Arcade Nostalgia: Pinball, Quarters and High Scores
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Do you remember needing just a pocket of quarters for a good time? Did the lights of a mall arcade instantly set your heart aflutter?
If your all-time crowning moment is still when you had the high score on the pizza place's Frogger game, you might be a Xennial. And we are too.
So come on back with us into the lights and sounds of arcades. You'll learn that there is more to the history than just what we remember from childhood.
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Chapters
1. Arcade Nostalgia: Pinball, Quarters and High Scores (00:00:00)
2. Nostalgia for Arcades and Life Updates (00:00:01)
3. History of Coin-Operated Amusement Arcades (00:10:56)
4. The Pinball Ban and Cultural Stigma (00:19:13)
5. Video Game Revolution and Atari's Genesis (00:28:02)
6. The Golden Age of Arcade Games (00:38:56)
7. Arcade Game History and Evolution (00:46:35)
8. Arcade Games and Controversy (00:55:52)
9. Evolution of Video Game Technology (01:01:12)
10. Resurgence of Barcades and Arcades (01:07:18)
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