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You miss going to arcade?

>> No.4137979

>>4137973
some movie theaters still have metal slug but its rare

>> No.4138005

>>4137973
I miss arcade games being everywhere. I used to see cabs in restaurants, movie theaters, malls, and Wal-Mart entrances. Now it's all crane machines and Redboxes.

>> No.4138013

>>4137973
I do but some still exist so I can't say I "miss" going to the arcade 100%

>> No.4138074

Has anyone in the UK been to Arcade Club in Bury? It looks pretty decent, I'm thinking of making a trip over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7bNfTY6yI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUdARII8Gc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQlPsRb0__w

>> No.4138103

I miss the drug deals and general shady activity.

>> No.4138116

>>4138103
There was one arcade we had in town in the early 90s called The Dome that I remember had older teens doing and dealing speed and generally intimidating younger kids to let them take over their game. Not a fun place, it got shut down pretty quickly.

>> No.4138847

>>4137973
Not really, the local arcade is filled with teens, which is how it was when I was a teen.

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>>4138847
I dunno sexy teen girls are the best. Women age like milk past 21.

>> No.4139015
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I live near Galloping Ghost
20 bucks to play all the god damn games I want and I can stay there until 2 in the morning, not a bad deal at all

>> No.4139025

I used to; back in the early to mid 2000's I used to holiday in Portugal every year with my parents, and without fail every pub would have a Neogeo cab with a bunch of games on it. By the time we stopped going they were starting to thin out, though.

Recently a cafe opened nearby me that's run by a dude that collects old arcade stuff, though. It has 6 cabs and he rotates the boards pretty frequently. It was really cool getting to play Metal Slug X on actual hardware for the first time in like a decade. I went to Tokyo last year too, the arcade joints there are fucking awesome.

>> No.4139051

>>4137973
Yes. It was a great experience. But now I can arcade at home, thanks to the games, consoles and PC I own.

>> No.4139141

>>4137973
i do :(

>> No.4139198
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>>4137973
Nope. In Portland we have Ground Kontrol. At 4:30pm it turns 21+ and the bar opens at 5. During the day it's a great place to ogle lolis. This Wednesday they're having a free play event for five bucks.

>> No.4139235

It was fun. Then I started working at one and began to associate it more with negativity. Would still love to go to some of the ones they have in Japan, though.

>> No.4139275

I do, they are opening a barcade in my city later this year though. Owned by someone who already owns a barcade in Phoenix that I've been to once that has good selection of games. It is loud and packed with normies though, not very comfy but I'll still go.

>> No.4139282

>>4137973
My entire town only had 1 arcade, some hole in the wall in the mall. It was one "big" (not really big but enough for maybe 50 machines) room with absolutely no lights at all, just whatever light came from the screens. So for a relatively little kid it was kind of a scary place because all the older kids dominated the machines and would talk shit to you if you asked to play. And there was no management at all, maybe just one guy in a backroom that would come out in an emergency but yeah. I did all my arcade playing at the pizza place but their selection was severely limited. About the only thing I can remember now is playing some Golden Axe and Shinobi. Those were cool but yeah overall my arcade experience was pretty negative.

>> No.4139289

>>4137973
Yes. With arcades, video games were a social thing that allowed you to meet new people (and even make new friends), learn good tricks from better players, and most of all, play the most exciting games for a minuscule sum.

Now video games are an autistic hobby you play all alone at home... and you've got to spent hundreds to get the console, the gaming monitor, the games, the fast and reliable Internet connection, the subscription, the accessories (muh arcade stick, muh racing wheel), etc. It's sad.

>> No.4139293

>>4139015
>>4139198
I love going to places like these. I've been to Abari in Charlotte and Arcade Legacy in Cincinnati. If I ever find myself in Chicago or Portland I'll know where to go.

>> No.4139295

>>4139289
Versus just spending hundreds in quarters over the course of months...

>> No.4139340

>>4139295
Still sustainable (you were not stuck with a $60 game you're not touching after two weeks), and for this price you had the latest games, the social experience, etc.

But in Europe it was like $1 for one credit, or even dearer, so it just makes me laugh to see Americans complaining about muh quarters.

>> No.4139358

>>4139340
>$1 for one credit

No wonder arcades died out. You can get two burgers from McDonald's at that price.

>> No.4139395

>>4139358

The arcade cabinets cost $15000 to $30000 for the high end experiences. They're not making much money.

>> No.4139404
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The last arcade in my city closed last year. Now its a coffee shop, and if you eat there they give you a coin and you can play any of the machines they still have. At least they kept the pinball machines.

