Arcade Tricks

[Amalia Antill]

Firstthings first, before you even start playing, take a moment to familiarize yourself with the game. Most newer arcade games have instructions or tutorials that explain how to play, so take the time to read or watch them.

Watching other players can be a great way to learn new techniques and strategies. You can observe how they play certain games and take note of what works and what doesn't. You can also ask for advice from more experienced players or arcade staff.

The key to winning these games is to focus on the ones that offer the best chance of winning. Games that require timing and precision, like skeeball or basketball toss, tend to offer more tickets per play than games of chance, like the spinning wheel or the claw machine.

Once you've found the right machine, position the claw directly over the prize you want to grab. Make sure the claw is fully extended before it starts to retract. This will give you the best chance of catching the prize.

Another pro arcade tip is to use the "shake" technique. Once the claw has grabbed onto the prize, shake the claw back and forth to dislodge the prize from its position. Be careful not to shake too much, or you risk dropping the prize.

Air hockey is one of the most popular arcade games, and it's easy to see why. It's fast-paced, competitive, and a lot of fun. But to be successful at air hockey, you need to know some hockey arcade tips and tricks. Here are a few to get you started:

Arcade games are more fun when played with friends. Not only is it more enjoyable, but it can also increase your chances of winning. If you're playing a multiplayer game, team up with a friend and work together to achieve a high score.

Don't get discouraged if you don't win right away. Keep practicing with this arcade tips and you'll eventually see improvement. If you need help with a particular game, watch online tutorials or reading guides to improve.

Winning at the arcade is all about knowing the games you're playing, learning from others, and mastering the best strategies and techniques for each game. With these insider arcade tips and tricks, you'll be well on your way to becoming a winner-only player.

Crane machines, also known as claw machines, are very common in arcades. The goal of these games is to use a claw to pick up one of the prizes inside. Often, these prizes are stuffed animals, but they can be just about anything. Some arcades even have claw machines with expensive prizes like tablets or phones. Owing to their simplicity and prizes, they are great arcade games for kids.

Since most claw machine prizes are stacked on each other, some are easier to grab than others. To increase your chances of winning, try picking a prize sitting right on top of other prizes. The claw is not very strong and prizes stuck under other prizes are very difficult to get out. It also helps to go after prizes that look easy to grab. Something too small might fall out of the claw, while something too big may be too heavy.

If you want to learn tips and tricks for your favorite arcade games, there are other suggestions that pertain to a wide range of games. Here are some tips you can apply to many arcade games to help you score more points. These can be applied to many classic arcade games.

If you want to get the highest score on a game, try playing one that not many people play. Games with low high scores may be easier to beat. Many games also give out more tickets for high scores. Playing ticket-based games can also win you big payouts.

To become an arcade expert, play different games as often as you can. Practicing your gaming skills across a wide array of games will make you a much better player. While playing one game a lot will improve your score for that specific game, playing different ones will make you more well-rounded. While arcades are fun for big events, they can also be fun for regular visits with the whole family.

How easy it looks. You stare at a screen, you tap a button to align a block on top of the block below it, and you repeat this a bunch of times until your stack touches the top of the screen. You then win a huge amount of tickets, some amazing prize, or the validation that you defeated one of the harder games your arcade offers.

* PSI of claw. Most claws are 5-8 PSI requiring 10-13 to grab an item. Note, the setting module for the PSI is usually manual, there are springs on the claw that have little red marks. The module will tell you which mark to tighten the spring for the desired effect :)

I'll be totally honest here, I suck at Ms. Pac-Man. It's probably my second favorite arcade game of all time, I've been playing it constantly on my multicade for the better part of a year, and no matter how many different maze routes I try or what I do I've never been able to top 40,000 points. I can make it to the first bananna stage every now and then, but most of the time I end up losing all my lives on the apple stage since I just can't seem to outwit those blasted ghosts!

At this point I kinda feel like no matter how many times I play Ms. Pac-Man I'm never going to improve on my own, so I'm asking for some advice. Anyone have any tips to offer that might help me start posting some better scores?

