You can now play 80s video games in Las Vegas for actual money.

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#1 outworld222
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From the article: http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20130927&id=16943471

 

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Atari's 1981 hit Centipede is an antique in the video game world, but it's the hottest new thing in the casino industry.

Slot machine manufacturers are rolling out a raft of games inspired by the penny arcade, hoping to attract middle-aged gamblers with a dose of nostalgia and the promise of finally cashing in on all those hours spent in front of a screen.

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They forgot one thing. Gamers don't leave the house.
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#3 outworld222
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They forgot one thing. Gamers don't leave the house.spike6958
LOL. And we're actually far better for it.
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Centipede, you say? Yeah, I would clean that machine the hell out.
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#5 muffin200
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They forgot one thing. Gamers don't leave the house.spike6958

 

Speak for yourself -Tescos don't deliver cigarettes so i have to leave to get them.

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Is Dragon's Lair on that list by any chance?

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#7 outworld222
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Is Dragon's Lair on that list by any chance?

benleslie5
Not yet lol. But it could always come up in the future. I mean, Centipede is only the start.
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I never understood the point of gambling. It's like an implicit admission that the game you're playing is boring.
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I never understood the point of gambling. It's like an implicit admission that the game you're playing is boring.Black_Knight_00
Chance of making money. All the booze you can drink all day for free.
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I never understood the point of gambling. It's like an implicit admission that the game you're playing is boring.Black_Knight_00
This is going to sound pompous but I've always found serious gambling for weaker minded people. Either that or you're rich.
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I never understood the point of gambling. It's like an implicit admission that the game you're playing is boring.Black_Knight_00
I always enjoyed watching poker on tv rather than actually playing it. There's a certain glee in watching one dude bet huge when the dude across the table's just sitting back totally ready to gut him.
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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]I never understood the point of gambling. It's like an implicit admission that the game you're playing is boring.El_Zo1212o
I always enjoyed watching poker on tv rather than actually playing it. There's a certain glee in watching one dude bet huge when the dude across the table's just sitting back totally ready to gut him.

And for some reasons professional poker players all look like sociopaths
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Genius idea.. I'd end up blowing every time in my pocket on a GTA vice city slot machine :P

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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]I never understood the point of gambling. It's like an implicit admission that the game you're playing is boring.El_Zo1212o
I always enjoyed watching poker on tv rather than actually playing it. There's a certain glee in watching one dude bet huge when the dude across the table's just sitting back totally ready to gut him.



And I never understood how somebody at all can enjoy looking at dudes who do nothing more but to stare on cards and each others faces...... :/

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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]I never understood the point of gambling. It's like an implicit admission that the game you're playing is boring.AcidSoldner
Chance of making money. All the booze you can drink all day for free.

YES This i say the same thing when there. why pay for booze when you can play and get it for free and mabie win tons of money.
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#16 Black_Knight_00
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Then again I never understood the point of booze either.