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How did we go from this.
To this?
consoles
The jews.
To this?
To this
>>332267542
I can play good games at home.
Go to one during the weekend at a busy mall
>>332267527
SMELLY
GIRL
FEET
to this
>go into arcade these days
>mobile shit
>ticket shit
>stacker and luck shit
>no real games anywhere
>MAYBE a light gun game they forgot to throw away
why
>>332267719
Arcades lasted well after consoles came out.
>>332268224
Whatever you say
>>332267527
It upsets me when a place decides to get Pump it Up rather than In The Groove or DDR
>>332268352
Your underage is showing anon
>>332268352
Where do you live Anon?
>>332268352
but they did, arcades thrived until the 7th generation of consoles.
now theyre either midway arcades where you play for tickets, or just mobile shit.
Real arcades are few and far between, existing mostly in asia and the western US
many places that call themselves arcades these days are literally just bars with old ass 80s machines and maybe a mortal kombat machine.
>>332268108
>mobile shit
Fuck this shit. I was in an arcade today and I was in awe of how much of it was just shitty mobile games on a big screen. Why the fuck would anyone pay for this?
Daily reminder to Dutchfags that a new arcade recently opened in Groningen and its your patriotic duty to visit it.
>>332268561
I'd fly to Netherlands just for that but I'm afraid of getting culturally enriched.
>>332268467
Says the person that isn't old enough to remember not every household had consoles and internet or computers. Stuff was expensive back then. And consoles of the time often didn't have the same graphics those Arcade machines did or the same technical level like the gun rail games with gun controllers. These days even a basic console has better stuff of hand and most people can afford computers and consoles now.
>>332267527
>neon lights, black lights, the awesome CARPET patterns, the sounds
thats what >>332267542 needs i guess?>>332268656
to this
>>332267901
That webm doesnt work without sound. You need sound to fully grasp it
to this
>he doesn't live near a Round 1
I'm sorry OP
There's Steve and Busters around.
They have mostly shit games, but there's a couple good ones.
>>332267901
>1 more week till opening day
>>332267901
Even a bunch of teenage girls doing nothing besides being vain and taking stupid selfies are more interesting than baseball.
>>332268827
Thank god i live near one
>>332268738
nigga those aint spider those are fucking crabs what the fuck dear lord nuke that shithole right fucking now
TO THIS
>>332268827
Was consider driving to the Round 1 in Illinois since it's the only place I know of in the Midwest with a Sound Voltex machine
>>332269010
>those are fucking crabs
Must be nice being this retarded.
>>332268738
JESUS CHRIST
>>332269042
>go to nearest arcade
>there's only five arcade games
>one of them is a fucking washer
post hot retro arcade ass
>>332269101
>being this dense in the year of our lord two thousand and sixteen.
>>332269189
i should post these in /vr/ whatever
I see no problem anon. We got ourselves Tekken 7 and WMMT 5 in flipland. Though, we do still have those shitty mobile crap.
To this?Im so happy
>>332267749
But arcades are money eating machines, a lot of games are almost designed to make you die easily to make you shell out more quarters to keep playing
If VR accomplishes one thing, I want it to revive arcades.
>>332268738
This looks like it'd be fun to be the man with a lighter.
My little sister and I decided to get an arcade machine for my house. I got it playing MK2, SF2, DDR, Wave Racer 64, and Binding of Isaac.
It's pretty fun to play on it, but I much rather prefer couch co-op.
>>332269279
wat
>>332269306
They dont really do that much anymore.they actually make it have more expensive per play instead
https://youtu.be/33QpqR-fN0c
I miss the good old days...
>>332269453
>>332269341
Jesus christ these women are disgusting
>>332269512
its the 80´s hair.
>>332269507
>you will never find good pictures or videos of the inside of one of these places so you can see if it actually is as amazing as you remember it
>>332269465
regardless, Arcade is like the original Pay 2 Win micro transaction formula, you pump enough quarters for continues, you can beat any game no matter how shit you are
Jews would cum their pants over that
>>332268827
>>332268960
>Live less than 20 minutes away from one
What's the difference from a Round 1 and a Main Event/Dave and Busters other than games you posted?
>>332269465
Women in the 40's-80's had the most retarded hairstyles I've ever done seen. It's amazing men managed to get boners to create us in those times.
>>332269453
> tfw you work in an arcade with an aging 37 year old who has worked at like a dozen arcades since he was 13.
Pretty depressing honestly.
But we play free games all day so it's pretty good, but hes got literally nothing else once the place finally dies.
>>332269532
god damn
>>332269141
anon i think you went to a laundromat
>>332269512
Not hip and modern enough for you faggot?
>>332267901
am I the only one that doesn't rage at this? its not like they were mocking someone or being mean. yeah they were also making those retarded duck faces but they seem to have genuine laughs in between. baseball fans should at least be glad someone is bothering to buy tickets for their boring game.
>>332268452
my nigga
>>332269679
ANON WOMEN ARE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW DOING THINGS OTHER THAN TELLING ME HOW GOOD I AM AT STUFF, DO YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND?
>>332269512
grow some hair on your nuts son.
>1996
>playing mk3 in a bad neighbourhood in nyc
>i'm like 12, playing some big nig
>doesn't know how to break throws (you just hold block)
>keep throwing him over and over
>he gets angrier and angrier
>beat for the zillionth time
>mercy him (mercy is a fatality where you give your opponent 1 pixel of life back)
>walk up
>throw
>he pulls a gun on me
>apologize
>leave
home console fags will NEVER EVER know this feel
>>332269593
Round 1 has a lot more actual games. They have a big candy cab section with mostly fighters, a bunch of japanese driving and light gun games, and all of the big Bemani games with offical network support
The cell phone port redemption trash is still there too, but it's not ALL that like dnb
They also have darts, pool, bowling, ping pong, and karaoke if any of that matters to you
>no more dance freaks/dance maniax
>no more brodowns in Simpsons and Xmen
>no more badass WHOOAAAA-OOOOH-OOOOH-OOOOOH song from the Black Knight pinball machine
>no more weird Sega holographic cowboy time traveler game
>no more Dragon's Lair
>no more Sunset Riders
>no more namco propcycle
>no more capcom dungeons and dragons
>no more S.T.U.N. RUNNER
>no more Time Crisis LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU
:(
>>332269592
>you can beat any game no matter how shit you are
That's not true. It's only true for games that are on rails. Even then, that's not the point of an arcade game: which is to get the highest score. Remember scores? If you're comparing arcade games to mobile games it just shows that you need to gtfo this hobby
>he didn't dual wield in House of the Dead
>he didn't pump the shotgun in House of the Dead 3
>>332268738
>Flyders are real
End this planet, it's evil.
I worked in a video arcade for five years.
