Which Arcade Game Drained Your Childhood Savings?

[Blue bio balls]

My grandfather made his living off quarters, always had 4 or 5 in his basement cycling them to different bars.
I was really happy i could play dragons lair for free.

 

[thevalueman]

I'm too old for this....class of 72....BUT...I had a cousin that owned some convenience stores , I talked him into letting me place 2-4 machines in each store, and I split the $ with him.....a side business for me, something to do at night, after real work.....made some good dough!!! Pac Man was ALWAYS the best game, as far as income....I liked
TEMPEST
DEFENDER

 

[Asbestos]

 

[ExplicitBoricua]

Main one for the win - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4 Player Machine)

Honorable mentions - Street Fighter II, WrestleMania, Mortal Kombat,

 

[EugenFJR]

Defender
Space Invaders

And the Star Wars Arcade game.

 

[RomeWolf]

Whirlwind pinball machine was number 1.

Then

Tempest
Centipede
Defender

 

[basstracker89]

LOL, when i was a kid all we had was black & white TV and BB Guns

We had to go outside and play, can you imagine........A stick and a ball......

 

[basstracker89]

Not to derail, but the lowly pool table got it.

When I was in high school, my best friend had one. Had a lot of fun. It was old worn out bumpers. He bought used and put it in his parent's basement.

 

[basstracker89]

I played some. Pinball, the old mechanical ones. Then pong, Pac Man and Asteroids. I was an adult by then. I never had much money to spend. Then my friend had a pinball machine in his basement along with the pool table and a 1940s Pepsi machine. Everything was a nickle and he had a jar of nickles........

 

[Edog537]

Pocket pool