Because my local "arcade" was literally a pinball machine, and an aluminum air hockey table. I shit you not.

Welcome to rural 'MERIKA

>that feel when no arcade in my area

because the only arcade in nyc was in chinatown and it fucking closed last year. fuck you for reminding me

Because many have NOGAMESthat I want to play

Because I only know of TWO. One is full of hipsters and I don't really care for and the other one is kinda far away. If it was closer I'd go all the time. I don't think Wunderland will shut down any time soon. While the owner died he was fairly rich and his son plans to keep it open.

I never had a chance to go to arcades and now that I would be able to there are none.

The only cabinet I liked was a MVC2 machine with broken joysticks and buttons. They hadn't updated their games for like 10 years.

I worked in an arcade for some time and fought to make it the best I could. But the home office was very strict. No new games unless you make more money. We didnt make money because we only had shit games. arcade politics sucks

>>126496215
I forgot to mention that people like me are probably outnumbered by kids who want to play redemption games.

Hey man, I pumped quarters into a lot of the machines at the arcade near my place. It closed down almost 5 years ago.

What was great about that arcade in particular is it stayed up to date with its games while keeping the classic games people still played a lot. And they actually fixed their machines when they had problems.

my local arcade doesn't have any video games in it anymore, just ticket machines

it used to at least have soul calibur 2 and time crisis

i went in there to kill some time recently and not only were those gone, but you had to use swipe cards instead of tokens

Have you been to the Roseville golfland? Nothing worth playing there

>that feel when arcade machines are all from early 2000 or late 90's.
>have no graphics
>have shitty gameplay

Because a 20 year old walking into an arcade by himself is creepy

Actually you know what a 20 year old walking in with a few friends would probably make everyone else uneasy and probably think we're going to cause trouble. In the long run it just isn't worth it anymore OP, when I can just stay at home and have an arguably better experience.

There is a gameworks in my area and I can't be assed to go because arcades piss me off.

Because there isn't one around here.

The closet thing is the small one at the local theater, and I sink like $5 on MvC2 whenever I go there.

Most of the time it's better then whatever shitty movie I go to see.

I do spend money at the little arcade near where I live...but for only one game.

and its my favorite game of all.

3rd Strike

>>126496587
>no arcade machines
>just ticket machines

>implying the ticket machines isn't a game

There is literally no games I want to play there.

Time Crisis machine doesn't work. I'm too much of a pussy to play Dance Dance Revolution.

And that's about it.

>>126496780
just go with one other guy

>>126496095

>have local arcade
>filled with Mexicans all the time
>arcade closes down
>turns into laundromat
>even more mexicans

My only complaint about my closest arcade is that MVC2 wasn't working properly.

Shame it's gone now, I actually used to go there all the time

>>126496857
Ticket machines, I'd contend are games, but are lesser because the main draw is not gamepplay or whatever but TICKETZ

>>126496780
I'm 29 myself, I just can't force myself to go to an arcade anymore. At least not alone, Arcades are always better with a friend or two anyways.

>all the arcades in my area has been closed down and turned into a Starbucks.

if i had an arcade close by i would only go in if it had one of these bad boys

time for broken wrists

This Bowling Alley is the closest place with a Arcade, I think it would be kinda weird to see a 29 y/o going into Chucky Cheeses.

>>126497560
This one arcade I went to had one.

Too bad they sold it, I think.

The pads were broken anwyway though.

Because it gradually turned into DDRcade until it finally closed and got replaced by a Sbarro.

cause there are no "real" arcades in my area
the only "arcades" are just the few machines located in Movie Theaters, Bowling Alleys, and places like Chuck E Cheese

>local arcade

Did I accidentally travel back to the 80s again? I don't think there's EVER been an arcade in this city.

>2012
>Not going to arcade revivals like Arcade Odyssey
ISHYGDDT

>>126495813
Is that a "FunScape" arcade OP? cause it sure as hell reminds me of one.

>>126497977
Only place like that here in Portland is Ground Kontrol and it's full of hipsters as it's located in Downtown in Chinatown.

suck it bitches, my arcade has gauntlet legends, time crisis, MVC2, carnevil, and even a street fighter game (not sure which one)

>Implying I don't live near Sunnyvale Golfland
SSFIVAE, DJ Technika, Beatmania, Third Strike, Blazblue CS, MvC2, newest Initial D and Tekken 6 all day err day.
I love California.

I used to go to my local arcade when I knew they got KoF XIII and SFAE, so I could go and practice like real men do.
too bad the nigegrs who go there only play KoF 2002 magic plus and said machines were taken off after a month.
haven't bothered going there again.
at least I managed to learn some good combos by the time KoF XIII became popular.
inb4 spic.

I spend $30-40 a month at my local arcade.

Shut your whore mouth, I spent plenty of my parent's money at arcades!

>>126498217
>portland
>not expecting hipsters
Come on, step it up!

what's up ORbro?

>>126498314
>California
One of the small perks of that shithole of a state.

I never had a lot of money when my arcade was still open. A Game Crazy in my town has pic related from the arcade but will not let me play it. It's only for sale. I offered the dude 50 bucks for one play and he still said no.

every time i go, i do

>driving down one of my town's main streets
>see an arcade
>"huh. didn't know that was there."
>me and my friend check it out
>half the games are broken
>the ones that are working are just ticket games for shitty prizes

A better question, OP... why isn't my ARCADE spending any money on the Arcade?

>>126498484
To be fair, the hispters mostly congregate around downtown. That's one big reason why I try to avoid going downtown. I'm doing fine. Just wondering if I should visit one of the local AMF's or go to Wunderland. I remember fondly visiting the Beaverton Wunderland in my childhood.

Keep it strong, fubar.

>>126498314
>third strike
oh wow, glad to see people still play this awesome game
way better than IV.
parry is the fucking best thing ever.

>>126498241
my arcade had this. It was always empty. It even had a soul calibur 2 and daytona. I hold all the records on both the silent scopes machines. Going into an arcade by yourself is fine. No one cares, let alone even looks at you. go in,play your game and feel good.

>>126498512
BUY THAT SHIT

Arcade games are the best games.

The main draw of consoles in the 80s and early 90s was to play games "as good at home as they are in the arcade". Even games that weren't straight ports still looked up to arcade games.

Then faggots decided they want "immersion" and "story" and other fagtastic qualities which is my console gaming is the laughing stock.

Feels awkward playing at an arcade.

Last time I went there, it was mostly just kids playing whatever generic racing/co-op light gun shooting stuff, and then there were a bunch of 30-something year old guys huddled around some fighting game of some sort.

I decided I'd rather not.

The local arcade in my town was shut down when the mall was renovated and never returned due to a Chuck E. Cheese opening just in time for it to really weird if someone my age was in a Chuck E. Cheese.

I spend $50 a month at my arcade
Plus $3 to get there.
And then I go lan at a friends place nearby.

Only arcade here is the "Family Fun Center", which only has the kiddie ticket games you turn in for candy. The 2 mini-golf courses are fucking awesome though.

>>126497735
>Portland OR
>Not going to Ground Kontrol

They've all closed due to the reason OP described. Closest one is half a day's drive. Fucking hell that's depressing.

This thread is now about the happiest place on earth.

>you will never hear the glorious "ROOOOOLLLLIIIING STAAAAAART" in an arcade again

>>126498864
thats because arcades were where games originated. Been in one recently? It's fucking hellish.

No arcade, no job.

There's an arcade roughly 30 - 40 minutes away back where I used to live, but it's 100% racing, dancing/konami guitar, and general gimmick nonsense like photobooths.