>videogame cabinets became more and more prohibitively expensive as technology moved on, and sometimes more prone to errors or mechanical failure of expensive parts
>this was especially true for elaborate setups that sorta define the arcade experience like deluxe cabinets and racing games with FFB wheels, which could cost $15,000 or more brand new
>it could ages for a machine to pay for itself even if it was reasonably popular for a given area and cost $1 or more to play
>consoles existed for years but the popularization of online play on consoles took a much bigger bite out of the market
>emphasis on short term profits over keeping long term customers, appealing to a revolving door of families who play ticket and prize games, driving more videogame players away in a repeating cycle
>most fans of arcade cash cows like DDR and fighting games basically vanished to do their own shit over the internet or in local tournaments with console versions
That's most of it.
>>332269306
>quarters
>mfw Americans will never know the pain of £1/£2 per play
One or two goes and that was it, unless you had rich parents.
>>332269679
I'm pretty meh about it.
I mean, they should be watching the game if they bothered going, but meh. Could have been given free tickets through their school or something too and decided to waste an afternoon with it.
Who gives a shit.
>>332269760
Thats a fucking golden story anon
>>332269558
This. That poofy hair shit is and always ways absolutely retarded. Bitches look like banshees.
can you handle the retro bush?
>>332269679
Boring is subjective. The thing about performance and shows is that they're putting on a display for you. They're playing a game and you're going to completely disregard that. It shows lack of respect for whoever's performing, whether it be in a theatre or on a match.
Them being chicks doesn't matter, just as disrespectful as if a bunch of guys would've done it.I don't watch sports, but this is common courtesy.
>>332269679
I agree with you for the most part. It doesn't make me rage. What does make me a little angry though is the fact that I GUARANTEE you that at least half of those girls will claim to be huge fans of baseball.
They claim to be huge fans of everything. Video games, sports, literature, science, etc. However, they know absolutely nothing about any of those topics and only show up to take selfies and say "grrr! girls can like sports too!"
Couple of teens I know were playing SFII at the laundromat, I want next so I go and place a quarter on the screen to dead silence and looks of confusion. Like I wasn't sure where the coin slot was.
>>332270000
czech'd
>>332267542
I know this arcade, that is 2nd Floor Clearview Mall in Metairie, Louisiana.
I have a bar around here that has an arcade theme. Plenty of pinball games, cabinets, and some console stuff. Pretty rad place.
>>332269593
Ive never been to dave&busters cause round1 exists.
Friends have told me dave and busters dont got shit on our round1
But from what i gather
Round1s typically get japanese arcade games too in addition to what DnBs usually have (sound voltex, groove coaster, school of ragnrock, museca, project diva,initial D) and actually attempt to update their roster with new games.
>>332269848
>tfw I remember light gun machines being 20p a play
I'm not sure if I'm old or just lucky. those same machines are now £1 a play, with a couple at 50p a go
The most depressing thing is the Trocadero in London.
Used to have Sega World in it, a massive 5 floor arcade with a bunch of rides in it.
Only arcades nearby is the bowling alley and the theater/entertainment center.
>>332270475
Now it's just a handful of crap broken machines in the basement, waiting for the place to close and for them to convert the building into a one of those high density hotels.
>>332269679
The problem is that they look like vapid, vain sluts. Do you know why they put mirrors in birdcages?
>>332270637
One day I swear I'm gonna find me a House of the Dead 2 cabinet and buy it.
>>332270637
There's nothing more depressing than a broken arcade machine
There's a new Point Blank game out.
Shame no Western arcades will get it.
>>332269943
have you ever been to a baseball game
that doesnt deserve respect, they coulda spent their time doing something interesting like basket weaving or video gmes
>>332270112
Why is there no carpet senpai?
hows the food court?
>>332270000
You said what I was going to say, but better
>>332270856
Don't know why there isn't any carpet.
But the food court used to be good, it had top of the line restaurants on board... but after hurricane Katrina the whole mall has sucked.
>>332270764
The place is depressing as hell in general.
Here's what it used to be like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUf9kPjvjd4
>>332270856
Carpet's hard to clean, especially with kids bringing food in.
>>332268535
I don't get it either man it's fucked up
>>332267901
To be fair baseball is such a slow sport that you can take selfie breaks.
>Airport near me had a great arcade
>In the lobby too, you could just walk in and play Time Crisis or House of the Dead
>Then 9/11
>Arcade still great as ever, but WAAAAY more security that would follow you around if you just walked in
>Got thrown out once because I just came in to use the arcade, no intention to fly
>Second blow, they move the arcade into the waiting lounge
>Still fantastic, but now I only got to use it maybe once a year
>Third blow, "adult arcade" happens
>No more light guns, no more racing machines, just slot machines and video poker, now need to be 18 to get in
>>332270805
>>332270805
>>332270805
god is a cruel one
>>332271191
Sucks what happened to Gatwick Airport
>>332271260
Prestwick actually, but it's pretty common all over
>>332268738
holy shit
>>332269593
Round 1 has a monopoly on eamuse connected cabs
>>332269770
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYTONAAAAAAAAAA
>>332271017
dayum shame.
>>332270839
>subjective
>>332269679
this is actually good because I can immediantly see who is a mouth breathing retard and deserves none of my attention
>>332270112
It's so rare to see somebody else from louisiana, i actually was going to mention this but then i saw some other poor sap lives here too
>>332269679
As someone who is a huge fan of baseball, I'm fine with it too, especially seeing as there's lots of little breaks in between innings, for pitching changes, etc. She was probably taking that pic between innings.
>all this hate for D&B
What D&Bs do you go to? My D&B has HOTD3/4, Lost World, Virtual Cop 3, Time Crisis 4/5, 8 Daytona USA Cabs, and Ferrari Challenge. Sure it still has mostly mobile ticket shit and the awful raw thrills games, but still has lots of good shit like these.
>tfw was born right as arcades were dying
My only arcade experiences are time crisis 2, house of the dead 2/3, and some ddr game at a local pizza place. Is there any true arcade left in california? And are there really arcades that have fucking project diva in them? Id love to drive to one and try playing that there
>>332270734
HOTD2, and other Sega games that used IR guns (Lost World, Virtua Cop 3, etc) are an arm and a leg ($400+) to repair once the guns die. Consider that before buying one.
I still want one and Lost World though.
>>332272789
It's okay, Anon.
House of the Dead 2 is the epitome of arcade games.
It was the must play if all arcades.
You just lucked out.
>>332272789
James Games in Upland, CA have HOTD1 and 2. I was there today.
Most Round 1s and D&Bs have HOTD4. The D&B in Milpitas, CA has it and HOTD3, among other gun games as >>332272767 said
>>332270734
I DONT WANNA DIEEEE *die*
>>332272789
Oh, and all Round 1s in California have Project Diva Future Tone, and lots of other good rhythm games like Beatmania, Crossbeats, and Museca
>>332270000
Checked, this anon speaks truths
>>332271117
watch the whole webm
>>332269592
Only one arcade game was Pay 2 Win micro transcation formula: Double Dragon III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dragon_3:_The_Rosetta_Stone
>>332269804
It's a good comparaison thats why japanese like f2p mobile games.
