Just wanna get this off my mind...Cocktail thrown away

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Just wanna get this off my mind...Cocktail thrown away

Yeah, so my dad had a huge mega collection of junk in his garage. I always admired the motor bikes, stereo crap and oh... the space invaders cocktail. He would never let me touch it. He aquired all this crap from friends and whatnot and it just became a huge garage full of crap. Well, when he was gone for work one day, I decided to plug it in and remember it doing nothing. Well back in ~'97 he finally decided to clean the garage and took it to the dump. Now I think to myself, it could've been a real easy fix. What a shame :(
Don't get me started on the Ice Cold Beer that went with it.
 
Well back in ~'97 he finally decided to clean the garage and took it to the dump. Now I think to myself, it could've been a real easy fix. What a shame :(
Don't get me started on the Ice Cold Beer that went with it.

This has been bothering you for 14 years?

Time to start drinking, my man.
 
My grandmother had a Space Invaders Deluxe in her bar that I played as a kid when I was there with my dad. I found out in college that it was sitting in her garage. The next time I saw her I asked her about it and she said that she gave it away a week before and I should have asked sooner. I was pissed at myself but I went out and bought my own and that's what got me started in the hobby. Those CTs are way cheaper than when I bought my SID 12 years ago.
 
I could be saying that my first ever arcade game was a (free) space invaders cocktail. Now I have to settle with Roadblasters.
Plus, it would have brought me into this hobby a lot sooner than a year ago.
 
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