The Worst Thing You Did In An Arcade

[Brentradio]

Back in the day of real arcades, there were lots of dark places and loud sounds with rows and rows of arcade games, so you could almost do anything you wanted without being seen.

So what was the worst thing you did in an arcade?

Anything from scratching your initials into the side of a game, stealing, smoking, or other nefarious actions.

If you have more than one example, feel free to list more than one.

These are the reasons your mom didn't want you hanging out at the arcade...



One time a friend and I came across a game with the coin door unlocked. We both took a handful of quarters. We were too scared to take the whole bucket.

 

[YeastLord]

We would unplug Jump Bug then plug it back in. It would give you a credit. Also smoking with buddy's younger sister in the back of the Atari room. (The cool room)

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

Lose badly.

That's about the only bad thing I ever did in an arcade. I was boring.

 

[Yobrefs]

I feel horrible for this now but I used to dip in high school and would duck between games to spit.

 

[Yobrefs]

I definately set my share of cigarettes on control panels and game bases.I got what I deserve because my 720 is in beautiful condition with the exception of many cig burns on the base, exactly where I would leave mine.
Edit:
Sorry for posting twice on this thread.I am working and didnt realize first one went through.Unfortunately I could post all day about this subject.

 

[r3v]

We used to game the basketball hoops machine for tickets. We'd have a lookout for the operator and when the coast was clear, one of us would go to the side of the game, stick our arm through the netting and wave our hand back and forth in front of the sensor to rack up points. It became a challenge to see who could dump the most tickets on a single token, I think the record was something like ~1120.

 

[pcjohn]

I broke into a Breakout. Got about $78 in quarters if I remember correctly.

Also used to steal marquees. Had quite a collection BITD.

 

[BoomstickSaint]

There was an arcade at a campground that I used to frequent as a kid. They had Double Dragon (it was in a blue Nintendo cab iirc) and we somehow discovered that if we kicked the coin door really hard it would credit the game. So we would kick the crap out of that coin door until we had 99 lives and play until we got bored.

 

[ElectricDreamz]

played Zaxxon (i was a stupid little kid, i didn't know any better at the time)

 

[videodan]

Nothing really bad, but I remember always walking around an arcade, looking down for quarter/tokens. I found dozens and dozens over the years, even recent years at FunSpot lol

 

[SpeedwayArcade]

I dripped water all over the carpet from my swim trunks (but so did everyone else). Games People Play in NW Houston had full on water slides, putt putt, bumper boats, batting cages, and an arcade.

 

[r3v]

I dripped water all over the carpet from my swim trunks (but so did everyone else). Games People Play in NW Houston had full on water slides, putt putt, bumper boats, batting cages, and an arcade.

Oh man speaking of dripping water on a carpet, Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels had an arcade right next to a heated pool and you'd constantly see kids running between jumping in the pool and climbing on the games.

 

[Phetishboy]

I was 15 and had Just left the Dreamland roller rink after 4 hours of skating. After skating, we always went to Griff’s pizza. After having 10 lbs of pizza, garlic toast and soda, we next went to the Long Prairie arcade. While there, the 10 lbs of toxic waste went critical and I got the most intense shit cramps ever. Next thing I know, I’m having to take the worst shit Of my life. I mean this was “I’ve just been shot in the gut and now I’m simultaneously having a stroke and a heart attack” kind of a shit. Doubled over, eyes bulging and sweat pouring off of me like Arnie on the surface of Mars and a fucking grimace on my face that would make Ronald McDonald horny. There was only one 1 stalled bathroom at the arcade and it was in the basement. I went down there, pulled the chain light, locked the paper thin door, lowered the ass hair-covered seat and held up the line of kids having to piss for over a solid hour. I could hear everyone outside talking about me, threatening me and wondering what the fuck was going on. They actually thought I was doing drugs. What a fucking nightmare.

 

[MasterFygar]

In middle school I beat some kid on a Soul Calibur II cab in versus so I could play against my friends sooner. That wasn't very nice. In high school I would give the many tickets I got on redemption cabs I just thought were fun to random kids though so it kind of evens out.

 

[osver]

We broke open the CP on a Combatribes (it was already kind of loose), and figured out how to hit the credit switch, and got to play that shitty ass game for free for about a week.

 

[nulogix]

I was on a summer college internship in Evansville, IN. Would frequently ditch and go to a local arcade. One of the attendants was pretty hot. Even more so that she worked in an arcade. Kept chatting her up when I went there. Got the courage to ask her for some drinks after work one night and ended up having a nice little summer romance. I may have closed up with her one night and might have done some nefarious stuff while leaning against a MKII. I wouldn't touch that game if I were you. Just saying.

You, know? Come to think of it, it's probably in one of your houses. Heh, heh, heh.

 

[MasterFygar]

You, know? Come to think of it, it's probably in one of your houses. Heh, heh, heh.

Time to update the Exidy Price Guide...

 

[bottlejunkie]

It's called the shocker

 

[mylz]

Not sure about anything I did to any games... I was a pretty mellow kid who stayed out of trouble. I was definitely one of those coin rats who went around pressing every coin return button hoping for a jackpot.

My friend had a birthday at Chuck E. Cheese and said that his aunt was buying everybody arcade tokens and to just talk to her and get more. I didn't get the opportunity to play arcade games very often to I kinda went crazy. I think that lady must have spent about $20 on just me and even told me I needed to slow down at one point haha.

Here's something stupid I did once: In my local arcade, as I'm sure is the case in many places, if there was someone on the machine you wanted to play you'd put a quarter on the screen to hold your spot in line. Well, I went to visit my grandma and while in the arcade near her house, there was a kid playing DDR so I put my quarter up on the screen. He gave me a funny look but I didn't think much of it. I guess that practice wasn't as universal as I thought because I stepped away for a second to look at another game and when I came back the kid was gone... and my quarter. Whoops. I felt pretty foolish for that gaffe.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

Not sure about anything I did to any games... I was a pretty mellow kid who stayed out of trouble. I was definitely one of those coin rats who went around pressing every coin return button hoping for a jackpot.

My friend had a birthday at Chuck E. Cheese and said that his aunt was buying everybody arcade tokens and to just talk to her and get more. I didn't get the opportunity to play arcade games very often to I kinda went crazy. I think that lady must have spent about $20 on just me and even told me I needed to slow down at one point haha.

Here's something stupid I did once: In my local arcade, as I'm sure is the case in many places, if there was someone on the machine you wanted to play you'd put a quarter on the screen to hold your spot in line. Well, I went to visit my grandma and while in the arcade near her house, there was a kid playing DDR so I put my quarter up on the screen. He gave me a funny look but I didn't think much of it. I guess that practice wasn't as universal as I thought because I stepped away for a second to look at another game and when I came back the kid was gone... and my quarter. Whoops. I felt pretty foolish for that gaffe.

That was pretty much universal. Some games had 10 "coin" slots that you could put one in. The more popular ones.