>>332268498
not OP, but 'round these parts (middle of PA), the last arcade closed in 2001. turned into a clothing store.
was massively unprofitable for its final few years, but the owner kept the lights on out of love for the hobby until finally he couldn't afford it any more and sold off everything.
wish i'd bought some of the machines -- they were going for dirt cheap compared to ebay nowadays.. but i didn't have anywhere to put it and was a broke college student at the time anyway.
>>332268738
>Walk outside
>Cloudy with a chance of FUCKING SPIDERS
If God ever wanted to send brazil a fucking message, it'd be this.
>>332270475
I went there once. It was beautiful.
>>332267825
You're talking to me? Then you better not be talking shit, boy.
>>332269667
why does this old woman have a lip ring?
you guys forgot about this shit
>tfw japan arcades
>>332269010
>>332269113
>>332269285
>>332269352
>>332269829
>>332271320
>>332273965
you guise realize those are all just extremely tiny spiders on some guys clean window and they just appear larger than the background because it's further away
I never know how fun it was watching virtual soccer in a arcade
Too bad it's dead
>>332268738
is an umbrella enough to protect me from spider rain?
>>332275339
you know the spiders will crawl around the umbrella on to your face.
>>332270475
when did that happen, I wen't to london like 6 years ago and they had a few floors full of arcades
>>332268827
round 1 puente hills roleporting in, who wants to go play some DDR with me f@ms
>>332275417
>roleporting
what the fuck did I type
>>332275413
well then, I should prepare a hazmat suit
>>332275502
You were going to type roleplaying, weren't you anon?
>>332267542
...To this?
>>332275597
I don't know anymore, my mind went blank. want to roleplay with me?
>>332273730
You realize basically every arcade game lets you buy yourself out of losing, right?
That's the definition of pay to win.
>>332269507
i remember wanting to go to one of those since i was a little child, and when i finally found one at a mall, and went to play to the arcades, i thought about coming back and spend more time there, but suddenly realized that i was already too old and would be creepy to hang out with so many little kids,i was 15 at the time
also a big sign said the games are for kids under 16 lols
>>332275502
>>332275597
Seems like reporting, judging from context
>>332275781
We've been RPing this whole time anon. This site isn't real, we're pretending it.
>>332271532
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
>>332275860
neat.
*unsheaths katana*
>>332268827
I really wish they had Round 1 places near New York. Why they don't have one in/near New York City, I'll never know.
I heard a while ago that they seem to be expanding rapidly. Is that true? What are the chances of New York getting one?
>>332275069
Why would anyone pay money to play a game that a large amount of people can play indefinitely for free?
>>332267542
cell phones
we've got to go back
>>332276210
>it doesn't start from a savepoint
what a shit simulator
>>332276026
I just looked. They're opening one in Broadway, NY on Long Island. Looks like the Silver City R1 in Massachusetts is still the closest one (still 3 hours from Albany though).
>>332276210
>that glow in the dark space carpet
god that makes me nostalgic
>He didn't live next to one of these
>>332276210
sauce
>>332270475
What pisses me off the most is that they used to have a bunch of full body experiences, and nobody ever either dumped the roms or snuck into one with a camcorder and recorded some of the gameplay. I'll never get to relive those memories.
>Born in the 80s.
>Childhood and teenage years could've been awesome arcade goodness.
>Never touch one because my parents think videogames are the devil and they don't give me an allowance.
When I finally got a job and money, it was too late.
>>332273016
But on the other hand, work is being done to convert the IR guns for PC use.
In theory, they're the best possible guns you can get, because they work on LCDs and don't need the screen flash.
All of the home solutions that don't involve buying an old CRT and an incredibly rare PC light gun are absolute trash.
>>332269943
Shut the fuck up you dumb fuck. I'll give you that theater deserves your attention more than a sporting event, but as long as you're not directly interrupting the event or distracting others, it doesn't fucking matter. The players will still get paid absurd money for playing children's games and since the tickets were paid for somehow, they can do what the fuck they want. The consumer holds the power, not the performer.
>>332267527
>no more girl's virginal arses dancing in front of you
Actually, arcades are dead because people have better things to do.
>>332267901
dat qt in bottom right
>>332277124
>get to play in an arcade
>anxiety makes me feel like everyone is watching me and judging me because I'm playing games in public
>>332271283
Holy shit I thought you were talking about Glasgow.
Hullo fellow Scotanon
>>332270000
>some girls pretend to be into everything for attention
>not every guy on the planet appreciates this extremely fake behavior
>feminists try paint this as a misogynistic attempt to push women out of their hobbies, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with their genitalia and is in no way indicative of being against them becoming the fans that they claim to be; it has everything to do with them being fake
When a guy runs around talking about what a big fan of baseball he is, but then doesn't even know the rules of the game or have anything other than the most mainstream of knowledge that even people who don't watch know, people openly find him annoying and a bit pathetic. There are also a few popular words and phrases for this kind of guy: "Liar", "know-it-all", "pretender", and "egomaniac". It's considered a relatively sure sign that this person is insecure and his portrayal of himself is not to be trusted.
Why should women be given a pass? You don't need to lie for attention. If you don't know a lot about something, nobody will think less of you if you just say right up front that you're either not familiar with it at all or are familiar with it but don't know a whole lot about it. This might even be a good lead in to being properly introduced. However, they WILL think less of you if they catch you in a lie, which an actual fan most definitely will. That is, of course, unless they're sexist, and subject you to the soft prejudice of low expectations.
One good perk of living in a developing country is that there are few remaining arcades still thriving here
>there are people who don't have arcade cabs at home
Why? Are you poor or something?
What else do you have to spend your money on?
>>332268535
>>332271095
Because the monetary systems work the same way old arcade games did except minus the fun in gameplay.
>tfw watching arcades becoming nothing but FGC trash
>>332277941
Why would I want to play video games while picking up strangers
>we
The bowling alley in the mall has a decent arcade.
>>332269042
>Kim Jung Un walks in
>people stop playing games and are nearly shitting themselves
>"Are you having fun in here?"
>U-uh no your excellency
>"Good"
>Turns to one of his guards
>"Have them all killed."
Such is life in best korea.
>>332276789
I want to play one so bad.
>>332278110
gosh i wonder how much for both of them
>>332275417
I've been to that one.
East Ridge Shopping Center (San Jose), reporting in.
>>332268561
Source???
![tumblr_lpwtgvjbym1qko4x4o1_500[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/eP4cki8.gif "tumblr lpwtgvjbym1qko4x4o1 500[1]")
>>332269759
id be the king of her jungle if you know what i mean
>>332278209
Come to Texas, friend. We still have one in operation.
>>332278330
Man, why even have a woman that ugly in the ad?
>>332269867
whatever bro that shit looks great on some hos
>>332277878
>mfw it's filled with kiddie shits or just Tekken and Initial D Maximum Tune cabinets
The best I've found these days are Afterburner Climax (which kinda popular, fortunately) and Dariusburst
Post the good ads, faggot.
Are there any arcades in the Bay Area that have any Sega games?
