@parasiticproductions: Admittedly, it was a late Tuesday evening in January, so the whole arcade was empty. And hey, if they had been full, I wouldn't have been able to get such great shots of them! :) I do hope they get their share of action on weekends though!
Oh OK. Well no offense, but I'm not sure that's what did Arcades in. I think it would be more of the Consoles after Genesis when they started getting so close to the real thing. Again, me and my friends were frequenting several arcades in my area in 1996. People get stuck saying they went away in the 80s, but the accurate thing to say is that in the 80s it's when they were at their peak.
Absolutely correct, hootyhaha - 80s was arcades' peak. A large number of different things made their decline, from home consoles to bad reputations to rising costs and rent closing many places in the mid-90s. Now they can only survive with something else paying the rent, like a restaurant or cinema.
Well . . sort of. Even after consoles arrived up to Sega Genesis days, arcades were still pretty big. I'm probably younger than yall and possibly remember the 90s to mid 90s a little better. Up to 1996 me and my friends were frequenting 3 different HUGE arcades in the Metroplex Texas. (Dallas, Ft. Worth, Arlington). And 2 of them are still here at Splash Water Falls , and at a Putt Putt in North Richland Hills. Haven't been in them since then so not sure what they offer.
There were more classics than that there. There was that classic room, but then on the other side of the acade down a hall, there were even more classics. I was there this past August, and I played a ton of them. I was surprised that there were other arcades around California too.
Just gaming in general away from the arcade, but definitely when gaming consoles started to rival in power and visuals with the arcade machines, taking away their last technical advantage. Even some social advantages, as you only played with people you liked, not bullies or people so better than you that you had no chance to play. But as you said, the experience simply is not the same, and the control mechanisms are rarely matched either.
No arcade can be called an arcade without one of those. :) I didn't notice which ones, but they definitely had many fighting games. Capcom was well-represented. :) Further questions would best be sent to a local, or better yet, try to go back yourself. :)
I honestly couldn't tell you, I was only there once. But all the big classics from the 80s are the ones in the video above, most of the rest are 90s and recent games.
WTF? All those amazing machines and nobody on 'em? God, I thought this would be a fun video to watch but it's just depressing.
parasiticproductions 1 year ago
@parasiticproductions: Admittedly, it was a late Tuesday evening in January, so the whole arcade was empty. And hey, if they had been full, I wouldn't have been able to get such great shots of them! :) I do hope they get their share of action on weekends though!
NiallOT 1 year ago
Oh OK. Well no offense, but I'm not sure that's what did Arcades in. I think it would be more of the Consoles after Genesis when they started getting so close to the real thing. Again, me and my friends were frequenting several arcades in my area in 1996. People get stuck saying they went away in the 80s, but the accurate thing to say is that in the 80s it's when they were at their peak.
hootyhaha 2 years ago
Absolutely correct, hootyhaha - 80s was arcades' peak. A large number of different things made their decline, from home consoles to bad reputations to rising costs and rent closing many places in the mid-90s. Now they can only survive with something else paying the rent, like a restaurant or cinema.
NiallOT 2 years ago
When you say handheld you mean console right?
hootyhaha 2 years ago
Well . . sort of. Even after consoles arrived up to Sega Genesis days, arcades were still pretty big. I'm probably younger than yall and possibly remember the 90s to mid 90s a little better. Up to 1996 me and my friends were frequenting 3 different HUGE arcades in the Metroplex Texas. (Dallas, Ft. Worth, Arlington). And 2 of them are still here at Splash Water Falls , and at a Putt Putt in North Richland Hills. Haven't been in them since then so not sure what they offer.
hootyhaha 2 years ago
There were more classics than that there. There was that classic room, but then on the other side of the acade down a hall, there were even more classics. I was there this past August, and I played a ton of them. I was surprised that there were other arcades around California too.
hootyhaha 2 years ago
Just gaming in general away from the arcade, but definitely when gaming consoles started to rival in power and visuals with the arcade machines, taking away their last technical advantage. Even some social advantages, as you only played with people you liked, not bullies or people so better than you that you had no chance to play. But as you said, the experience simply is not the same, and the control mechanisms are rarely matched either.
NiallOT 2 years ago
donkey kong,tempest,donkey kong jr,tron,and donkey kong 3 are the best games ever made in the history of anything out of anything
thepoopsniff 3 years ago
I would KILL to play Kung-Fu Master in the arcades.
SlashManEXE 3 years ago
Tempest is the shit..it is the best game everrrrr
damonster5000 3 years ago
do they have fighting games like marvel vs fighter it fav capcom game
leslielove 3 years ago
No arcade can be called an arcade without one of those. :) I didn't notice which ones, but they definitely had many fighting games. Capcom was well-represented. :) Further questions would best be sent to a local, or better yet, try to go back yourself. :)
NiallOT 3 years ago
they have clasic do they have hang on buy sega
leslielove 3 years ago
I honestly couldn't tell you, I was only there once. But all the big classics from the 80s are the ones in the video above, most of the rest are 90s and recent games.
NiallOT 3 years ago
it in santa cla cal borad walk i benn there back in 1984 does it have cobracomand the laser dosc game
leslielove 3 years ago
I wish I could help, but unfortunately I did not remember seeing it. I'm not saying it's not there, since it's a rather big arcade! :)
NiallOT 3 years ago
sweet! nice vid
oldmmanthing 3 years ago