Game Over
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Stop calling me an addicted fool and pass me the 20c pieces. Actually you've just made me feel really, really old. Back in 8th grade when the Addiction first struck games cost 20c a pop (we don't have quarters in Oz). A year or so later the really hot games started charging 40c a pop which hurt but we struggled on. I think most games now charge $1 or $2, which is probably a deflated price given the lack of appeal of video consoles these days. :sigh:
cheers, Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
pass me the 20c pieces.
See, we paid less for games, b/c we had 20 c pieces instead of quarters. But then we got $1 and $2 games, maybe it's not such a bad thing that the US doesn't have dollar coins ( in wide circulation, that is ), although I know Canada does. I can remember when I started high school, I had to catch a train from Mooroolbark to Croydon, then a bus to school. I'd walk to school, and spend the bus fare on Defender on the way. My neighbour saw me walking once and offered me a lift. I ran away, I was scared she would tell mum and I'd lose my Defender money. Of course, me running away meant she DID tell mum, but she let me keep the money.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Actually you've just made me feel really, really old.
Well, that's my gift to you on this fine Sunday. ;)
Chris Maunder wrote:
I think most games now charge $1 or $2
:omg: Yeah, I haven't done the arcade thing since the 90s, and I really didn't like it back then. You go to the mall, hop in to play a quick game, but oh wait there's the expert players that have to be playing for 5 hours straight before you get a turn. Then you plug in a quarter (um, 20c peice) into a game only to realize they want to challenge you and beat you in 2 seconds flat because they play that game in their sleep. Oops, I said too much. :->
Jeremy Falcon The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open. - Colin Angus Mackay (2006-08-18)
I've noticed over the years that arcades became better lit, less likely to be a place to buy drugs, and they started having GIRLS there. But then, they started to become barren because the gap between console games and arcade games got smaller and smaller. A friend of mine could finish Dragons Lair every time. One time, he got a real crowd around him, so he made a big deal of dying at the last moment until his last life. Which he then lost. I had the good sense not to say anything, but as someone who sucked at that game, I found it funny all the same.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I've noticed over the years that arcades became better lit, less likely to be a place to buy drugs, and they started having GIRLS there. But then, they started to become barren because the gap between console games and arcade games got smaller and smaller. A friend of mine could finish Dragons Lair every time. One time, he got a real crowd around him, so he made a big deal of dying at the last moment until his last life. Which he then lost. I had the good sense not to say anything, but as someone who sucked at that game, I found it funny all the same.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
A friend of mine could finish Dragons Lair every time.
Sounds like he should've been hustling the crowd. Of course, you didn't hear that from me. :->
Jeremy Falcon The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open. - Colin Angus Mackay (2006-08-18)
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I've noticed over the years that arcades became better lit, less likely to be a place to buy drugs, and they started having GIRLS there. But then, they started to become barren because the gap between console games and arcade games got smaller and smaller. A friend of mine could finish Dragons Lair every time. One time, he got a real crowd around him, so he made a big deal of dying at the last moment until his last life. Which he then lost. I had the good sense not to say anything, but as someone who sucked at that game, I found it funny all the same.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
A friend of mine could finish Dragons Lair every time
<Admission time> I too could win Dragon's Lair, no lives lost. </Admission time> I'm so ashamed...
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote:
pass me the 20c pieces.
See, we paid less for games, b/c we had 20 c pieces instead of quarters. But then we got $1 and $2 games, maybe it's not such a bad thing that the US doesn't have dollar coins ( in wide circulation, that is ), although I know Canada does. I can remember when I started high school, I had to catch a train from Mooroolbark to Croydon, then a bus to school. I'd walk to school, and spend the bus fare on Defender on the way. My neighbour saw me walking once and offered me a lift. I ran away, I was scared she would tell mum and I'd lose my Defender money. Of course, me running away meant she DID tell mum, but she let me keep the money.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
I'm guessing games in the US started at 10c a game. I vaguely remember some pinball machines charging 10c. But that's getting back to Primary School days and let's not go there, OK :D
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Christian Graus wrote:
A friend of mine could finish Dragons Lair every time
<Admission time> I too could win Dragon's Lair, no lives lost. </Admission time> I'm so ashamed...