No shmups, no beat em ups, no fightan, fucking nothing.

We don't have an arcade. If we did I'd probably be there all day every day though.

I must have spent at least $20 or $30 dollars just on The House of the Dead 4 last year until I finally got first place, and I also spent plenty Strider and Midnight Wanderers. Sadly, the Ms.Pac-Man+Galaga machine had been broken for half the year and I recently found out that it's been replaced by one of those newfangled virtual bowling games.

You know, if it was a Golden Tee machine that I might not be so mad. But bowling? What the fuck. Anyway, I'm not going back there again; I'm saving my money for console games.

>that feel when arcades are becoming extinct

IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY F-ZERO AX MAN, WHAT THE FUCK. YOU CAN'T EMULATE THAT SHIT WITH MAME, NO SIR.

DAYTOOOOONAAAAAAAAA

deedeedeedeedeedeedeedee
deedeedeedeedeedeedeedee

DAYTOOONNAAAAAAAAAAAA

My dad was in the military. I grew up (as in all of elementary school) in Okinawa. I went to arcades almost every week. Fucking loved them.

Then we moved to North Carolina. There are literally no dedicated arcades east of Raleigh. The local movie theaters have crane games and the bowling alleys have ticket games.

And the one arcade in Jacksonville (1+ hours away) got shut down after it was bought by and turned into a church and the two times I went it was SOOOO shitty.
>MvC2 with broken sticks
>light gun games that literally didn't work
>thats fucking it

It is actually a dream of mine to open a barcade. Because it seems like that is one of the few ways to ensure people will come and that it isn't little kids shitting all over machines and breaking shit.

>asia
>used to drop by arcades all the times with bros after school
>gets some fast food to eat
>calls up some chicks
>goes to a bar and hang out because there are no age restriction in asia

>>126499096

Candy cabs...candy cabs everywhere

>>126497977
>planet harrier

IF ONLY I LIVED IN BASED MIAMI HOLY FUCK

>>126499436

That feel when you will never be as good as a completely drunk businessman blowing off some steam on his way home from work.

Also even with CHEAP arcades, It's at least 12-15$ for a few hours worth. For that price you can get a cheap game on steam that lasts about as long or just as long without having to move my lazy ass. Now if it wasn't as much as a huge effort locating/getting to an arcade. I'd visit it more often.

Because my local arcade is full of nigger-sized dildos.

All the Joysticks? Dildos.
The control sticks? Dildos.
The floor?made entirely of dildos.
In fact the very building itself is composed of nothing but naked Filipino males, their bodies pressed tightly together and woven in such a manner as to provide an astoundingly pleasant degree of environmental protection.

Besides there is a homeless African gentleman who always loiters around the place without pants or underwear, constantly hassles the patronage for 1982 nickles (no other date or change will do), and smells vaugely of pomegranate extract, ground coriander, and horse urine.

AZ is where it's at, baby. Got 3 good arcades near me. (Dave and Buster's sucks now, used to go only for Sega Super GT)

>>126499593

Pull up a chair anon

I was in an arcade once, but the only games I ever played were Street Fighter 2 and the Simpsons brawler-type game.

It was a lot of fun.

>>126499125

Why yes I have. I worked in one too.

I love it. I love the atmosphere, I love the people, I love the games that are ALL better than the average console offering (really the worst you can do is Mario Kart GP, which, despite being pretty shit, its still fucking Mario Kart).

Here in Portland OR, we got Ground Kontrol.

Best arcade ever. Concerts and bars, so many pinball machines, and nearly every game from the 80's.

>>126499261
What about Dolphin?

>>126499674
California is better, but AZ has a few good arcades in the Tri-city area.

>>126499662

>>126498811
>>126498811
>>126498811
>>126498811
>I hold all the records on both the silent scopes machines
OH GOD I KNOW THAT FUCKING FEEL

>>126499039
holy shit yes, californian who visits portland sometimes here, GK is the second best arcade i've ever been to, second only to gameworks in seattle (they had every fucking fightan you could ever want, SNK, Capcom, namco, etc.)


>OP

I plan to visit Southtown Arcade in SF soon.

>>126499704

Let's get our initials on the high score tonight

>that feel when watching two pros go at it on a King of Fighters match

There is no feel that can match it.

>>126496620
Yeah, really, what the hell happened to all the good games? They took out the grid and the xmen game and pretty much everything else. The only thing that's still there is the ticket games, the time crisis machine, and ddr.

>>126499786
I can't stand the place, Mostly because of the fucking downtown hispters. If it wasn't for them I'd enjoy the place a bit more.

>>126499824
You know some good spots, I suppose. What would be some good arcades to hit up for whenever I'm out there, bro? Which one has the biggest Maxi Tune/Initial D scene?

Because I could play almost all those games at home without spending money every swing.

>>126498314
holy shit they have blazblue AND dj technica? I need to get over there some day.

>sitting while playing in an arcade machine

Alright /v/, this thread has inspired me.

I'm going to build myself an arcade cabinet with a built-in computer that can emulate all the arcade games I can think of.

Don't know how the fuck I'm going to do it, but damn it I'm going to do it one day.

>>126499898

Did you bring enough yen?

>>126499961 here
>>126499886
>>126499039
As you can see, I don't care for the community of the place but IS a passable arcade. Great place if you like older games.

My arcade only has

>Time Crisis
>Sega Rally
>Street Fighter
>Bubble Bobble
>Gunstar Heroes
>Star Wars Pod Racing
>Jet Skis
>Ferrari Simulator
>Mortal Kombat
>Initial D
>Dodge-ems

Fuck northern ireland :(

Because the arcade got rid of House of the Dead 3 and 4.

Fuck it if I care now.

>>126498314
>BlazBlue
AW FUCK YEAH

Too bad I don't live near there.

>>126499464
They also have 6-player X-men, Metal Slug 6, Ikaruga SSF4, Guilty Gear X, Three House of the Deads, two multicades, and some japanese Xbox 360s. Oh, and to the /a/nons or whatever they're called; live anime and pocky!

>>126500210
>Sega Rally

Every British arcade has one of these machines, mostly to please the chavs.

>that feel when beating that Star Wars game

>>126500210

I kind of want to punch you, Norironfag. That's not too shitty a line-up.

>>126500138

It still won't be the same.

Microsoft Game Room was a valiant effort to recreate 80s arcades, complete with "arcade ambiance" sound you could customize and the ability to adjust how shitty you wanted the screen to look, scanlines, burn in, etc.

>>126499226
>house of the dead 4

I know that feel bro, god damn that game is fucking good. Too bad it's like $1.75 a play where I live.

Sadly i only know of 2 arcades that are half an hours drive away and both pretty shitty with no gaymes

I go to the GameWorks over in schaumburg sometimes. Its rare though, because I never have any fucking money and all my friends are fucking shut ins.

>Why dont you spend some money at the local arcade?
Because I hate that place. Broken machines/controls, lack of diversity, steals money like a nigger, limited play time, uncomfortable, crowded, requires travel, I stepped in someones sphaghetti, noisy.
I think I'll fucking stay home and play games on a cheap as fuck system/PC that allows me to fully enjoy the experience with proper lighting and sound with a wide range of games and options in how to enjoy them, plus food is better and cheaper and quicker in general to obtain from home, the seats are comfortable and pure play time.
Arcades, can go suck a dick.

>>126500326
I don't know that feel.

I didn't even have any Star Wars games in the arcades I went to.

>>126498512
how much does it cost?

