Old video games...

**monochrome** · 01-09-2017, 12:56 PM

Pac-Man on a large bar console, long before invention of Gaming on a 'PC'.

I'm older than borisceto's socks.*

"Somebody set us up the bomb"
"Main screen turn on"
"All your base are belong to us."

* That's a new aphorism: Older than boriscleto's socks

Last edited by monochrome; 01-09-2017 at 01:09 PM.

**paulh** · 01-09-2017, 01:11 PM

My biggies back in the late '90s were (in no particular order): Diablo, StarCraft, Total Annihilation, and Unreal Tournament. Also played a cool WW1 aerial combat game - Red Baron (II or III or something!)

These all ran under Win 95 or 98. But I did play some DOS games earlier such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Rise of the Robots (anyone remember that one?).

**boriscleto** · 01-09-2017, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by monochrome

Pac-Man on a large bar console, long before invention of Gaming on a 'PC'.

My dad owned a bar when I was a kid. He had a 50/50 deal for a pinball machine, video game console, and a jukebox. Space Invaders and Asteroids paid for our trip to Disney World...

He never had an official Pac-Man machine, just a knock-off. His favorite though was Pole Position. Drunks trying to play a racing game

**monochrome** · 01-09-2017, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by boriscleto

My dad owned a bar when I was a kid. He had a 50/50 deal for a pinball machine, video game console, and a jukebox. Space Invaders and Asteroids paid for our trip to Disney World...

He never had an official Pac-Man machine, just a knock-off. His favorite though was Pole Position. Drunks trying to play a racing game

Hah Hah Haj - I belly laughed at the Pole Position Line

My neighborhood bar had two game rooms: the Machine Room and the Darts Room. Real men played darts for real money. Partiers played Pac-Man and spent money (although there was some serious Pinball).

In 1978, long before I met mrs monochrome, I made more money throwing darts than I earned in W-2 income. Cricket was for bar bets. 301 2-3 was Tournament Darts. *

American style boards

**boriscleto** · 01-09-2017, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by monochrome

Hah Hah Haj - I belly laughed at the Pole Position Line

My neighborhood bar had two game rooms: the Machine Room and the Darts Room. Real men played darts for real money. Partiers played Pac-Man and spent money (although there was some serious Pinball).

In 1978, long before I met mrs monochrome, I made more money throwing darts than I earned in W-2 income. Cricket was for bar bets. 301 2-3 was Tournament Darts. *

American style boards

The last year or so that he owned it he had an electronic dart board instead of a pinball table. There was always a pool table...

When he first bought the place, I was about 5, he had a vintage coin-op bowling machine...then when that broke down he had a shuffle puck bowling machine.

**monochrome** · 01-09-2017, 02:07 PM

Originally posted by boriscleto

The last year or so that he owned it he had an electronic dart board instead of a pinball table. There was always a pool table...

When he first bought the place, I was about 5, he had a vintage coin-op bowling machine...then when that broke down he had a shuffle puck bowling machine.

My father had an office supply store in downtown St. Louis. The most profitable square foot in the store was the L'Eggs pantyhose kiosk. Eventually he closed up, bulldozed the building, paved and striped the lot and set up those galvanized boxes with the slots that you shoved two dollars in for 4 hours of parking.

His income tripled.

01-09-2017, 12:56 PM	#16
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Take Off Every ZIG! Pac-Man on a large bar console, long before invention of Gaming on a 'PC'. I'm older than borisceto's socks.* "Somebody set us up the bomb" "Main screen turn on" "All your base are belong to us." * That's a new aphorism: Older than boriscleto's socks Last edited by monochrome; 01-09-2017 at 01:09 PM.

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01-09-2017, 01:11 PM	#17
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,301	My biggies back in the late '90s were (in no particular order): Diablo, StarCraft, Total Annihilation, and Unreal Tournament. Also played a cool WW1 aerial combat game - Red Baron (II or III or something!) These all ran under Win 95 or 98. But I did play some DOS games earlier such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Rise of the Robots (anyone remember that one?).

01-09-2017, 01:17 PM	#18
boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,475	Originally posted by monochrome Pac-Man on a large bar console, long before invention of Gaming on a 'PC'. My dad owned a bar when I was a kid. He had a 50/50 deal for a pinball machine, video game console, and a jukebox. Space Invaders and Asteroids paid for our trip to Disney World... He never had an official Pac-Man machine, just a knock-off. His favorite though was Pole Position. Drunks trying to play a racing game

01-09-2017, 01:38 PM	#19
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Originally posted by boriscleto My dad owned a bar when I was a kid. He had a 50/50 deal for a pinball machine, video game console, and a jukebox. Space Invaders and Asteroids paid for our trip to Disney World... He never had an official Pac-Man machine, just a knock-off. His favorite though was Pole Position. Drunks trying to play a racing game Hah Hah Haj - I belly laughed at the Pole Position Line My neighborhood bar had two game rooms: the Machine Room and the Darts Room. Real men played darts for real money. Partiers played Pac-Man and spent money (although there was some serious Pinball). In 1978, long before I met mrs monochrome, I made more money throwing darts than I earned in W-2 income. Cricket was for bar bets. 301 2-3 was Tournament Darts. * American style boards

01-09-2017, 01:58 PM	#20
boriscleto Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Syracuse, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,475	Originally posted by monochrome Hah Hah Haj - I belly laughed at the Pole Position Line My neighborhood bar had two game rooms: the Machine Room and the Darts Room. Real men played darts for real money. Partiers played Pac-Man and spent money (although there was some serious Pinball). In 1978, long before I met mrs monochrome, I made more money throwing darts than I earned in W-2 income. Cricket was for bar bets. 301 2-3 was Tournament Darts. * American style boards The last year or so that he owned it he had an electronic dart board instead of a pinball table. There was always a pool table... When he first bought the place, I was about 5, he had a vintage coin-op bowling machine...then when that broke down he had a shuffle puck bowling machine.

01-09-2017, 02:07 PM	#21
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Originally posted by boriscleto The last year or so that he owned it he had an electronic dart board instead of a pinball table. There was always a pool table... When he first bought the place, I was about 5, he had a vintage coin-op bowling machine...then when that broke down he had a shuffle puck bowling machine. My father had an office supply store in downtown St. Louis. The most profitable square foot in the store was the L'Eggs pantyhose kiosk. Eventually he closed up, bulldozed the building, paved and striped the lot and set up those galvanized boxes with the slots that you shoved two dollars in for 4 hours of parking. His income tripled.