Current Events > Do you miss , Arcades?

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you remember those? Do any of you still have an arcade place next to where you live?

Yes.

And none that have really been worth a damn, that aren't throwbacks I should say, seem to be around.
Most modern ones are trash and depressing. Corny normy games and whatnot.
I think the last cool game I played that was somewhat modern was INITIAL D, it even had the card reader thing.
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I love arcades, man. Fucking love 'em. There's just something about sharing a genuinely great arcade game with friends or a SO that can't be replicated on a console.

In my area, regular arcades are an endangered species but "barcades" are thriving (pre-COVID anyway). You basically have the choice between the chains (Dave and Buster's, Main Event) for newer machines and the mom 'n' pop joints for pinball and older games. I tend to prefer the latter, for sure.

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I only went to arcades for the intense person vs person competition. I could easily spend 50 bucks a night if the right people are there. Or 1 dollar and cruise the night collecting wins. (I wasn't the type to play 1 player games of pinball or pacman)

Modern arcades don't have the player base for that any more. (mostly non competitive types. Not for me.)

It's all online now, which is better overall.

No commute. Almost no waiting, no smoking/smelly/greasy people, no broken buttons or sticks, no blaring audio from all the other games, way cheaper.

Only Negative: lag.

Good deal.
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TheCodeisBosco posted...

I love arcades, man. Fucking love 'em. There's just something about sharing a genuinely great arcade game with friends or a SO that can't be replicated on a console.

In my area, regular arcades are an endangered species but "barcades" are thriving (pre-COVID anyway). You basically have the choice between the chains (Dave and Buster's, Main Event) for newer machines and the mom 'n' pop joints for pinball and older games. I tend to prefer the latter, for sure.

NYC?

The Sunshine Laundromat just sounds like a fun place to chill and get shit done.
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Yup, was in So Cal when all the big fighting game tournaments used to happen at local arcades that had mini golf and ticket games under the same roof. it was a crazy time, consoles still were not powerful enough to emulate games like Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and the only way to get good was to spend quarters against people who were better than you.

*points to sig*

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SiO4 posted...

NYC?

The Sunshine Laundromat just sounds like a fun place to chill and get shit done.

I wish! I'm in Louisville, KY instead. Let's just say that the barcades are a silver lining lmao.

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If you have VR (or even if you don't, it is playable without VR), I recommend looking into New Retro Arcade Neon. It's like stepping back into the 80's and early 90's when arcades were ubiquitous.

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Hell yes. Fighting games like MK1-4, the SF games, and Marvel vs Capcom 2 gave me such great memories

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Round 1 will probably cease US operation

TheCodeisBosco posted...

I wish! I'm in Louisville, KY instead. Let's just say that the barcades are a silver lining lmao.

Hehe.
Ya, we don't really have them close to me, or at least not a Barcade. There are some reasonably retro ones kinda close though.
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I spent a lot of my youth at Nickel City.

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miss the atmosphere not the pricing. arcades in australia charged $1 and some even $2 per game. imagine that kind of pricing in the 90s.

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One of my favorite experiences was Disney Quest. You paid a flat fee for unlimited use of their arcade. My SO and I played through Camelot, Metal Slug, and a bunch of other arcade games from start to end.

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ChocoboMog123 posted...

Metal Slug

I was going to say, I still associate that game with a pizza place in my town that had a Neo-Geo!
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bumpisss

No. I don't miss paying for lives or touching joysticks or buttons covered with so many people's germs.

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I really wish arcades were a thing now that I have money to spend. I was just a kid when they were around, and rarely had money to spend on it.

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Yes. I probably spent tens of thousands of dollars at the arcades between 1999-2005 playing Tekken Tag Tournament, becoming top 50 n the world. I miss those days.

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I barely remember em and the ones i do remember are at places like dave&busters. I wish we could get some of those sick ass japanese arcade expanding out of japan but they wont.

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used to be reasonable now every game is 1-3$.
quarter days are over.

i also dont like em more because of covid they're the last places around here to be shutdown when the outbreak started.
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I just can't get into the arcade that exist now. The throwback arcades just don't feel the same (infinite credits is the standard, just doesn't feel the same. Plus not enough foot traffic). Barcades are alright if you want to play a racing or light gun game

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bknight posted...

was in So Cal when all the big fighting game tournaments used to happen at local arcades that had mini golf and ticket games under the same roof

Was it more than 1 arcade with the mini golf? I always heard about just 1 I felt like.
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