galaxian
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Hot_Republic2543@reddit

Defender, loved that game
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F1Fan55SKorea@reddit

Galaga
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Delici0us_Breakfast@reddit

Galaga. Easy.
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Slayer-Fan-8255@reddit

Donkey Kong
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SlapaBaby1@reddit

Pac-Man
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kao_nyc@reddit

Wow! That’s a greatest hits of my arcade life. Can’t even begin to make the choice but thank you for this excellent list!!
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Big_Cap_6037@reddit

Centipede
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Cuddlehustle@reddit

Dig dug
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mattman0000@reddit

Dig Dig was my babysitter for most of the First Grade.
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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Dig dug is awesome but donkey Kong is the best
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50YearsofFailure@reddit

I had this theme song as a ringtone on my cell specifically for a very disorganized client once upon a time. Glad those days are over.
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sjjenkins@reddit

I still sing the speedy version of the song out loud when I rush something.
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dripdrabdrub@reddit

Oohh...that's a memory. Just loved pumping them and seeing them pop(no double entendre).
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WafflesTheMoose@reddit

Centipede. Hands down.
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Phildiy@reddit

Asteroids
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ClydePrefontaine@reddit

Donkey Kong with red sides<-
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laughingpurplerain@reddit

pacman
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Seul7@reddit

Defender
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PrettyClient9073@reddit

I’ll keep the quarter in my pocket waiting for Tempest.
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garlandf_@reddit

Pacman because I knew the pattern and I could play for hours on one quarter.
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Whole_Conclusion8432@reddit

Don’t miss the live ones
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garlandf_@reddit

Pacman because I knew the pattern and I could play for hours on one quarter.
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markerbri@reddit

Donkey Kong
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Tazz2373@reddit

Galaga but also pac man
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Muzziex@reddit

Galaxian. Memories of Friday nights at the local pizza bar in Adelaide in the middle of summer. Drinking West End. Before cruising Hindley Street
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No_Understanding7431@reddit

Never met a Donkey Kong i didn't have to play
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Futhebridge@reddit

Since you didn't put pole position as an option I would pick pacman
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No_Understanding7431@reddit

I could never pass up a Donkey Kong game.
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Sushisushi70@reddit

Defender! I was killer at that game! šŸ˜
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Dismal_Scheme1014@reddit

Galahad
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jcanusi@reddit

Where is Wizard of Wor?
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browsin4fun@reddit

Pac-Man
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2b-Kindly_@reddit

Pac Man
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Meldedfire@reddit

Xevious. Every. Time.
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Fine-Art-6256@reddit

Saving my quarter for Karate Champ....
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Competitive_Hand_394@reddit

Doesn't really matter... I totally sucked at all of them!
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Ok_Orchid1004@reddit

Defender of course!
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Analytical-BrainiaC@reddit

Defender …… I can even hear it in my head now….
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Alternative_Ear522@reddit

I scored over 6million on Defender. It doesn’t get harder after the 16th stage. Took 7 hours. I went beck to Play Palace the next day and the owner gave me 20 tokens to not play it. I was 13 but thought I was some kind of king… paid not play. 1982 or so.
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Padres_Guy2765@reddit

Centipede
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Pamelot130x2@reddit

All day, every day! My dad would tease me about the semipermanent blister I had on my pinkie from getting it caught in the roller ball šŸ˜…šŸ¤­
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chickenskinduffelbag@reddit

Me to. Only because Galaga isn’t a choice.
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DoctorStarkweather@reddit

If I want my quarter to last, I’ll be going with galaxian.
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SuperPoodie92477@reddit

Pacman
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XyXyX-66@reddit

Centipede all day. Literally.
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boommerz420@reddit

Donkey Kong
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Yasashii_Akuma156@reddit

Pac-Man would last the longest for me, usually hit the Key level fully focused.
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ProfMeriAn@reddit

I've seen this post here before....
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roadsidegunfight@reddit

Defender
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XROOR@reddit

Missile Command with the Roller balls
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Bobnbecky@reddit

DK
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ShakeyChee@reddit

Tempest
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dontseethateveryday@reddit

Asteroids.
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Greedy-Mycologist810@reddit

If I’m trying to maximize my time because mom is shopping at Kroger, I’m going Pac Man because I know most of the pattern. Frogger close second. Quickest path to game over is Defender by far that game was really hard.
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Left_Warthog_3732@reddit

Astroids I wasn't much of a gamer but I did rather well on that game. The rest, I'd be dead before the quarter stopped rattling in the machine...
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Imabasicbetty@reddit

Question: was anyone any good at Dragon’s Lair? Like invested the whole 50 cents per 20 second game to get good at it?
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AlphaEpsilonX@reddit

Donkey Kong. I always loved Defender, but I can’t help but zip around real fast and die.
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arkham1010@reddit

Where the hell is Tempest? C'mon!
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Fritz5678@reddit

That was the only game I was ever halfway decent playing.
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Imabasicbetty@reddit

Haha I was also halfway decent at this and I swear I was only spinning the dial around going ā€œwheeee!ā€
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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

How good is tempest
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Salt_Scene8869@reddit

Tempest here too, along with defender.
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PromotionEqual4133@reddit

Loved Tempest but lost way too fast. Maybe if they had a chill mode I wouldn’t have lost so many quarters so fast.
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arkham1010@reddit

omg u suk get gud luzer! (Sorry, channeling my 12 year old son).
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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Another member of Team Tempest!
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Penandsword2021@reddit

Hi! Now there’s FOUR of us!
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Exc8316@reddit

Can I join?
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DrLager@reddit

Tempest was awesome.
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Fishboney@reddit

I recently bought a Tempest tee-shirt. Loved that game.
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coyote1971@reddit

Vector graphics give me the nostalgias
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inkboy1969@reddit

Hi new best friend! TEAM TEMPEST
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winelover08816@reddit

Of these? Centipede, no doubt.
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Mj250707@reddit

PAC man. If you know the patterns you can play for a long time
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Holiday_Sense_4842@reddit

Space invaders. I can play for an hour on one quarter
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Rezonator_@reddit

