![]() When I visited Funspot arcade in 2016, I was SUPER disappointed that Cliff Hanger wasn’t running But I could get several scenes into Cliff Hanger, and that was the first time I ever had a crowd of onlookers gather around me at a machine (this used to happen at arcades in the 80s, remember). I was better at some than others I couldn’t get anywhere in Space Ace or Cobra Command, and at 50 cents a play, not knowing the moves made it intimidating. I saw a Thayer’s Quest machine once at Gold Mine arcade in Green Bay, but I don’t think I tried it out. 3, Cobra Command, Astron Belt, Space Ace, Star Rider, Cliff Hanger - I thought they were all so cool. The LD game craze continued, and I was hooked on the whole idea. The technology, the animation, the characters, the whole feel of the game. I was 8 or 9 when Dragon’s Lair first came out in arcades, and even though I wasn’t great at it, I was madly in love with it. My obsession with them started when they came out in 1983. And then I say you suck and laserdisc games are completely awesome and no I will NOT call the whole thing off. ![]() I say laserdisc videogame, you say stupid interactive full motion video non-game.
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