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>> No.4139438

FUNSPOT. The ultimate arcade - played everything from 70s B/W games, to rare color vectors like cockpit star wars, to the deluxe cockpit Outrun. It was a religious experience.

>> No.4139467

>>4139289
>social thing that allowed you to meet new people (and even make new friends), learn good tricks from better players, and most of all, play the most exciting games for a minuscule sum.
All of this. Only thing I don't miss is second-hand smoke... Some places even glued ashtrays to the cabs so people wouldn't leave burn marks everywhere.

>> No.4139479

>>4139405
is that puzzle bobble

>> No.4139508

>>4137973
Pinballz in Austin is pretty cool. And the machines have a price tag so you can buy them as well. It pretty much has any pinball and arcade game you can think of.

My friend also would buy broken arcades, fix whatever small part was broken, and for a couple hundred bucks had a working arcade. His whole garage was nicknamed Neverland Racnh II since the neighborhood kids would flock there (with their parents) and play free games. Everyone would pitch in some money to help him with electricity. That coupled with a full size ping pong table and pool table made it like the funnest place ever. Good times.

Then his roommate fucked it all up being a junky that flaked out one day and they couldn't make rent. Had to sell all these glorious machines. I tried for him to just give me the Police Trainer shooting game but it was sold.

>> No.4139565

>>4139479

yep

>> No.4139570

>>4139358
If only you knew the price of McDonald's burgers here in Yurop... But I bet you know, right?

>> No.4139583

>>4139015
I'm a galloping ghost man as well. Love the pinball, but wish they could get a few more.

>> No.4139587

>>4139570
No, how would I know? What is it? I'm talking just the basic cheeseburger. They're like under a buck here. Good stuff like Big Macs are a lot more expensive tho

>> No.4139594
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4139594

>used to have a $.05 arcade next to In N Out
>its now a tire shop

>> No.4139657

>>4139587
As far as I remember, the basic cheeseburger is around $2 here (I almost never go at McDonald's though). Such is life in Yurop.

The high prices had an interesting effect for arcade games though: 2-player gaming was rare because it was way too short if you lost, and the best value for money was to play against the computer. At least your $1 could last ten minutes and not 35 seconds. Then you could share the credit with your friends: one plays the first round, one plays the second round, etc.

>> No.4139695

>>4137973

yes

>> No.4139714

>>4137973
No because Northern Colorado has hella arcades and I go to them regularly :~)

>> No.4139798

>>4137973
Just spent 3 hours at an arcade today. Not really much in the way of retro but very much arcade games. It does a good job of scratching that retro itch. Racking up points, getting good, etc.

>> No.4139827

>>4139587
>I'm talking just the basic cheeseburger. They're like under a buck here.

nz here, most arcades used to charge $1 or $2 a credit here. And for comparison a basic McDonalds cheeseburger is $3.90.

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>>4137973
I have a beercade in town and another beercade about 40 minutes away.

Things turned out pretty decently for me.

>> No.4140064

>>4139827
>a basic McDonalds cheeseburger is $3.90

Jesus christ wtf

>> No.4141169
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4141169

rump

>> No.4141201

No. The day I had to stop begging to go to the arcade all the time and was finally able to just sit at home and play games, and even better it didn't cost money was a great day.

>> No.4141215

>You miss going to arcade?
A little bit. I miss the games more than I do the arcade experience. I only liked arcades when they were empty because I hate having to wait over someone's shoulder or close enough until they're done playing.

I love Time Crisis 3. I hope it's still at my local AMC for when I go next time.

>> No.4141217

When i was a kid i got electrocuted by a cabinet in an arcade on the beach. Owner took the power down. Felt this warm vibration inside me and for a moment thought it was like a rumble feature but the screen was black then i remember the owners face was the face of terror. I never realized what happened before growing up. Never told my parents eithrr

>> No.4141290

>>4139198

I find it heartwarming to see that even in the days of smartphones etc. the old tech manages to excite pull in some kids. Maybe these things may have a chance even when the preservers from that and the follow generation die out?

>> No.4141302

On Comic-con, the Capcom Booth had the actual arcades of Super Turbo, Vanilla Alpha 3 and 3S.

That made me feel a lot better since the beginning of the tour was rocky at first.

>> No.4141343

>>4137973
Yes, I really miss going with my dad every sunday. It was in the late 90s in cardiff bowling alley, they had just about everything but the light gun games and the racing ones were my favourite. It was right next to a boweling alley and a cinema. Really cool place.

>> No.4141397

Now I would be afraid of germs.
As a kid, I didn't even think about it, but now I can't stop seeing some kids with literal shit on their fingers touching everything

>> No.4141626

>>4141290
Maybe that's because these machines are more than just a screen, in a world of screens. They are "real".

