Main > Everything Else

What killed the Arcade for you?

<< < (8/37) > >>

Marcade:
^ awesome ^

I don't really think it was actually any particular video games that killed the arcades tbh, streetfighter can have the same draw to me as the simpsons or something, it's not all about galaga and pacman, it was more the redemption and jackpot machines killing the atmosphere.

Oh and btw I live in south london and drive to southend to play track and field/space invaders/ and ms pacman, thats an 80 mile two hour round trip, so I don't mind traveling to get my game on! ;D

emphatic:
Once in a while a couple of my friends (we all have JAMMA cabinets at home btw) meet up and play games for a whole day into the night and eat hot dogs (of course we wash our hands). It's mostly modern shmups, but also some classic JAMMA stuff, but the most important thing is looking at other people play LIVE, and not from some old YouTube clip. We even travel to other countries (one of the best meets, in Germany):



I just remembered that another reason as to why I stopped playing arcade games is that the bad service the machines received. Who wants to play any game with a badly tuned monitor, or on a stick that's not even straight?

Marcade:

--- Quote from: emphatic on April 25, 2011, 07:04:13 pm ---I just remembered that another reason as to why I stopped playing arcade games is that the bad service the machines received. Who wants to play any game with a badly tuned monitor, or on a stick that's not even straight?

--- End quote ---

Oh yes! couldn't agree more! The number of projection large screen shooters in particular that were just totally unplayable became a huge issue, today going to the beach to play in the few remaining arcades there are ALWAYS over burnt impossible to see games that it there just wasting money being switched on, the owners don't seem to care.

Slightly off topic but that reminds me I recently went to herne bay beach (kent, UK) and an arcade down there that fits the owners that don't care category completely.
All their machines are dirty... just need a clean, penny falls that you have a hard time seing the coins through due to dust.
It's especially annoying as if their arcade was maintained correctly it would be freakin awesome, they have, of the top of my head, a Terminator 2, Operation thunderbolt, Crusin USA and carnevil, plus numerous pinballs, none working though, it's such a tease. :'(

danny_galaga:

Them disappearing kinda killed the arcades for me...

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on April 25, 2011, 05:04:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on April 25, 2011, 04:15:47 pm --- The 90s were awesome for arcades they died at the millennium, years after these games hit their peak.

--- End quote ---

Uh huh ... right ...

 :banghead:

EDIT: In case the kids don't understand, the big arcade crash happened in the mid 80s. That is my point of reference. You may THINK that the 90s were awesome, but they were nothing compared to the early 80s.

--- End quote ---

I was pretty young in the 80's but I have to agree with Chef on this. I distinctly remember arcades of the 80's being different than those in the 90's.

In the 80's, arcades and cabs were everywhere. I lived in a podunk town and there were about half a dozen locations with arcade cabs (with <5 cabs) within biking distance. The population of my town averaged 17 people. Driving to the main town yielded far more cabs. Drive to the nearest city and you couldn't walk into any public location without hearing the bleeps of a cab. I remember walking into an office and seeing one in the waiting room. The coolest (and biggest) was Aladdin's Castle in the mall(?). Having a small handfull of those tokens when you returned to school on Monday instantly meant your weekend rocked and you were central focus of the school (at least for that week). Those tokens were nearly as good as money and were often used as a form of currency amongst the kids.

By the time the mid 90's rolled around, nearly every cab in my town disappeared. Only the "big" places had them. The arcades got bigger and less seedier at the start of the 90's but they were farther apart, necessitating a car to make the trip. Something a kid didn't necessarily have.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

Go to full version