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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to the Stupid Distrium Minute. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Kep Pound. Today we're talking about arcades. See before gaming

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<v Speaker 1>ever happened on the couch, it happened standing shoulder to

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<v Speaker 1>shoulder in an arcade. The arcade video game industry exploded

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<v Speaker 1>in the early nineteen seventies after Atari founders Nolan Bushnell

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<v Speaker 1>and Ted Dabney released Pong in nineteen seventy two. Soon

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<v Speaker 1>came classics like Space Invaders, Pac Man, Donkey Kong, and Galaga,

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<v Speaker 1>turning arcades into the ultimate hangout for kids and teenagers

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the nineteen eighties. With pockets full of quarters, players

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<v Speaker 1>chased high scores, bragging rights, and sometimes the chance to

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<v Speaker 1>get their initials on the leaderboard. Turns out a pocket

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<v Speaker 1>full of quarters used to buy a whole afternoon of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been the Stupid History Minute and I'm Kep Pound.

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