>>332278119
EPIC Meme
>London
>tfw I'll never ever get to play IIDX, Popn, or any other crazy rhythm game
>>332278098
Oh shit a fucking pop'n machine. I would kill to find one of those in an Arcade near Houston..
>>332278098
>Taiko
IT'S NOT FAIR WHY ARE ALL ARCADES AROUND ME SO TRASH
>>332267901
I don't see the problem, Baseball is fucking dull as shit.
My dad got some tickets to an executive box at the stadium and I tried watching the game but it's just so incredibly fucking dull, ended up spending the whole time watching first blood on the TV in there before leaving.
>>332278945You're not looking hard enough
>>332278945
I'm pretty sure there's a UK arcade in the south east with most of those games.
If you don't want to drive for a couple of hours, you could pretty easily just build or buy a controller and download the arcade rips.
>>332269679
I agree. Sport is a social event as much as it is a sporting event. People don't get mad when men ignore the game and drink beer with their buddies, but get mad at this kind of thing.
It's just a different form of socialising. Who cares really?
Also there's some kind of selfie competition going on, as you can see at the start of the vid with the info graphic. So why are people surprised when people start taking selfies??
>>332278903
I swear to god I'm being followed by the same faggot janitors who come on here just to greif me.
Get some help you fucking loser.
>>332268535
>>332268108
Was in an 'arcade' a couple of days ago and there was a flappy bird game. I couldn't believe it, I thought that didn't exist anymore because of suing etc?
>>332269608
Bottom right with the purple bikini is hot god damn
>>332279173
I've seen a few machines based on Mobile games, guessing they make/send those out too.
>>332267901
I don't like women
>>332267527
Arcades pulled in more money this year than in any of the last 30 years.
I don't know what you're bitching about. Arcades are still alive and well.
>>332276090
Look how tall the machine is. The control panel is like 3ft off the ground. It's for little kids.
>>332270112
>>332271842
ayy lmao Most peeps tend to be from the more packed New Orleans area. Definitely surprised this image is from La, let alone identifiable.
I like music games.
>>332269770
>>no more badass WHOOAAAA-OOOOH-OOOOH-OOOOOH song from the Black Knight pinball machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCKDvjVzpNQ
>>332268039Seeing a girl like the ones in the OP doing DDR barefoot would be a sight. Or smelling their footwear/feet afterwards.
When I was a wee lad there was a really popular mall in my area, and it sported a fantastic arcade. But people got fed up with the owner of the mall and started leaving in drones.That was 20 years ago, and now the mall only sports a mall (which you can't enter from inside the mall), a welfare office, a gun shop, and a Sears, both of which never see customers. That was the last true arcade that I had ever visited. Now the closest we have to an arcade is the flappy bird machine in the movie theater.
>>332270000
>>332277841
>>332277841
Actually men can get away with knowing fuck all about something because they are given the benefit of the doubt. As soon as a woman expresses interest in something, she is questioned and tested on her knowledge of the thing by its fans so they can 'prove' she's not a 'real' fan like they are.
E.g. I know nothing about Final Fantasy, have never played any of the games properly. If I said I was a FF fan no one would bat an eyelid, no one would ask questions, everyone would assume I was telling the truth. Wouldn't be the same if I was a woman.
>>332279527
hey is this game playable on winkawaks?
>>332275174
I'm so sorry. It must be terrible living with a lack of depth perception.
>>332279006
>literally perfect women
Braless nips are my fetish.
>go to arcade
>all the good games are broken and noone ever bothers to fix them
>sometimes they aren't even out of order so you waste a coin while finding out a button doesn't work anymore
>>332279736
Every woman is born with no bra anon
>>332276210
Looks too comfy, I might get a VR headset just for this.
>>332279606
Probably not. Winkawaks is for Neo Geo and Capcom CPS games. MAME should work fine though.
>>332279551
Everybody gets asked questions about things they profess to like, not to catch them out, but to go into more detail. A FF5 fan is completely different from an FF13 fan.
>>332279498
This article made me realize something.
So many times a female friend has asked me for advice on what sort of interests they should adopt, and even to secretly aid in adopting said interest, in order for them to attract the attention of a male they have taken a fancy to.
Not one male I know has ever done such a thing to attract a particular female's attention.
I wonder if there is some actual truth to the article's hypothesis...
>>332279498
>Schopenhauer
Shouldn't you be preaching the foundation of eugenics since you're back?
>>332268738
EDF! EDF!
>>332279842
the shirt covering the pokies leaves more to the imagination. many nipples are actually yucky looking up close. also high heels and metal hair what a babe.
>>332279551
Good job blindly buying into the feminist myth.
If you said that you were a fan of Final Fantasy, any Final Fantasy fan in the vicinity would try to have a discussion about Final Fantasy with you. At this point, whether you're a man or a woman, it's expected that you'll demonstrate the knowledge that you just claimed to possess. You've lead them to believe that you've finished a few of the core games, and are familiar with the core characters and premise of most if not all of the entries in the franchise. If you've clearly played FFVII and FFX for an hour each and are now trying to claim to be a FF fan, you're going to get a pie in the face, regardless of your genitalia.
The only difference maker is that due to double standards, society will rush to defend the woman if she gets caught in a lie and other people don't appreciate it.
And hey, let's suppose for the sake of argument that you're right. Where are the origins? Did guys just randomly decide that that women lie about these things? No, it would have gotten there because so many women lie about it for attention. The fix lies in discouraging women from lying (which should be discouraged to begin with), thus eliminating the completely rational doubt when a woman claims to be a fan. It won't really inconvenience women who don't fall under the category of chronic liars, either, because proving that you're a fan of a series that you're a fan of really isn't difficult at all, and a lot of those guy gamers will appreciate you more than they do their fellow guys, since you're somewhat of a rarity.
>>332279979
i found a "portable" version of this game
thanks for reminding me of this game ive been meaning to play it every time i remember it
>>332269306
A lot of people got gud and finish games in 1cc
>>332280052
Only people with no female experience would ever reject that hypothesis, because they put the pussy on a pedestal. Any man who has ever been remotely close to a woman would know that they have absolutely no interests other than passing the time.
>>332268561
I'm not going to drive for over an hour and a half just to visit an arcade.
>>332280634
Adding onto this, the reason why feminists interpret people wanting to have a conversation about something that they like as them being interrogated and probed for lies is because they're so fucking self-centered, insecure, and lacking in empathy for other people. Everything is about "how I feel" to them, and other people's viewpoints can get fucked.
>>332270112
Are you from Metaire too anon?
>>332278624
an arcade in my town has them too but among them are some old golds like Crypt Killer, Rail Chase, and arcade cabinets that play beat em up games like that AvP or Chinese 3 Dynasty fighting thing
>>332268827
>everybody is socializing at the bar
>nobody at the machines
seems accurate
>>332268039
I bet she is cute and fun and her feet smell good
>>332267719
>Having brain damage.
Arcades games were state-of-the-art compared to consoles. Having a console would make you more likely to enjoy arcade gaming any time in the late 80s to the mid early 2000s.
