Real Arcade Games

Having grown up before the internet was in full force there was nothing but the real arcade games to play. Nowadays if someone wants to play a game they can go online or even just whip out there cell phones for the most part. Listen we didnt know what a cell phone was. Back then it was some kind of sci fi gimmick that was on Star Trek or a really bad episode of Hawaii 50. You remember don't you. Ok Maybe you don't. Too bad, Steve Mcgarrett was a bad dude. Especially when he ran to the car and pulled out what looked like a old school home phone handset.

 

You know the one gradma had at her house. Now that's something to talk about. Going over to Grandmas house. You just knew she'd give you as many quarters as you wanted. And where did you spend them? At the local candy store on real arcade games. The ones you had to pay for if you wanted to play. Well not any more. It's just not the same any more. Gone are the days that you'd find a quarter on the floor and the first thing you think of is running to the candy store to play one of the local real arcade games. Gone but not forgotten.

 

Of course there are some small pockets left in America that those good old games still exist. Where I don't know, but they are out there if you look real hard. Maybe its for the best. After all it wouldn't be called progress if there wasn't a Out with the old and in with the new mentality in the world. Some day I'll find that place again. That place that takes me back to the good old days. When I was young and the only thing that mattered was sneaking a quarter or two from moms purse, meeting up with  your friends and playing some real arcade games.