Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Stupid Distrium Minute. I'm your host,
Speaker 1: Kep Pound. Today we're talking about arcades. See before gaming
Speaker 1: ever happened on the couch, it happened standing shoulder to
Speaker 1: shoulder in an arcade. The arcade video game industry exploded
Speaker 1: in the early nineteen seventies after Atari founders Nolan Bushnell
Speaker 1: and Ted Dabney released Pong in nineteen seventy two. Soon
Speaker 1: came classics like Space Invaders, Pac Man, Donkey Kong, and Galaga,
Speaker 1: turning arcades into the ultimate hangout for kids and teenagers
Speaker 1: throughout the nineteen eighties. With pockets full of quarters, players
Speaker 1: chased high scores, bragging rights, and sometimes the chance to
Speaker 1: get their initials on the leaderboard. Turns out a pocket
Speaker 1: full of quarters used to buy a whole afternoon of fun.
Speaker 1: This has been the Stupid History Minute and I'm Kep Pound.
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