Space Invaders

Released in 1978, Space Invaders had me scrounging for quarters for years to come. One of the few greats in the arcade game history. I still play it now and then today.

Back in the 70s I used to mow yards to make money before I could even drive. Anytime I had left over quarters from purchasing something, or if I had been paid in change (you only made a couple bucks per yard in the 70s) I would set the quarters aside so that I could go crazy at the arcade at Indiana Beach.

When our small town pizza shop finally put in a couple of arcade machines, my friend and I, on the occasional Saturday, would ride our bikes all over town and along the highway to gather up pop bottles to get some money to play the arcades. You could sometimes get $5.00 to $10.00 just from discarded pop bottles.