The scene of a typical arcade included junk food, games, quarter machines and lots of teens.
The origins of coin machine games dates back to the 1920s with coin-operated fortune tellers and mechanical music makers. In the 1930s, coin-operated pinball machines made of wood were introduced. In 1971, a group of students at Stanford University set up the first coin-operated video game, "Galaxy", which was a coin-operated version of the "Spacewar" computer game. From that point on, video arcade games became a staple in adolescent and young-adult life as people lined up to drop coins into video games to see what score they could get.
Galaga
"Galaga" is a spaceship-shooter game in which the player controls a tiny spaceship at the bottom of the screen that can move left and right along the screen while firing. The goal of each stage is to survive, which is usually accompanied by killing most or all of the enemy craft that attack you. If the player is hit by an enemy, he loses a life, and when all lives are gone, the game is over.
Donkey Kong
In the 1981 arcade game, "Donkey Kong", the player controls "jumpman", the carpenter who would evolve into the most well-known video game character of all time, Mario, the plumber. In this game, jumpman must climb to the top of the level while avoiding miscellaneous obstacles such as barrels and moving fire balls, to rescue the damsel, Pauline, from the giant ape, Donkey Kong.
Metal Slug 3
The third installation of the "Metal Slug" series, "Metal Slug 3" features the classic side-scrolling rapid-fire action gamers have come to know and love. Players control one of two soldiers whose mission it is to destroy the forces of the evil General Morden, who was supposedly defeated in previous "Metal Slug" games but is back for more mayhem in the third game. Players can move left and right as well as jump while shooting in all four directions.
X-Men
The "X-Men" arcade game is based off of the popular comic books of the same name. The game comes in two versions, a single-screen cabinet that allowed up to four players and a dual-screen mega cabinet that allowed up to six simultaneous players. The game is a side-scrolling fighting game in which players control one of six X-Men: Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Cyclops and Dazzler. The player had three buttons: jump, attack and super attack. Each character had a unique super attack that hit most of the enemies on the screen but could deplete the player's life when used.
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