I guess, when it comes to videogames, I come fro ma different perspective. I am now 44, which makes me around 30 when I first really noticed the arcade games. I never played the b/w games, except for the occasional game of pong.(posted 9813 days ago)When the games like Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, pacman, Ms pacman, etc, came out, I and my friends had Commodore 64's, and played many of the 64 versions of the games, so we didn't visit the arcades as much. Games I *DID* love in the arcade though, were Donkey Kong Jr, (Never was ported to the 84(, and Mario Bros. I hope that more of the Mario Bros series are someday emulated with mame.
It is so cool to use mame, because to be honest, I much prefer the arcade versions. Really brings back the memories. My 2 1/2 old daughter really loves them also, with Donkey Kong being her favorite. (She always ends up on the high score. :)