1980s retro arcade games
|This online version of Galaga brings back so many memories of mindless days spent wasting 20 cent coins in the arcade centres of Sydney’s bustling cinema strip. Back then it was all about ten minute bursts of excitement as you channelled the arcade gods of the past to sweep past the top scores of the day. Galaga, Pacman and Space Invaders, they were all given a workout before venturing across the road to catch the latest Michael J Fox flick. How times have changed! These days you practically need a degree in gaming to understand the complexities of online games, which wind their way across the ever shrinking time pieces of a legion of dedicated players. No way, give me the innocent graphics and simple interfaces of the pioneer games any day. This one, especially, is worth a good few hours of workplace distraction.
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