Comments on: The value of highscore tables http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/11/06/the-value-of-highscore-tables/ Palm OS / web OS news and opinion source Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:33:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tam Hanna http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/11/06/the-value-of-highscore-tables/comment-page-1/#comment-23307 Tam Hanna Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:47:38 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/11/06/the-value-of-highscore-tables/#comment-23307 Hi Ian, thank you very much for the comment! Full ack...btw, are there still arcades at your place active? Best regards Tam Hanna Hi Ian,
thank you very much for the comment!

Full ack…btw, are there still arcades at your place active?

Best regards
Tam Hanna

]]> By: Ian Johns http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/11/06/the-value-of-highscore-tables/comment-page-1/#comment-22835 Ian Johns Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:16:52 +0000 http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2006/11/06/the-value-of-highscore-tables/#comment-22835 High scores absolutely kept kids pumping quarters into arcade games for all the reasons you mention & more -- to compete against friends & even unknown jerks (i.e. someone who always could beat your high score); to display naughty messages; to leave your sweetie a nerdy high-score-o-gram love message; etc. Without these outlets, arcades wouldn't have made as much money as they did in the early 80s. High scores absolutely kept kids pumping quarters into arcade games for all the reasons you mention & more — to compete against friends & even unknown jerks (i.e. someone who always could beat your high score); to display naughty messages; to leave your sweetie a nerdy high-score-o-gram love message; etc.

Without these outlets, arcades wouldn’t have made as much money as they did in the early 80s.

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