Easy Way to get Free Arcade Games

by Trippin

Don't you ever get tired of going to an arcade and wasting wads of cash just trying to play a little game? It took about $3,000 down the craphole for me to realize that such fruitless spending wasn't going to get me anywhere. But I couldn't just give up those precious games; what else would I have to do while I was in town? I then came to the conclusion that I would have to find another way to get the machines to work besides shoving endless amounts of tokens into them.

When I discovered this trick it had been completely on accident. There I was one day spending more money on Air Hockey when the tokens suddenly got jammed inside the coin slot. Being as cheap and impatient as I am I was enraged at the stupid game. I kicked the side of the coin slot in anger and to my amazement I heard the all-familiar sound of a credit being accepted. The coin was still well-wedged into the slot, but the game had magically sprung to life!

Fore a moment I could do nothing but stare and behold the miracle that I had created. But not too long after that a triumphant grin came upon my face. If I could do it once, surely I could do it again as many times as I wanted. I cautiously started pounding the coin slot with the palm of my hand, but to my disappointment nothing happened. After about five minutes of this I was about ready to accept defeat...but then it hit me. Maybe the trick was to apply pressure to a certain spot rather than just bluntly smashing it. I grabbed the closest thing I could think of that could concentrate my energy into a small tip...a pool stick!

Okay, I know that may sound kind of lame. But the fact of the matter is a pool stick is the ideal tool for cheating these games. They are long, thin, and abundant assuming there are pool tables in the room. This really does work! The proper method of holding the stick is the same as if you were playing actual pool. You want to be able to slide it in and out of your front hand. When you finish aiming for the right spot pull it back and quickly push it forward. Simple as that. But you have to remember two things while you are doing this.

1. Hitting the games can cause noise, especially if you miss where you need to aim. Also, you must hit it as many times as the number of quarters needed to play. For this reason it is best to hit the game only once and then wait a few moments to continue.

2. Simply hitting the game wherever you like will not work. There are certain spots where the trigger is located inside the machine that you must hit. The outside of the game should temporarily be pushed inward, hitting the trigger and causing a premature activation.

From experience I have figured out that nearly every machine has a slightly different point where you must hit it. One guideline that seems to always be dependable is that the point is somewhere near the coin slot. Sometimes it is a little above it; sometimes it is below or on the sides of it. You really have to experiment with the machines to figure it out. Another place that can usually activate the machine is inside the coin return slot. The area inside this slot is considerably bigger than your pool stick, so you may have to move it up and down before you can hit it correctly.

IMPORTANT: Sometimes the owners will attach locked metal covers around the front of the machine. This will make it considerably harder to get free games. I have yet to figure out how to activate ones that require you to hit around the coin slot, but the ones that work from inside the coin return slot seem to still work. If you find that after five or so minutes you cannot activate a certain machine, give it up and go to another one.

One last thing before I sign off. If someone catches you doing this you must keep your cool and tell them that the machine ate your coins. Usually they will just tell you to stop and probably give you your money back. Be careful, though, because of you get caught twice by the same person they are likely to kick you out or even call the police.

Peace