I’m more of a Star Castle fellow
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leinad1972@reddit

Galaga or Gyruss. GenX poser. /s
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StrangeworldsUnited@reddit

Galaxian, hands down
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AnyBug9595@reddit

Tempest
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lamboeric@reddit

Defender
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agroundhere@reddit

I was the unequaled master of Galaxion
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teacher_time23@reddit

PAC Man for sure. Best bang for the money.
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smellstoremember@reddit

I’m getting a coke
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authentek@reddit

Centipede - pure mayhem
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OldScene6147@reddit

Frogger based on what game lasts the longest
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sweetassassin@reddit

Pac-Man is the only answer… actually lady Pac-Man
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OkWorldliness4863@reddit

Donkey Kong for me. I’m 52 and on my 50th I bought a full size arcade machine. Now I’m retired. Smoke a fatty and play for hours. šŸ˜Ž
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SidMarcus@reddit

I remember riding a Greyhound Bus from Rochester NY to Boston with my Mom in 1980 and every bus terminal had an Asteroids machine. I got 1 quarter per stop and by the end of the trip I was pretty damn good!
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realjimmyjuice000@reddit

Defender
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No_Maize_230@reddit

Looking for pinball machines.
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Guilty-Pen1152@reddit

I had a friend some 20 years or so ago that had a pinball machine in his house! Can’t remember which one though. We were all pretty drunk when we played! 🤣
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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Black hole pinball
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Aurochbull@reddit

The Twilight Zone pinball machine from the early 90's. Holy shit. Amazing.
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No_Maize_230@reddit

Great one, Medieval Madness was my jam!!
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PappaDan1@reddit (OP)

My fav!!!
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Empty-Intention3400@reddit

None of them. I be looking around for a Joust or a Berserk machine.
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iammabdaddy@reddit

Asteroids. My favorite.
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mobius2121@reddit

Space Invaders, simple, only 3 buttons to master.
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CookExisting@reddit

Donkey Kong
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choppafoah@reddit

Pfft, no joust or sinistar.
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ODBright@reddit

I’m walking past all of them with my roll of quarters and playing Double Dragon II possibly Ninja Gaiden
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pathetic_beta_bitch@reddit

Donkey Kong Or pac man
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No_Pickle7030@reddit

Tempest was my favorite, way back in the golden age of gaming. Now if I can only find the original game.
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50YearsofFailure@reddit

Not the original original game but: https://archive.org/details/arcade_tempest
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No_Pickle7030@reddit

Thank you!
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FlurpNurdle@reddit

Gyruss was kinda similar (circular shooting inward) but without the vector/raster? Graphics and the "grid like boards to stay on" which made tempest so unique and fun. Oh: And the "paddle wheel" controls, which were heavy and felt good with the sounds as you moved around.
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No_Pickle7030@reddit

I agree. I can still hear the sounds at the arcade. And the music playing in the background. A lot of Rush.
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generationextra@reddit

Xevious!!! Here: https://youtu.be/wFkDfVkziqQ?feature=shared
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ddhard65@reddit

Defender
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michiganrockhunter@reddit

Donkey Kong. But if Q Bert was an option, that's what I'd play .
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CosmicTurtle504@reddit

@!#?@!
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michiganrockhunter@reddit

šŸ˜„ #?@!#!
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nvalle23@reddit

I always thought something broke in the cabinet when that thing popped!
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Horn_Flyer@reddit

Loved QBert!!
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PappaDan1@reddit (OP)

Forgot about Qbert.
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y6h66@reddit

Joust
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webdev73@reddit

Frogger. It was the first game I ever played. ā¤ļø
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SnakePlissken1980@reddit

On that list, probably Defender but my favorite arcade game is the original Star Wars arcade game https://preview.redd.it/7s96emetsafe1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=04eb7b246a7a60a550aa6322f8923e6c6c545a67
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adrianp005@reddit

PacMan!
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I_C_Seashells@reddit

Oooohhhh that's tough.. have to go for top right. Would keep me busy for houououours
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DarkTree23@reddit

PAC-MAN as I could play forever on a quarter… of course not today… but I could back then for a couple hundred levels… I never did make it to the glitch level I think it was 250 or something where the game just lost its mind since it was not designed to go that high… I only made it to level 200 ish a couple times.
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millerg44@reddit

I don't see Q*bert.
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jannawilde97@reddit

Centipede!!! I totally sucked at arcade games (still suck at video games) but this was my favorite, lol
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reddit_again_ugh_no@reddit

Galaxian
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Time-Code-4321@reddit

Asteroids
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AliVista_LilSista@reddit

Centipede or Pac Man. I was super good at Centipede though.
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schowdur123@reddit

Centipede
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SadCranberry8838@reddit

Galaga Dig Dug Xevious Ms. Pac-Man Pac-Man Pole Position
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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Sky shark
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Ayrwynn@reddit

Galaxian off this list, but my favorites were Road Blaster and Rolling Thunder.
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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Rolling thunder is often overlooked solid game
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jlo5k@reddit

ROBOTRON šŸ¤–
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Jock-amo@reddit

Q bert
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Poolman1701@reddit

Spy Hunter
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MongoLikeCandy2112@reddit

All of these games were the bomb, but what about Zaxxon? That game was KILLER!!!
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WinterComfortable726@reddit

Donkey Kong hands down
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CanIHaveAppleJuice@reddit

Galaga or Tempest
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scrapboy784@reddit

I played centipede for so many hours straight.
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brichar62@reddit

Missle Command
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treemann85@reddit

![gif](giphy|11v0bBwGjkiLio)
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Top-Spinach2060@reddit

I completely remember first playing Donkey Kong at a Roundtable pizza.Ā 
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Sweb1975@reddit

My dad has asteroids once, he couldn't sit down for a week.
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Panda-Cubby@reddit

Space Invaders. No question.
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bjb8@reddit

Galaga but I did like Phoenix too.
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Ghostrecon3068@reddit

I'm playing Galaxian
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LifeOfAnAIKitty@reddit

