arcader
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arcader (plural arcaders)
- (informal) One who plays arcade games.
- 1983 August, Popular Mechanics, volume 160, number 2, page 88:
- The arcaders have it easy. All they need to do is drop a quarter into a machine to find out how good the latest shoot 'em up game really is. But for the home computer owner, it's another story.
- 1990, Compute: Volume 12, Issues 6-9:
- Bruce Lee Lives will take even advanced arcaders hours to complete. Software Toolworks' Troy Heere offers some hints not found in the manual to help you get through the game a little faster.
- 2010, Steven Levy, Hackers, page 414:
- Jerry Jewell was on the scene with Sirius' two most awesome arcaders. On-Line would arrive tomorrow. After the presentation, Jewell bragged to one of the competitors that one of his men might well be the world's best videogamer.
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