One upon a time, I had to go to special places to play video games. You have these embedded into your minds now but back then you had to make a special trip.
These were called "arcades" or "Wizards Castles" or just "Wizz". I had to save up quarters (yes, they were still useful back then) in empty film canisters (yeah, you had to put rolls of film into cameras back then) so I could feed to machine to play. Usually 25 cents a game but the newer games were 50c. No neural sensors, just these sticks you controlled with your hands with buttons on the side. Usually punch and kick, maybe jump. I bet my high scores for Gauntlet and APB are still there....
You know you're old when you go to a museum (Science Museum in London) and you see your 1st two computers in a display case...
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