I usually just handed the $10 bill my mom gave me to the arcade attendant for a roll of quarters. In the early 80s those coin machines did not exist yet, in video arcades anyway. I don't remember seeing them there till 85 or so? I could be wrong. Anyway...back then an arcade and 40 quarters for me meant I was set for at least the next 3 hours. Spy Hunter was one of my all time favorites. I could burn hours on that game alone.
I don't think you're wrong...I didn't really see those coin machines until '88. But, I do recall seeing dollar-to-token machines at Showbiz in '83, so, maybe the tech was there...
Yeah it definitely could be that it existed earlier. The place my family lived back then was a little off the beaten path, so technology usually took a bit longer to reach our area than if we lived close to a big city.
i always found the sharp edge of a table worked best to straighten them out.
Totally except when the edge turns out to have a smooth bevel which was never as good
yeah you gotta get that sharp 90 degree edge.
... Or if you rented a place that didn't have a washer/dryer in the 90s, and had to clean your clothes at a laundromat
Oh yea, I remember putting the quarters in a horizontal tray on the washing machines
That damn quarter changing machine at Aladdin’s Castle…
Some of those machines were way too picky about perfectly decent bills
Still have token coin.
8 tokens on Wednesday for that $1.
Wait what i never had that
I don’t remember the actual day but my arcade at the mall had double tokens day once a week. I assume it was midweek to boost business.
especially those corners!
Annnnd... reinsert it, try again to straighten what your thought was straight... then try 2 more times, and theeen it takes.
make sure it's right way round. and up.
95% of the arcades I went to had a person to change money. Not a machine.
I usually just handed the $10 bill my mom gave me to the arcade attendant for a roll of quarters. In the early 80s those coin machines did not exist yet, in video arcades anyway. I don't remember seeing them there till 85 or so? I could be wrong. Anyway...back then an arcade and 40 quarters for me meant I was set for at least the next 3 hours. Spy Hunter was one of my all time favorites. I could burn hours on that game alone.
I don't think you're wrong...I didn't really see those coin machines until '88. But, I do recall seeing dollar-to-token machines at Showbiz in '83, so, maybe the tech was there...
Yeah it definitely could be that it existed earlier. The place my family lived back then was a little off the beaten path, so technology usually took a bit longer to reach our area than if we lived close to a big city.
Right on the corner of the bill change machine, my friend