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| isucamper:
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on June 20, 2008, 01:02:19 pm ---It goes back further than the PSX. --- End quote --- Yeah, you're probably right. I just remember having the Atari 2600, then the NES, then the Genesis/Super NES, and all that time the home consoles were behind the curve compared to arcade games but catching up slowly. The PSX was really the system that finally surpassed what was being done in the arcades, offering cinematic experiences that an arcade game couldn't. It took the industry in such a dramatic direction... it made me forget about the arcade. :'( Several years later, after popping my head back outside, I'd go back looking for my old arcade haunts only to find them closed down... such a sad time. To this day, there's no place I can go withing a 500 mile radius to get the kind of game experience you get in a classic arcade. Hence, why I'm on this message board so much. |
| fjl:
I forget where I read this but it was said that one of the main reasons Arcades died was technology itself and the basis of gameplay. Early arcades sported simple graphics and simple gameplay. Fast actioned gameplay worth spending a quarter for ten minutes of play. Good examples of these type of games are some of the classics such as Pac-Man, Asteroids, Space Invaders etc. The games where quick, fun and easy to understand and play. Then technology rose and games where now capable of supporting higher graphics and with this, it was more capable for machines to support epic story games like the Final Fantasy games that required hours, upon hours of gameplay. This wasn't possible at an Arcade. This was only feasible with home consoles. And this turn is one of the main reasons people stopped attending arcades. At least here in USA. Japan is still popular with arcades. Some arcades games still put good use to the quick action gameplay of older days. But not many. I like those dave and busters restaurant/bars cause they still somewhat function as arcades but more oriented for adults. |
| Singapura:
--- Quote ---Since there were hardly "real" arcades here, there was no problem. The "arcades" I visited were on camping-grounds and holiday parcs. Safe and clean and lots of game --- End quote --- Oh yeah, I almost forgot the "Sporthuis Centrum" arcades. In highschool I sometimes skipped class and took the train to Amsterdam. They had a very nice arcade at the Rembrandt Plein. Scheveningen has some nice arcades too... |
| FrizzleFried:
My parents were pretty open about arcades. Dad didn't like `em much personally, but he was a huge console fan of the time. (Dad actually had a Sears version of the 2600 originally...with wood highlights. He then got a Colecovision, and then a 5200, then a 7800. I thing there was a Sega console in there somewhere too. Dad was a 5200 Centipede nut. |
| Kajoq:
I use to be able to coerce my dad into taking me to the Arcade relatively often. He was in college when Pong and Asteroids were first hitting and being an enginerd he enjoyed playing video games. When I was a kid he would rarely play games on cabinets and would tend to play a few games of Pinball while I was rocking faces on Tekken or Street Fighter or whatever else I was playing. The times we would Stumble upon a good Defender machine he was on that hardcore though... and he would usually dump a couple credits into the ubiquitous Galaga machine at every arcade. |
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