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subzero23:
ya holodecks, virtual reality (the unfulfilled future grrr)

RacerX:
You still can't have Turrett Tower in your living room!   :D
Gunstar Hero:
Arcades were a combination social center and arena. You went to hang out and compete. I don't know where teens hang out these days, but it seems when we outgrew arcades, they just died.

I don't blame consoles so much, because I never felt that arcade going was so much about playing the games as it was having people see you play and maybe challenge you, or having a high score to beat and put your initials on top of.

Still, I'm sure at least in part consoles, the net, the decline of society, and a jillion other reasons led to the death of the arcade.
DarkSoul1:

--- Quote from: Gunstar Hero on December 22, 2004, 05:24:21 am ---Arcades were a combination social center and arena. You went to hang out and compete. I don't know where teens hang out these days, but it seems when we outgrew arcades, they just died.
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I live in Australia. 

I'd say that like the USA/Canada, 25 years ago, people of my vintage went to the arcades to compete and shoot the aliens.

These days as a cop I go to the kids who have shot each other.

 :(


On a lighter note, with the possible death of arcade machines as we know them, will we see the classics such as Galaga etc rise in price as collectors items?
RacerX:

--- Quote from: DarkSoul1 on December 22, 2004, 07:20:38 am ---On a lighter note, with the possible death of arcade machines as we know them, will we see the classics such as Galaga etc rise in price as collectors items?

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Possibly at some point.  But with the recent release of all of the "Class Reunion" type cabs, I see prices either remaining stable or falling in the near term.  That's my official "stock market" advice for today.   ;)
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