As a youth in Kemah. There was an old liquor store called Captain Okies. He had the KISS pinball game and Defender Video Game. My brother would live in there. My grandpa was a union welder in Texas city and would give us "slugs" in case we ran out of quarters. There was a stop and Go on the bayou just down the road that had Pac Man and Centipede. But you could never get on the games. quarters were stacked up 7 deep across the bottom of the screens. and if you were good at Pac Man playing for over a half an hour was not that difficult, once you knew the patterns. Games of our youth deserves its own thread.
I used to play Stargate for hours on one quarter...so I can relate. In fact, I almost entered (or had serious discussions about entering) a Stargate gaming competition with a friend because we thought we were so good. 7-Eleven was the closest place in walking distance to play this game...and I had two from my house almost equal distance walk. lol. I think they got tired of me.
Stargate was supposed to be defender 2 yes/no? Came out in the early 80's? I'm 58 you have to be close in age.
yes, yes, not quite (although I did hang around older kids like you in my youth which got me in big troubles (we were invincible!))
That's how I react when I shop at HEB these days. I can get a kilo of dark roast Ruta Maya beans at Costco for 9 dollars less than they cost at HEB. I was a member of Costco for years before the Pandemic, let it expire during that recent unpleasantness, and joined again the other day so I could save a lot on a set of tires for the SUV. I knew the coffee beans would cost less, but nine bucks less? HEB's prices, on a host of things, are nuts.
Seems to be a trend the past 10 years. Find a thing or person, join the cult, suffer. There's a Costco cult. Be careful.
Nah, definitely not interested in one of those. I'll let someone else buy one for me, when needed. That's if a jar isn't the alternative.
Across from Klein Forest in the early 80`s we had a stop n go that had Stargate and Asteroids and next door was a donut shop; we would get a donut before school and hit Stargate for a good 20-30 minutes.....................I loved both of those games.
Yes, he did change his plans. Billionaire Tilman Fertitta won't pursue Las Vegas Strip resort after all LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta won't pursue a Las Vegas Strip resort after all -- at least for now. Steven L. Scheinthal, an executive vice president and general counsel with Fertitta Entertainment, confirmed the development with News 3. "As the largest shareholder of Wynn Resorts with 13 million shares valued at over $1.4 billion, Fertitta views a competing high-end strip casino as a conflict of interest and therefore, has no plans to continue with the project so long as he maintains his Wynn ownership," Scheinthal said in a statement. The Houston Chronicle first reported the news. Fertitta became a principal shareholder in Wynn Resorts earlier this year after his stake in the company crossed the 10% threshold. This means he is subject to greater federal scrutiny for potential insider trading. Before he started building his stake in Wynn Resorts, Fertitta pursued a casino-hotel project at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue. Tentatively called Center Strip, the resort was slated to feature over 2,400 rooms and a 2,500-seat theater. Buildings at the corner were leveled, but the site currently only hosts a parking lot. His company, Landry's Inc., also owns the Golden Nugget hotel & casino chain, which includes the resorts in downtown Las Vegas, Laughlin and Stateline, Nevada.
That's a load of BS. He will absolutely build a new Casino/Hotel/Resort when the market is ready. The more he controls, the better he can fix pricing and stifle competition.
Vegas used to be fun, while you were gambling you still felt you could get a good deal at the buffet or at a cheap restaurant, now everything costs money there are no more deals. And the machines have a worse payout, while the table games require discipline, not to mention drinks aren't as easy to get. There is one game I have a small system on, pop up craps that has worked for me every time so far, but it is a grind. DD
