quarter-sucker

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

So called because they encourage the player to keep inserting coins (such as quarters) to continue play.

Noun[edit]

quarter-sucker (plural quarter-suckers)

  1. (slang) A coin-operated arcade game.
    • 1983, Timothy Skelly, Shoot the robot, then shoot mom:
      He is a hired gun, a freelance designer/programmer of quarter-suckers.
    • Computer Gaming World (volumes 181-185)
      Yet the early 80s was a magical - and expensive - time for fans of this new breed of interactive entertainment, with hordes of quarter-suckers based on the "blast the space ship" theme.
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