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It shocked the hell out of me tonite , I took my 2 youngest that are here visiting me out to the garage to play some games tonite . my daughter(16) handed me my ass on time pilot for the first couple games and then it came back to big poppa how these games are played :D

well my son(14) challenged me as well , he also beat me a few games. we were done and I was shutting the machines down my son turned to me and said " you know dad these old games are way harder than most of the new stuff, way funner to play too" well that floored me, then he says also" its the coolest here I dont know of anyone elses ole man that has a bunch of old arcade games in their garage"

good to know there are up and coming collectors out there still , makes me feel like I did my job right lol
 
Congrats on everything except maybe getting your hat handed to you by your kids. ;) I guess that is a good thing too if you really think about it.
 
sweet it is good to hear the young uns arnt totaly jaded when it comes to the oldies

i know a few 18-22 year olds that will not even touch anything older than the ps2/xbox 1
they hang out at a buddys house and talk smak all the time on my arcade stuff saying thos old games are no fun (i think its cause they are to hard for them lol)
 
I dont have my wii or 360 even hooked up right now , they done even miss it , both have taken a real shine to the oldies and the megatouch emerald
 
It shocked the hell out of me tonite , I took my 2 youngest that are here visiting me out to the garage to play some games tonite . my daughter(16) handed me my ass on time pilot for the first couple games and then it came back to big poppa how these games are played :D

well my son(14) challenged me as well , he also beat me a few games. we were done and I was shutting the machines down my son turned to me and said " you know dad these old games are way harder than most of the new stuff, way funner to play too" well that floored me, then he says also" its the coolest here I dont know of anyone elses ole man that has a bunch of old arcade games in their garage"

good to know there are up and coming collectors out there still , makes me feel like I did my job right lol

Your son is wise...
 
my friends are almost all younger now, coworkers layed off from the pizza place we used to all work at together. my wife was general manager when i unexpectedly lost my job, she needed a driver and i found it to be an easy and stress free job, if not the best paying. most of them are in the 17-20 age range. they are too young to remember the arcade era. when i was building a control panel they kind of laughed at me. once they had a chance to try it in a full sized cabinet though, it was accepted pretty much right away.

the difference between the oldest and newer games is motive for game play. the classic age of arcade games created a vast amount of challenging and entertaining games of skill that were meant to be played on one quarter, no continues. they had the profit motive when designing the games for public use, and the goal was as much turnover as possible, earning as many quarters, while still having a game good enough to entice people to play it again and again.

along came the home console and the motive of the game companies became making sure people got their moneys worth. theres too many people who suck out there and would be angry they only got to play 30 second games. at home there is no quarters needed, so the whole motivation of game design shifted.

it also shifted in the arcade when moon patrol introduced the continue feature. games started being designed that were what i call "quarter whores"(tm). these are games that are designed to eat quarters. there is not much actual skill involved, or you dont need skill if you simply have lots of quarters. games like teenage mutant ninja turtles or the simpsons were designed with lots of flashy graphics and sounds for the time, but the gameplay was tedious and there is little skill required to beat the games. kids would plunk in quarter after quarter just to see the next level, without actually getting good at the game. most of these games also have little replay value once you've beaten them a couple times.

some of my friends are big time gamers, who spend hours a day playing WOW or other stupid modern games i know nothing about. i think what surprised them most was how difficult these games one person described as "dots shooting other dots" really are, and the skill involved in mastering them!

anyways, sorry for rambling on and off topic about pretty much nothing, but i have been enjoying the drink tonight.

how did you do on time pilot? i usually score in the 125k range
 
thats great. 110k takes some serious moves and concentration. 79k is better than any of my friends have done, and it is a game we play fairly often. i think some people have trouble with the circle thing and are always trying to go left to right or bottom to top or whatever. sometimes i play half a level just going down or left to try and keep it in perspective.

i have to give my computer hating dad some props for bringing me to the arcade as a youngster as well. some of the only father son memories i have from when i was a child. 82-83 he was taking me there probably once a week or so. i should really get him over here to play some games sometime.
 
I would have been 15 when time pilot came out , my buddy and I rocked that game when we were young. Mine is on the 48 in one right now , i am adding time pilot to my wants list
 
it also shifted in the arcade when moon patrol introduced the continue feature. games started being designed that were what i call "quarter whores"(tm). these are games that are designed to eat quarters. there is not much actual skill involved, or you dont need skill if you simply have lots of quarters. games like teenage mutant ninja turtles or the simpsons were designed with lots of flashy graphics and sounds for the time, but the gameplay was tedious and there is little skill required to beat the games. kids would plunk in quarter after quarter just to see the next level, without actually getting good at the game. most of these games also have little replay value once you've beaten them a couple times.

I'm pretty sure there were several continue games before moon patrol. Lunar Lander and Super Cobra are just two off the top of my head and I htink even my grail Star Fire is a continue game.
 
My son(10) and his friends make a beeline for the basement to play the "oldies".
I hear them playing Tron & Robotron constantly, I'm scared to find out if they post higher scores than me. They love the classics, now all I need is for them to help repairing them!
 
110,000, my son is 79000 right behind me

The key to success with Time Pilot is point pressing. I can usually hit 100K before I get to the UFO stage that way. SLOWLY eliminate enemies in stage 1 and 2 (especially 2) all the while pick up parachute guys (and shoot down the 1,500 point planes in stage 2). The parachute guys go from 1K to 5K where they max out.

Another trick is to kill the last guy with I think it's 5 or 6 enemies on screen at the same time... you get an extra 2,000 point bonus.

EDIT: BTW - I look forward to the day my son can kick my ass on one of my games. Good job!
 
well the only time they get with the games is when they come to stay with me , but they are like sponges , suck up everything they can about them
the boy has been helping me with monitor repairs and board repairs for a while now
 
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