I'd have to agree with the other Galaga fans! Galaga and Tempest were my jams. I'd say it's a toss-up between space invaders and asteroids. Going with space invaders with my quarter. šŸ‘¾ā˜„ļø
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Tamases@reddit

What about Sinistar? "Beware I Hunger" "I am Sinistar and I LIVE"
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Snakeinbottle@reddit

None. Thanks for the quater sucker!!!
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Gbonk@reddit

Galaga
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kalitarios@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/f7a3pst2h9fe1.jpeg?width=1530&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fab902a407b8a1f750c1c4addafad0d66481445
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RiderguytillIdie@reddit

Defender. I ā€˜owned’ that game back in the day.
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therealDrPraetorius@reddit

Asteroids
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ChrisRiley_42@reddit

If they didn't have Cinestar (which I held the arcade record on for months at a time), Defender.
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marius1972@reddit

Centipede
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SportyMcDuff@reddit

Asteroids because a quarter would last me until my fingers got too sore to play.
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TwistedBlister@reddit

What, they don't have Xevious or Tempest?
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SomeOldDude73@reddit

Galaxian for me. I could at least last awhile.
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Ronald-J-Mexico@reddit

All of them!!!
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munnin1977@reddit

Galaga Forever!
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Joesdad65@reddit

Pac-Man
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Status-Effort-9380@reddit

F that, I’m playing pinball!!!!
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PromotionEqual4133@reddit

Galaga (or Galaxian if necessary), since my quarter would last longer. Centipede was too fast for me.
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Specialist-Fan-1890@reddit

Asteroids!
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Impossible_Dingo9422@reddit

Robotron 2084
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ForgottengenXer67@reddit

Trigger
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JakkSplatt@reddit

Spy Hunter
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AbbreviationsLarge63@reddit

Space Invaders. I put so many quarters in that game. I coulda been a contender. What a waste.
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maeryclarity@reddit

Centipede but where is Joust?
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Tough-Muffin2114@reddit

Centipede, I pinched my hand so many times in the roller ball hahaha
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Tough-Muffin2114@reddit

Centipede, I pinched the palm of my hand so many times hahaha
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OG_Konada@reddit

Galaga
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SanguineDust@reddit

Donkey Kong....I was decent
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thehobster@reddit

I learned the patterns early, so Pac Man will give me the most minutes of entertainment for my quarter
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Impossible-Company78@reddit

Joust
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HowDidFoodGetInHere@reddit

Donkey Kong every time.
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workntohard@reddit

For me the preferred game was Guantlet followed Joust.
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Happy-Speech-7003@reddit

I was a Defender boy. I can only wonder how many quarters I spent playing it!
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prowipes@reddit

Where Burger Time at
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COSurfing@reddit

Galaga and Joust.
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coffeepot_65w@reddit

Defender all the way!
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Common-T8r@reddit

Defender!
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Cranky_Uncle_J@reddit

Centipede! I worked at an Aladdin's Castle back in the 80s, and got the Centipede marquee glass when the game got switched (to a lame Superman platformer I think)
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Exciting_Bid_609@reddit

I'm looking for pinball.
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Beneficial-Mall6549@reddit

Battle Zone
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Kamimitsu@reddit

Spy Hunter
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sjjenkins@reddit

This guy quarters.
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Divtos@reddit

lol the Peter Gunn theme immediately came to mind when I saw your comment.
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electrodog1999@reddit

The hardest song our middle school band played because no one could figure out the 5/4 timing.
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VastPlankton6097@reddit

Centipede! Loved it.
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RandomConnections@reddit

Asteroids!
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Odd-Pollution-2181@reddit

Frogger, from the available choices
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AmazingCarry7804@reddit

Galaxian, I could play that game the longest
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UrMaCantCook@reddit

Pac-Man. I knew the patterns and could play for hours on one quarter
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AlgaeDizzy2479@reddit

Definitely Donkey Kong.Ā 
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Chase_9291@reddit

Frogger.
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andio76@reddit

Defender
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Paint-by-numberrs@reddit

Frogger
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Paint-by-numberrs@reddit

Frogger
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tbonescott1974@reddit

Galaga. Not Galaxian.
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cipherjones@reddit

I'm saving up for dragons lair.
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PsEggsRice@reddit

Asteroids. The thrusters on your ship were awesome, being able to coast across the screen, slightly curve your line or just hit hard burn and fly across the screen (there was no border, you looped to the other side). And the cautionary action of shooting an asteroid, making sure the broken parts didn't come at you. Very zen game.
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PieTighter@reddit

I'd want to play Defender, but with just one quarter, I'd have to go with Asteroids. Asteroids is one of those games where I can make a quarter last.
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zedgrrrl@reddit

Frogger
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therelybare5@reddit

I loved Track and Field before they put the covers on the buttons!
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Urban_forager@reddit

Were you a comb runner?? I was! The button covers or blocker killed me.
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therelybare5@reddit

I had never heard of that until I saw it a few seconds ago on You Tube. I only played it like doing a drum roll on the buttons.
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Urban_forager@reddit

Nah… bridge a come over your middle finger and place your ring and index on either side leaving enough room to use your other hand to bang the end of the comb
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CompAlarm667@reddit

Centipede
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PA-pjs-rsocomfy@reddit

Frogger
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Pineapple_Express762@reddit

What…no Missle Command?
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dripdrabdrub@reddit

Ms. Pac-Man all day long. But, as it relates to your list...Centipede.
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kklug24@reddit

Tempest
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Slather_Jam@reddit

Joust. I'm playing Joust.
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Exc8316@reddit

It will be the quickest quarter ever, but I loved defender. šŸ˜‚
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rush87y@reddit

No Dragons Lair? How am I supposed to blow through my $5 paper route earnings in 3 minutes now?
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ersatztvc15@reddit

Donkey Kong. Still my fave video game of all.
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balognavolt@reddit

Pac man. Fuck defender
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Glad_Management_2885@reddit

Why isn't Galaga an option?
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sallan23@reddit

Asteroids. I could play quite awhile on one quarter.
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S_Rodney@reddit

Most likely Pac-Man
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Nervous-Horror-9632@reddit

Defender!!!
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mudamuckinjedi@reddit

