Hello all,
I've loved video games since the early 80's.
I fell in love with arcades when I first eyed and begged my dad for a 10p to put into Space Invaders when on a holiday to Littlesea (near Weymouth) around 81/82 when I would be about 7 or 8. From that point on, even now as a man in his early 50s, if I see an arcade I have to do a walk around taking excited mental notes of games I want to play.
Being a Bristolian the best spots for arcades during holidays were Weymouth and Butlins at Minehead. But outside of holidays, during the 80s and 90s, Weston-Super-Mare was a excellent for arcades with Mr B's being my favourite. It was only an hour on the bus from Bristol bus station.
Nowadays I'm not a collector of cabs but I am a player mainly through emulation and releases on Switch/PC and Playstation.
I have been listening to the Ten Pence Arcade podcast for, checks notes and sits down, 10 years and I attempt to enter the months game score challenge.
I finally created a account here because I am going to attend the 2025 meet at Timewarp Arcade in Bridgewater in November. It would be rude not to attend what it only being 40 minutes down the M5.
Cheers
Stacey
I've loved video games since the early 80's.
I fell in love with arcades when I first eyed and begged my dad for a 10p to put into Space Invaders when on a holiday to Littlesea (near Weymouth) around 81/82 when I would be about 7 or 8. From that point on, even now as a man in his early 50s, if I see an arcade I have to do a walk around taking excited mental notes of games I want to play.
Being a Bristolian the best spots for arcades during holidays were Weymouth and Butlins at Minehead. But outside of holidays, during the 80s and 90s, Weston-Super-Mare was a excellent for arcades with Mr B's being my favourite. It was only an hour on the bus from Bristol bus station.
Nowadays I'm not a collector of cabs but I am a player mainly through emulation and releases on Switch/PC and Playstation.
I have been listening to the Ten Pence Arcade podcast for, checks notes and sits down, 10 years and I attempt to enter the months game score challenge.
I finally created a account here because I am going to attend the 2025 meet at Timewarp Arcade in Bridgewater in November. It would be rude not to attend what it only being 40 minutes down the M5.
Cheers
Stacey