>>126500138
I have built one, but intended to put it in an old MK 2 cabinet.
Refinishing the cabinet is too much of a bitch so I am getting a new cabinet instead.
The computer is easy.
Setting up a front end loader (like arcade maximus) to work with EVERYTHING you want, not so much.
The control deck is harder than the computer but not too hard.

>Always stop by any arcade I can find
>Every machine is half broken between fucked up screens, controls that don't work, and other problems.
Gee no wonder they died.

>>126500326
You don't mean THAT Star Wars game, do you? I could never fucking beat it. The one where you're in the ship and you fight Darth Vader and your on the snow planet and shit?

My local arcade got turned into a hair salon

That was my hang out spot after school, feels bad man

>>126500395
holy fuck
schaumburg illinois?

MAH NIGGA

>>126500516
It is sad day.

>>126500138
/diy/ should be able to help you good sir

>dat feel when my arcade has time crisis 2, 3, and crisis zone, as well as 2 MvC2 machines, a tekken tag machine, and a MOTHER FUCKING CRAZY TAXI MACHINE

Its not about playing a fun game anymore, its about playing the most boring, pointless game because it gives you the most tickets.

Because the only "arcades" in Toronto are at movie theaters.

>>126495813

http://www.alomabowlingcenters.com/boardwalk/arcade.php

Thought that picture looked familiar OP...

I went there tonight. Pump 2 and Technika 3 are down...

>>126500516
>that fucking picture

Arcade died because when you call someone a nigger and talk about deepthroating his mom in real life you get punched in the face.

But its no problem on Xbox Live.

Truly, the modern console community makes me ashamed to share this hobby.

>>126496840
yer MAH bro bro. Did u download it. For ps3/Xbox yet?

>>126500627
/diy/ and maybe /g/ a little bit, I'm not sure how much into computer software /diy/ is.

>>126500639
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

Because the only fucking game I want to play is X-Men vs. Street Fighter, but the damn sticks have been broken for over a year.

>>126500594
>>126500594
>That feel when when tinley park

The Namco in my mall is closing.

Fuck you OP, I loved playing DDR, Ms. Pacman, Donkey Kong, and fucking MVC2 with my friends. If I could I'd give them all the money they'd need to stay open.

>>126500594
SteamID? Maybe go street fightan' some time in a couple months? I'm busy as fuck with classwork right now. Please don't be super weirdo clingy friendtime forever and shit. I Don't know how to handle that shit.

>that feel when this is my arcade
Damn it feels good to live in Asian central, Los Angeles

>>126500731
>/g/

They'd just tell you to install Gentoo, that wouldn't be any help.

On an unrelated note, /diy/ is probably the most bro board I've visited other than /ck/.

>>126500516
The worst part of that picture is the last.
I've wanted a Galaga machine to fix up for a long time and there's one just fucking sitting in a dump.

It's my dad's favorite vidya and I think a working Galaga machine would be an awesome present.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0887/

>>126500138
Just build the cabinet sturdy to hold the shit, make sure it has ventilation for shit, dress it up, use mame for arcade and buy some sticks for PC and then cut out a thin plexi that you you close over the sticks, lock the sticks in place on the cabinet and slide it over, don't even have to mess with wiring up shit, all usb if you want. Unless you want to break for expensive as fuck high quality sticks, maybe even a spinner and a trackball. Beyond that, it's really just setting up a front end for mame and sticking your machine in a wood cabinet. You can run a plug up for lighting the top with a painted plexi in front of it for signage. It's not hard, just tedious and costs you parts and tools.

>>126500594
Northwest Indiana here
Suburban Chicago Brofist!

>>126500405
>that feeling when your best friends uncle owns a restaurant and has a small arcade section
>that feeling when it has a Galaga, Virtua Cop, Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike, and a 2 player SF Rush 2049 Special Edition
>mfw SF Rush 2049 SE is only a quarter a play

awww shit nigga, you know where Im at every week

Many times he's come over with the keys and set it to free play for me, hands a bucket a beer bottles and joins in after the shop closes

I would go to the closest Nickel City if the manager wasn't a stupid fuckface and actually had the machines repaired, ever, and maybe got more decent games. It's still fun to go occasionally, but every time it depresses me how shit it is compared to like 10 years ago. I don't think even the DDR fags go there anymore because the machine has been broken for fucking ever, and there's only 1 instead of like 3.

It still operates so I guess that's good...kind of, but it's just a hollow shell of its former self.

The part that ties my gi into a bunch is that the fucking joysticks are like $10-$15 to replace. NO ONE IS GOING TO PLAY WHEN THEY'RE BROKEN, SO FUCKING REPLACE THEM ALREADY.

>>126500881
That's far as hell. I live IN Schaumburg.

>>126500909

>Worked in a Namco arcade that closed.
>That feel when dismantling DDR, Time Crisis, Wangan, and the rest of the gang.

I only played arcade games when I got my hair cut at the barbershop, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 for 25 cents when most places wanted a dollar per play. Fuck that, that's another reason arcades died; each play became too goddamn expensive. The big places that double as family resturants? $2, two fucking dollars, & that's just for basic shit like Tekken & Time Crisis.

Frankly I don't give two fucks anyway, vidya is better in the comfort of your home.

Because the only arcades I know of have nothing but those fucking ticket machines.

Fuck. You little retards spending $100 for $5 worth of cheap Chinese crap.

>>126500731
I've seen quite a few arcade cabinet threads on /diy/

>>126501032
>that feel
Sometimes /v/, SOMETIMES.

I used to, but the place changed it's name, removed more than half of the real games in replacement for ticket-rewarding games. My face when it happened.

>>126500256

Oh shit.... I heard of this place. Do you live in Florida?

Don't mind me, just playing my portable nintendo desktop arcade.

>>126500706

no one in FL can keep a working rhythm game for more than a week

>>126501281
>portable

>>126501281
>portable

>>126501130
I feel for you man. It's hard on me even thinking that those machines are going to be taken down.

So many memories...

>>126501097
Nigga thats not me. I live in Wood Dale. Steam ID?

The only arcade we have now is the little one in the Brenden Theatre, and the one in the Paddock bowling alley. Back in the 90's we had a huge one in the shopping mall. The last time I was there I was playing that firefighter game where you have a hose and have to save people in a burning mansion and you had to watch your pressure gauge. It's now a starbucks and some sports jersey store nobody really shops at.

Besides, if I went in one now, I'd look like a jackass.

>>126501345
>>126501342

two bitch ass weak niggas

>>126501177
Cool, I'll check it out sometime.

Thanks bro.

>>126500516
>sign_of_the_cross.gif

>>126500702

>>126500702

Attention Torontofag:

http://www.thegridto.com/culture/gaming/arcade-fired-up/

and

two words: Pacific Mall

>>126501249
My 5 year old cousin had a birthday party at the local Chucky Cheese a few weeks ago. All the games from my childhood were gone, there were only half the games, and only half of those worked.

Anybody living in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Pomona, Whittier should go to Round One at the Puente Hills Mall. Fucking awesome arcade.

Because the old fucker that ran the place never did maintenance on his machines. All the fighting games had broken buttons and the fucker never updated the games. FUck you old man FUCK YOU

>>126501371
Haha. Put it in the subject.

I guess chicago-suburb bros can feel free to add me.

>>126500256

>That feel that she looks like Rei from Evangelion

The nearest chuckie cheese has After Burner Climax

The celebration station by my house still has Gauntlet Legends.

>>126501249

You guys need to understand, how much of a fucking jackpot ticket games are.

The typical earnings sheet where I worked looked like this.