Inflation is what killed arcades.
>>332267542
The one at my city looked like this and they closed it like 2-3 years ago. Good times.
>>332267901
It literally says to tweet a selfie right there at the beginning.
>>332276210
This is what I was thinking, /v/ should make it's own server.
>only proper arcade in my state
>had Initial D, Tekken, Street Fighter, all the classics etc.
>got shut down
mfw
>>332267901
>T-Mobile DATA STRONG FAN OF THE GAME
>Tweet your strongest fan photo!
>People are genuinely upset that a bunch of sorority girls are doing that at a baseball game, literally the most boring sport in the world where a technically proficient game consists of watching two guys playing catch
>>332267901
>women pretend to like sportsball because the money and prestige associated with it
Wow, you are a super genius.
>>332270000
Quads of truth have spoken
>>332283256
THEN
WHY
ARE
THEY
THERE?
I don't fuckin like country music concerts. So I dont fucking go to em! Why would you go to something you dont fuckin like?
>>332285075
Calm your tits, not even the guy you're replying to but they're fucking being told to do it. How do you know if they want to be there or not?
>>332268738
BURN THEM MOTHERFUCKERS
IM SORRY BR BROS BUT YOUR SACRIFICE WONT BE IN VAIN
>>332278098
>2 (TWO) IIDX machines
hot damn, you lucky son. The Gods blessed London recently and we now have a IIDX22 machine in Angel, about 20 minutes away from me by bus. Shit is tight as fuck. The place is super small and not that busy though, so I'm always worried that it might just close suddenly.
>>332283256
They'd be doing the same thing even if there wasn't some stupid picture contest
>>332279498
>girl would choose to play games for no reason than to attract a man who plays games
>when they could chose literally ANY other more mature hobby and get a better man
whatever makes you feel better
>>332282012
I am jelly. All arcades around me are just that, not even beat em ups anymore. One having Bishi Bashi is cool though
>>332267542
because they're all the same, be it pizza place, movie theatre or dedicated arcade
>fast & furious: tokyo drift
>that boat game
>hockey
>claw game with candy
>claw game with stuffed animals
>sometimes time crisis
>sometimes ddr
>sometimes a classic (mappy, ms. pac man, etc)
and it has been for a decade. it's never new
>>332267527
Tell me more about the mom with the perky tits.
>>332285075
Going to a game of sports isn't just about sitting there staring at the field. It's a social occasion.
Especially a sport like baseball. Men fuck around and baseball games, too.
>>332277489
You dumb fuck, noone's telling you you have to pay attention. It's to show respect.
>>332285471
This to be quite honest. This was brutal, goddamn.
>>332267825
>people having fun at a BYOC LAN
I do not see the problem.
>>332267901
>blonde, white, teenaged, narcissistic, spoiled, millennial girls.
Truly the perfect form of female.
>>332285729
Its a social occasion, yeah. But you're not supposed to sit there and whip out a phone or a fuckin vita and just ignore the game.
>>332272789
The one in San Jose has it.
>>332269770
Crusin' USA!~
>you will never play this
>>332267901
>All my female coworkers do exactly the same shit every time I hang out with them
>Sometimes will want to take selfie pics with me in them
>The only pictures where I don't smile
They're so damn obsessed with that shit. Social media was a mistake.
>>332276789
Oh God, they bring these every year to my local sci fi convention. Not only are those cabinets a really hot space where you don't get any particularly special method of control, but the game is also really bland. Just an arcady mech game.
>>332276849
New retro arcade
to this
>>332285471
underrated post
>>332287226
at least her got to see her tits
>>332286129
hot damn, another anon in san jose? wanna meet up and fuck my ass?
>>332267901
Baseball is shit
>>332272789
Maybe the arcade at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk?
>>332268712
Where does one get those planet carpet thing anyway?
>>332269279
>Go for some Pac-man
>fuck a hooker
>>332269507
>lived in an a small town
>there used to be a Discovery Zone just a few miles away
>every year, I begged my folks to take me there
>they refused
>on my 13th birthday, we finally go
>it closed
>a new store opened in its place
>Furniture Zone
They never upgraded the machines.
Arcades have, essentially, still the same games as they had 10 or 15 years ago.
Remember that one time in the early 2000s, where you tried one of those arcade racing games, even though the graphics looked like ass? So you and your friend put the money in at the same time, but for some reason it starts two different races, and the steering is complete shit, you run into the wall a few times and two minutes later you vow never to throw your money away like that again.
Well, they're STILL exactly like this. Even though you could build a machine like that which actually didn't suck just with a high end PC, a G27, Projet Cars and a playseat for $2000, but nobody does.
arcades should have high end simulator gear and also VR once it is out. It's the only thing worth paying money for IRL.
>>332288434
Wow, people should build PS4s in cabinets that cost twice the price of an actual arcade cabinet more often.
>Closest arcade is in Rhyl.
>Don't want to get stabbed.
>But really want to play Afterburner Climax.
As much as Afterburner Climax is great fun, it's not worth Rhyl.
>>332288434
operators with zero maintenance are the worst
eg, playing Daytona on a machine with a broken shifter, bad pedal+steering calibration, and the link doesn't work anymore so the operator just disabled it in the settings so the machine would boot
there was a lot of that shit around the end of the 90s, they stopped caring, and one of the semi-hidden costs of owning an arcade machine is actually taking care of the thing, operators like to pretend you just slap it on the floor and it'll print money
>>332269848
I remember Time Crisis 4 being like $2 to play when it came out. That was some shit.
>all these to this's and not this to this
>>332269764
>Bemani games with network support
And meanwhile, we're stuck with second hand GFDM V8 and XG3 machines because the later versions won't even run offline. My GFDM skills are fucking rusting over here, KONMAI.
>massive chain of arcades in new zealand
>all the new shit, wangan midnight, tekken, time crisis
>they're basically japanese arcades
Timezone is great.
arcade thread?
dumping pictures from semi-local place
>>332289215
>implying /v/ have played this before
>have a local arcade, GameTime (formerly GameWorks), and D&B all available to me
>GameTime and local arcade both have Initial D Arcade Stage 3
>GmaeTime has Version in VR sim, local arcade has card reader and link battle
>meanwhile, D&B has Mario Kart and pic related
Sometimes I just don't know what to play.
>>332267527
>>332267542
one is japan (where arcades are a huge thing) and other is somewhere in america
>>332289346
these things worked
unfortunately i didt see any place to get the memory cards
Not related but does someone have the old game advert about the japanese programmer whose responsibility is programming fun code and if you don't buy the game he will kill himself with a sword?
>>332287226
Yeah this seems like a great idea, women are just so incredibly smart.
>>332270475
I remember going there a couple of times when the arcade was renamed to Funland.
Are there any good arcades in London, fellow Britbongs? The nearest one near me is in Surrey Quays and it's mainly composed of Mario Kart, Timesplitters,a couple of racing cabinets and some claw machines.
