Bossier City, LA
Took in the most record earnings for operators,Which Pin and Arcade machine
I'm just curious to see what members think.
(Topic ID: 4520)
Quoted from tripp:I have no idea... I know that I put most of my quarters into Pac-man, Mario Bros., Gorgar and Space Invaders (pin)
Those games did rake in some money but none are the record holders 
For me, I always remember the most quarters being lined up on Street Fighter. Sometimes, there were 6 or 7 quarters waiting to be my next victim 
Quoted from tedge:Donkey Kong and... um... Black Knight
Nope
Quoted from Snurdley:HS1 and Asteroids?
Hi Snurdley,Nope Guess again
Quoted from Snurdley:How's it going mike? Nice question!
Pretty good and you? 
Quoted from wesperron:Space invaders and Pinbot.
Space invaders rock the records in Japan...Nope
Quoted from RWH:Gottliebs Haunted House and Pacman
Getting close
Quoted from DarthPinhead:Space Shuttle and Galaga??
I love Galaga....Nope
Quoted from RWH:Blackhole and asteroids?
Blackhole is Right!! but not asteroids give you a hint it was made
by Williams
Quoted from lpeters82:it's Defender.
DEFENDER Holds the Arcade record
Quoted from lpeters82:It's for sure Defender then if it was made by Williams.
Its a great game and its the hardest arcade game in my opinion and Stargate also
I didn't play all that much in the 80s, but I've put way more into Pac-man then Defender. Not from the 80s but overall I've probably put the most into X-Men, Simpsons or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For pinball, it's easily Medieval Madness.
Quoted from lpeters82:Medieval Madness
I dumped a boat load of coins in MM back in 1999 i just
could'nt stay away from it.
Quoted from mrgone:robotron 2084
Love that game!!
Quoted from pinmike:I dumped a boat load of coins in MM back in 1999 i just
could'nt stay away from it. [
I didn't have much of a choice, it was the only pin in my town. Unlucky to live in a town with only one pinball machine, but lucky that one game was a NEW -at that time- Medieval Madness.
Quoted from lpeters82:I didn't have much of a choice, it was the only pin in my town. Unlucky to live in a town with only one pinball machine, but lucky that one game was a NEW -at that time- Medieval Madness.
I would love to find one on route again and dump another boat load of
coins in it.LOL!
Quoted from pinmike:Blackhole is Right!! but not asteroids give you a hint it was made
by Williams
Quoted from pinmike:DEFENDER Holds the Arcade record
GREAT STUFF! I was going to say Ms. Pac-Man, I couldn't walk by one without dropping a quarter. Asteroids was easily my favorite.
London, ON
I loved all those early vector based games such as Rip-Off, Space Wars, Armor Attack, Star Castle, etc ...
Quoted from gweempose:I loved all those early vector based games such as Rip-Off, Space Wars, Armor Attack, Star Castle, etc ...
Right there with you gweempose. My Battlezone died and sits idly in the corner...waiting to be resurrected. Love to have an Armor attack and Star Castle. And of course Tempest.
I think Pacman had to of made the most money in my part of the country. You couldnt go into a store in the 80's and not pass by one.
I agree with all that's been said about quarter gobbling machines but did noone mention the Dragon Slayer game? The one with the video? When that came out, everything was suddenly OLD. ANd not just glitzy old, but like stupid old. Because of the progress option, it got more quarters out of us than anything. It's as if we thought we could really swing a sword like that after playing the game...
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