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genesim:

I have great nostlagia for the early years and playing Donkey Kong and Space Invaders before that...but the fighting games are what made me serious.

Online does not give you the same interaction and the arcades had their last little sigh because of MK and SFII bringing audiences back from the wooing away that happened with the home cosoles.

I don't know about you guys, but MK looked like ASS on all the home systems.    For me, the arcades were always superior and that is why I made my own....and am still working on it.  ;D

Until the Dreamcast, arcades were all there was.

And yes, fighting games were a "CRAZE" because MK sold in numbers not seen since the Pacman days.     If you calculate for inflation.   MK actually is up there with some of the greats.    I was there for both, and I know a craze when I see one.    MK conquered not only the arcades, but the home systems too.   A feat that nonone had done in the same way before..or perhaps since.     

gbeef:

I wasn't around for the game craze im 27, i remember playing games like altered beast and golden axe. Those were the games that did it for me, as for the fighters im a huge fan of the them also. I dont really think arcades started to die until the 3D stuff started to release.. ex. playstion, sega saturn.... etc.

I think the thing that was appealing was the graphics and the experinces you couldnt get on  a nintendo.  like you could play daytona USA on console. I also persoanlly dont like playing a video game that take 50 hours to beat... simply dont have the time.
 Im not a WOW player...


KenToad:

This thread turned weird.   :dizzy:  I'm 30 and I consider myself as having seen the last of the golden age of arcade gaming.  I can remember when it seemed every diner or convenience store that my dad would take me into would have a giant box or two that I could go over and pretend like I was playing.  We were lucky that we had a good arcade that kept the classics around when arcade games retreated back into the arcades in the mid to late 80's, so I visited the arcade every day, with or without money, just to take in the sights and sounds of the soon-to-be classics.  I also really liked that foosball-ish hockey game with the plastic bubble over it.  I vividly remember a Red Baron sitdown, Star Wars upright, Karate Champ VS., Sinistar, Bosconian, a Ms. Pac cocktail, Gyruss, Galaga, Space Invaders, Q-Bert, Congo Bongo, Kung-Fu Master, Yie-Ar Kung Fu, Zaxxon, Tron, Spy Hunter (my fave, for the music!), Zoo Keeper, Dig Dug.  I remember the day I first played four player Gauntlet and when we all realized that our healths were inexplicably ticking down like quarter-hungry time bombs.

Yes, let's all take a deep breath and remember the good days of arcade gaming, folks, even if we weren't all there to see them.

 :cheers:

Sir Auros:

jcoleman - The late 80's and early 90's had games in all of those places as well, so I don't know what point you're trying to prove there. In regards to the control argument, disliking complex controls is not the same thing that Artifact was implying. He very strongly implied that modern controllers are only enjoyable by "hardcore gamers" and that they aren't normal people somehow and that normal people cannot use modern controls. All of those statements are false. That's the key difference between an opinion and what he tried to pass off as an opinion. I can't stand people who hide behind the defense that what they're saying is an opinion when it's not.

Re:Other youthful people (Green Giant, etc.) - I know, the attitude on these forums has shifted a lot since I first joined. Now there's more cranky older guys and if you're not restoring a classic*, you're likely to be ignored.

*Classic, of course, excluding any game made past 1986.

CheffoJeffo:

A well-produced video and interesting to get another point of view (although I think that understanding of the timelines  and events is a little lacking).

If you want what I would consider to be a more accurate, and interesting, representation as to what happened, check the Icons episode that dfmaverick mentions.

FWIW, my belief is that there were lots more normal people playing arcade games in the golden age than are playing consoles now, so perhaps Artifact's comment about controls wasn't too far off the mark.  :dunno



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