Writer's Block: Gamer's Choice

[i_calql8]

[Error: unknown template qotd]Of course, 'old school' means 'put one quarter in it to play':

1) Metro Cross--not a well-known game, but fun. Run and jump like hell to get past obstacles and get the the end of the course, using skateboards and springboards, and avoiding glass floors and slick tiles. Some of my best middle-finger blisters came from this game
2) Q*bert--I can now play for hours on a quarter
3) Frogger--Likewise, but man, those later levels are tough.

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[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

My dad had an old-style pinball machine in our rec room. The flippers opened the opposite way, with the pivot on the right side instead of the left. Not much action on the ball, not even with bumpers.

I played a demo for a new Batman pinball machine at Comic Con a few years back. Because of the line waiting, we only got one ball to play. However, with multi-ball and decent skills (can you time your flipper so you can catch a ball on it?), my ball lasted over 20 minutes, lol. The teenagers were in absolute awe..."Check the old dude out--he's had the same ball for 15 minutes now!" "Whoa, this is his third multi-ball!" I even got a smattering of applause as the ball coursed down the left channel.

Pinball FTW, indeed. Good times.