Couple Hundred in Maximum Tune
Couple Hundred in Time Crisis
About 50 or so in the shmup cabinets

Fucking THOUSANDS in shit like Slam a Winner and Jungle Jive.

>>126501028

I went to an arcade once and I swear it did exactly this. There were a shitload of plain white arcade cabinets in the back row, with half of them broken or turned off, basically as ghetto as possible, and all of them were running games that you could easily play on MAME. I couldn't prove it, but it was pretty obvious. That whole place fucking sucked ass but I somehow managed to make some fun out of it by fucking around, like playing air hockey with 2 pucks.

>>126500138
Ive made my own

without any skills, it cost me about $250 total to make my own.

Loaded with a complete MAME rom set, shits awesome.

Always on when I have friends over.

>>126501637
Kinda.

Rei's hair was more organized, and she never smiled.

And she had red eyes.

>>126501412

Also, the Fudrucker's (buttfuckers) has a little area, but that's full of kids who probably need to wash their hands. Besides, it would be more enjoyable WITHOUT the arcade machines there so I can enjoy my burger in peace. That reminds me of when I went to Chuck-E-Cheese when I was a kid. Went for some kid's birthday. Got sick the day after. Those arcades are full of germs.

Germs. Germs EVERYWHERE!

>Chuckie Cheese's
>Shitty ticket games all over
>No one wants to play me in the Top Gun vs game because I always win
>Find this
Suddenly all was fine.

>>126501274
I'm not disclosing that, but go there while you can. You won't regret it. Also, they're rotating the games in February.

>>126501483
The funny thing is it lost business pretty fast. The old arcade was busy at all times and had tournaments every week. I can't think of a single reason as to why they'd butcher it like that.

>>126501658
Nearest D&B has L.A. MACHINEGUNS

God i just fucking love it when THE FLOOR IS THE RUMBLE PACK

I have 4 namco coinc from when there used to be an arcade near my house before it shut down. A dollar sits within these 4 coins, what exactly do I do with these goddamn things?

nobody likes arcades where I live. The only arcade that's even still in business is one that has DDR- the only machine that is being played at all times.

Usually it's being played by that sweaty fit asian kid who tries to beat the high score.

>>126501789

Fucking this.

I don't think I've ever gone to chuck e cheese and felt good the day after.

>>126501911
Sell them on eBay.
No joke, you might get $10-20 out of them.

>>126501577
Puente Hills Mall

88 MILES PER HOURRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

Does it still have the JC Penny?

>>126501631
You cant be added for some reason. Add me.

>>126501864
>>126501735

No, I was only asking. Because one of my friends got trolled by one of the managers from there thinking that girl looked liked Rei. He got mad and he told him to fuck off.

>>126495813
Nigger I spent my entire time in arcades back when you could still SMOKE in them. All my money went to Violent Storm, X-Men arcade, Alien VS Predator, fucking T2 Judgement day, good times man...and then they passed that faggot law that said you can't smoke in establishments anymore...and right around that time people stopped coming, and slowly they got rid of all the good games and replaced them with light gun games.

My arcade is still around, but I wouldn't exactly call it an "arcade" anymore. All the games they have now are racing games and light gun games and one, count em' ONE cabinet with Street Fighter III.

It's a damn shame to walk by and see what's become of it and it breaks my heart everytime.

this shit brings a tear of nostalgia to my eye. I was the fucking king at this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDToEwoMtPs

>>126501911

Did you know Namco actually uses two different models of tokens? A lighter, wider variant for movie theatres and small locations and smaller heavier ones for actual arcades.

I don't understand why either and I work for these assnuggets.

>>126497977
HOPY SHIT
i was hoping that that was in my area from looking at the thumbnail and would you look at that, it is!

>>126502125
Well, someone had their sensitive stick shoved up their ass that day.

Certainly nothing to get mad over.

OK Oregonians, Which Wunderland should I visit tomorrow?
http://www.wunderlandgames.com/locations.asp
I normally go to Avalon as it's the closest but I feel like some place different. I'm not sure why but they don't list what games they have at each location anymore.

>>126502176

Light gun games are my favorite arcade genre.

Because my arcade is casual. ALL it has are litterally
>put in token
>it rolls the token/a ball/whatever down/around a path
>object lands in random hole
>Congratulations, everybody's a winner!
>prizes cost about double what they would if you bought them in the store/out of a gumball machine

Really, the only thing there worth playing (the skeeball machine) is never on anytime i've gone in there.

Because the games are boring and Arcades went down the shitter when people got Consoles and PCs to game on.

And they make fuck all from quarters, are you serious?
A game that was a quarter to play back in the day is still a quarter to play now, and a quarter was basically a dollar back then.

>>126502380
Too bad they ain't ever comin' back, son.

>Go to the local arcade as usual
>Head to the back where the older machines are kept
>Looking for my favorite game
>It's gone
>Keep looking to see if they moved it
>Ask the front desk
>Tell me it broke down and it was so old they just decided to stop trying to keep it repaired

I'll miss you, Gunblade...

>>126502117
Hasn't for over a decade

;_;

>>126502470

Fuck you man, me and my dad dropped hundreds of dollars at this place

Didn't stop the assholes from selling coke in the back

>Why dont you spend some money at the local arcade?

What local arcade? Never had one. Most we had was a movie theater with a House of the Dead game and a shitty ass chuck e cheese

>>126502633
>what was that.jpg
>it clearly isn't a light gun game

There's an bowling alley near me
but its fucking racist as hell
and they'll kick you out if you ain't bowling or buying their overpriced food

>>126502533
dont feel bad bro

http://www.amazon.com/Gunblade-NY-L-Machineguns-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B003P5AJFI

its 10 bucks on wii now or free if you softmodded your wii

>live in Minnesota
>easy access to the Mall of America
>rest easy knowing the giant ass arcade in that place will always be there.

>>126502533

Mah nigga.

I was excited as fuck when this happened.

fuck you I dumped so many allowances into skee ball and that jurassic park jeep.

>>126502694
haha no shit bro me too... also bought weed there a bunch of times

>>126502694

Fucking Ardene's.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/453843

Because I fucking live in fucking Brazil, where anything similar to an arcade disappeared 20 years ago.

Also, they were expensive as fuck, like games in general here. Like, the equivalent of one dollar and a few cents for a single credit.

>you will never run your own private arcade with all your favorite vidya in it

Because the days of Flynn's Arcade are long since past.

I would go to arcades all the time if all the ones around here weren't like pic related.

GUYS LET'S PLAY DEAL OR NO DEAL IT'S JUST LIKE THE TEEVEE SHOW LMAO OMG

I did go to one at either Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods casinos and off in the corner they had maybe three or four cabinets with Ms. Pac-man, Centipede/Millipede, Space Invaders, Galaga, things like that, and I spent all the coins I had there.

I also went camping once where there was an arcade thing for some reason. Most of the games were broken but there was South Park pinball and The Simpson's game which I managed to get my whole family in on. Also had a jukebox, so I blasted Journey while playing. I don't even like Journey that much, but it just seems right to have it playing in an Arcade.

HERE WE STAND...

>Have major addiction to crane games
>Have no SO and sister is too old for toys
>Start giving them away to kids after I win them
>Start to wonder if people think I'm a pedo

I constantly hung out at my local arcade and it still went down.

Step up nigga.

far out
the only good thing about 3rd world countries is that the arcade and LAN cafe scene is big and there is always a lot of people there

Because it's 4 credits to play fucking house of the dead
Fuck new york and its shitty arcades

>>126502737
>>126502789
Too bad it's not the fucking same as a fucking huge ass fuck plastic gun rumbling in your hands and a vibrating metal plate.

