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Game Not Over: Growing Up in the Golden Age of Arcades

From 10p Triumphs to Blanka Brawls and Broken Dreams Warning: This blog post may contain nostalgia, grief over fruit machine tokens, and at least one reference to Street Fighter. You’ve been warned. My Earliest Arcade Memories: 10p at a Time Before I had a mortgage, responsibilities, or any understanding of how gravity works - I had Pac-Man. And an older brother who gleefully fed my addiction to glowing cabinets full of pixelated doom. ...

July 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1247 words · Dave Lowe