On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:17:01 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7/29/2016 7:22 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:36:13 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> In my day an arcade was a roofed shopping lane.
>>
>> That would do it.
>>
>> In actuality, Piccadilly Circus where I lived was in a roofed shopping
>> mall.
>>
>>
> Piccadilly Circus is well named for an arcade. The original was named
> after an area where piccadills were sold.

That struck me as well. :)

>> But yeah, if I wanted to play Pac-Man, I had to play on my Atari 2600
>> at home.
>>
> The only time I've played an arcade game was in an airport holding pen.
> A wire frame tank battle afair.

Sounds like Battlezone.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_
(1980_video_game)

More typically done with a green wireframe than the white shown in the 
picture.  I remembe rit well.

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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