Arcades Rise From the Dead

**ThirdMarioBro** · 04-28-2007, 10:18 PM

Who here remembers that article I wrote waaaaaay back in early 2006? It was about bring back Arcades in the virtual domain. I love the Virtual Console and XBLA, and I buy just about everything available (that's worth owning), but there's one thing missing. That feeling of walking into an arcade and seeing all the glowing boxes around you with their crazy motor driven chairs and over-produced control mechanisms. Well, looks like somebody's gone and done it.

http://3darcade.mameworld.net/

Now, I don't support piracy in the slightest bit, but I'm of the state of mind where if I bought the game, I can do whatever the hell I want with it. Seeing as I'm already buying my whole library twice (physically and digitally), I'll do whatever I wish. Take a look around that site and tell me what you think. You can have the machines play AVI's or show screens to simulate the attract mode, you can watch videos on the wall monitors, play music on a real jukebox, and of course, play any arcade game emulatable, with any emulator available assigned to the cabinet of your choice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfmN8PJkLTc&NR=1

Pretty awesome huh? Good. Now back to Halo

04-28-2007, 10:18 PM	#1
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	Arcades Rise From the Dead Who here remembers that article I wrote waaaaaay back in early 2006? It was about bring back Arcades in the virtual domain. I love the Virtual Console and XBLA, and I buy just about everything available (that's worth owning), but there's one thing missing. That feeling of walking into an arcade and seeing all the glowing boxes around you with their crazy motor driven chairs and over-produced control mechanisms. Well, looks like somebody's gone and done it. http://3darcade.mameworld.net/ Now, I don't support piracy in the slightest bit, but I'm of the state of mind where if I bought the game, I can do whatever the hell I want with it. Seeing as I'm already buying my whole library twice (physically and digitally), I'll do whatever I wish. Take a look around that site and tell me what you think. You can have the machines play AVI's or show screens to simulate the attract mode, you can watch videos on the wall monitors, play music on a real jukebox, and of course, play any arcade game emulatable, with any emulator available assigned to the cabinet of your choice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfmN8PJkLTc&NR=1 Pretty awesome huh? Good. Now back to Halo __________________