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What metrics did people evaluate arcade games by when they were popular? (lemm.ee)
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Today some people evaluate games based on their length (e.g. 30+hours), map size (e.g. 40-60 sq. km), etc., so it made me wonder what metrics people may have used for arcade games.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Length of orgasm

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hate to break it to you, but that's not what you're supposed to do with the joystick.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Is that why all the joysticks are sticky on the Simpsons arcade box? Damn.