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The Death of Arcades
rooterman:
It was all good :)
Sir Auros:
--- Quote from: BobA on August 14, 2007, 10:02:36 am ---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!
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Yeah, but 99% of those games are train conductor sims...
More Cowbell:
I'm in the middle too. I'm totally devoted to retro gaming but have several consoles and really enjoy the modern games. One good thing from modern gaming that helps to get back into the "play for 20 minutes and move on" mentality is playing against others on Live. I get all of the thrill of short bursts of fun like the classics, but I also get the sweet graphics and modern game play of the modern games. Win-win!
Arcades R Fun:
Here's my take on the video. I'm keeping my opinions focused on that topic alone.
I found the video to be interesting but bland. It was unsettling to listen to "Twenty somethings" provide the narration. They did not and could not provide the 1st person persepctive that would have made the video discussion more interesting.
They were not even born when I was playing 280 ZZZAP and Lunar Lander in the late 70's! It's one thing to recite history and it's another to actually live it!
Arcades:
I have played the classics, the fighters, the light gun games and the big driving games from the 70's through today.
I have enjoyed them all. The only difference is now I pump in dollar bills instead of quarters.
That's the point...... Arcade games as we knew it from the "Golden Age" may have died in arcade centers, but arcades as a whole did NOT die out. IMO they simply evolved. It was a natural progression to go from the arcade into the home because technology improvements allowed it to be so.
Now home consoles are king, but when people go out socially the arcade games will always be there in some form!
rooterman:
I agree with you Arcades R Fun, it sounded strange with narrators who didn't actually live through that time. They talked about the games, but unless you lived it, you won't be able to fully understand or appreciate what gaming was like back then, and when it was such a new thing technologically and culturally. I don't think those feelings exist so much today.
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