>>332289208
Timezone a shit
>>332289495
Can someone start a video game commercial thread for this
>>332288673
what are you even trying to say
>>332289480
this thing went from side-to-side
balls hard
>>332289594
>battle gear 4 driver
>time crisis 5
>wangan midnight maximum tune 5
>tekken 7
>sega rally 3
It has literally everything you could want apart from Initial D.
>>332289495
Still not as bad as getting a console from your pedophile uncle in exchange for your silence from when he was touching you at night.
>>332286357
I found one and played on it in Panama of all places. Saw Carnevil nearby and was too spooked. RIP Extreme Planet.
>>332269240
>Tekken 7 in flipland
Is that why there's only one single UMvC3 machine in the entire country now? And why for some fucking retarded reason they refuse to fix the goddamn sound system that's been broken for so many months now?
WHAT IS THE POINT OF PLAYING UMVC3 IF I CAN'T HEAR DOOM YELL FOOTDIVE OVER AND OVER
>>332289665
I'd make her climax if you know what I mean
>>332269764
Doesn't DnB still have Technika despite the service for those games closed?
>>332289732
>It has literally everything you could want apart from Initial D.
My local Timezone has Initial D and its about the only decent arcade machine there.
>>332269306
>>332269306
>a lot of shitty US versions of games are almost designed to make you die easily to make you shell out more quarters to keep playing
Fixed for you. if it seems like unfair bullshit, try the JP version, can almost guarantee you it was some stupid shit they added to the US version. Arcade games were designed to be completed on 1 credit, you just have to git gud, really gud.
>>332289887
Arcade Stage 8? I need this. Where is it?timezones are a hit and miss most of the time desu, i'm talking about the queen st one, that's really good but it's so fucking busy
>>332289832
>MvC machines
>repairs ever
>>332269810
Dual wieldin was the only way to go. 9 year old me felt like a badass. You shouldve seen mfw i saw HotD4 for the first time.
>>332289665
a classic lightgun game
some of the challenges were bullshit but pretty fun overall
>>332289846
>Implying i didt arrive with her
>>332269532
That is a fat ass, holy fucking shit. The black chick too.
>>332289370
But GameTime is slowly devolving into more and more ticket games. They replaced that bowling game with fucking flappy bird and closed down the Jurassic Park game and Sky Pirates
>>332289370
Sounds like Tampa
>>332280052
>Not one male I know has ever done such a thing to attract a particular female's attention.
Does that mean you don;t have a single male friend? People do it everywhere.
I fucking wish arcades weren't dead in the U.S., but that's how it is, unfortunately.
About the only thing we have these days is Dave & Buster's, which is alright. They have a decent selection, if not pretty great actually considering how fucking dead arcades are.
>>332289370
>>332290236
tampa/pinellas bro here
please tell me where the fucking arcades are. im so sick of treasure island fun center.
>>332270475
I never understood that fucking place.
5 floors
50 fucking escalators
The weirdest shops imaginable existing side by side with the arcades
No store map, presumably because it was non-euclidean space
All in the heart of London where it costs a billion pounds per square foot
>>332267527
To this?
>>332290451
disregard the name, i don't know how i managed to type anything in the name field
>>332267527
>no shoes
>>332267527
I want to smell her feet
>>332290236
>>332290451
Wait, there's more than one GameTime? I thought Miami had the only one. Sounds like yours hasn't gotten worse unlike mine >>332290216
>>332268738
this is why im never going to south america
Why are girls so soft...which one, /v/?
Arcades in Japan are so much better.
I had so much fucking fun and left with about 6 figures and a Plush toy.
>>332267527
>barefoot in a public place that isn't a beach
nigga
>>332271842
I am also from Louisiana, but in the central LA area
I was just at a Cici's Pizza buffet and they had a fair sized arcade inside. No DDR though, mostly racing and deer hunting games
>>332267542
>>332267527
Well that´s a stupid question.
Internet.
>>332290549
>>332290825
>muh feet eew
Equal opposite of footfags.
>>332268953
No, fuck you.
I bet you're one of them too.
>>332268452
>ITG
Mah nig.
>>332290921
>>332290734
>>332290583
>>332290549
thread derailed
abandon ship
>>332290734
Left.
Side ponytail is a fetish of mine.
TO THISwhy are they closing disneyquest down i'm so sad
>>332267901
>The red-head with the look of absolute disgust on her face.
Top kek.
>>332290148
also made a few small videos of the place
unfortunately the webm max size fucks the quality
>>332291051
nah you just keep going and wait for them to be deleted
>>332291095
this gave me a rolling start;_;
>>332268105
Too many bad deals.
>>332291095
I came back years after I loved it. It's pretty boring and cheap looking back tbhfam
>>332268108
>go to FunSpot in NH
>supposed to be one of the biggest raddest arcades in New England
>bottom two floors are awful ticket games or literal babyshit
>top floor has a bunch of old cabnits, although a lot of them have messed up displays
Seriously. There were next to no racing games, no light guns, nothing.
>>332269397
thats pretty cool bro, i could see it revitalizing a lot of games that i otherwise wouldnt play
>>332285471
Shit post. There are many guys who are rich and play vidya so a Zelda tramp stamp is never a bad investment. If they were to try and get into cars or something they'd have to compete with the real hot bimbos and women hate competition.
>>332290734
sauce
>>332269760
ok, arturo
>>332291367
nevermind i'm retarded
>>332282702
This.
It's kinda lonely if there's no people at all.
>>332267527
Man, I miss Dance Dance Revolution. Lost 20 lbs playing that back in the 00s.
>>332290734
LEFT!
>best face
>fit, look at those arms and that back
>brown-ish skin
>probably likes to seduce inexperienced shotas
>best hair
>that expression
MUH DIK / 10
i want to suck on her toes also
>>332267527
best arcade reporting in
>>332291598
>brown-ish skin
That's called tan you stupid fuck.
>>332291095
DisneyQuest is closing down?
Christ man fuck getting older, I'm still pissed that they got rid of that Drew Carey ride.
>>332267901
I'm amazed Test cricket doesn't do this more often. Honestly Amerifats if you're bored by baseball then you will fucking kill yourself with Test cricket. It's FIVE FUCKING DAYS of 7 hour long sessions until someone gets a result or they draw at the end of it (which happens a lot). One Day matches were designed to be more interesting but even then they go for a whole fucking day. Twenty20 is the only comparable thing to a normal sport in that the whole match goes for about 3 hours and that was a very recent addition (last ten years) because ONE DAYERS were seen as too boringPlease watch our sport
>>332291604
think again
the place got a fucking baboon for a mascot
>>332290485
This always gives me a sensible chuckle.