>>126502706

lolwut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_Salvation_(arcade_game)

Maybe this Friday at movie theater arcade

>>126495813
But I do, and so does alot of people. I usually spend $10-$20 including snacks.

>Be in arcade as a young kid
>Dad is supervising me
>Playing a racing game with shit steering (the one with sonic's face in the cliffside)
>Having trouble steering
>Some older asian dude at about 18 comes over to help me steer
>Dude is a total bro as if he were a brother
>Dad thanks him for being such a gent
>Guy's like "No prob, he's cool"

I want to travel back in time and shake that dude's hand. Also the dude looked like Rufio from the movie Hook, but Japanese or Chinese. Totally sported the 90's look.

Nowadays, if there were arcades, everyone would probably just call you a faggot for doing bad, even if you're just a little tyke.

I hear Dave & Busters has an arcade for adults. Think of a TGI Friday's with arcade machines and beer. They allow kids, but after 9 or 10 they tell the youth to fuck off out of the restaurant so the adults can play, get drunk, and do shit.

>>126502540
damn it.

I've always wanted to head over there and check that mall out though. I'll be sure to hit up the Round One when I do.

>>126502906
WORLD APART, HEARTS BROKEN IN TWO

>>126502737
>>126502789
Oh god

OH GOOOOOOOD

It won't be quite the same without a massive-ass gun shaking every bone in your body, but still, fuck yeah that's awesome.

>>126502737
>>126502789
>>126502533

>Gunblade NY / LA Machine Guns
>Ghost Squad
>HotD 2 & 3

all on wii..

WERES MY VIRTUA COP COLLECTION HUH SEGA.. WERE THE FUCK IS IT?

>>126503008

No but with all the bells and whistles taken away you will see the game is actually decently designed. Its no Time Crisis or HOTD but its a lot better than its reputation.

>>126502115
I checked.

There's only one auction that's more than $2 & it's because the seller wants $15 for it, ZERO bids so far. Fuck you.

>>126502906

That pic made me sad, bro

>>126503040
>He doesn't understand what a real light gun game is

Motherfucker them shits operate like Wiimotes to determine the player's aiming.

Nowhere NEAR as accurate as a true light gun game, scrub.

>Go to arcade
>There's no SHMUP
>Leave arcade
Seriously? It's like an arcade without a damn DDR machine.

>>126503210
Oh it's still a solid game, It's just NOT THE SAME FEELING AS A REAL ARCADE MACHINE.

http://planet-zero.com/gaming/arcade/

website if the only decent arcade in houston texas.

>>126502906

This...

I've been here...

Incredible Pizza?

>go to Boomers! a few years ago
>three tokens for $1

NOPE

>>126503210
It has a bad reputation?

my local arcades are out of the way and suck more balls than the bowling alleys they're located at

>>126502694
That place looks badass.

>that feel when I just can't play the fightan vidya with the sticks and buttons, but do just fine with a controller

Not quite sure what to feel, other than I dreaded playing fightan in arcades. Was always fun to watch though.

>>126503107
>(the one with sonic's face in the cliffside)

nigga get it right

its on XBLA and PSN now.. GO GET THAT SHIT.. ITS AMAZING

>>126502633
My arcade has this, fucking one dollar a play everytime. Me and the guy at the counter put in twenty buck in it and we couldn't even get past the first mission, the fucking computer just zerg rushes you.

>>126502633
>>126503252
I call them "Mounted Gun" Arcades, Most tend to use IR senors like Wiimotes do. While they are fun, they are nothing like proper Lightgun games.

But I do all the time. pic related

Because most "arcades" look like what's in your picture: Really shitty pure luck games only made for winning tickets. Arcades I spend money on should look like my pic. It's an actual arcade in Austin, Texas called Arcade UFO. I went and it was fucking amazing, I blew $20 on it the whole time I was there.

>This summer
>Walking around Fisherman's Wharf
>Find decent sized arcade
>I've got time to kill, so what the fuck, I'll blow $10 on games
>Decide to play Terminator 4 cabinet first
>Costs like $2 per play
>Freezes 2 minutes in
>There's a boxing machine I want to play, but it's currently being used by someone else so I'll go play some interesting looking drumming game that's all in Japanese
>Expect a tutorial screen or something, but nothing comes up, it's just "HERE'S YOUR SONG FAGGOT, GOOD LUCK TROLOLOLOL"
>Game Over less than 30 seconds it because I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing
>Go to Silent Scope machine next, put in money, discover that the screen on the rifle scope is broken rendering game unplayable and my money lost

I gotta say, I can definitely remember why arcades died now

>$1 for one game of Time Crisis 2
fuck that noise

>>126503574
JUBEAT!? FFFFFFFFFFFF I'm so fuckin' smucker's right now, nigga.

Since this is an arcade thread I thought I'd ask...

I played this game at a huge arcade years back. The controller was a sword and you hand to stand in/hold it in this motion capture arc connected to the machine. It was kind of like if a light gun game was played with a sword. Set in mythological Japan. Player had to slash enemies on screen and turn the blade the right way to block. It was fun as fuck.

For some reason I think its called something similar to Majin or Mazin but I can't find shit on it.

have a pinball machine on campus, played at least once a week last quarter we have 3 quarters a year, fourth quarter is Summer. Been to busy to go this quarter. If you know where Rochester is, check out the Museum of Play, you have to pay admission in addition to paying for tokens, but they've got Missile Command, Tron, Dig Dug, Asteroids, Battlezone, and some other classics. That Missile Command game-over screen, oooooh man

>>126503516
>that feel when model 2 emulator on your computer

My local arcades look like this:
22 stackers machines
Guitar Hero
3 DDR Machines
Mariokart
2 "Let's make a deal" games

>>126502228
>play the arcade version of this
FUCK YEAH OH GOD THIS SHIT IS SO BOMB I LOVE THIS MUSIC
>get the N64 version
I... I don't even...
>

>>126503252

> but th-that game was m-made after 1997
> so it's n-not a light gun game
> your a s-s-scrub

>>126502176
FUCK.

So, those metal depression things were ashtrays...

FUCK.

>>126503574

>jubeat

WHERE HTE FUCK DO YOU LIVE NIGGER IM MOVING THERE

I'd totally buy a jubeat machine if they weren't like 6000 dollars

>>126503598
>Not stirring up a shitstorm for your money back

>>126503516

Downloading now, mah nigga.

What would /v/ like to see in arcades nowadays?

Would you like more/different games, maybe some competitive LAN cabinets?

>>126502633
>>126503525
Fuck, think that is $0.50 at the theater arcade, or someone already put $0.50 in

>>126503764
>>126503867
I have that, too. The PSN/XBLA version has an overhauled UI, though. Which is nice.

because there are too many asians.

>>126503574

Bangkok, Thailand.

>>126503107
My D&B has a fucking WALL of Daytona USA machines.

>>126503708

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Namco-Manzan-rare-motion-50-sword-arcade-game-showpiece-condition-/150673218
149

>>126503916
Needs more MAME Cabinets, LAN based Cabinets are always nice too.

>>126503994
You talkin' 'bout the one in AZ?

My college has an arcade. But, I browse /v/ and therefore am a total shut in and socially awkward

>>126503590
Hurrrr, I forgot the pic.

>>126503252
>Nowhere NEAR as accurate as a true light gun game, scrub.
Play HotD 2&3 Returns. Buy a shitty gun shell from monoprice, properly configure your remote ingame, turn the pointer off and play it, and then eat your words.