Not on there but Missile Command.
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shpanky@reddit

Dragons Lair boyeeeeeeeee
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Deitaphobia@reddit

Is there a *Pengo* in the back corner?
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BigLoudWorld74@reddit

Since Galaga isn't an option I'm gonna have to go with Centipede.
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Invasive-farmer@reddit

Galaxian
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DukeOfWestborough@reddit

The lack of Galaga shows that the creator of the image wasn't actually there...
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BlurryGraph3810@reddit

Defender was my best arcade game.
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Standardeviation2@reddit

I sick at all of them, but I’ll get the most out of one quarter by playing Space Invaders.
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Mercutiofoodforworms@reddit

Centipede although I was pretty bad at it.
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Federal-Neat7833@reddit

Frogged for about 2 minutes, then I get squashed.
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Stargazer12am@reddit

Oh, it’s on. On like Donkey Kong!
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qleptt@reddit

None I would need 2 quarters
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sdsva@reddit

Defender
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c9belayer@reddit

ā€˜Roids all day long, or rather, $2 in quarters.
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Fickle-Woodpecker596@reddit

Frogger
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ilbiker67@reddit

Galaga and Defender
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heyheypaula1963@reddit

Pac-Man!!!
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Effective-Ad-2015@reddit

DK Fo Sho!
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Eater-of-Tacos@reddit

Golden Axe
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No_Can2570@reddit

Centipede
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Nikonis99@reddit

Space invaders. I leaned a cheat code (counting the number of shots fired) that gave me a slight advantage. I had high scores on every machine in town. Spent a LOT of quarters on those games
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Imnotthatduder@reddit

I was always more a of an Arkanoid fan. If it’s gotta be from this list then it’s Centipede.
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jmaddy1984@reddit

Pac-Man or Donkey Kong!
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PenDraeg1@reddit

Gonna go looking for an arcade that has Joust.
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CitizenChatt@reddit

This one https://youtu.be/PNtmR4EHQ14?si=yPEW054a6fFNFk2X
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CitizenChatt@reddit

Donkey Kong
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count_strahd_z@reddit

Of those I'd pick Asteroids.
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RoutineAsk7508@reddit

Defenders
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CR8VJUC@reddit

No Centipedes, no care. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø
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emilyyancey@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/roiib03u98fe1.jpeg?width=698&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7419f6cae69a6c80741856f0f0f7de6c5538ea78
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houseproud-townmouse@reddit

Moon patrol
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ZeroScorpion3@reddit

Where the fuck is MISSILE COMMAND???
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Urban_forager@reddit

I have a table top PAC-MAN at home so I’m giving my vote to Kong. I’m gonna play for extra games and jolly ranchers. I have ranchers to bet against quarters 5:1. (If we are back in the 80’s in my hometown) now I’m just putting the quarter in a jar. I don’t spend change.
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Ruenin@reddit

Of those? Donkey Kong. I don't understand why Robotron 2084 is never on these lists when it's from the same era and almost universally loved.
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AUorAG@reddit

Defender
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CuriousCamel-2007@reddit

Frogger!
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Vegetable-Guidance39@reddit

Not playing any of them because the minimum to start now is $0.50
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LivingEnd44@reddit

Galaga should be on this list in place of Galaxian.Ā 
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dRaxiver@reddit

Find an arcade that has Tempest
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Impervious_Rex@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ctvjs0cxk7fe1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1732997ee55073b4309bc100ced1e17d8a2880c0
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therelybare5@reddit

Give new meaning to the term Joystick!
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AXLPendergast@reddit

Asteroids. I clocked the fuck out of that game with tens of free ships back in the day.
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Eichler69@reddit

Pac-Man, 9th key takes awhile
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TelegramforMungo@reddit

Pole Position, Sinistar, or Super Pac-man. Roc N Rope, Time Pilot, Star Wars, Bezerk, Tron, Double Dragon, Moon Patrol, Popeye, Spy Hunter, Rush n Attack, Zaxxon, don’t sleep on any of these classics.
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MadGeller@reddit

Sinistar was my jam
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ParsleySlow@reddit

I'm total shit at defender, so Galaxian it is!
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PokesBo@reddit

Galaxian
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Swimming-Minimum9177@reddit

Spy Hunter
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medusamagpie@reddit

Asteroids
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Jimsma93@reddit

Centipede
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SilverAgeSurfer@reddit

None I'll buy a comic book!!! Only because I don't see Missile Command, Tempest or any old school pinball.
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Prestigious_Look4199@reddit

Donkey Kong every day of the week and twice on Sunday
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SilentPangolin4277@reddit

Asteroids
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gofixmeaplate@reddit

Frogger
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Cuddlehustle@reddit

Joust
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Wild_Anywhere_9642@reddit

I always played joust at the bar to see how drunk I was, if I failed the 3rd level somebody better drive me home
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Slartibartfastthe3rd@reddit

Effen’ tetradactyl! I NEED A CAB!
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ArugulaNervous9262@reddit

Asteroids
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minnesotajersey@reddit

Asteroids. I can get the most play time from that one.
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smokeehayes@reddit

Galaxian
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ToxicGenXBaddAss@reddit

If you take a straw on the donkey, Kong machine on the top right hinge of the door you put the quarter and shake it up and down real fast and it adds credits without the quarter
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nycguychelsea@reddit

If I have only one quarter, I'll take Space Invaders. It's not my favorite game on the list, but I can make that quarter last for quite a while.
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penster1@reddit

Most of them were the end of my sanity
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RetroactiveRecursion@reddit

LOVED Donkey Kong but I was pretty good at Centipede.
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Even_Contact_1946@reddit

Oh man. Defender
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ChemicalBit5814@reddit

Galaga
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Bsizzle18@reddit

I got the PAC Man fever
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Particular-Stick-395@reddit

Defender! And, maybe Contra..
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Icy-Feeling-528@reddit

Sabotage
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ldssggrdssgds@reddit