>>332267901
Poland is a white country. I'm glad they are xenophobic
Post arcade games you beat (Fighting games need not apply because they're easy as fuck and you usually have to be a massive faggot to not have someone else play you):
Time Crisis
Time Crisis 2
Police 911
House of the Dead
House of the Dead 3
The Punisher
The Simpsons
X-men
This one jet game I can't remember the name of
>>332291761
Is that the fucking baboon from I Am Weasel?
top lel that's amazing
>>332291739
Although a girl did flash her tits once on camera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83G0AYP94q0
>>332291842
Dynamite Cop
Die Hard Arcade
Gauntlet Dark Legacy (beat it with my mom funny enough)
CarnEvil
Every Jurassic Park Arcade game
The Simpsons
Lucky and Wild
>>332291183
final bit of that room
>>332291921
im afraid not though i was thinking the same first time
>Move to Houston thinking there will be a ton of great arcades in such a huge city
>Theyre all garbage
>Only one that was worth going to apparently got closed down years ago
I just wanna play Initial D, damn it.
>>332279674
>depth perception
>in a 2 dimensional gif
>>332290473
The last two points kind of explain each other, ya know?
>>332285729
>going to a game TO NOT WATCH THE GAME
sorry but no. yes its social as in you can celebrate with your bros and live the moment but the moment happens in the field not taking selfies.
>>332273614
i never actually saw the whole thing till now, damn.
like i said, a few pics to tell the world youre there are ok but if youre going to the game to take selfies and not watch the game they can fuck themselves.
>go to cowboys game with my bros
>they all bring their gfs
>tfw no gf
>one of them doesnt even care about it, just sits down on her phone and thats it, no selfies or any of that shit but nothing
>literally spent like 150 bucks to sit there.
then we found out that she cheated on my friend so she went because she was paranoid as fuck.
>>332271063
I visited London loads of times as a child, as well as living just outside it for a few years, but never went here.
My dad was really into arcade games as well, so it's a bit strange.
>>332270256
Showdown huh...more likeshutdown
>City has nothing to do
>All the arcades, bowling, laser tag and other actual entertaining shit is gone
>Retards decide what the city REALLY needs is a second museum
What fun. Want to come and look at old shit? Just remember that's all there is to do.
>>332287226
Who made the picture?
>>332291842
Time Crisis 3
The Simpsons
Gauntlet Legends Dark Legacy
TMNT: Turtles in Time
My college had a MVC2 machine, and I played it at every opportunity. Even though I've graduated I sometimes still go back just to play.
One comment I will make about arcades nowadys is that light-gun games are never maintainted correctly, and the guns are always calibrated incorrectly. I always avoid light-gun arcade games for this reason.
>>332292895
I drove to a different college on weekends just to play in the arcade. There used to be a shitposter who claimed he went to the same college I would travel to and he played the same games, but I never saw him once in the arcade.
>Go to a local arcade
>All the classic generic stuff like that coin game and basketball hoops
>Go to the north of the arcade
>A huge fucking price is right wheel
>You pay a fucking dollar to spin a wheel
>>332290734
Middle.
Glasses and short hair are a fetish of mine.
>>332267527
To this?
>see this thread
>decide to look for arcades around my town.
>one retro arcade/game museum
>it's permanently closed
>one LAN-fest mech game arcade thing
>2 other shitty looking arcades
Nothing is going to be more nostalgic than the tiny arcade my local ice cream shop had growing up. My parents would give me all the quarters out of their change jar, and I'd go spend it all on shmups or Tekken. They rotated cabinets every year, but they only ever had 1 pinball machine and maybe 4-5 others.It's been closed for years, since the owner tried to kill themselves by driving off a bridge.
>>332292635
>>going to a game TO NOT WATCH THE GAME
See, but if they pay attention to the game, then they get shit from the uberfans who are pissed at them for not knowing stat minutiae or whatever. So they don't even bother, they just do what's fun.
Girls don't have an obligation to make you feel comfortable when they show up to public events. It would be nice, but I don't see guys jumping up to reciprocate by curtailing their own behavior to suit what women want.
>>332293284
That place could use a little decoration.
It looks like ass.
>>332291842
Time Crisis 2-4
House of the Dead 1,3,4
Too Spicy
Sky Target (this one took me loadsa coins)
Gunblade NY
Virtua Cop 2
Cadillac & Dinosaurs
Alien VS Predator beat em up
Raiden (didn't remember either 1 or 2)
>>332267901
>no sound
ya blew it. Post it on /wsg/ and link
>>332291367
>>332291468
I am interested. Did you find it by name ? I was so sure no one could.
>>332293341
It's MAGFest. They rent out all the bottom levels of the Gaylord hotel in National Harbor every year for 4 days and set up several hundred cabinets and pinball machines, among other things. Not a whole lot of decorating to be done for a 4day gamefest that would immediately have to be taken down afterwards.
While still talking on the topic did anybody remember the name of a game where you're a backseat gunner of a biplane trying to shoot at a lot of enemies + bosses while avoiding shooting at your own plane? It's 2d as far as I can remember
who /dancegames/ here
>>332293321
>caring about sperglords
everything has those people, and they should always be ignored
>they just do what's fun
fun is just a buzzword etc etc
i guess thats where the problem lies, retarded women find taking selfies fun while normal people go to the game to watch it.
Arcades are a frivolous waste of money and real estate. With console games being as accessible as they are, there's no reason to keep the arcades open.
>But they're "fun"!
Not an argument. Disneyland is fun, but that doesn't warrant having a Disneyland in every city.
>>332267527
>>332267542
There's literally no point in arcades.
This isn't the 90s anymore.
People can play many games at the comfort of their home.
People have access to many games these days.
Arcades were okay for kids after school and weekends with friends, but not anymore. They're not needed anymore.
>>332293813
(you)
>>332286537
My friend is like this too. She fucking takes pictures of every meal of the day to show it off. Like we go out to eat and she takes a picture of the plate. Then I take out my self phone to check my texts and she's all like "wow thats really rude to check your phone while we are at dinner".
She also checks her phone constantly when we watch movies or tv. Social media is making women 10x worse.
>>332283256
>literally the most boring sport in the world
That's not handegg
>formation
>HUT
>5 seconds of excitement
>now 3 minute commercial break
>formation
>HUT
>7 seconds of excitement
>more commercial breaks
How people watch this shit is beyond me.
>>332279418
Thats hardcore modern day games cant even compete.
>>332293808
Video games are a frivolous waste of time and money. With real media being as accessible as they are, there's no reason to buy childish entertainment like video games.
>But they're "fun"!
Not an argument. Disneyland is fun, but that doesn't warrant having a Disneyland in every city.
>>332293632
I can clear some level 15 charts, but I feel like I've hit a wall. No idea how to get any better without bar-raping.
>place I live had an arcade with daytona usa
>20p per play
>the place fucked up the settings, was on endurance mode
>the usual 8 lap oval race was 80 laps
>20 minute go for 20p
Im not actually joking, good times
>>332269679
This so much. It's not a fucking movie theater - its a sports mach/ Its not like the flashes on their phones are disturbing anyone.
Just for the record, every time I ever got forced to go to a sports game as a kid I brought my gameboy and played the shit out of it. Why anyone enjoys watching a bunch of people hit a ball around from 100 meters or more away is beyond me.
>>332293632
No such things anymore these days.
Unless you count Just Dance as a dance game, to which I say go kill yourself.