The wii remote, when the game isn't a complete piece of shit, is incredibly accurate.

Seattlefag reporting in. We still have a Sega arcade downtown with the usual stuff plus a shitload of pretty good imports from Japan, plus awesome shit like Virtua Fighter and Taiko No Tatsujin.

>>126504080
What kinds of games do they have?

There use to be an arcade inside the mall where i lived near
when i went back last summer, I found out it became an Pet Store

>>126504122

Just don't get the Nyko Perfect Shot.

Fucking piece of shit.

>>126503142
TWO

>>126504008
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>Go to reno nevada for a trip
>Cousin isn't old enough to drink and shit so he hit up the arcade
>Chill with him
>Most machines are the same racecar games next to each other
>Bored and bullshit with the girl at the counter

Why would you need 20 of the same fucking racing games lined up?

>>126503495
It was, had a nice little diverse selection
Old games like Galaga in the back
Time Crisis and a Gundam game in the middle
Initial D and an F-Zero AX machine in the front
Plus a whole bunch of other cool shit

>>126504008
>>126504008
>>126504008
HOLY SHIT

I remember playing that at a bowling alley years ago. I thought it was terrible. It made me think the Wii which was called revolution at the time was going to be shit because of this game

I was right

>>126504008
THANK YOU!
I could buy that right now but it would literally be all my money.

>>126504265
TWOOOOO....

>>126504080
>>126504163
My community college had a little arcade room

Blitz 2000, Raiden 2 I think, Area 51, and maybe one more game. Also a pool table.

Has anyone ever seen a F-Zero AX or a Battletoads Arcade cabinet?

>>126504122
IR Aiming is shit if your too close to the sensors, Lightguns don't have that issue.

>like racing arcade games more than any other ones
>nobody else ever does

>>126504228
Really, you don't need anything special. I have a few of the $2 ones from monoprice, which is why I suggested them. They have a nunchuk passthrough in case you need it, too. Any flaws are easily fixed, like the fact that it's got a dumb little clicky thing inside for no reason.

Shit's great. The only thing you really need it for is to create a shell that changes the way the controller is held, so it's actually worth it unlike the other plastic crap for the wii remote.

>>126504484
I've seen a rare few AX machines, I don't remember ever seeing a battletoads arcade machine.

>MFW No decent arcades that I know of in Toronto.

>>126504339

Ha ha oh u.

The game is great if its setup properly, but the minute it gets opened to the public things go to hell real fast. Kids bang on shit, spill shit, you are lucky if the motion sensor lasts a week.

And when kids aren't a problem its calibrated like ass.

I just get frustrated with the potential here.

>>126504517
>That feel when almost all your bros love to play Initial D/Maxi Tune

>>126495813
Because $1.00 for a single play is fucking retarded.

IF YOUR GAME DOESN'T SUCK, 25¢ WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO RECOUP THE COST. I'M SAYING 25¢ BECAUSE TOKENS ARE FOR THE NIGGIEST OF NIGGERS.

THIS IS A CONCEPT A $500 MILLION INDUSTRY STILL HAS YET TO GRASP

>my arcade got closed because of the lack of emergency exits
>I went there all the time with my friends
feelsbadman

rest in pace pennyland

I wish I had a mother fucking local arcade jesus dicks

I go to Dave and Busters 2-3 times a year and blow anywhere from 80-150 dollars there a visit on food/booze/gaming. Usually anything worth celebrating is worth celebrating at D&B, birthdays, end of semester, work accomplishment, called off work during the week....

>>126504427
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

>>126504430
Went to a local collage north of me SWIC in Granite City, IL

they had a dynamite cop.. from that day forward of playing it, I loved it

Even better to find out it was on Dreamcast. Bought that shit that weekend and loved it

fuck I think I'll pull the old DC out and play it again

>>126504650

No way in hell any arcade is making jack shit at 25 cents a play.

Time Crisis 2 is a 20 minute game that you can easily complete without continuing if you aren't retarded.

Assuming the game is full ALL THE TIME for an hour thats 75 cents.

>>126504484
Played F-Zero AX once.
I regret that I didn't play it every chance I got

>>126504626
>>126504517
Man, I don't even LIKE racing games, but I seem to find myself making exceptions for everything Sega's AM divisions pump out.

Currently lamenting the fact that there isn't an Initial D machine within 400 miles.

The only "arcade" near me is full of COD faggots. They don't have classic games, its all PS3, xbox360, etc.

>>126503206
HOLY SHIT ARE YOU ME? WHY DIDNT THEY DO THAT

FUCK YOU SEGA

They closed the only non 18 plus one for movie theater when I was 9. The others were closed when it turned out to be a front for a drug ring.

Arcades died a long time ago. This isn't the 80s.

I spent obscene amounts of money on this game. I made it all the way to third place and was on my way to crack second. I show up one day and find that it's gone and in it's place is a fucking gay ass ticket game.

>Go to this place called Scandia for a B-day
>In huge arcade
>Original Mario Bros machine is there
>There's a yellow piece of paper that's taped to the screen that says "FOR SALE" for 400 dollars.
>mfw I should have bought that

That's right, the original Mario Bros with the machine was there for sale for FOUR HUNDRED BUCKS!

>>126504779
Die Hard Arcade (part of the series).
Did a similar thing when I found out there was a Saturn port.

>>126504754
LOSING GROUND I'M REACHING FOR YOU
YOU
YOUUUU

because its 100km away

>>126504861
Lots of kids play it and suck at it, they'll drop tons of coins in it

Let's not forget Time Crisis 2 is almost 14 years old

>>126504122
>The wii remote, when the game isn't a complete piece of shit, is incredibly accurate.
wii remote is garbage with a low res.

>>126505067
>>126504779

DHA= Dynamite Deka
DC = Dynamite Deka 2

weird isnt it?

My local arcade closed because they had 50 machines but the teenagers would only spend money to play with the DDR machines. Oh well, they only had X-men versus Street Fighter and Soul Calibur something as fighting games. I kind of liked House of the Dead even though no one would co-op with me.

>Live in Austin
>mfw all the Cali and NY fags shitting up the arcades, and the city for that matter

FUCK OFF

>CTRL+F Star Wars
>no SW Trilogy Arcade

YOU NIGGERS NEED TO REALIZE

>That feel when the arcade in my city has Punch Out!!
>That feel when the arcade in my city has Donkey Kong
>That feel when the arcade in my city has Super Mario Bros. VS
>>That feel when the arcade in my city has Duck Hunt Vs.
>That feel when the arcade in my city has Street Fighter 2
>That feel when the arcade in my city has Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
>That feel when the arcade in my city has The Simpsons Arcade

>That feel when the arcade in my city has no Deal or No Deal shitfests.

It's a very good arcade.

bitches don't know bout my Nickel City

>passing by arcade
>know that almost all the games are $.75
>"Like im gonna spend money on shitty outdated gam--"
>HYDROOO THUNDERRRRRR
>$10.00 turned into quarters

>>126498864
This was true in the early days, but by the NES era OC games were equally as important.

>>126500706
>>126501327

aww shit, FL fags. you guys going to Storm?

rhythm games have returned

>>126505353
>that feel when Attack Pattern Delta
>that feel when press Action to Ewoks
>that feel when LIGHTSABER DUEL
>that feel when the fucking joystick is broken and the screen's burnt out

>>126505218
ARCADE UFO, IT'S RIGHT FUCKING THERE!

The time I went the people in there were completely normal really.

>>126505067
>port

The arcade board for that game was Saturn-based.

