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Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds

Stuff You Should Know

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What Killed the Arcade?

The very first game to even display a high score at all was called sea wolf from 1976 dude Do you remember that came? I don't think I really played it. The problem with space invaders was that if you unplugged the cabinet The high score was gone forever. Frogger's only legacy is he still had the high score at the pizza place that he used to hang out at in high school Yeah, I forgot to shout out Frogger.

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