20 Things Only 30-Something Gamers Will Understand

One of the original first world problems was entering your initials against the clock.

The struggle of having 30 seconds to scroll up and down the alphabet in a packed arcade in a serious race against time presented many problems.

Guys called Dan could chose to add their initials as DAN but what if more than one Dan had played that day... How would people tell the difference and know it was you? Argh!

Some bold gamers didn't care to see their name in lights and arrogantly bucked the trend by registering as BUM or WEE as they made the top ten. Real mature, lads. Classy.

But there was something satisfying about knowing your three-letter initials were on an arcade somewhere in the world and if you were somehow knocked off the leaderboard by a BOB, IAN or NIK then it meant time to get back into the game.

These days your username or handle does all the hard work, adding to your trophy cabinet and expanding your digital footprint means there's much of a sense of victory and the blood-thirsty battle to stay on the screen each week has been lost.

It was a rite of passage for gamers that kids today will never truly understand.