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These kids didn't play video games?

posted 8 years ago by Signal_Intrusion
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I'm kind of surprised we never saw these kids play Atari, ColecoVision or Intellivision. Or at least play an arcade game somewhere.

[–] GunWillTravel (198) 7 years ago

Video games have a significant role in Season Two.

The creators made brilliant use of the game titles and action in the movie: Dragon's Lair, Dig Dug, Centipede. Love those Duffers.

[–] JohnnyCastle (393) 7 years ago

It's not like today where kids sit infront of their TVs after school until bedtime playing video games.

[–] JohnnyCastle (393) 7 years ago

Also, if they had a system I doubt they had their own TV sets. They were hanging out in their rooms and stuff. Weren't having their own TVs in their room.

[–] modica (4169) 7 years ago

I had Coleco and Atari at this time and honestly, as much as we liked the games, it wasn't something we did for hours on end. At that time we were more interested in going out and doing things. Arcades were bigger than home games, but you could only play them for a short time since the money ran out fast.