Back in the day, my local pub had one of these:
Many happy hours spent there, drinking beer and playing Asteroids. <sighs wistfully>
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Asteroids: Recharged
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Asteroids: Recharged
Asteroids: Recharged
Back in the day, my local pub had one of these:
Many happy hours spent there, drinking beer and playing Asteroids. <sighs wistfully>
Back in the day, my local pub had one of these:
Many happy hours spent there, drinking beer and playing Asteroids. <sighs wistfully>
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Time pilot or 1945 were my favorites.... Asteroids was great too.....
Arthur: OK. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue.
OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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Showing my age but always was a Pinball player more than anything else. Although a good video game would grab my attention and coins from time to time. Impossible to find a decent Arcade of this type these days.
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As a young'un, I spent a lot of time playing Pinball - and I could spend a lot of time here.
If there's one thing I miss about Win XP, it's the Space Cadet Pinball game!
If there's one thing I miss about Win XP, it's the Space Cadet Pinball game!
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Space Cadet Pinball runs on my Window 7 install. A Google search turned up bunches of places to download it.
Humor is the second most subjective thing on the planet
Brevity is the soul of wit and vulgarity is wit's downfall
Good Night and Good Luck - Read You Soon
Brevity is the soul of wit and vulgarity is wit's downfall
Good Night and Good Luck - Read You Soon
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Aye, but I thought there was a bug which prevented MS porting it to 64-bit Windows. Raymond Chen wrote:
I guess those downloads work in 32-bit mode.In particular, when you started the game, the ball would be delivered to the launcher, and then it would slowly fall towards the bottom of the screen, through the plunger, and out the bottom of the table. Games tended to be really short.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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A little more info on Space Cadet Pinball - perhaps it does work in 64-bit.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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The 3D wireframe version of Atari's Battlezone was my favourite pub arcade game for several years until they pulled it from most pubs because good players could keep going for hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctr54kopo8I
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I played the hell out of Gyruss. Interesting if simple combat model, and the rockin' symphwave rendition of Toccata and Fugue wasn't bad either.
Off the rails a bit, Toccata and Fugue done neoclassical metal style is the bomb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDNR7j5B0RU
Off the rails a bit, Toccata and Fugue done neoclassical metal style is the bomb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDNR7j5B0RU
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