>"J-just one more coin and I leave"
Any one else experience having to wait for that kid to finish playing it so it was you turn to play?
Did anyone had their main story interrupted because someone decided to drop a coin followed by a "A NEW CHALLENGER" pop on the screen?
When I was little I was playing some fighter alone for the first time, then some kid who knew what he was doing joined, I lost, and he acted all smugly.
>>335984718
>then some kid who knew what he was doing joined, I lost, and he acted all smugly.
I really hated that, they step in and take over the arcade, it was the "git gud" arcade version
>Playing the TMNT arcade game at Chuck E. Cheese with three other kids
I wish I was 8 again.
>playing DDR
>someone inserts a coin and plays with me
>tired after a round but I decided to play a round with him
>went to a medium level
>too exhausted I lost
>"Hey, wanna play again?"
I was that kid that interrupted your games by joining while you were playing the main story. Sorry.
>>335983883
>Playing MVC 2
>Make it all the way to Abyss
>Get him down to his last form.
>A new Challenger pops up
>look next to me and it's some white kid with a sweater.
>By the time I win my mother was outside ready to pick me up
>Mfw
>those 12-14 yos who would trick the 8 year olds into using their coins/tokens on them and then budded you out of the game.
This is why Im a shut in.
No one on /v/ is old enough to have ever played an arcade machine, desu.
>playing crisis zone
>have a good ₩50k in change
>I'm going to beat this fucking game and then some
>some kid, maybe 4 wants to play
>kid can't see over the pedastal
>tell them I'll be done shortly
>he just watches
>eventually his mom comes over
>start trying to scold me for hogging the machine
>tell her business is business, the arcade doesn't give a damn if it's my money or hers so long as they get paid
>she scoops up her kid and leaves
>I decided to play through a second time because why the fuck not
>>335985836
>the kid who showed up in tripp pants, spiked hair, and a mesh shirt
>he warms up with max300
>>335987269
>start trying to scold me for hogging the machine
I really hate how women think they can use morality to guilt trip, in the arcade you either kick them out by beating them in their game or get there first
>>335987538
I even told her he wasn't big enough to hold the gun. She went on to say some shit like "he doesn't know any better, just left him have fun." Fuck that bullshit.
>go to the arcade place
>is filled with app games like flappy bird
>Virtual On game has the joystick broken, doesn't look like they gonna fix it
>Darkstalkers removed
>Some other fighting games that aren't SF or KoF are gone
What have they done to my favorite place?
>>335988080
>go to mine
>there was a Tekken 5 DR machine with broken sticks for a while
>now it's gone for even more app store shit
why
>Every single vending machine and arcade cabinet has been removed from all bases around because of orders from higher ups.
I don't know who's spesifically responsible for this, but I hope they drown in their own piss.
>local arcade is a bowling/karaoke/arcade/etc chain from Japan
>mostly a bunch of mobile games
>but also the newest actual games
Every now and again I spend like 50 bucks playing Initial D 8 infinity all day
Nah, I mostly stuck around Alien 3: The Gun. I was the only person who ever played it, damn shame. Probably the most fun Alien game.
>>335988552
>have initial d 4 at my local arcade
>card machine doesn't work
I never even bought one but now I want one. Is this all part of some kind of marketing tactic or ponzi scheme?
>go to arcade
>spend all my money on point blank
>leave
Every single arcade experience for me. I will own a Point Blank machine before I die
>grab ipod and headphones
>go to round 1
>put on eurobeat
>play Initial D Stage 8
I feel so blessed to live near a round 1 with Intial D and Project Diva AND a D&B with Daytona USA (pic related), Lost World, HOTD3 and Virtua Cop 3.
>>335987770
>"he doesn't know any better"
That or if the parent says "He's/she's just a kid" makes me rage. Learn to be a better parent stupid shit parents.
>>335983883
>Those shitty bootleg ghetho mexican arcades
>Same copy pasta front-end loader from 2014
>Same ROM selection
>Half the games dont work or run well.
>Squashed eat-up resolutión displays
>KOF 2012 MAGIC PLUS ALWAYS
Mexican Arcades in México are suffering
>>335987269
>not taking turns with someone who's waiting
What a fucking asshole. What are manners?
>>335988914
is a dog eat dog world in the arcade games bruh
Also where can I buy an arcade cabin?
>>335988905
There are arcades on my holy land?
Last time I checked we STILL only have whack-a-mole, roulettes and Ski-Ball.
>>335983883
>"J-just one more coin and I leave"
Many people know that feel...
>>335988914
>taking turns with randoms on a stage based game
>>335983883
>Any one else experience having to wait for that kid to finish playing it so it was you turn to play?
No but I have experience with 4-year olds slamming on the buttons even though they're not playing while the parents do nothing.
>>335989045
Depends, you want an authentic one or just want the case to fill it with your shit? The authentic one costs more, obviously.
>>335989118
You didn't Game Over at least once?
>>335988896
>give a toddler a SMG
>"oh he'll grow into it"
>>335989118
>>335989154
Wait, I just remembered you can just pay to revive.
>>335988914
> What are manners?
Something you use when you don't have money
>>335989154
Oh sure I died plenty but that's what all the change was for. I'm not going to lose all of my progress on account of some toddler that wants to go clicky-clicky for two minutes before they get bored and wander off to do something else mid playthrough.
>>335989118
actually that was a fair rule, you places your coin on screen as a way to make line to play the game, i mean, the owner was always watching just in case something gone wrong
>>335989925
they did this all the time where I lived too. If you were playing DDR or a fighting game, people either put a coin there to show they were waiting for their turn without bothering you.
