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What metrics did people evaluate arcade games by when they were popular? (lemm.ee)
submitted 5 days ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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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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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 days ago

Whether it was a "quarter eater" or not was a big one. Some games were seen as having unfair levels of difficulty that were just designed to take your money. Take something like Haunted Castle as an example.