{"id":2156,"date":"2025-05-09T13:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:20:45","slug":"its-the-80s-and-you-have-only-one-quarter-which-game-will-you-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/its-the-80s-and-you-have-only-one-quarter-which-game-will-you-play\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the &#8217;80s, and you have only one quarter. Which game will you play?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f722d8d7150&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f722d8d7150\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"781\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/which-game.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/which-game.jpg 568w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/which-game-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pac-Man is my all-time favorite game. In fact, I&#8217;m wearing Pac-Man boxer shorts underwear  as I post this. I&#8217;m nuts for anything Pac-Man. That said, Star Wars was my #1 go-to game every time, as I mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/memories-of-the-bag-a-tel-arcade-in-valley-west-mall\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/memories-of-the-bag-a-tel-arcade-in-valley-west-mall\/\">my post about the old arcade Bag-A-Tel<\/a> as a kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t really play Defenders or Space Invaders in the arcade that much. I&#8217;d play them on my Atari at home. I preferred Galaxian over Space Invaders and I found the controls of Defender in the arcade to be too complicated with all those buttons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Tempest&#8230; wow. Star Wars and Tempest are the two I&#8217;d most want to play today. Playing games on an emulator and <a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/09\/13\/my-new-sega-arcade-stick-arrived-this-evening\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/09\/13\/my-new-sega-arcade-stick-arrived-this-evening\/\">my Sega Saturn Virtua Stick<\/a> is a great way to go at home, but the flight yoke of Star Wars and the analog knob of Tempest are two experiences that emulators can&#8217;t truly capture. For that matter, Centipede&#8217;s trackball is worth mentioning too, although while I liked that game, it didn&#8217;t come close. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps my least favorite of all of these games was Donkey Kong. I actually liked Popeye better, and Kangaroo even more so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pac-Man is my all-time favorite game. In fact, I&#8217;m wearing Pac-Man boxer shorts underwear as I post this. I&#8217;m nuts for anything Pac-Man. That said, Star Wars was my #1 go-to game every time, as I mentioned in my post about the old arcade Bag-A-Tel as a kid. I didn&#8217;t really play Defenders or Space &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/its-the-80s-and-you-have-only-one-quarter-which-game-will-you-play\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s the &#8217;80s, and you have only one quarter. 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