insert coin
Machine payment instruction
Insert coin is the prompt displayed on arcade games and other coin-operated machines, instructing users to deposit money to play.
The phrase evokes 1980s and 1990s gaming culture and appears in nostalgic references to that era.
Figuratively, it suggests that payment or effort is required before something will function: Insert coin to continue this conversation.
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- arcade gameToken-operated entertainment machine
- video gameElectronic interactive visual entertainment
- slotNarrow slit for insertion
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
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- arcade gaminghigh score, joystick, game over, credits, quarter
- coin-op machinesarcade machine, claw machine, jukebox, pinball, video poker
- game actionsjump, select, run, tap, walk
- game overgame over, the end, you died, defeat, wasted
insert coinfree play
Self-directed recreational time
complimentary · demo mode · freeware · free trial · free to play
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