[geeks] arcade collectors?

[Bill Bradford]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 12:37:19PM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> B) I think the game I wasted the most quarters in was Teenage Mutant Ninja
> Turtles.  They were so cool back then.  Me and 3 other people managed to
> beat the 4 player arcade game.  It took hours, and I put at least 5
> dollars worth of quarters in that day (and that was back when 5 dollars
> was several weeks savings), and the other people spent even more.  It
> certainly was a sense of accomplishment though.

I had a huge Atari 2600 collection in college (this was 1994, so everyone
thought it was "SO RETRO").  Black and white TV, even. 8-)

One day I got bored.  "Hrm. 8bit.  wonder if the score will roll at
32768."  So, I plugged in Asteroids, found that it *did* reset to
zero at 32768.  I considered it beat, and never played it again. 8-)

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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Austin, TX