Arcade Experiences?

[Ra]

Forgive me if I spelt something wrong in the title. My spell check is on the fritz.

Yesterday I went with a few friends to a cosplay meetup, and eventually we ran into the city to the local arcade. I had been in arcades before, but I don't really play their games. That day was an exception. I got my first experience of Trekken VS (Number 6, I believe) and kicked some ass on it until some Asian guy came on and beat the crap out of me. I'm hoping to go back again and redeem myself when I finish my exams or something of the like since I'm just hyped about that arcade now.

So...did any of you cr-a-zy folks go to arcades? Still go? Love them? Hate them?

[愛]

Voltron is a big arcade player. He still holds the #1 position on the Virtual On machine on the boardwalk he goes to. It's been there for years. So awesome.

[Ra]

Wow. Now that's just epic.

[Ninjinister]

There are no actual arcades in this area anymore v.v The closest one is in a nearby suburb, and other than a couple of DDR machines, their newest game is Area 51.

[Krang]

There are a few arcades within driving distance for me, so I still go a couple times a month or so.

[Hannah]

When I was, what, 12, I beat Gauntlet with some dudes I didn't know. Then some jackass "accidentally" skipped over our sweet free "I BEAT GAUNTLET" t-shirt code.

I think I posted about it here afterwards.

[Peanut]

I've had some really epic arcade moments, mostly revolving around 4-player co-op games. Captain America and the Avengers was a really fun one for my friends and I, as was one of the Dungeons & Dragons games. I think it was Tower of Doom or something like that. We had those Dragon Slayer hi-scores up on there for a long time.

All the arcades around here are dead now, though. The only one close to me is this one in a mall, but it's Asian territory, and whenever I and my Lenny Kravits looking friend go in there we get the evil eye until we leave.

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Ai

Voltron is a big arcade player. He still holds the #1 position on the Virtual On machine on the boardwalk he goes to. It's been there for years. So awesome.

I still hold that, and I believe in Mocap boxing AND TMNT the Arcade game. I think I hold 1st rank on Fightmania, too. I'm top 5 in Marvel vs. Capcom, first two House of the Deads, and the Star Wars Trilogy. I have a tricked out Corvette in Fast and the Furious, and am getting better at claw machines with every go.

As much as you guys are console gamers, I hit the arcades. I just love the experience. If I stay away from them too long, I actually go into my backyard and club gophers with a mallet.

My fondest arcade experience was in 8th grade. My school went to Hershey Park, and I lodged up in an arcade with the Star Wars Trilogy. I beat Vader's ass with half of my school watching me.

When I clubbed Vader's face in with my light saber? You could almost hear the girls thinking "That is one boy I will never date, EVER." Then, they used their psychic powers to upload it into the female collective hive mind, and now it's common knowledge what I do with my free time.

[jeff the cheff]

I used to go to play DDR, but I haven't been in a while. My favorite arcade game now is crazy taxi, I'm kind of good at it and I get better each time I play.

[cross]

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[Dr. Doom]

I'm at the point in my life where I pretty much don't have the desire to ever go to an arcade again. I can't play fighting games worth crap on an arcade stick and I guess I just can't get over the futility of pouring so much money into a machine in order to beat a game that really only requires money in order to beat it in some cases. My local arcade actually has a section in back of free play games, but without any sort of limitation on the playing, most of the are completely pointless. I think the only arcade games that mildly interest me at this point are light gun stuff like Time Crisis.

[Voltron]

So, wait. . .

You don't like putting money into the machine, but you don't see a point in playing without having some limitation like money?


MIIIIIIND F*CK!

[ToTheNines]

Man, there's almost no arcades in WV, VA or MD. Back in the day I wouldn't quit playin TMNT II, The Simpsons, or Tekken. I guess they're dying because of how good videogames are on the consoles now. Any other theories?

[Dr. Doom]

Originally Posted by Voltron

So, wait. . .

You don't like putting money into the machine, but you don't see a point in playing without having some limitation like money?


MIIIIIIND F*CK!

Yeah, I know, right?

[ToxicRevolution]

Arcades are so much fun. The only decent arcade around me anymore is Dave & Buster's. But a few weeks ago I went to Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH and they had a ton of arcades that were just raw. My friend and I spent a few dollars playing the old X-Men game, that had two screens and like 6 joysticks. They had all of the old classics, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Galaga, etc. and some new stuff like House of the Dead 4.

But yeah, I think I might have to go to Dave & Buster's sometime soon.