3 ms·
An office where I once worked had an arcade cabinet and we developed a little rivalry to see who could reach 1,000,000 points in Robotron first. I never quite m
by AndrewBissell 6y ago
An office where I once worked had an arcade cabinet and we developed a little rivalry to see who could reach 1,000,000 points in Robotron first. I never quite made it -- topped out around 900,000 or so. The game required an intense kind of zen focus, and every time I got close to the goal I could feel that concentration slip ever so slightly, just enough for the game's later screens to sap my remaining lives.
- JKCalhoun 6y agoYep, zen-like. I never played this one in the arcades because it ate my quarters: only gave me 30 seconds of fun for each one. When I built a full-size MAME machine with dual joysticks, Robotron quickly became my go to. I pushed my games out from that 30 seconds to maybe 3 minutes. But what a three minutes! I always feel a kind of release after — like flipping a table or something.
- jfim 6y ago> like flipping a table or something There's actually an arcade game [0][1] with a plastic table controller where one has to flip the table to cause maximum damage. It's pretty hilarious, though obviously very different from Robotron. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Chabudai_Gaeshi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Chabudai_Gaeshi [1] https://youtu.be/O8cTdFqwdwc https://youtu.be/O8cTdFqwdwc
- whidden 6y agoThis was my game of choice to unwind from classes. I think I played way too much because it was one of the few games I was as good as my brother. In two player mode my brother and I would each take a joy stick and still easily beat who ever was the second player! What fun! And truly to get into the upper levels you needed to enter a zen state.