Stafford Senior High School - Indian Legend Yearbook (Falmouth, VA)

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One on one. With some spare quarters, Anita Harbord plays a game of Football at a local arcade. 26 Arcades

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Pa my ae] Sitting pretty. During their visit to Stafford, the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders strike a pose as they do their show. They got the beat. Chris Hedricks and Lisa Way tune into their own world with their Walkmans as Lori Pryor watches. Entertainment 25

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Tempting. During some of his spare time Mark Keith plays a new video game — Tempest. Pool Shark. Terri Cruce plays a game of pool after school at Zodiac arcade. Flip out. At a local grocery store Glenn LeCouter watches as Jeff Morgan plays the pinball machine. The very life of his daily fantasy laid fumbling through his fingers. The source of this fantasy laid dormant simply waiting for the life sustaining shiny metal disk to be inserted into its cold, unfeeling body. With a yearning anticipation he inserted this piece of silver; one side of it graced with an eagle proudly spreading its wings, and the other a distinguished profile of George Washington. Once this quarter reached the belly of this mechanical creature it sprung into life. In seconds, to the delight of this young boy, his now real fantasy Pinball wizard. Scott Agresta plays pinball at Zodiac after school with some spare change. began speaking to him ina tongue like that so some strange space creature. His fantasy then began as he knowledgably pushed the buttons which controlled this creature. To his delight he was immediately absorbed in a world of hurling asteroids and strange creatures wildly attacking him. As in his dreams, he became a daring space traveler, protecting himself from the unknown dangers of space. This was an experience felt by many Stafford students today, because of the popularity of the arcades. Upon ' entering an arcade one may choose from virtually any video game or pinball machine. The Metal Magic popularity of this form of entertainment has become wide spread and to some a daily experience. As stated by Spotsylvania Mall employee Steve Morecock. ‘‘No matter how empty the rest of the mall is, Aladden’s Castle is always packed.” The variety of this form of entertainment was another aspect that appeared to many of these arcade fans. As stated by Nicole Torrice, “The arcades have so much to do. Every time I go in there, there are more new machines, and something new to do. The only problem is that it never seems to last long enough and | end up running out of money.” Arcades 27