Are you playing at normal (slow) speed, or other turbo (fast)? I usually get about 100,000 to 120,000 on an average game set on fast. I suck and hate the slow speed. I just call the slow version Just-Shoot-Me-Man.

- Position yourself near a tunnel before a fruit (remember, a pretzel is a fruit!) comes out so you can grab it right away. The first one, depending on the machine, will come out after you eat a combination of dots and/or energizers totally around 67 to 72. The second one will come out after the next 100. This is tricky to do in the second maze, though, because the two sets of tunnels are so far apart; very hit-or-miss.

- Easily one of the more common causes of losing a life is chasing the monsters for too long. Know when to stop chasing the monsters. When they start alternating between blue and white, stop chasing the ghosts after eight color changes; four in some levels.

- The monsters always go to the LEFT when they exit the pen in the middle, but be careful -- as you probably noticed, periodically they suddenly change directions, and it could be just at the moment when they emerge from the pen.

- In the third maze, clear out that inverted T-shaped island below you IMMEDIATELY. When the level starts, only one or two monsters will be wandering the maze, but if you wait too long, all four will be out and very likely will trap you there. So clear that area immediately when the level starts and do not go back into it.

- If you're trapped between two monsters, just keep on going; don't backtrack. You might encounter that little glitch that allows you to pass right through. (There's a video on YouTube of Billy Mitchell doing that intentionally. Onlookers who were watching him were astonished and asked how he did that. He smiled and said, "I'm Billy Mitchell." )

- Learn to count the levels so you know when the monsters change colors eight times versus four times versus none at all. Little hint for you: if the machine you're playing is set to normal difficulty, if you're good enough to get this far in the game, you will see an orchid-colored version of the pear/banana maze. Count the number of times you clear it. When you see that maze the fourth time, the monsters will NOT be edible -- eating an energizer will only cause them to reverse. The next maze you get after that will be the fourth maze (the one with the sideways T intersections that form tunnels) with the color scheme of the first maze -- the first time you see that version of the maze, you can once again eat the monsters, but after you clear that maze, that's it: they're invulnerable for the rest of the game.

I don't remember my record, but I could get -if I recall, to the "Third" Junior cartoon, before the game simply became impossible. I might have reached the 4th Junior ONCE, but it was so long ago I can't remember anymore.

a few stages later, the pac-man's speed would be reduced to beginning speed (e.g. level 1) while the ghosts remain moving at full speed.

This, combined with the random start patterns, would make the game completely unbeatable as you would have absoliutely no way to live.

You could pass the duplicated stage 3 junior, with the slow move speed and no energizers, due to the "safe" area right below the tunnel, where the monsters come out through it and are unable to move downwards at the first path, if you hugged the tunnel and slowly creeped to eat the dots and try to lure the monsters into going the wrong way and looping around, but on the duplicated stage 4's, there was not much you could do to avoid the too fast ghosts, for very long.

2) the pink monster always tries to cut you off, by moving in the SAME direction you are moving, once he is within 1 ghost distance from you. If you are moving directly at him and there is an intersection, depending on which way you are approaching him, he will to change direction because he sees you moving in the opposite direction he is going. You can abuse that extremely well. Depending on the direction and intersection, you can make him run away from you by going at him.

Note: if he is moving UP and you are approaching from the left, going right, and he can NOT move right to match your movement, he will move left instead, killing you. However if he is moving up and you are approaching from the RIGHT, moving left, and he cannot go left, he will continue moving up past you. A mirror instance of this is if he is moving left and you are approaching underneath him, moving up, compared to him moving right and you are approaching underneath him moving up. One method is safe, one isn't.

3) The blue monster randomly takes on the property of any of the other three remaining monsters. Often, but not always, he will take on the property of the monster closest to him. Sometimes he takes on a property of Sue (the brown/tan monster) instead of moving towards the bottom left corner, he may go towards bottom right or top right, when you are close to him, moving towards him.

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