Man we should archive this thread for posterity's sake

Gotta keep the love alive :(

>>this thread has received 1 of 5 requests needed to trigger archival.

>>126505189
Kind of.
My dad initially showed me the Die Hard Arcade machine and wanted me to play it with him. He's a big Die Hard fan.

I still remember him being quite confused on what the fuck it had to do with Die Hard beyond taking place in a tower.

>>126505368
for anyone wondering

Boardwalk in El Cajon off of Fletcher Parkway.

GO! GO! NOW!

no fucking way, in the past I would use all my money in arcades, but now the machines are always broken, and they want me to pay 1,50 to 3 bucks per credit (I'm not kidding, they are this jewish in here)

>that feel when Round 1 will never replace the hole in your heart left from when Arcade Infinity disappeared

I don't miss all the Asians and Mexicans though, they can fuck off

>>126497735
Oh hey, portland bro, do you like our arcades that have no fightan games?

I SURE DO.

Ground kontrol is full of retro games, and Avalon is filled with nofightans.

>In a crime infested piece of shit Mexican community boardwalk next to a closed down movie theater in Bellflower
>Big as shit, no people
>Half the machines are broken
>The Mortal Kombat Machines have flickery CRTs
>Sticky floors
>A game costs $1

Bullshit

>Huge Capcom vs SNK, Marvel vs. Capcom, King of Fighters machines
>With a place to sit
>Still being played on

TAKE ALL MY TOKENS

I remember the first time I saw Soul Calibur 2 in the arcade. Was the most glorious moment ever. Then I bought the game for the PS2 and became really good at it. At this casino in Nevada, they had an arcade with it. We'd have people crowd around and watch and have little tournaments. There would be like 15 people standing around watching such amazing battles. Fucking tournaments. And remember when they had those coin slots to show who's turn it was next?

My local arcades look like this:
1 DDR EuroMix 2 with worn-out pads
1 House of the Dead 3 or 4
1 Time Crisis 3 or 4
Maybe a Silent Scope game of some description
Some older racing games
Maybe a Soul Calibur 2 machine
Random CPS2 cabinet with a tiny screen and shit sticks but a ton of games if you flip the power
Battle Gear 3 if we're retardedly lucky (actually had one for a few years)
1 or 2 pool tables

>Favorite games are fightan arcades
>I have those fightan games at home.

my local bowling alley had a NEAR PRISTINE Virtual Fighter 2. I mean, this thing was BEAUTIFUL. I went there 2 days ago....its gone, replaced by a dirty as shit X-Men cabinet.

>Why don't you spend money at the local movie theater?

That's how stupid you sound.

>>126503516
DO do DO do DO do DO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>126505694
I'm not a fighting game fan, so I don't really care. Sorry bro. It does suck that there is a lack of them tho. I'm tempted to visit one of the Wunderlands Tomorrow or sometime this week.

>that feel when you play a 2 player gun game by yourself and dual wield the guns

>my college campus used to have an arcade in the student union with DDR, Gauntlet Legends, Tekken Tag Tournament, Arctic Thunder, MvC2, and Golden Tee 98'
>spend nearly 5 bucks a week there because it was only a quarter per credit on everything
>closed and turned into offices last year

feels sad man, shit was fucking awesome.

There was an arcade about 2 blocks from my house with a Fist of the North Star Punchmania cabinet. I played that shit constantly and would drop like $3.00/week on it (5 nickels a play) and then they got rid of it so I never went back.

That game was god-tier fun.

>>126505694

Different Oregon bro. Ground Kontrol has 3s, that's it I guess. We have Best Bout Gaming for a scene.

I miss Dance Freaks (aka Dance Maniax).

There's never been a home version.

Fuck I loved that game. Stylin' on both control sets under Double Mode? Fuck yeah, galactic pimp levels of awesome.

>>126497735
>I think it would be kinda weird to see a 29 y/o going into Chucky Cheese
How so? I went there with my parents when I was a kid and they were like in their 40s.

>>126505962
>>126505961
What about TILT, nigga?

;_;

>>126505962
yeah but ground kontrol is filled with hipsters.

I heard the arcade scene in japan is dying and they are closing down, is it true? Also do companies even make new cabinets in the U.S. anymore?

There are no arcades here, asshole.

I miss them, bros.. :(

I did.

I still do.

There is an arcade next to my local cinema so everytime I see a movie, I get there a bit early and drop a few dollars in

>>126505954
>That feel when you used to play 2 player Taiko by yourself and dual wield the drumsticks

>>126506083
>I heard the arcade scene in japan is dying and they are closing down, is it true?
That entire country has been dying for over 15-16 years now.

i stop by my local arcade if i have half an hour to blow in transit somewhere near it. Play some DDR, play some soul caliber 2, hell even some pinball or something if theres time. i'm actually one of the highest rated players on the sc2 machine just under people who work there. feels good man

>>126505622
>kinda

no it is, just google dynamite deka

Is there such thing as a arcade with only rhythm games? Cause I would fucking MOVE to where that arcade would be. Fucking Beatmania, Drummania, Taiko... All the good shit in one arcade. Just thinking of it makes me giddy.

>>126506065
TILT actually has fighting games, but I mean, it's still shitty.
I think it has MvC, MvC2, SC2, Tekken, SF4.

>>126505894
>Saging a vidya thread by yourself
>When 500 bumpcount

You're cancer, you know that?

>>126506083
>I heard the arcade scene in japan is dying and they are closing down, is it true?
Unfortunately, it seems to be taking a bit of a hit from what I understand. Still thriving incredibly well compared to the US, however.

I know this post will get overlooked/unreplied to due to so many people flooding the thread with bullshit, but live in NYC and used to go to the china town arcade, problem is all those faggots are always huddling around the fucking machines and won't let anyone else have a turn because some one "Famous" was in the house and then they would all fucking clog up the arcade just fucking standing there watching some one "Famous" play and they wouldn't tell them to get the fuck off the goddamn game because some one else wanted to play. There would be so many fucking people just standing there that you would literally come to the fucking arcade, open the door, feel the humid heat blast hit your face due to so many people just fucking standing there, see it was clogged up by so many fatasses watching Jwong or some other "Famous" fag playing one of the machines, then you would NOPE.jpeg and close the door and go home. the.

tl;dr the reason why the fucking arcade in china town closed down was because when one of those "Famous" fags came to play so many people would show up to the point were people that actually WANTED to play a few games couldn't because there was no room in the arcade.... I'm not even joking, anyone who went to china town arcade would tell you this..

They never made any good home versions of this.

>>126506065
TILT is shit tier mall arcade tho, fuck that noise.

>>126506232
I wish they would fix the cvs2 cabinet (I mean all they have to do is replace the stick and 1 button on the 2p side, but no one ever plays it anyway so I can see why they don't.

I used to go to Connecticut Golfland, but now it is fucking awful. I have no idea where there are any decent arcades in Connecticut.

>>126506368
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/the-simpsons-arcade-game-classified-in-australia/

>>126506368
Well that's why we have MAME.

>>126505983

"When I was a kid" is the important part. Parents taking kids to Chuckie Cheese is different from a 29-year old single guy going alone to Chuckie Cheese.

>>126505353
MOM WOULD NEVER GIVE ME ENOUGH FUCKING QUARTERS TO BEAT THAT SHIT AT CHUCKECHEESE YES I MAD

anyone remember the simpsons fighting game? there would literally be a crowd of kids watching other play at my local arcade back in the day

Remember when I was 15 and tried my hand at Ms Pac-Man. I made it all the way to the banana level on one go.

