What's the first arcade game you can recall playing?

Lab_Mouse

Ikari warriors and double dragon,in an arcade in kilkee co clare

ondafly

my memory is a little fuzzy - but it was either playing Outrun in an arcade in Strandhill, or Bubble Bobble on the ferry to France. I have clear memories of Chase HQ & 1942 on a Ferry, Sunset Riders in some arcade beside Quirkeys, and of course Wonderboy in Trabolgan.

like already stated, there were always somewhere you could find an arcade machine. I remember in France, table tops and pinball machines in every pub. Strandhill in Sligo full of amusement arcades like Bray ! but now alas, theres barely anything anywhere.

Mr.Saturn

Alot of the Street Fighter cabs around Quirkey's. It must've been mid-nineties, as the only SFII cab knocking around still was Super Turbo and everything else had moved on to crossovers and the Alpha series. Mind, the arcade scene was dwindling even then. I was in there recently, the games are relegated to the back, and there's about ten to choose from, nine of which are coin suckers and the sensor on their Silent Hill cab is off, thus rendering your reaction times redundant.

bob skunkhouse

Arkanoid - a true classic. Only 2 of us in the town ever played it. During the summer it was like a mini competition to see which one of us got the highest score. Played it so much ended up completing it a few times! Good auld laugh it was...

Duggy747

Ah, earliest one I can think of is probably Final Fight or Chase H.Q. down at seapoint in Galway. Super Sprint and Street Fighter 2 - World Warrior were other early ones too.

I can still remember the layout of that place and where certain cabs where. The sit-down Chase H.Q. cab was just inside by the left entrance as you entered the arcades section

*sniff* meeeeeeeeem-mo-reeeees!