Imagine going down the street and, for 25¢ or 50¢ a game, you could play the PS4, Xbox 720, or Wii 2. That's what arcades were like, back then.

Space Invaders was my favourite I loved it.
I often wonder why it isnt on arcade live.
The original one mind you.

Gunsmoke
Flying Shark
Bomb Jack
Wonder Boy
Gauntlet
Xevious
Pac Man
Golden Axe
Kung Fu Master
Spy Hunter
Starforce
Bubble Bobble

etc etc

Sweet '80s. I loved the arcades.

Spy Hunter, now that was a great game at the arcade.

Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galaga, Pac-Man, Contra, Punch-Out, Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Street Fighter I, II and all the remixes, X-Men, Samurai Showdown, X-Men vs Street Fighter (and all the spinoffs), Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Fatal Fury, King of Fighters, World Heroes, Capcom vs SNK... Ohh the memories...

Oh man, I spent so much time with the street fighter and Mortal Kombat machines. There was something really special about standing together with a bunch of other game players, talking about combos, fatalities and any other secrets. Plus there were always 3 other people ready to fight through a TMNT: Turtles in Time machine with you.

Yeah, I remember there being an unspoken rule about the SF2 machines.

You played until you lost, and then you let someone else some in play the winner.  It wasn't reallty a spoken rule per se, but everyone did it none-the-less.  It was the unspoken gamer code I guess.

DAYTONA, HOTD, SF2, MAHJONG PORN lol

I was always too broke to sustain any kind of arcade challenge, so the SuperNintendo kinda saved the day >> Killer Instinct

I used to play "The Simpsons" arcade game that they had at the ice arena when I lived in Indiana.

That game got so many of my quarters. haha.