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More Cowbell:

My boys are 10 and 7 and they love playing on the arcade machine. Even though they have had a Playstation 2 since it came out, they still love to play anything that is simultaneous 2-person. Especially, 1941 and games like that where they can keep continuing. They're ruining all of the high scores on those games but hey, they're having a good time and that's what matters. The older one isn't in to the classics, he likes the fighters. My younger one likes almost everything that I have shown him once he plays it a few times. My daughter is just over 2 and she likes to sit in my lap and mash buttons. You'll find that they get into it because you're into it.

Sinner:

I was at CostCo on the weekend, and found that they have an Ultracade 25" Arcade Legends upright...this is the first time I've seen one in a Costco in Canada...
Anyway, I played with it for a bit, then while I was looking at some books, I noticed a kid about 7 or 8 years old go up to it...it was obvious that he had never seen and upright cab before...he push a couple of buttons, and a game started...some shooter game, looked like an army guy running on a screen that scrolled up (kinda like commando, but not that title)...the kid was using both joysticks and just moving them around, until he figured out that pressing the buttons made the character fire...once that happened, you couldn't tear him away from it...his parents came along and eventually made him leave, but he really wasn't happy about it...
I think it may just come down to the individual...even when arcades were in their prime, there were some people who didn't like games...weirdos...

mccoy178:

I've noticed that a ton of my family(younger cousins, nieces and nephews), scoffed at the idea initially, but once they started playing, there is no replicating real controls.

RetroACTIVE:

My 18yr Stepson loves Aerofighters, 1942, Metal Slug, MK not too much into real classics like PacMan, Asteroids, Space Invaders etc...

14yr Daugher loves the oldies DK, SuperMario Bros. and especially Phoenix

13yr Stepdaugher loves Ms. PacMan + Frogger



Frosty:


--- Quote from: Sinner on November 30, 2005, 09:31:05 am ---...the kid was using both joysticks and just moving them around, until he figured out that pressing the buttons made the character fire...once that happened, you couldn't tear him away from it...
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No doubt...

It's almost a universal experience.  I think it's the interactivity and the 'mystique' of an arcade cabinet that makes it so cool.  It doesn't matter if it's 1982 or now, cabinets will always be fun to play.

Besides, you have start with the classics to appreciate just how amazing a game like Resident Evil 4 is.

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