Montana’s Favorite Classic Arcade Game Revealed—Was This Yours?

If I had invested every quarter I put into an arcade machine back in the day, I would have Bill Gates-type of money. Maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but I would definitely be better off today than I am now. I played a lot of video games.

Growing up in Missoula, at one time, there were two competing arcades. There was the Odyssey Arcade in the Holiday Village and Aladdin's Castle in the Southgate Mall. If I dig through all my things there still may be a token from Aladdin's Castle in some of my change.

As video game consoles moved into homes and the technology advanced, there are fewer arcades around. Montana still has a few arcades. Big Sky Arcadia has locations in Bozeman, Belgrade, and Missoula are some of them.

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There has been a trend of video game companies releasing classic arcade games on new gaming systems. There is something about the nostalgia of old video games that people enjoy. If you browse Facebook Marketplace, you may be able to find some of classic arcade games for cheap.

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When it comes to classic arcade games, Montana has its favorite. Bet MGM took a look at the most searched classic arcade games in each state. For Montana, that would be the classic Space Invaders. The results are based on Google Trends from 2004 to 2024, over two decades of searching.

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There a few games that I played a lot and I still miss, like Kung Fu, Tempest, Rampage and Galaga. There are a couple things that I don't miss about spending time in arcades, the smell (they all seem to smell the same) and having all the buttons and joysticks being perpetually sticky.