Punch bags, penny pushers and Hillbilly shootouts: the 10 best classic seaside arcade machines

[Spanky]

A trip to the seaside isn’t complete without a jangling cup of 2p coins or an overconfident uncle nursing a sore hand. Here’s a rundown of the top nostalgia-inducing games
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/aug/01/10-best-classic-seaside-arcade-machines

 

[69er]

! If you have paid the cookie “blackmail fee” or read the Guardian then print the list out for everyone else !

It’s probably based on a cross section of opinions of Guardian readers ? Why would anyone here want to accept another 132 advertising data partners on to their account just to use your “lazy link”?
……….edit…….

‘Apologies’ edited opening sentence just still half asleep early on today , limited patience !

 

[Spanky]

WTF? Am I forcing you to click on it? Are you the last person in the universe to not have an ad blocker and not know how to block cookies?

 

[qjuk]

I don’t know what all the fuss is about 69er, it’s not Spam, just clear your cookies after reading the article if it bothers you.

Interesting write-up, I thought it was worth a read.

 

[ExZX]

Hmm, bit more to it these days and folks should realize that everyone is not as tech savvy as some. Oh I'll just use my VPN with all the ad blockers etc etc. OK
Interesting read on the subject of pay for no ads here: https://adguard.com/en/blog/media-pay-consent-scheme-ads.html

Not just a case of deleting any cookies after as they share your personal info with their partners to build a profile on you for what purposes? Well you'd have to ask those myriad of partners they have.
Anyway who cares when World War 3 is about to kick off over some minerals that are terribly important. Or was it something to do with Putin and Trump having a game of Neo Turf Masters and Putin kicking his butt?

 

[big10p]

I just clicked on the X in the corner. 🤷‍♂️

I'd almost forgotten about those mechanical horse racing games. They seemed to be in all the big arcades BITD. Nostalgia overload!

 

[TWB]

Kasco The Driver, That brings back some happy memories of Blackpool South Pier with many people not realising the game gave free credits. It was a grail cab for me but I never saw one for sale.

And Hillbillys Moonshine, if only I had the space........

 

[thegreathopper]

I don’t have an ad blocker, do I need one .. starting to wonder now. 😳

Also haven’t cleared cookies since going the Mac route about 20 years ago.

 

[kingtreelo]

tell you which games i absolutely loved and still do today when i find them

there is one which you bet on horses that race, all with varying odds, i think it was 10p, and if your horse wins you get a little payout, and 4 of youy could play(2 either side), i love that game, which is funny as i have probably put less than 10 bets on in my entire life

another one was very similar but was a roulette machine, but it was 2p, and you could place as many bets at once as you wanted, once the wheel started your 2p fell down the slot

 

[Bods]

Wheel Em In was Classic

 

[John Bennett]

That's hardly a bad site for adverts, you want to try any local newspaper site. Or the bastard 30 second shouty Lucozade adverts I get every time I play or skip through a Youtube video.

Anyway, there's still a Hillbilly Moonshine at South Shields. Still good fun, especially using it to wet people walking past.

Crane grabbers can all go to hell though.

 

[UnclearHermit]

Easy cookie-avoidance - right click link/tap and hold, open in InPrivate/Incognito tab. You can then accept any cookies safe in the knowledge they only last as long as that tab is around.