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The Death of Arcades
Justin Z:
I fall into both camps, but I happen to mostly play older games. Whoopee. I enjoy arcade games and yet I own several consoles. The evolution of buttons from NES to Super NES to PS to PS2, or whatever order it was, has not bothered me, but I've certainly seen it bother others.
Incidentally, I've never played Wii.
AMDman13:
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Fair enough.
Is it me or wasn't the Coleco-Vision the first console to successfully bring arcade ports to home. DK was the packaged game pack and it was done at least 10 years before the Sega Genesis. I was playing Coleco when most of the commentators where still walking around in diapers.
rooterman:
All I have to say is that back then it was the best time to be a teen. I think if you were too young to remember, you missed out on a magical time.
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BobA:
Bit of a one sided age oriented view. They only consider the US decline so what about the thousands of arcades and mega arcades still pumping away in Japan?
Japan seems to be even more into consoles but the arcades LIVE!
Sir Auros:
--- Quote from: rooterman on August 14, 2007, 09:50:25 am ---All I have to say is that back then it was the best time to be a teen. I think if you were too young to remember, you missed out on a magical time.
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Which magical time, though? There was the one in the early days of the arcades, and then the age of 2D fighters and side-scrolling co-op beat-em-ups. I was in the second magical time.