It helps the company avoid having to keep change in each machine, it also keeps the machine from jamming and having to repair the machine. Most arcade games use tokens instead of money for multiple reasons. Either way, these tokens are not useful anywhere else other than in the arcade game itself. While people keep them for memory’s sake, others are not so happy when their families or a special person finds these tokens in their wallets or bottom of their pockets in the laundry. A lot of people wonder why arcades use tokens, instead of being able to push in a dollar into the slot of the machine. They are kept in the corner of some restaurant bars and even shopping malls for old times sake. While many people may think arcade games are a thing of the past, they are still alive and well.
