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candycanearter07 wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:37 this Monday (GMT):

It's been a little while since we did one of these ridiculous things
(that ridiculous thing being one of these Completely Random And
Pointless polls!). Let's get back into the habit, shall we?

#

Here's an easy question for you:

When was the last time you played a coin-operated arcade game?

5c) It's been so long ago I can't even remember (the '80s)
10c) Not since Street Fighter 2 was big (the '90s)
25c) It was some time ago (the 2000s)
50c) A little while back (the 2010s)
75c) Just a few years ago (the 2020s)
$1.00) I've never played a coin-op video arcade
$1.25) I'm playing one right now!
$1.50) I own a coin-op video-arcade!


#


Here's a dime; I haven't played since the early 90s. Or thereabouts;
it's hard for me to remember. And even then, I'm pretty sure the games
I played dated back to sometime in the '80s. I was a bit more active
in the arcades in the early 80s (maybe even in the '70s?) but I
quickly migrated to home machines, partly because I disliked
paying-per-play, and partly because the types of games I enjoyed
weren't available on coin-ops

[Although, can you imagine: coin-op Zork? That would have
been something to see!]

By the 90s, the only time I 'visited' one was if it happened to be in
the vicinity and there was nothing else to do (e.g., waiting in the
theatre for a movie to start)... and even then I rarely felt the urge
to plop in a quarter of six for the privilege of playing. Besides, by
that time the arcades -and its games-- were fully aimed at the
younger-set, and I no longer fit in with that crowd. So neither the
games nor the atmosphere were something enjoyable to me. The few times
I came across one and wandered its aisles (or kerplunked a quarter),
it was more from nostalgia for lost youth than any real appreciation
of the games. And these days, if I've any desire to revisit the
experiences of yesteryear, I'm happier using emulation than treading
those sticky floors.


What about you? Do the arcades still hold appeal to you? When was the
last time you played a coin-op arcade?

I think when I was a kid there were birthday parties held at arcades, so
I'm going to go with 50c?

coin-op arcades are bad. Either they all cost $1.00 per, or they are
faded and/or broken yet cost the usual quarter.

What I kind of like are these nickel arcades, there's one in the south
city here. I plan on going once I settle in.
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On Sun, 24 May 2026 17:30:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> said this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:37 this Monday (GMT):

When was the last time you played a coin-operated arcade game?
50c) A little while back (the 2010s)

I think when I was a kid there were birthday parties held at arcades, so
I'm going to go with 50c?

You like making the rest of us feel old, don't you? ;-)

(Not me, though. I count my age in Jupiterean years, so I'm still in
the single-digits! ;-)

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On Sun, 24 May 2026 15:12:48 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

You like making the rest of us feel old, don't you? ;-)

(Not me, though. I count my age in Jupiterean years, so I'm still in
the single-digits! ;-)

If he sticks around, he is going to be the last one in here as the
rest of us drop dead.
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On Mon, 25 May 2026 09:13:29 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> said
this thing:

On Sun, 24 May 2026 15:12:48 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

You like making the rest of us feel old, don't you? ;-)

If he sticks around, he is going to be the last one in here as the
rest of us drop dead.

Hey, I'mm all for that! Somebody's gotta keep this dump going into the
next century!

Candycanearter07! I have received a missive that I pass on to you!


You have been tasked by the Elders Of Usenet* to keep the nonsense of comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action alive and active that it might entertain
and inform future generations! This is your task and quest! Be
steadfast in this duty lest this repository of wisdom (ha!) be
forgotten and lost! This the Elders of Usenet** demand of you! Do not
fail them lest they send harshly worded messages to your inbox!

There, that oughta do it. Usenet is saved for posterity! ;-)






* not me.
** still not me


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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:04 this Monday (GMT):

On Mon, 25 May 2026 09:13:29 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> said
this thing:

On Sun, 24 May 2026 15:12:48 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

You like making the rest of us feel old, don't you? ;-)

If he sticks around, he is going to be the last one in here as the
rest of us drop dead.

Hey, I'mm all for that! Somebody's gotta keep this dump going into the
next century!

Candycanearter07! I have received a missive that I pass on to you!

You have been tasked by the Elders Of Usenet* to keep the nonsense of comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action alive and active that it might entertain
and inform future generations! This is your task and quest! Be
steadfast in this duty lest this repository of wisdom (ha!) be
forgotten and lost! This the Elders of Usenet** demand of you! Do not
fail them lest they send harshly worded messages to your inbox!

There, that oughta do it. Usenet is saved for posterity! ;-)

* not me.
** still not me

Wow what an honor i think :D
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