This arcade machine just ain't right
The Aladdin's Castle in town is behind the times with the rest of the universe. While they did get a Soul Caliber 2 machine, they also got this weird Addams Family-themed "electrocution machine". It's got Fester with a light bulb in his mouth coming at you in plastic molded 3D with two lines of lights running from the console to his head. There are two inch thick metal rods on either side of the console along with three buttons: Low, Medium, and High Voltage. The object of the game is to grab onto both rods for as long as you can (or hold one rod, hold a partner's hand and have your partner grab the other rod) while you are "electrocuted". The "voltage" increases until you "light Fester's bulb". My sister-in-law and I decided to play it (as both of us were unsure about tackling this thing alone). So we clasped hands, inserted the coins and (since we are both sick) selected "high voltage".
This game is torture. You don't get shocked (I figured not, but you never know these days), but the rods painfully vibrate-like a dual shock hooked up to a nuclear generator. If you let go, the game is over. So both of us clung on as if our lives depended on it. As the lights slowly light up toward Fester, the machine revs up even more and continues to do so until Fester's bulb is lit. You then get 3,000 points and the game is over. Our arms were totally numb, with tingly sensations in our hands. My hand itched like mad a few minutes afterward and I didn't dare use that hand to hold a soda.
Even though it was hell for about 1 minute, it was still intriguing to try. I'm tempted to go back and try it by myself.
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