Galaxian
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funktopus@reddit

Defender or Pac-Man.Ā  We used to have a BBQ place that had an old Pac-Man machine and I would call the order in the immediately head over with quarters. The ladies would always laugh because I would walk in start playing and one would ask if I have an order in, I would tell them yeah but I just called in and figured I still have 20 minutes to play pac-man.Ā 
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Important-Art4892@reddit

Space invaders!
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Arvid38@reddit

Since Pac-Man and not Ms. Pac-Man is on the list, I will choose Frogger 🐸
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ghostrider_22_@reddit

Defender since Galaga is not on there. I would spend two dollars in quarters every Friday night at the skating rink.
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Unhappy-Hunt-6811@reddit

Pinball
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19BabyDoll75@reddit

Pac-Man. Getting my freaking moneys worth.
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DonDraper75@reddit

Frogger
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Affectionate_Box3818@reddit

Frogger!
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VanHammerslyBilliard@reddit

Centipede all day
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LJGuitarPractice@reddit

No Tempest? OK Asteroids it is
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KindofLiving@reddit

I'm giving it to my sister because I sucked. Frogger would be my best chance of getting to level 10.
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DrLager@reddit

What’s the game about the asshole kid that went around and ate food while chefs were trying to merc him?
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Fish_Bhai@reddit

Galaga is the only Real answer
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kibs12kibs12@reddit

PAC man. Because my quarter would last longer. If I had two quarters, I would start with Asteroids.
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Guardian250@reddit

Robotron, missle command and dig dug were always my favorite, but out of those gotta be defender.
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N2Beadz@reddit

Centipede, out of choices given. My all time favorite was Star Castle. Had to purchase an on top bar top game to get my fix. Still play it here and there.
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SwineSpectator@reddit

Defender, because Joust isn't there.
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Certain-Orange484@reddit

Centipede all the way
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GoldenAgeGamer72@reddit

Ms. Pac-Man
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Helpful_InAPinch@reddit

Defender
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Str8Bugn@reddit

Same my quarter for Galaga
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midnight_to_midnight@reddit

Since Super Mario Bros isn't listed, I will say Donkey Kong.
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Sitting_pipe@reddit

Galaga
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TabuTM@reddit

Tempest!
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Squiggly2017@reddit

In the absence of Zaxxon, I'd go with Donkey Kong.
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Ok-Catch-5813@reddit

Pac-Man always
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ChristyDRFan@reddit

Centipede and Defender.
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jakedzz@reddit

Definitely Asteroids. When you got bored, and the screen mostly cleared, you could play "how crazily can I fly around before I get blown up?" for awhile.
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UpbeatAd2250@reddit

Frogger on Atari
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UpbeatAd2250@reddit

Galaga
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BosPatriot71@reddit

I went to a retro arcade a few weeks ago. I couldn’t get past the first level on any of the above. Pathetic lol
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FlurpNurdle@reddit

There are usually? settings inside the old cabinet games to make them easier/harder. As a kid only if you played a lot of 1 game did you kinda get a feel if that specific one was "tuned to be easier or harder". I feel today they should set them all up on easy mode, as its nostalgia... but maybe the owner is either setting them to hard mode on purpose (make more money, or "old gamers like it on hard mode right?) or they just bought and plugged them in and left the defaults. The harder settings usually eat quarters as you didn't know the difficulty setting going in. If i knew a machine was configured significantly harder (like no free lives, etc) i refused to play.
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BosPatriot71@reddit

I blame the well used joysticks and buttons. It had nothing to do with my slower reaction time and increasingly poor eyesight.
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Stock_Sound_3407@reddit

Ms PACMAN
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CommissionFeisty9843@reddit

Gorf
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Addamall@reddit

Pa man to see if I still can do the perfect map path still
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Hairy_Introduction_4@reddit

Centipede! That quarter has to last until mom comes back from shopping
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outtaslight@reddit

Stargate
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FoundationAny7601@reddit

Asteroids....I had the highest score for an entire summer at the arcade. I drew a crowd once to watch. That was my claim to fame for one summer but never to achieve such great heights again.
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HBStatenMan@reddit

Defender!
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JamMasterPickles@reddit

Just only on ability to make a quarter last, I'm going with Space Invaders
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terita-reddits@reddit

DEEEE FENNN DER.
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Visible-Student5141@reddit

Galaga, Ms Pac Man, or Dig Dug
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residentbrit@reddit

Where’s Bomb Jack?
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kypopskull7@reddit

PAC !
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Mixednutbag@reddit

BurgerTime! I always had fun with the control ball playing Centipede. So I'd pick that from those listed. I always found the controls for Asteroid frustrating.
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Bird2525@reddit

Or Mr. Do!
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VastUpset@reddit

Hyperspace=instant death
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No-Ambition7750@reddit

Burgertime.
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MaskedJackyl@reddit

Defender everytime
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rhcedar@reddit

Space Invaders Very first video game that I played. I liked a lot of other games more, but there is something about your first.
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EquivalentOwn2185@reddit

i liked asteroids šŸ’«
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rocketsous@reddit

My favorite was Shinobi.
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Silvaria928@reddit

Centipede every time!! Totally loved that game.
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Alaska_Roy@reddit

JOUST!
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Syrgrl78@reddit

Pac Man of course!!
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fartknockertoo@reddit

Tuh, I sure played some mean pinball
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20thAveDahlias@reddit

Centipede was my go to
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BSato83@reddit

I love defender. But never mastered it. So wouldn’t last long. So centipede. Can go a while there and it’s fun. But pac man would be there if I remembered the pattens I used back in the day to play forever.
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natokills@reddit

There wasn't any video games that I wouldn't play, but Robotron 2048 was my jam. Could play for 45 minutes on a quarter.
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Stallion1514@reddit

Donkey Kong
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andy_nony_mouse@reddit

Coin detected in pocket
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jonzin@reddit

If it were Galaga instead of Galaxian it would be an easy choice. Out of the options I would choose Frogger. The game I probably spent the most quarters on was Gyruss.
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EkimGoRedd@reddit

Gyruss has the best music of any early arcade game.
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eggbean@reddit

I know all of these classic argade games very well. My favourite was probably Galaxian II, aka Galaga.
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slayersteve100@reddit

