space invaders
space invaders was a great arcade game that suddenly arrived in 1978...nothing like it had ever existed before... The nearest place to our beloved Kenton Bar Estate where you could go to play it was Spanish City at Whitley Bay...I distinctly remember we used to go in a great hoard on our bikes all the way to Whitley Bay regularly via South Gosforth & the old coast road just to play space invaders...now another thing I remember everyone doing on the way was something called 'sap your joules' (of energy)...this involved riding up along side of someone on the way, then suddenly grabbing their right rooker (which of course was holding onto the handle bar of the bike)with your left rooker and pulling back hard on it, in the process propelling oneself forward past them, using their energy as your bike speeded up whilst their bike slowed down, sapping their jewels (joules) of energy ha ha ha!
My favorite was always Galaxians. The video games in general were too expensive to play too often - 2 bob a shot I remember. That's two shillings man1
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten about how the little bastards speeded up as they got lower down...I remember your heart would be racing like mad when this happened!
ReplyDeleteTalking of Galaxians I remember going to the Kings Court regularly to play on ...was it 'pheonix'?...a pint of dry cider and a beef stotty...yum yum...