quarter-sucker
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]So called because they encourage the player to keep inserting coins (such as quarters) to continue play.
Noun
[edit]quarter-sucker (plural quarter-suckers)
- (slang) A coin-operated arcade game.
- Synonym: quarter-muncher
- 1983, Timothy Skelly, Shoot the robot, then shoot mom:
- He is a hired gun, a freelance designer/programmer of quarter-suckers.
- Computer Gaming World (volumes 181-185)
- Yet the early 80s was a magical - and expensive - time for fans of this new breed of interactive entertainment, with hordes of quarter-suckers based on the "blast the space ship" theme.