Centipede for sure.
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capncrud@reddit

Missile Command and Tempest notably missing
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PizzaWhole9323@reddit

It's not on the list. But I would pop my quarter into a Galaga machine and play for probably a good 20 minutes sometimes maybe half an hour if you're really good. After that it would be galaxian. ![gif](giphy|uYe2emzPgDfj2)
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plainnameguy@reddit

PAC man
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wish4111@reddit

Centipede
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cyphertext71@reddit

Who goes to the arcade with only one quarter?
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Beegkitty@reddit

Pole position my good friend. Or Pole Position 2.
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MyriVerse2@reddit

Defender. It still, sometimes, calls to me in my sleep.
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Careflwhatyouwish4@reddit

Asteroids
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DaySoc98jr@reddit

Pac-Man and it’s not especially close.
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Traditional_Leg5847@reddit

Centipede!! šŸ›
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SlickNick980@reddit

I was terrible at all of them but I’d pick Defender. Mom used to give me a couple of quarters to get me out of her hair while she grocery shopped and that one is the most nostalgic for me.
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justinchina@reddit

If we had any quarters left over from the laundromat….that was when I get to experience the magic… Galaga was the only machine our laundromat had!
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Its_JustMe13@reddit

Pac man for sure
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dvl36s@reddit

I'm saving that quarter n waiting until I come across a quality arcade that has ROBOTRON in it. Good day, sir!
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hawkrew@reddit

Pac-Man all day.
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MnGoulash@reddit

Donkey Kong or Frogger — probably DK
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DapperGovernment4245@reddit

No Contra no Galaga screw this shitty arcade let’s go over to the candy store and see how hyped on sugar and food coloring we can get for a quarter.
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Danny_Mc_71@reddit

Galaxian
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True-Hope4256@reddit

pac-man
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Adam_n_ali@reddit

Joust
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HectorsMascara@reddit

I could probably make that quarter last the longest on Pac-Man, but I prefer Space Invaders.
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negcap@reddit

Defender is the most fun but I think my quarter would last the longest with Donkey Kong. I have those patterns memorized. I'm no King of Kong but I played a LOT.
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icatchfrogs@reddit

Q*Bert
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NewOldSmartDum@reddit

What was the one that went ā€œINTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! GET THE INTRUDER.?
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InevitableOk5017@reddit

The sound on these games was amazing it’s crazy.
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cleponji81@reddit

Defender!
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Own_Experience_8229@reddit

If I was at Pizza Hut it was Pac-Man. At the skating rink it was centipede.
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waltsnider1@reddit

The jokes on you! I've gotten Atari 2600 at home!
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WeatherIcy6509@reddit

Asteroids I guess, as my quarter will last longest there.
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scdmf88888@reddit

Centipede even though I sucked at it.
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FugginOld@reddit

Tempest
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Phildagony@reddit

Without Galaga, I guess Asteroids.
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mehoart2@reddit

Gauntlet II
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jlmicek670@reddit

Agree above - Galaga, but Defender cos it’s on the list.
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Glum-One2514@reddit

Defender.
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Cruiser_13@reddit

Centipede
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geolaw@reddit

Galaxian ... I've got an older spare laptop running batocera which is a retro arcade Linux distro ... I think I've got all games shown
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GIGGLES708@reddit

Frogger of course
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HistoriadoraFantasma@reddit

My dad had asteroids once.
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snoopy_88@reddit

defender so i can last 30 seconds and get on with things
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Hungry-Credit6520@reddit

Pac-man
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Principle_Unhappy@reddit

Defender
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mtrap74@reddit

Defender. All day on one quarter.
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acn0319@reddit

Frogger!
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ArtichokeRelevant211@reddit

Galaxian
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home_dollar@reddit

I would get my money’s worth out of galaxian. Without it there is no galaga. Donkey Kong would be my second choice
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HGFantomas@reddit

DK
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Lucky_Guess4079@reddit

Galaxian for sure!
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Mandragon62@reddit

Centipede!
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PokeRay68@reddit

Q-bert.
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CosmicallyF-d@reddit

Xevious
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phred_666@reddit

Frogger. My quarter would last longer. Pac Man would be my second choice but I’ve forgotten the ghost patterns and I don’t think I would last as long as I used to (inert ā€œThat’s what she saidā€ joke here…
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happinesspro@reddit

Pac-Man. That way, my quarter goes further.
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Tony_Tanna78@reddit

Centipede
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outonthetiles66@reddit

SI all the way.
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OmChi123456@reddit

Where is Tron?!?
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OmChi123456@reddit

Centipede!
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SBS190@reddit

Vanguard
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BigAndTall1968@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/o8q4jxawq6fe1.png?width=2400&format=png&auto=webp&s=d5a0f8763d777aae50e069a54a3a44ffae47e2a0
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FlurpNurdle@reddit

Loved this one, rarely found it. "Smash TV" was sorta similar (two joysticks, one moves one fires) and i played a ton of it as it was in a nearby arcade
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BigAndTall1968@reddit

Loved this game! Not a lot of people played it, so I never had to wait, which was always a bonus. šŸ‘šŸ˜šŸ‘
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Simple-Purpose-899@reddit

100% Dig Dug.
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HanaGirl69@reddit

Tempest
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FallenValkyrja@reddit

To quote Buckner and Garcia: It's a dirty, filthy job, but it's got to be done; There's a battle goin' on, it's got to be won I'm a million miles from home in a foreign place; The battleground this time, you see, is outer space I'm the Defender, a mutant bender I'm the Defender, a mind-bender I'll defend this state to the end; I'm the captain of this ship and its men I loved Defender and put a lot of quarters into that game.
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Different_Cat106@reddit

Asteroids, Space Invaders, 1942, Spy Hunter, Pole Position
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KikiStLouie@reddit

Defender!
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lostinNevermore@reddit

Centipede with the roller ball.
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HeyThereItsKK@reddit

The gumball machine.
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son_of_yacketycat@reddit

Centipede. If Rampage were on the list, I could still make that quarter stretch for like an hour.
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Traditional_Ad_5859@reddit

Tempest. Tron. Disc Tron.
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Kasonb2308@reddit

