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Gaming Slang
attract mode
· noun · gaming
The demo a coin-op plays to itself to lure you in.
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The pre-recorded demo loop an arcade game runs when nobody's playing, cycling the title screen, high-score table and a fake play session to pull people over to drop a coin.
“The cab was just sitting there in attract mode, ghosts chasing nothing, until someone slammed a quarter in.”
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attract mode In A Sentence
The cab was just sitting there in attract mode, ghosts chasing nothing, until someone slammed a quarter in.
Origin & Usage
Arcade hardware design; the idle loop that cycles title, high scores and a canned demo to attract passing players.
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