Arcades
Just thought i'd start a new topic.
Arcades does any one miss them? dose any one have a decent arcade near you? Best arcade memorys?
Most arcades now are full of gambling machines and very few games.
There was a time when arcades was the door way to seeing the very latest and best games.
I always found arcade gaming to be a bit special comapired with home gaming. You was forced to get good at games so your money would go further. Down to your last 10p chasing that high score or final boss. It always seemed to add a edge to gaming.
Playing with or against random people working togetherto beat the game, or fighting each other for pride and glory.
I was quite a mean street fighter 2 player when i was a nipper, i would beat teens and adults often after games there would be hand shakes there was a real sense of pride and respect. If you was owning on one game a crowd would sometimes gather would would add extra pressure to do well.
Arcades was very social places and a good way to meet new friends. Now they seem full of drunk chavs spending there pocket money on fuirt machines and ddr (least the ones around me)
I guess now lan partys are the new form of arcades but i dunno i still dont find them as fun as i did arcades.
Just thought i'd start a new topic.
Arcades does any one miss them? dose any one have a decent arcade near you? Best arcade memorys?
Most arcades now are full of gambling machines and very few games.
There was a time when arcades was the door way to seeing the very latest and best games.
I always found arcade gaming to be a bit special comapired with home gaming. You was forced to get good at games so your money would go further. Down to your last 10p chasing that high score or final boss. It always seemed to add a edge to gaming.
Playing with or against random people working togetherto beat the game, or fighting each other for pride and glory.
I was quite a mean street fighter 2 player when i was a nipper, i would beat teens and adults often after games there would be hand shakes there was a real sense of pride and respect. If you was owning on one game a crowd would sometimes gather would would add extra pressure to do well.
Arcades was very social places and a good way to meet new friends. Now they seem full of drunk chavs spending there pocket money on fuirt machines and ddr (least the ones around me)
I guess now lan partys are the new form of arcades but i dunno i still dont find them as fun as i did arcades.
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