>> No.4141667

>>4137973
FUck man. I want to get a few cabs but the only cheap ones around me are broken. How do I into cab repair?

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>>4137973
Of course man, we used to have a Putt-Putt golf that closed down years ago in my town. Nowadays people just buy arcade games if they have the money. Luckily for me I bought the very same Neo-geo that we used to play at Putt-Putt and I love it.

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4141779

>tfw childhood arcade shutdown last year
>tfw will never eat the pizza and play Soul Edgr again

Man I miss Kabooms

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>>4139275
Whoa, which one in Phoenix? Are you talking about The Grid in Mesa? I live in Phx and have been looking for a good place to play old games

>> No.4142146

>>4141724
>hot chick at the arcade

StuffThatNeverHappened.png

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>>4142146

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4142165

one of the reasons arcades dont exist anymore is because children are not allowed to go outside unsupervised since all men are rapists

>> No.4142185

>>4142146
but it's a jpg

>> No.4142190

>>4142146
personwhodoesnotleavehismomsbasement.avi

>> No.4142203

>>4139198
>>4139293
Check out Quarterworld on Hawthorne (in Portland), they have a great selection of pinball tables

>> No.4142274

I used to go to a campground in the 90's with family/friends and there was like 3 different arcades spread out across the grounds. Eventually they all went away and the place changed management so we stopped going. I'd love to have some kind of 21+ arcade, or even just a bar with 10 or so cabinets.

>> No.4142936

>>4142190
underagevirginkidwhoneverplayedinanarcade.mp3

>> No.4143024

>>4137973
from fucking jerryland, east jerryland to make things worse, so i missed even the experience in the first place. can you imagine "that feel when".

>> No.4143079

>>4138103

I miss seeing some folk swing fists over stolen coins for the Karaoke Machine of all things.

Kidding aside, I do miss having a lot of kickass games. Or at least a working Virtual On Cabinet next to all the F1 racers back then.

>> No.4144063

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Arcade-Joystick-DIY-Kit-Zero-Delay-Arcade-Kit-USB-Encoder-To-PC-Arcade-copy-Sanwa-Joystick/32774269126.html
Retropie thread?

If you could put anything in a dedicated cab what would it be?

>> No.4144118

>>4144063
I rather have the original.

>> No.4144228

>>4144118
I mean console/PC games

>> No.4144274

I want an app for finding the nearest specific arcade machine.

>> No.4144331

The good arcades: Yes, I absolutely do miss going to them.

However, A lot of arcades started to get really shady near the end. 1 credit costing a dollar, all games put up to max difficulty to drain more quarters and 4-3 credits min. to play got really old really quick.

>> No.4144338

>>4144331
Also, stores forcing systems to use their own propriety coin system instead of general quarters. (because you just knew that they made all the games cost an odd number of credits to make you waste money)

>> No.4144673

>>4144338
>propriety coin system
You mean tokens. I guess if you were too retarded to flick pennies of get cheap tokens that must have really sucked.

>> No.4144745

just went to a recent one. all were either ticket games or BIG arcade shooters

>> No.4144754

>>4144745
At leat have some music games

>> No.4146019

I never went because there were none were I lived. If there had been I would have lived in the arcades. I only ever played Outrun at a huge gas station that was also a restaurant. My parents had to physically pull me away from the machine.

I missed out on so much fun. Fucking Europe and its fucking lack of arcades.

>> No.4146950

Yeah, but mostly I miss the sense of being amazed and mesmerized by them as a kid.
Like, I can go to a barcade nowadays, or even buy an arcade cabinet for myself, but it's not, will never get the same experience as something like going to the neighborhood arcade with friends as a kid, and seeing Street Fighter II: The World Warriors for the first time again.

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>> No.4147103

>>4147075
Anyone know what the rule that will be enforced is?

>> No.4147250

>>4147103
Only can make out "guests"...

Guess they don't want seamen/airmen slacking off lmao.

>> No.4148359

>>4147103
no habla ingles

>> No.4148485

>>4146950
This, and it kept delivering.

>seeing hacked Street Fighter II (with dozens of fireballs at once) for the first time
>seeing Mortal Kombat for the first time
>seeing Virtua Fighter for the first time

All these leaps in just two or three years...? Nothing could come close today.

Also, there was the "candy shop" aspect because you had so many awe-inspiring games at the same time. All were making your console look like a child's toy, and all were begging to be played... You had to be in a perpetual MIND = BLOWN state whenever you went to an arcade, and this sense of excitement doesn't really exist nowadays.

>> No.4148540

Anyone going for replayfx in Pittsburgh this weekend??