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Some people would say that playing arcade games is a waste of time and money. I'll bet you the same people that cling onto these words are guilty of time wasting themselves. Darn hipocrites. The way I see it, arcade gaming, whether at an actual arcade, at an ice cream parlour, or even at the cozy confines of your own home, is pure entertainment, and can be very rewarding at times. Some games push you to the limit and demand extreme concentration and out right skill. An arcade game does more than accept your silver. It tests your eye-hand, it can keep you out of trouble, it can provide serious entertainment, and can even be considered educational!! Above all, an arcade game can give you memories that will last a lifetime. So, tell me, what is so wrong with playing arcades if it has the potential to do so much for you? I have some arcade memories that I am pretty proud of. I am going to share with you the 5 game experiences that stand out in my head. 1) Hands down my best accomplishment at the arcades. The beckers right down the street from me housed a shiny, new Carrier Air Wing machine. I had played this one before and wasn't too good at it. So I took this opportunity to hone my skills on this Capcom gem that was released in the early nineties. My old friend Kevin was very competitive, and he also took a liking to this game. It was a big competition between the two of us. One day, I got to the machine only to find this monstrous score at the top of the screen. My friend had beaten the game on one quarter!! After seeing this, I was absolutely determined to not only go through the game on one quarter, but also eclipse his score. It took try after try after try. Then finally one day, I did it! I beat her on one quarter, and managed to beat my buddy Kevin's score by a couple of thousand points!! What a thrill that was, I will never forget it! 2) An extremely popular game in the late eighties released by Sega, Golden Axe was a bundle of fun to play. You can play solo, or two players at the same time. You roam through 5 boards, and you confront the head antagonist Death Adder at the very end. I was ALWAYS the chick in this game mainly because of her super powerful magic she possessed. I was playing at an ice cream parlour in Windsor called "Sheps". I walked up to the machine one day and made all the right moves. Only one quarter left my pocket. I beat the Axe on one quarter! 3) Another Sega classic that will forever be remembered, Altered Beast. I beat this one at home on my X-Arcade during a HSC Tournament last year. I only died twice throughout the whole game. 4) Mercs was released in the early nineties and it made Konami's classic game Contra look like child's play. This game was also stationed at the Becker's down the street from me. Competing fiercely with the same dude as I was in Carrier Air Wing, I managed to kick the crap out of this one by completing the entire game with only one credit!! Awesome memories indeed!! 5) Finally, the last game I am going to talk about is called Fighting Hawk by Taito. I stumbled across this one at the ice cream parlour down the street from my parent's house. My accomplishment: I beat the game while only losing two ships!! I had 16 ships when the game had ended!! So, as you can see, arcade games can really create some fond memories. Enough about my experiences. Please respond to this article with a story or two of your own! Looking forwar to hearing from you soon, fellow gamers!!
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