Hands down donkey kong cause I can make that quarter last an hour
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C1t1z3nz3r0@reddit

How has no one said CyberBall?
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legojohn@reddit

Spy Hunter in the cool cabinet thing.
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C1t1z3nz3r0@reddit

Truthfully, I skipped way too much school to sneak to the bowling alley and play asteroids. But I’d say Defender since Galaga is not there. My brother bought and still has a Defender Cabinet. It is a blast still.
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Competitive_March753@reddit

Defender
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StoneyG214@reddit

Out of all those games, I think I dumped the most quarters/tokens on Centipede
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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Tempest
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FinleyTheSchnauzer@reddit

Love Galaga !
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robm1967@reddit

Donkey Kong
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out_day475@reddit

Space Invaders. I spent A LOT of quarters on that game at our local Pizza Hut back in the day
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Shoddy-Associate5812@reddit

Donkey Kong!!
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Robb_da_dog@reddit

The original Mario Brothers. Before they were super
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Slugggo@reddit

At my best, I could make Asteroids, Ms Pac Man and Robotron games last 30-60 minutes. I swear I still feel phantom calluses on the inside of my middle fingers from how you'd hold the joysticks in Robotron. That game was so far ahead of its time. 😃
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HeartyDogStew@reddit

Fallout 4 has a pretty decent Robotron-esque minigame and I’ve spent hours playing it. Ā What’s great about this minigame (and the reason you cannot easily emulate Robotron elsewhere) is that allows you to play it the way it was meant to be played: Ā with two joysticks. Ā I LOVED that game back in the day, but never had enough quarters to play it as much as I wanted.
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JimmyZach208@reddit

Donkey Kong
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gus_it@reddit

Candy shop
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Remarkable_Ad1310@reddit

Dig Dug isn’t on here but I took what little change I had as kid and went to the 7-11 to play it.
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PessimusPrimeStayPut@reddit

No Galga, so DK all day.
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Both-Leading3407@reddit

Defender.
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No_Faithlessness1769@reddit

DK
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Alternative-Dig-2066@reddit

I’d play pinball.
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fundad76@reddit

Frogger
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Moneymovescash@reddit

Galaxian
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dmoney8136@reddit

Defender!
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Visual-Sector6642@reddit

Galaxian but would prefer Galaga if I had a choice
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Miami_Vice_75@reddit

Frogger for me or Dig Dug but it’s not on the list!
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GarthRanzz@reddit

Pac-Man because that quarter will last me for hours.
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johnvalley86@reddit

Given that list I would go with Galaga but my real Jam is Tapper
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maximumpeapod@reddit

Defender
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HapticRecce@reddit

Battlezone
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jizzyjugsjohnson@reddit

Pac-Man for gameplay but the Kong will always be iconic.
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Twotricx@reddit

Frogger
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7thWardMadeMe@reddit

If I want it to last…. Space Invaders For thrills… Donkey Kong Immediate anger… Defenders
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BigMoFuggah@reddit

Out of those, Galaxians. If I could pick any game I would choose Joust.
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HURTBOTPEGASUS9@reddit

![gif](giphy|IXKBoWlYXsbSM|downsized)
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Own_Okra113@reddit

Dig Dug. It’s not a list without it
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kevinpb13@reddit

Either Defender or PacMan. In that order.
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dementedfurbie@reddit

Why is Missle Command not on here?
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Effective-Breath-505@reddit

Zaxon, Contra, duck hunt.
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398409columbia@reddit

Defender. I wasted so much money on that šŸ¤£šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø
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inkboy1969@reddit

Centipede. Then I’m asking the arcade owner when they are getting Tempest.
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Wild_Anywhere_9642@reddit

Defender all day
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AdhesiveSeaMonkey@reddit

Asteroids. Back in the day, I wads the guy that could walk away, go to the bathroom, grab a bite of pizza and a drink, and still have lives when I got back.
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HeavyGoose8183@reddit

Asteroids
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kam49ers4ever@reddit

Centipede!!!! I loved that game!
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bourbonpens@reddit

Frogger!
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Admirable-Fail1250@reddit

Asteroids. I could get far on 1 quarter.
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ILSmokeItAll@reddit

Centipede, for me. Loved the track ball.
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Cheap-Bell9640@reddit

AsteroidsĀ 
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cliffdegan@reddit

Missile Command was my jam.
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dweed-5@reddit

Donkey Kong
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pnfloyd1978@reddit

![gif](giphy|Zi4gonZjDY6go|downsized)
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NegScenePts@reddit

I just installed an Atari 7800 emulator on my laptop and played Centipede :). GenXGrownup on Youtube is a bad influence, lol.
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Captn76@reddit

Altered Beast. Loved going to the arcade and playing the heck out of that.
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EngineersFTW@reddit

Ford
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theredwolf@reddit

Wakka wakka wakka wakka
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rjsquirrel@reddit

Where’s Joust?
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Ka-Bong@reddit

Oh hell yeah!! Defender!! All day long!! I still love that game!!
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Old-Kaleidoscope1874@reddit

Defender
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CrazyEngineer7@reddit

My parents moved to Oklahoma when I was 12 from NY - long story, but my brother had died, and they were absolutely lost emotionally. I spent all my quarters, as well as my parents’ quarters, on Centipede. It was the only video game available in podunk Oklahoma - lol
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Cazmonster@reddit

Centipede would be my jam. That 'hoomp hoomp hoomp' sound in the background was so addictive.
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Low_Faithlessness608@reddit

Elevator Action or Tempest
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supershinythings@reddit

ZAXXON
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applegui@reddit

If you haven’t seen King of Kong, you should. It’s streaming freely on YouTube. [King of Kong A Fistful of Quarters](https://youtu.be/gZfVontZbaQ?si=dw1RR7AcCMQf2BRY)
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FlurpNurdle@reddit

It is great!
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lafindudude@reddit

Where’s Dig Dug?
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Cycoviking69@reddit

Of those, Pac-Man. Otherwise, either Joust or Dig Dug.
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Illustrious_Name_441@reddit