Unless it was King of Fighters.
>>335988894
Holy fuck that's amazing
>>335990059
>Unless it was King of Fighters.
NOBODY can play KoF alone unless is a slow day or at nightthat was the benefits of living near the store with arcades, like i just had to crossed the street
>>335987196
I have anon. I have...
>>335989925
Had he done that, yes, you would be correct and I completely agree with you. But he didn't.
>>335990646
ah in that case, fuck that kid
>>335990363
>NOBODY can play KoF alone unless is a slow day or at night
or play the older one in the back all the mexicans aren't playing
>>335991331
mexicans will play any KoF, is like a tradition to them
>put a quarter on the screen
>faggot playing steals the quarter to continue and dies in seconds anyways
>>335991425
Koreans are the same with tekken and soul calibur. Every fucking person and their brother are using Jin or Nightmare respectively.
>>335992112
>Mexican always use Iori
i never understood why, i guess because is so edgy everyone just wants to be like that?
>>335991919
>I used to plan going to the arcade with friends
>now everyone is too busy or moved on with their life or move to another city
>Now is just me going to the arcades
>nobody there wants to join in a fighting game, they all decide to play by themselves
>>335983883
>10 years old, movie theater arcade
>friend and I try out this Terminator 2 game
>we're kicking its ass
>we're actually playing it so long we're on the last area
>these two fat indian kids clamoring to let them play, we've been playing forever
>we don't care, we have literally put in one coin each since we started, we're having the time of our lives
>they actually try to physically push us off at one point, we shove them away and tell them to get their own machine
>they complain to their parents
>their parents complains to the staff in broken english how we're hogging this machine and bullying their kids away from it
>forced away mid fight with the boss by security
>we give it up because we're ten what the fuck do we know about anything
>they shoot things at random for about ten seconds before dying and leaving to play some retarded baseball simulator
I'm going to remember this shit to the day I die. I have no idea why I remember it so vividly.
>>335984883
Some sit like this happened to me a few years ago when MvC3 came out.
>literally trying to learn the controls at gamestop
>some young faggot came up to the demo "hey can I play?"
>"sure i'm just trying to figure out the controls"
>I choose Thor, Ametarsau and Morrigan because fuck it they're cool characters
>He chooses Dante and some other characters i can't remember
>He spams special after special (he's clearly really good at the game)
>Lose
>Hey good game :^)
>reallynigga.jpg
I never understood why people liked playing other players who obviously aren't that good. Is it a self esteem thing or what?
>>335993741
They were probably pissed that they were forced to poo in the loo that day.
>all those great games with no home releases
>all those games you can't even emulate
>all those games nobody has even bothered ripping
I loved arcades at the time, but now they're dead, I hate them. So many games that I need to spend 500+ bucks on to play again, and then rent a fucking truck just to pick up.
>>335988080
>UMvC3 machine has had no sound for I think nearly a year now
>old Tekken 6 machine gets its broken monitor fixed within a week
Timezone, or rather Tekkenzone. Not even once.
>>335994182
It's asserting their dominance in the only way they can, since they're beta as fuck
Anyone remember this Fist of the Northstar game where you had to punch some orange things?
>>335994708
Yeah that's what I always thought.
>tfw I lost in front of gf
She didn't give a shit.
>tfw just played through the Simpsons arcade game a few days ago with a pal
Godamn, 3 fucking lives for one coin? What a dealThe game wasn't as good as I remembered
What do you do with the one on the left? Put in a quarter and then yell for your mom to put the sock puppets on?
>mfw all they hydro/artic thunder machines are empty
They were the best games to play when you had a group of people.
>>335991919
You deserve it, frogshit.
>tfw you wanted to be a cool DDr player but was too fat and out of shape
>tfw you're finally fit and the arcade is gone
>>335995386
Trust me, you weren't missing much.
Bemani for all intents and purposes no longer exists in my third world country.
Always online DRM was a mistake.
Why are there mobile games in arcades now?
>>335995386
>DDR
>cheapest way to work out
I lost a few pounds in high school for playing that, and cost nothing compared to what a gym charges you
>>335994581
I don't know where you live, but in California or Nevada, there are still plenty of arcades.
Sacramento is totally dead
>>335995679
Because normies are the new arcade market.
It turns out, to get the most money, making games that ride the fine line between challenge and unfairness was the wrong approach for the dumb normie brain.
Instead, all you need is a game where numbers keep going up and flashy colors appear, while asking for a few dollars to make flashy colors appear a little faster, and you'll make millions.
>>335995679
Because said games can be modified to shit out tickets.
>>335984718
I was sort of in this position once, with a kid maybe a year or two under me.
>see him playing MvC2
>always wanted to try it, decide to pop in a coin and take him on
>pick characters I like, Mega Man, Ryu, can't remember the third, probably Ken
>push his shit in just from the fact I'm doing any special moves at all
>after I beat him, he looks up and asks, "You have this game at home, don't you?"
>his face when I said "Nope."
>>335995828
>normies slowly killing your hobbies
>>335983883
>Playing against someone in a fighting arcade game
>It uses a best of 5 rule
>someone lost twice in a row
>Next round winner decided to let the loser win by not attacking at all and just moving forward
I'm not so sure on how should I feel about this or even think if doing this is a good idea.
In one hand, the loser can play more and have a chance of gaining a comeback. On the other hand, the winner is just doing this as an act of pity and probably a smug motherfucker while making the spectators think that the loser sucks at this game.
>tfw euro and no arcade
>>335989116
oh geez
I know it.
