Comments on: Reveries on Reveilles http://tleaves.com/2005/01/04/reveries-on-reveilles/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Faisal N. Jawdat http://tleaves.com/2005/01/04/reveries-on-reveilles/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Faisal N. Jawdat Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:00:30 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=275#comment-821 I still see these occasionally, and played one of the baseball games within the last year. Chuck E. Cheese has them, of course. Dave & Buster's has some but they tend to focus on gambling type stuff. I still see these occasionally, and played one of the baseball games within the last year. Chuck E. Cheese has them, of course. Dave & Buster’s has some but they tend to focus on gambling type stuff.

]]> By: Tom Moertel http://tleaves.com/2005/01/04/reveries-on-reveilles/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Tom Moertel Wed, 05 Jan 2005 04:59:47 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=275#comment-820 The sound I remember most vividly from arcades of yore was that made by Williams' pinball machines when they awarded a free game. The explosive THWACK!, like a bullet meeting a teak chopping block, was the best sound in the world. BTW, I too remember Sky Raider. I never would have placed it from your description, but the screen shot is etched in my memory. I also recall some other old games from an amusement park near my childhood home. "Killer Shark," which I never played because it seemed too scary at the time, had a terrible wail that would cut through everyone in the arcade when a shark was shot and in its death throes. "Sea Hunt," a submarine game, had a great piiiiing, too. Ah, the old days... The sound I remember most vividly from arcades of yore was that made by Williams’ pinball machines when they awarded a free game. The explosive THWACK!, like a bullet meeting a teak chopping block, was the best sound in the world.

BTW, I too remember Sky Raider. I never would have placed it from your description, but the screen shot is etched in my memory.

I also recall some other old games from an amusement park near my childhood home. “Killer Shark,” which I never played because it seemed too scary at the time, had a terrible wail that would cut through everyone in the arcade when a shark was shot and in its death throes. “Sea Hunt,” a submarine game, had a great piiiiing, too.

Ah, the old days…

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