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
FIX: A MFC program created in Visual Studio .NET 2003 unexpectedly quits when you try to close it[^]
*grin* why would you apologise because I sucked at it ? Although, I always thought it was a bit lame, it looked good and all, but when they had a blind kid on TV who could finish it, I thought that told the whole story.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I'm guessing games in the US started at 10c a game. I vaguely remember some pinball machines charging 10c. But that's getting back to Primary School days and let's not go there, OK :D
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
FIX: A MFC program created in Visual Studio .NET 2003 unexpectedly quits when you try to close it[^]
Hey, we won't consider you that old until you start asking for Rogaine recommendations. ;P
Jeremy Falcon The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open. - Colin Angus Mackay (2006-08-18)
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I'm guessing games in the US started at 10c a game. I vaguely remember some pinball machines charging 10c. But that's getting back to Primary School days and let's not go there, OK :D
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
FIX: A MFC program created in Visual Studio .NET 2003 unexpectedly quits when you try to close it[^]
Really ? I thought I was older than you, or at least around the same age. I've never seen a game that charged 10 cents. I do recall public phones being 10 cents and if you didn't pay you could hear but not talk. We used to dial a song and dial a prayer on public phones on the way home from school. It was something like 11661 for the song, 11611 for the prayer. I also recall being told that if you yelled into the speaker, you could call for free, but I thought that sounded dumb, I never tried it.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Really ? I thought I was older than you, or at least around the same age. I've never seen a game that charged 10 cents. I do recall public phones being 10 cents and if you didn't pay you could hear but not talk. We used to dial a song and dial a prayer on public phones on the way home from school. It was something like 11661 for the song, 11611 for the prayer. I also recall being told that if you yelled into the speaker, you could call for free, but I thought that sounded dumb, I never tried it.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
There was a mathod you could use to get free phone calls - I do remember that. It was a key combination, not shouting. The 10c thing is a vague memory from Grade 4 (1984) up in Queensland. Ah - a misspent youth!
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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There was a mathod you could use to get free phone calls - I do remember that. It was a key combination, not shouting. The 10c thing is a vague memory from Grade 4 (1984) up in Queensland. Ah - a misspent youth!
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote:
from Grade 4 (1984) up in Queensland.
I hate you. In 1984, I was in year 10. ( Although if there were 10 cent pinball machines in 1984, they were not in Melbourne, it was 1980 that I was paying 20 cents for Defender.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Chris Maunder wrote:
from Grade 4 (1984) up in Queensland.
I hate you. In 1984, I was in year 10. ( Although if there were 10 cent pinball machines in 1984, they were not in Melbourne, it was 1980 that I was paying 20 cents for Defender.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
So you're, like, way older than me. :jig: Christopher Duncan - are you reading this? Huh? huh??
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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So you're, like, way older than me. :jig: Christopher Duncan - are you reading this? Huh? huh??
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote:
So you're, like, way older than me
Apparently. A situation that I'd take a lot harder if I wasn't also better looking than you. :P
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Chris Maunder wrote:
So you're, like, way older than me
Apparently. A situation that I'd take a lot harder if I wasn't also better looking than you. :P
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
:laugh::laugh:
Jeremy Falcon The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open. - Colin Angus Mackay (2006-08-18)
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Chris Maunder wrote:
So you're, like, way older than me
Apparently. A situation that I'd take a lot harder if I wasn't also better looking than you. :P
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
:laugh:
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
FIX: A MFC program created in Visual Studio .NET 2003 unexpectedly quits when you try to close it[^]
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There was a mathod you could use to get free phone calls - I do remember that. It was a key combination, not shouting. The 10c thing is a vague memory from Grade 4 (1984) up in Queensland. Ah - a misspent youth!
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
FIX: A MFC program created in Visual Studio .NET 2003 unexpectedly quits when you try to close it[^]
Chris Maunder wrote:
The 10c thing is a vague memory from Grade 4 (1984) up in Queensland.
So you turned 14 at the end of 4th grage? I'll bet it was 1980 for year 4 and year 8 in 1984.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Chris Maunder wrote:
from Grade 4 (1984) up in Queensland.
I hate you. In 1984, I was in year 10. ( Although if there were 10 cent pinball machines in 1984, they were not in Melbourne, it was 1980 that I was paying 20 cents for Defender.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I hate you. In 1984, I was in year 10.
Chris is less than 2 years younger than you. If he was in year 4 in 1984 he must have been a special child. I can't think of another term to describe someone that turned 14 at the end of 4th grade.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Christian Graus wrote:
I hate you. In 1984, I was in year 10.
Chris is less than 2 years younger than you. If he was in year 4 in 1984 he must have been a special child. I can't think of another term to describe someone that turned 14 at the end of 4th grade.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
Chris is less than 2 years younger than you. If he was in year 4 in 1984 he must have been a special child. I can't think of another term to describe someone that turned 14 at the end of 4th grade.
:-D
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Chris Maunder wrote:
The 10c thing is a vague memory from Grade 4 (1984) up in Queensland.
So you turned 14 at the end of 4th grage? I'll bet it was 1980 for year 4 and year 8 in 1984.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
er...yeah. What he said...
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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*grin* why would you apologise because I sucked at it ? Although, I always thought it was a bit lame, it looked good and all, but when they had a blind kid on TV who could finish it, I thought that told the whole story.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
they had a blind kid on TV who could finish it
:omg: or maybe :cool: is more appropriate for a blind kid :rolleyes:
Ryan
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