Defender then Stargate:Defender
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hdufort@reddit

I can play Defender for a looong time with a single quarter. I used to set highscores at the arcade. But my favorite arcade game (and where I was the best) was Cruisin' World.
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Doe79prvtToska@reddit

Asteroids!
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Midwest_Rez@reddit

The sound galaga makes when it introduces your stage.
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tommyalanson@reddit

Galaga.
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Ok-Description-4640@reddit

If these are my choices, Defender. But do I know if it’s a fast or slow Pac-Man?
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Beaufinngus@reddit

Pac Man for life!
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FlurpNurdle@reddit

Probably get the most play time on asteroids.
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blueva703@reddit

I guess Centipede since Pole Position isn’t in the lineup.
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Visual-Recognition36@reddit

Defender
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Dirty_Wookie1971@reddit

I wish Ms. Pac Man was on that list. I’ll go with Defender.
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Knightmere1@reddit

Defender
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nygrl811@reddit

Asteroids.
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SoCal_Duck@reddit

Defender. And if I get another 20 quarters, those are all going into Defender, too.
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Colorado101373@reddit

Galaga
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Suntag19@reddit

Defender because I can play it the longest.
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West_Shirt5503@reddit

Pac -Man the quarter will last for a long time lol
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JacStraw73@reddit

Why does it say ā€œGalaxianā€?? It was ā€œGalagaā€ every time I played it in my youth with my skates on before practice!
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replayer@reddit

Two different games.
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JacStraw73@reddit

Really?? It was the same looking logo…now I want to find a Galaxian to try!
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Lou_uh_gurl@reddit

Tempest
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try-catch-finally@reddit

Battlezone. Tail Gunner. Star Trek. Star Wars. Tempest.
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InstantGrievous@reddit

Indiana Jones Temple of Doom game...I blew so many quarters in that game at the local bowling alley
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DasbootTX@reddit

Galaga would be for sure, but I'll take Galaxian also. and you will find me still playing at that machine 2 hours later. That actually happened at an arcade with my kids once. I got us all $5 cards, and they went and zeroed out in about 20 mins, they came back to me and I was still playing. They could not understand the concept of playing only one game. so they stole my $4.75 card and spent it until I finally lost an hour later.
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neveragoodthing@reddit

Tough choices I love them all- but one quarter- donkey Kong
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Ill_Technician_8549@reddit

Excitebike
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Fading-Ghost@reddit

Pac-Man every time
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Imabasicbetty@reddit

Centipede. F’n kamikaze spider.
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apothecary12@reddit

Galaxian
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replayer@reddit

Donkey Kong because I could often get to third elevators on my first guy.
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Bceverly@reddit

Galaxian because I could literally play it forever with the cheat. On the second screen leave the bottom left guy for last and wait for him to fly by twice in a row without shooting. Kill him and you are invincible.
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edwoodjrjr@reddit

Tempest, Sinistar, or Spy Hunter. Maybe Elevator Action!
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Large_Mushroom_4474@reddit

Tempest was my absolute favorite video game.
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bacchus213@reddit

Not on the list, Moon Patrol or Tempest
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Large_Mushroom_4474@reddit

Centipede
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Boomslang505@reddit

Asteroids was so much fun
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Canuck_75@reddit

Well I could get the furthest in donkey Kong
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juntius@reddit

100% defender
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PappaDan1@reddit (OP)

I was a major Frogger addict.
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TaDow-420@reddit

Frogger was always my jam 🐸 Took my kids to an ā€œall you can playā€ arcade. $5 to get in the door and you can play however many games you want for however *long* you want…no quarters necessary!! Unfortunately, 1/3 of the old arcade games were broken…but there were HUNDREDS of them around (multiple floors). Spent a lot of time playing at the sit down ā€œcocktail tableā€ type frogger game. I’d never seen one like it before. https://preview.redd.it/gespy3q0o6fe1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e887b8d7e1fdf70276cc9b855b2efe5d9964336a
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CookieDragon80@reddit

Missile command…where is missile command?
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nriegg@reddit

Dude. I want a console, connect to TV, that has these exact games.
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Shaner817@reddit

Let’s get it on like Donkey Kong or maybe Pac-Man
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KillerSwiller@reddit

Galaxian
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latentheat69@reddit

Galaxian/ Galaga
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NICEnEVILmike@reddit

Tempest
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Insect_Right@reddit

Defender
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applegui@reddit

Galaxian
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HHSquad@reddit

Defender was my jam
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CatDaddyWhisper@reddit

Asteroids
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MSB218@reddit

The Donkiest of the Kongs.
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Johnny_Jaga@reddit

Frogger
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Banquos_Ghost99@reddit

Ms. Pac-Man
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wildrose76@reddit

Donkey Kong
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Upper-Affect5971@reddit

DK all day
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jefx2007@reddit

Defender
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MmeQcat@reddit

Defender. I always loved rescuing the humanoids that were being abducted.
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USMCSapper@reddit

Asteroids all day long at the arcade, the atari, my Commodore 64, my Tandy Pc, emulators on every gaming rig, my tablet and what ever device the future holds.
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PleaseStopTalking7x@reddit

I used to love playing Tempest. Pump in the quarters and stay in the zone.
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PappaDan1@reddit (OP)

I was also a big pinball fan. Loved the KISS and Star Wars machines.
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Darkest_Brandon@reddit

Asteroids, because you really can’t find much else of its ilk. If I had a lot of quarters, though, I would play Frogger first.
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dave_tk421@reddit

DK
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R808T@reddit

Of those Astroids because it is the first video game I ever played eyes on long ago. If it’s because I want to kill time on 1 quarter it would be Zaxxon. I could go forever on that one.
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AdmiralJaneway8@reddit

Donkey Kong.
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Glass-Nectarine-3282@reddit

It's a trick question because the answer is "Venture."
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PappaDan1@reddit (OP)

Not familiar with that one.
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Glass-Nectarine-3282@reddit

SMDH
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lawstandaloan@reddit

Man, Space Invaders and Asteroids were the best and then Pac-Man gave me a fever
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DrawingImpossible787@reddit

Probably dk
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