First Arcade party - (almost) all games survived

Paul Olson

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I had a graduation party Saturday night, and there were about 25 people here to play some games. The visor stopped working on Pinbot, but I knew it was a little iffy prior to the party. All of the other games survived the party just fine.

I was a little surprised at the popularity of some of the games.

My mom loved Stunt Cycle. :)
Donkey Kong was played by woman in her 20s and a 10 year old boy. That is it.
Hydro Thunder and Time Crisis 3 were constantly played the whole time.
High Speed and Pinbot were played heavily (until Pinbot died, of course)
I have a 120 in 1 in the Neo Geo, but it was never changed from Strikers 1945. That was a very popular game with this crowd.
Pacman was played by about 10 people, almost all women and kids.

The other 3 games were not touched. Tempest, Gyruss, and NBA Jam TE. I never saw anyone play any of them. I thought the NBA Jam would be one of the most played games there, but no one had heard of it.

I didn't play any games that night. I was pretty busy BSing with people. It was fun having people over to play the games. I think I will try to have more game parties next year. I am really glad that only one of the games broke down. lol
 
Sounds Like you had a great time. Yes It's odd about what game goes well and what does not. I had a SI in my collection, It wasn't my grail but it was my friend. So he ended up with it. My friends gave me grief until I found a Japaneses cocktail clone of one. BBQ and parties are great fun.
 
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