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MaximRecoil:
It seems to me that people who really love arcade games are relatively uncommon, especially these days. Even as a kid in the '80s, most of my friends were not that into them. They would play occasionally, but it was more to kill time than something they went out of their way to do. The only exception was my friend Corey, and with him, it was only one game (Ikari Warriors in '87).

I have an Ikari Warriors machine now, and Corey comes over and plays it for hours on a daily basis when he's home (his job has him out of the country for most of the year), but he's not even remotely interested in playing my Super Punch-Out or Street Fighter II machine (he didn't play them when we were kids and I was playing them all the time either).

I have another friend who is four years older than me (he's 38) which puts him right in the thick of the "golden era" of arcade games. He talks like he was really into arcade games back then, but I haven't seen any evidence of it. I didn't grow up with him so I don't know if he was really into arcade games back then or not, but I'm guessing that he had a casual interest in them at best, and he exaggerates for the sake of conversation.

Even regarding myself; I was really into arcade games back then, but only a select few; and some of those few I need the original machine/controls to really enjoy (e.g., Super Punch-Out/Punch-Out [dual monitors, plus MAME doesn't get either game right], Ikari Warriors [rotary joysticks], Karate Champ [dual 4-way joysticks]) so I probably woudn't spend much time on a friend's MAME machine either (not that I have a friend with a MAME machine). 
TOK:

--- Quote from: isucamper on July 31, 2009, 08:00:16 pm ---On Malenko calling me a shmuck:  <sigh> You've obviously never heard my rock band rendition of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper."  It'd rock your princess pony underoos off. 

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The embedding doesn't work. Does your rendition go tickety, tick, klack, klack, clickey, klack? Or am I confusing it with the drum part that goes plonk,plonk,plonk,plonk.

I was joking around when I made the initial post, but it definitely came from experience. We have Guitar Hero World Tour and the only people who touch it are my wife and sister-in-law. My buddies are playing my Golden Tee machine or Time Pilot on the MAME cab.
Malenko:
I was just funnin, cause it was funny.
DJ_Izumi:
I've had this issue at anime and gaming events I run.  We try to bring out something retro, even something AWESOME and retro like Turtles In Time or something.  No matter what it is, the response from most is "Oh cool!  I remember that game, that's so awe... Oh hey, let's go play Rock Band/Soul Caliber/Street Fighter IV."

Very few games can honestly stand the test of time compared to other games, though this can also depend on the 'gimmick value' of the game as well.  Rock Band has that gimmick, it's not only new and social, but you play tiny plastic instruments.  My light gun games, even stuff like Point Blank and Area 51 are a draw, but not for the game, but because it's still fun to shoot the TV.

Where the game is just a game, controlled by a joystick and some buttons though?  Not many can keep peoples interest these days.

I find the games with fun control schemes or elaborate cabs have much longer shelf life in comparison.  Hence me trying to get some racing wheels for my events, cause I hope to get some Outrun 2 going and it being popular. :)
isucamper:

--- Quote from: TOK on July 31, 2009, 08:48:15 pm ---The embedding doesn't work. Does your rendition go tickety, tick, klack, klack, clickey, klack? Or am I confusing it with the drum part that goes plonk,plonk,plonk,plonk.

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That video was my rendition.  That's me singing.
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