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they had such a sense of wonder. It felt like the future.

>> No.5239587

>>5239583
>tfw arcades started popping up again in my country

>> No.5239725

>>5239583
>It felt like the future.

Because it WAS the future.

Video games pioneered so much of what would become the norm in user interfaces in computers as well as standardizing much of the display technology and other things. Plus arcade machines were literally the inspiration for "cyberspace" in William Gibson's original cyberpunk novels, which in turn influenced the shaping of the internet itself. Even Steve Jobs originally worked at Atari.

>> No.5239726

It sucked when they started to replace the games with rhythm and ticket based games. Absolute peak was the early '90s.

>> No.5239734

>>5239583
Maybe that's why arcades are past their time.
Our future sucks. We all know it. So a forward-looking arcade can only suck.
And a retro arcade can only help but be part museum, which makes it sad.

>> No.5239746

>>5239726
You take that back. DDR single-handedly added another decade onto most arcades' lifespans.

>> No.5240056

>>5239583
The only arcade I ever really got to experience was the handful of arcade machines at the local movie theatre. I remember it had Mortal Kombat 4. I missed the glory days of arcades.

I wish I could build a cabinet for my room and load it up with hundreds of ROMs, but I also don't have a job and would feel bad about dipping into my savings. Also, I'm not even sure it would fit in my room. I could just use my computer to play ROMs, but it's just not the same.

>> No.5240058

>>5239583
One just opened up in Orlando back in November.

>> No.5240271
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5240271

Post your face when you have one or more arcades in your area because your town isn't an arcadelet

There wasn't an arcade in my town from 2005 to 2016. You will survive the drought.

>> No.5240386

>>5239583
Arcades were a rip off. Just pay 2 win bullshit for spoiled brats who's mommy threw away money on their brat kid.

>> No.5240390

>>5239734
Today is the best thing to be alive you tard. Crime peaked in the early 90s.

>> No.5240553

>>5240390
Got news for you, zoomer. Getting laid peaked in the 90s, too. Now you have 3rd wave feminism and MGTOW.

>> No.5240672

>>5240271
My local mall had two arcades. The "big one" near the Sears that was about 5000 square feet, dimly lit and filled with drug dealers, and the "small one" about 1000 square feet near the food court.

>> No.5242580

>>5239725
Is that you, ZB?

>> No.5242627

>>5240390
It peaked in the mid-90s, but whatever.

And it's mostly gone up in recent years. It will continue to go up. We are literally currently going through the collapse of civilization, so if you think this isn't one of the worst times to be alive ever then you're delusional.

>> No.5242794

>>5239583
I don't miss them because there are tons of them here

>> No.5242961

the bar arcade combo is gaining traction in my area. there's one nearby that must be doing well. lots of daily traffic. good selection too

>> No.5243136

>>5239583
Turns out there's an arcade near me. It's kind of small, but has a whole bunch of pinball machines and classic arcade cabinets. It's 15 bucks a day/8 bucks an hour. Thinking about taking some friends there. Should I do it bros?

>> No.5243219

>>5239583
There are still some near me, although they seem to be catered just toward adults and serve alcohol. I've been seeing more VRcades popping up too.

>> No.5243245

With Linux and game development being easier now than ever there is no reason arcades couldn't make a comeback

>> No.5243675

>>5239583
>tfw hipster "barcade" joints are popping up in my town
The last genuine arcade here was in a bowling alley that shut down just recently but I'll take what I can get I guess.
>tfw japan somehow stayed in the timeline where arcades stayed alive and well

>> No.5243752

>>5239583
as home console technology improved they became obsolete, it was inevitable but sad because a huge social element of gaming has been eradicated by the change

>> No.5244353

>>5243752
>as home console technology improved they became obsolete which is why the places where "home console technology" is made are full or arcades
Sounds legit

>> No.5245264

>>5243675
A big reason arcades went to a bad place in the west wasn't lack of demand, but too many things happening at once during the 00s. Sega was in a major state of mismanagement. Midway and Atari had just pulled out of the arcade scene. Konami randomly decided to end DDR during the height of its popularity, then fuck up distribution when they finally brought it back. There just wasn't a whole lot of reason to go to the arcade. Raw Thrills did pop up later to fill the void, but now they've more-or-less got a monopoly on arcade distrobution.

