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Stand-alone machines that generally only play one video game each. Arcades hit their peak of popularity before home consoles took over the gaming public. Arcade games usually cost 25 cents per play. Known for the most cutting-edge technology of their time, arcades still have the largest video game library, and greatest variety of control methods, of any platform.

Your 3-Letter High Score Name

#1 Posted by buzz_clik (6724 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

In honour of this year's California Extreme event, what 3 letters would/do you use when entering your name in a high score table?

Mine? CAL

And yes, I'm expecting a bunch of 3-letter bastardisations of the swears.

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#2 Posted by iAmJohn (5776 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

Either JGM (my initials) or IAJ (guess).

#3 Posted by Zicdab (383 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

MGL or AAA

#4 Posted by AlwaysBeClothing (1279 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

2HM
Blat Blat Blat
Gotta represent, MOTHA FUCKA
 
In before swears.  Wait...

#5 Posted by LiquidPrince (14655 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

AVD.

#6 Posted by DanielJW (4914 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

DAN.

#7 Posted by iAmJohn (5776 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago
@TooWalrus said:
" CWC "

 ?
#8 Posted by CL60 (16906 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

My initials. So CRK.

#9 Edited by MrKlorox (11080 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

TY1
 
Name's Ty... and I won

#10 Posted by AjayRaz (12250 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

RAZ  or something dumb like OMG or AAA

#11 Posted by icyroy05 (166 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

ASS

#12 Posted by FluxWaveZ (17868 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

ASS, most definitely.  Or GOD.  Anything stupid like that.

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#13 Posted by Hockeymask27 (3447 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

JJ. or Joe

#14 Posted by Teptom (2043 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

TOM 
 
It's my name.

#15 Posted by MancombSeepgood (309 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

CON. For my name is Connor~

#16 Posted by Claude (15850 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

CLR... my initials. I've played some VC games on the Wii that used this method, always cracks me up with the nostalgia.

#17 Posted by Toxin066 (3052 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

KEV, always.

#18 Posted by Arbie (1438 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

ERZ! =D

#19 Posted by Brunchies (2484 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

ASS or AAA!

#20 Posted by wolf_blitzer85 (5177 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

JRK 
 
 
Yup.

#21 Posted by Imbalance (115 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

GFE, my initials. 
 
@iAmJohn: Is that Chris Chan?

#22 Posted by trophyhunter (5804 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

poo or cap

#23 Edited by iAmJohn (5776 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago
@TooWalrus: Feel lucky that you don't know the internet sensation you share your initials with.
 
 @Imbalance said:

" @iAmJohn: Is that Chris Chan? "

  Yes.
#24 Posted by ThePickle (3522 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

POO. Ha ha.

#25 Posted by Guyzea (814 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago
#26 Posted by Sooty (6695 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

What do you think?

#27 Posted by Vager (1645 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

RAM, my initials. 

#28 Posted by jukezypoo (3658 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

SEB 
 
Because that's what a lot of friends call me (Short for Sebastian).

#29 Posted by SamFo (1491 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

SFO or SAM
#30 Posted by Dalai (6203 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

GIL. It's a name thing.

#31 Posted by LiquidPrince (14655 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago
@wolf_blitzer85 said:
" JRK   Yup. "
You would be a JRK.
 
@Guyzea said:
" Stephen T. Davis "

Clever...
#32 Posted by Bam_D_Leprechaun (795 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

BAM

#33 Posted by Origina1Penguin (3500 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

O1P 
OP if it doesn't allow numbers.

#34 Posted by Metric_Outlaw (1113 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

JOX

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#35 Posted by odintal (1093 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

TAL or if I'm feeling frisky ODN

#36 Posted by Chaser324 (3834 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

I'll sometimes put my actual initials, but I typically put ACE.

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#37 Posted by Skytylz (3791 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

AHS

#38 Posted by TheMustacheHero (6654 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

HEC

#39 Posted by 1337W422102 (975 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

I use PWN.  I guess I should say "used" because I only managed to get a high score on a real arcade machine once, but hey.

#40 Posted by Organicalistic_ (2954 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

abc

#41 Posted by TooWalrus (11815 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago
@iAmJohn: Great, you've forced me to go Urban Dictionary, and I hate going there. The internet is definitely a shit-hole, man.
#42 Posted by Red (5894 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

Red.

#43 Posted by carlthenimrod (1539 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

CJD (my initials) or AAA (if my score sucks)

#44 Posted by AAABeef (24 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

WGD 
 
Handy thread, as I can search to see who else uses my handle....

#45 Posted by FunExplosions (5407 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

It's almost always "POO." No one ever believed me when I placed in the top-ten at the movie-theater machines, so I just stopped caring.

#46 Posted by Claude (15850 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

Did they have lower cased letters? I always remembered capital letters.

#47 Posted by soul101 (98 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

FU2

#48 Posted by RipTheVeins (1472 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

RTV, JBS, or _ _ _ (just space marks, no letters).

#49 Posted by HandsomeDead (11863 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

On a related note, there's a House of the Dead 3 machine in Southport somewhere that had the top 5 as: 
 
1. GAY 
2. FAG 
3. ASS 
4. CUM 
5. TIT

#50 Posted by ajamafalous (10602 posts) - 2 years, 10 months ago

AJ_
 
_ denotes a space.

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