What sounds in the arcade BITD told you the "golden era" was over?

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What sounds in the arcade BITD told you the "golden era" was over?

For me, it was hearing Crime Fighters attract sounds for the first time.

Edgy, loud...Q*Bert had no place in the same arcade.
 
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That's the sound of no one in the arcade giving a shit if you are a high score champion. We had new ways of finding out who the best player in the place was. ;)
 
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That's the sound of no one in the arcade giving a shit if you are a high score champion. We had new ways of finding out who the best player in the place was. ;)

Ah yes - the arcade's "death rattle". The priest was called shortly thereafter. ;)
 
Overheard when I saw Dragon's Lair for the first time:

"50 cents!? Fuck that!"
 
For me, it was the sound of a vacuum cleaner.

You wouldn't have heard it when the place was full of people, and games were running.... nobody would have had the time to use it, and the ambient noise would have been too loud. but once I started hearing the vacuum while an arcade was still open I knew the death knell had come.
 
Dragon's Lair was a buck here when it came out. And still had a line. But it was still a death knell.

Damn! Even I would've said "fuck that".

The first game I remember paying $1 for was the After Burner cockpit back in 1987.

But that game was actually worth it.
 
For me it was the sound of the doors clunking when you pulled on them, because they were locked instead of being open.

:(

ken
 
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