>> No.5245386

>>5240553
t. doomer

>> No.5245438

If there was some reason why arcades were still viable everyone would be on hear bitching about quarter-eater design, other patrons being loud or smoking, shallow games meant to wow you into spending more without having any actual depth, ever having to leave your house..

You can be nostalgic about certain aspects of the arcade, like all the kids lining up at the MKII machine, seeing the best of technology in a very public setting where it was a whole social event rather than you just buying and installing a new videocard from amazon and game from steam, being loud and smoking with with other patrons, entering ASS on the high score table, etc but arcades died for a reason. It was a 1970s thing that managed to hold on for a couple more decades just because it was fun and the very best electronics were still prohibitively expensive through the 90s. When Atari was first selling fully electronic cabinets it was practically the only option for someone outside of a well moneyed university to get to play with a device that could move shit around on a TV screen. You weren't going to get people to buy an expensive and huge machine that played one game to put in their own house so coin-op was the only commercially viable option.

Any of you who've read about the history of this know that mechanical coin-op machines go back to the 1920s so a business model existed for access to impressive-for-the-time technology sold in very short increments. Game consoles are actually a sort of compromise between a generalist PC and a one game arcade cabinet actually, and are sort of next on the chopping block. With Sony using off the shelf x86 parts for the PS4 I would say that axe has fallen, actually. If I keep going this post will become even more disorganized but I'm sure I've made enough of you angry

>> No.5245443

>>5245438
Even though im not a nintendo guy, i think they will continue to sell consoles and cartdridges.

>> No.5245458

>>5245438
riddle me this anon, as >>5243675
points out why are they still alive and well in japan?

>> No.5245483

>>5239583
they were great places to score drugs, public, all-ages, no cover, no bouncers, no security, dark, crowded, lots of isolated places, they'll start putting it in movies soon if they haven't already

>> No.5245559

>>5245438
Thanks for posting on hear reddlet. That's a very good summary of the youtube video you learned about arcades from.

>> No.5245563

I miss arcades too. A lot. Consoles, internet, emulation are no substitute.

>> No.5245953

>>5239583
Until some Fat Albert looking son of a bitch plunked in his coins while you were fighting the final boss and blocked you from your controls with his enormous girth.

>> No.5246009

>>5243136
Portal Pinball?
I'm there a lot.

>> No.5246185

>>5246009
Oh shit yeah that's it

>> No.5246948

>>5245458
are those arcades or pachinko parlors? japan also still uses fax machines

>>5245559
yeah faggot there are no downvotes here it's tough when you can't actually post a response that makes sense

>> No.5246953

>>5239583
I miss having real friends and not just talking to random asshats on the internet.

>> No.5247205

>>5246948
>here
You should be thanking me for educating you instead of flaccidly flailing to defend your pasta

>> No.5248695

arcades were anti-comfy desu
i'm glad they're dead and gone

>> No.5248712

I miss the experience. Being 6 years old, playing double dragon alone, watching a 40 year old appear next to you, listening to him yell words you've never heard before at the screen in frustration, aggressive elbows always pushing you away from the controls... Such a creepy environment.

>> No.5248721

japanese arcades in the 90s were the ultimate way to experience new graphics technology.

>> No.5248784

>>5248695
arcades were always comfy because of the fun machines, inticing visuals and sound design. it was like a video game carnival fair for kids. i dont know how youd call that anti-comfy. i always loved playing the arcade games with racing cars build in them like sega rally, outrun 2. what a peaceful game sega rally championship was.

>> No.5248870

>>5239583
I kinda miss arcades as well, but an arcade with modern titles would probably be both shit and expensive. I saw the recent Cruisn' game at a Walmart and that was $1 just to play, not the 25 to 50 cents from when I was a kid. Although to be honest, I did see games at that price back then, too, it was just not too many games and the only one I ever played at that price quickly dropped to around 50 cents.

>> No.5250207

Arcades still exist in large cities. I live in Houston, and we have a really nice one.

>> No.5250679

>>5243675
>>tfw japan somehow stayed in the timeline where arcades stayed alive and well
Every arcade I visited in japan was the same:
>first floor is standign room only crane games, guys with girlfriends and bitter loners chasing anime prize figures
>second floor had the drum games, karaoke game booths, photobooths, and the other things girls like but still mostly empty
>third floor was fake casino games and coin pushers
>4th and 5th floors were the actual arcade games and they were mostly barren of customers. New games would get a few players and rest of floor was empty

If it wasn't for crane game culture most of those arcades would have folded over a decade ago.