Due to some temporal mash-up, the next thing we were aware of was waking up with a receding hairline, fading eyesight, and a scratched copy of Ultravox's Vienna LP. Of course, the future in 1980 didn't last long. The future had arrived in our little town. The consistently entertaining 'really cocky Space Invaders' thrill of Galaxians and enduring yellow fellow Pac-Man. Blimey! But then, it's hardly surprising when you consider what those cabinets contained in 1980. The Pong and Breakout 'sit-downs' had come and gone and been replaced with a new configuration - the arcade cabinet! Two of the blighters! Who'd have thought that, more than 25 years later, Namco would still be trading on former glories? Not only that, but the company's been around in one guise or another for 50 years. Up at the Youth Club (is there still such a thing in 2006?) the half-sized snooker table had been abandoned, along with the table tennis, the bar football and the record player(!). But that's another story for another time, but indulge us, if you will, for a moment. Ah, 1980…we remember it well, and not just for gaming reasons.
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