Surprised myself.

We don't have an arcade where I live...
And we're a major city. Shit sucks.

Portland bros, We should fag it up at a Wunderland or Ground Kontrol(We can taunt the hipsters and play old vidya) What do you think about that?

All I want is to chill with some people at a pinball machine with a beer and a cigar and just bullshit for a few. Is that so much to ask for?

We don't have shit like that here in NorCalifornia. You northwest oregon fags are lucky. Though I hear hipsters ruin your shit.

>>126506266
I've heart that the reason arcades in Japan survived is because they actually implemented the whole dollar thing on their machines or some shit like that.

Arcades carry shit games nowadays. There are 3 arcades I try to visit but they've been spiraling to shit. used to be I could pay 25 cents a play and fight for the local highscore on galaga. Maybe play time crisis 2 with a kid, DDR trick moves with a crowd gathering. Smash TV is a personal favorite of mine.

Now all but DDR are gone, and there's just more ticket stuff filling the void, like deal or no deal.

>>126506362

if you knew that you wouldn't get replied to then why did you post

>>126506362
No one likes fucking armchair warriors, they are fucking cancer to the fighting game community and to arcades in general.

I used to. Hell, we had a huge-ass arcade at one point in a mall downtown. I'd take the hour long train ride there and hang out at the arcasde for hours. Usually spent like fifty bucks there,

Then it closed. There's another arcade in that mall now but it's basically populated entirely by little Korean kids so it feels weird to go there. Plus all the games are a dollar or more a pop except the shitty ticket games. On the upside they keep their fighting game selection really up to date so I'll still stop by if I'm up there with bros and play fighters for a while.

i do. i go almost three times a week to play third stike or sf4 and when i lived in LA i used to frequent arcade infinity until it closed. stop being a stereotyping asshole.

>>126506553
Wunderland, near gateway? Or that giant one that is also called Avalon
Either way, no because I don't really want to see people from /v/ in real life. I feel like it would be embarrassing for me.

>>126506512

Fuck, me and my buddies loved the simpsons game, we didnt have an arcade but a skate rink nearby had it before someone got stabbed there and they had to shut down

so many memories

>>126506490
It was a hard game to port accurately because most home systems didn't support four controllers. PC, NES, SNES, Genesis, PSX. None of them. You needed a N64 or Dreamcast to get it arcade perfect.

>>126506553
>Wunderland
Dude. There are literally no games at any of the Wunderlands and GK is only good for 3S.

>>126506607
Well, the hole in the wall arcades are like 50 yen and sometimes go as low as 10 yen a credit. The bigger arcades are 100 yen a credit. It's a mega ripoff if you ask me.

>>126506607
Yet there are plenty of arcades in Japan that do 50 cent plays, unlimited play, and so on. I think the fact that arcade games started costing a dollar in the US is the reason that ours went to shit. It wasn't an appropriate price then, and it isn't now.

>place in ohio
>Marion's Pizza
>arcade inside
>pizza is fucking delicious
>they serve alchohol
>they're opening 2 new stores
>cash only establishment
>always spend my money in the arcade
>they've been in business for over 40 years

Honestly I think thats the best way for an arcade to survive by having something awesome to accompany it.

>>126506495
Get married and have some kids then.

>>126506741
>I don't really want to see people from /v/ in real life.
I've done that once before, He was a total bro and I had fun, WHAT'S THE MATTER? SCARED YOU MIGHT HAVE FUN?

>>126506888
I had fun once.

It was horrible.

>>126506362
>>126506362

I know how you feel. We had something like that here once. The facility was nice, and had nice equipment, but the good games were hogged by some "legend" from Korea or some far east country wearing a white racecar/motorcycle jacket.

>>126506888
I don't think I'd ever want to see any 4chan poster IRL except maybe from one or two boards like /g/.

>>126506802
There ARE other games then fighting games to be played you know..

>>126505450
>>126505450
I FUCKING LOVE THAT SHIT

EVERY GOD DAMN TIME

Anyone else ever played Mazan Flash of Blade? You know, that "light-gun" (used a sword instead and only 1 player) game where you play as a Japanese swordsman and go kill a bunch of demons and shit?

They should make a Wii port.

Because it was my only reason for joining my family in going to lolGreatWolfLodge (not a fan of water parks) and they got rid of it after some dickwad broke it...

>>126506992
Yeah well none of those games are at Wunderland that's for damn sure.

>>126506843
My local pizza shop has a Pac-Man and Double Dragon machine. Mitebcool.

In a few years, I plan to sell everything I own. It'll easily be enough to cover the cost of starting up an arcade. I'll stock the damn thing with as many awesome games as I can manage, and be one of the only ones within 100 miles.

It'll be a losing proposition, and my main goal will be to keep it afloat as long as possible for my own amusement before it crashes and burns. I'll be making no attempts at running a successful business, only running the kind of arcade I'd love to have around.

I'm hoping for the time of my life.

>>126506888
Nah, sometimes when I see really fat dudes that are balding playing handhelds on the bus. I like to think that is what a /v/irgin looks like in real life.

>>126507110
There's plenty of games to be had at Wunderland. Stop being a closedminded asshole.

>>126503516
Oh god that was the best damn enhanced port ever.

Sega better do a Die Hard Arcade HD port like thsi

What's the fucking point to go to an arcade? So you can play decade old games with broken controls and a bunch of kids running around? Your arcade will NEVER be as cool or exciting as you once remembered or heard about because you aren't a kid anymore.

>>126507226
Like what? I'm asking seriously. Most of them don't even good light gun games anymore.

if i could find one with a Joust machine, 5+ pinball tables, and a taco bell nearby, I'd go every weekend

you will never go to the 25 cent arcade...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDW613LrDWU

I wish I could.

>>126507221
Ironically I think most people couldn't tell we visited /v/ at all.

>>126506843

mah nigga

also /v/ check this shit out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sq6dkbw6u0

>>126499704
Futari Black Label. :D

>>126505450
>over at a friend's house
>want to play some arcade games because fuck yeah
>there's no arcades near him
>walk past a laundromat
>almost half of the fucking establishment is a god damn arcade
>hydro thunder marathon

>>126507312
>Your arcade will NEVER be as cool or exciting as you once remembered or heard about because you aren't a kid anymore.
No, it won't be because they're all family fun centers anymore. There certainly are arcades, especially in Japan, that are that wonderful.

>>126507226
Wunderland has nothing good, last time I went with a friend there was like 3 shooters, 2 driving games, 1 weird japanese one where you would push into each other.

AND A SHIT LOAD OF SHITTY TICKET/CRANE GAMES.

If wunderland sold pizza, it would be exactly the same as chuck e cheese.

>>126507312

What's funny is that when I was a kid, most of the people in arcades were older than me. They were high school to college aged people.

>>126506362

I KNOW THAT FUCKING FEEL
I KNOW THAT FUCKING FEEL
I KNOW THAT FUCKING FEEL
I KNOW THAT FUCKING FEEL
I KNOW THAT FUCKING FEEL
I KNOW THAT FUCKING FEEL
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I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE ON /V/ THAT EXPERIENCED THIS IN CHINA TOWN HOLY SHIT

>>126507413
It's because in olden times, many arcades were seedy places full of drug dealers.

>>126502898

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED BITCH

>>126507341
I don't know sadly, They removed their arcade listings a while ago and I haven't gone in forever. Last time I was there they had a few decent mounted games and maybe one or two lightgun games. Doesn't matter, What matters is that we hang out and have FUN. Alien concept isn't it?

uh, arcades have been dead since 1991 bro.