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  1. Delusional Full Stop

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    Space Invaders, Galaxian and Pac Man were the early games which stand out for me. Was decent on them but didn’t have the dedication or the spondoolies to compete against those who didn’t seem to have a life.
     
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    Yes yes yes. I loved these
     
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    That’s coa Froot paid them 10x face value.. and now lives there.
     
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    What about fruit machines? I used to love nickelodeon and Tuppeny nudger.
     
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    Kung fu master. Was a good game
    Fruit machines. Lite a nudge. And each way shuffle. Class bandits

     
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  7. Delusional Full Stop

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    You weren’t that 8yo at the Spanish City in Whitley Bay helping all the grown ups on the Bandits, were you?
     
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    No no m8. Just a bored kid , with a local amusements place , the only thing going on at the time lol
     
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    I’m too old.
     
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    Each way shuffle takes on a whole new meaning as an adult but a cracking bandit.
     
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    Me too. Used to get coin by gently bumping into penny pushers. Then they got alarmed.
     
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    Asteroids, 1942, Space Invaders, Altered Beast and a four-player game which had a Wizard, Barbarian, Valkyrie and an Elf. Can't remember what it was called though!

    Street Fighter used to take a lot of my time.
    Football games too...
     
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    Trying to dock your space craft. On moo cresta. Lol. More bandits were silver ghosts , jitterbugs
     
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    Oh ****. Forgot about ghosts and goblins. I have that on my iPhone.
     
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    roadrunner , cops and robbers , winsprint route 66 and piggybank fruit machines ha ha

    tempest and scramble , arcade games
     
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    Ascot Gold Cup anyone?

    They have taken this to new levels now...

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    Amusement

    We had **** all..
     
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    Gauntlet
     
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    was , like a bingo place m8 . housey
     
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