I still play street fighter III 3S in my local arcade at least once per week, place is usually packed with a decent selection of games (all the tekkens, SFs, KoFs and MKs and a couple of other anime shit), some danmakus and all the other crap with tickets and the like.
Shit's great for the most part.I'm Chileanfag though
>>332292585
>of a 3d space
>still depth perception there bud
Arcades were literally the freemium microtransactions of the past.
Why is anyone fond of those shitholes other than nostalgia?
>>332294029
That's not the same argument. Console games are accessible, and they're a highly lucrative industry. Things that don't make a lot of money have no place in a capitalist society, even if a few sad nerds have an interest in them.
>>332279418
MY BLACK KNIGHT FRIEND OF THE MOST TRILLEST TABLE
>>332269760
Mercy him? That's a thing? Shit
>>332293813
There is no point in going out to view movies or listen to music either. No need to go the library. No need to go out to do anything. You can even order food right to your doorstep.
>>332294380
>comparing a fun place to hang out and play vidya not on consoles nor PC to fucking microtransactions
to GASTON
>>332269593
round 1 is weabo and more centered on games.
dnb is more on the whole were a club but also got games shit
>>332275069
Someone turned that into a ticket game.
There is no God.
>>332293808
I mean, you can basically make the same argument with consoles being pointless compared to PCs.
>>332269679
NO THEY ARE WOMEN AND DOING SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NOT DO THEREFORE WE SHOULD ALL BE FUCKING PISSED AT THEM
>>332294316
>No such things anymore these days.
I would say you're wrong, but DDR has gone from annual releases to not having an update in over two years. Without PIU, dance games might be kill pretty soon.
![$(KGrHqJHJBME63Uw2BUmBO0h+dsRy!~~60_12[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WQPNMjs.jpg "$(KGrHqJHJBME63Uw2BUmBO0h+dsRy!~~60 12[1]")
Can we talk about these? Which ones are the least of a rip off? Strategies?
>>332270805
>new
Mate that's like point blank 1 on an lcd
>>332294594
that's some darwin awards shit right there
>tfw your local butcher has a couple of old ass arcade machines
>tfw you play a round or two of metal slug with some random kids while you wait for your meat to be cut.
>>332294739
Claw machines are skill based
>>332293813
There's literally no point in the outside world.
This isn't the 90s anymore.
People can do many things at the comfort of their home.
People have access to many online stores these days.
Exercise was okay for kids after school and weekends with friends, but not anymore. It's not needed anymore.
>>332294817
Not really but sure okay.
>>332294727
>He doesn't know about the new mix.
>>332294817
Claw machines are not skill based. The machines have variable grip strength and will drop the item randomly based on settings the machine owner puts in.
ALL prize games are like that.
>>332294934
>>332294994
They're objectively skill based, there a tons of videos on youtube of people clearing a machine for like $20
Local arcade shut down years ago and the place just recently became an Asian massage parlor.
>I've gone there 2 times
>went there expecting to get a HE but got full service instead
Didn't know that was possible.
>>332295092
Sounds like an improvement
>>332269532
I want to go back to the 80s now
>>332294594
ah the shitty one died, the better gaston lived, feels good man
>>332291273
I'm pretty sure that it's the biggest arcade in the world actually.
>there used to be a decent arcade at one of the larger malls but there was a shooting and it closed nearly 15 years ago, along with the laser tag place
>reopened some 5 years later as a shadow of it's former self, 90% ticket games, 5% prize games and one DDR machine
>other laser tag place closed
>discovery zone closed
>slot car racing place closed
>all that's left is hot garbage movie theater arcades, Chuck E. Cheese
>also out of nowhere one decent arcade but they specialize in pinball and classics, nothing newer than mid-90's, it's probably a front for money laundering or something
>mfw life in Alaska
The worst part is I grew up in Las Vegas, mid-90's through mid-2000's. I was there for the glory days of Gameworks and fuck awesome hotel arcades when Vegas was trying it's hardest to be "family friendly".
>>332286357
An arcade near me had it. Every time I went, I told myself I'd remember to bring my memory card next time. When I finally did, the machine was gone.
>>332275069
I've actually seen this one.
Yes, it's real.
>>332278098
Pretty sure there were 3 IIDX machines when I went there this weekend.
>>332294981
>must be connected to the online network or else the fucking game won't even run
It was obvious long ago when they stopped bothering to translate the games into English, but KONMAI really seems to not really care about the international market at all and would rather seclude all their arcade games in glorious Nippon only.
>>332269764
What kind of fighters are we talking?
>>332295068
Those are probably on "full strength" machines, which are incredibly rare.
it's about a 50% chance you'll get a machine that has an even possibly winnable claw strength.
ALSO i wanna talk about more than just claw machines, what about other prize games like Barbercut
>>332294981
I didn't. That's great news.
STHACKER!
>>332289495
Incredible Crisis is the game.
>>332294739
The only winning move is not to play.
>>332292635
American sports are designed as social events, that's why they have national anthems sung, military parades and half-time shows. They also have kiss cams and, as you can see in that webm, selfie competitions. You also see a lot of frat guys dressed in dumb costumes for the sole purpose of getting on the big screen.
Watch some tennis, or soccer. People are in the crowd transfixed on the action, both male and female. Look at Wimbledon and you see a lot of women in the crowd following the game intently.
Also kek at my capture.
>>332278119
that story sucked a costco sized bag of lightly salted, gluten-free dicks. i hope you have a shitty day, fucker.
>>332285818
>fun
Half of them are up and walking around instead of playing vidya!! It's like visiting /v/ and not talk about videogames
You guys just live in the wrong places
>>332295745
Fuck this shit by the way, worst part about technology getting better for arcade machines is fully digital ones like this are 100% rigged because the light will just skip over the winning square.
Much rather play a crane game or a coin action game.
>>332291739
Nobody watches cricket live except lads who want to go on a 3 day drinking bender.
Yet they get no the shit about that.
>>332295727
>>332295582
On top of that, location testing was done at Dave and Buster's chains across the U.S. last year and proved to be successful. Now Konami is planning on releasing it in half of their locations this summer, complete with e-Amusement and everything.
>born just in time to play Mechwarrior in a fucking pod
>>332295971
I bet it smells so bad in there
>>332291685
And it is brownish, the fuck is your problem anon?
>Closest arcade got turned into a fucking aquarium
Still angry
>>332269760
kek
I fly cross-country just to play this shit every couple of years, spend a few hundred bucks on pod games over a weekend, absolutely fucking worth it. If you live in the south or the east, I envy you.
>>332296060
>Dave and Busters
Those places suck, literally the only good things there are a few Time Crisis 4 and 5 machines and Daytona
>>332295971
What's with people constantly posting empty arcades to prove they're alive? Literally every single picture.
>>332296060
>live in neither Japan nor the US
Being a Bemani fan when the only games you can ever play are DDR X3 and GFDM V8 is suffering.
The era of playing rail shooters and DDR in an arcade with strangers that are probably autists as well is over.
>>332296385
They're probably publicity pictures from arcade websites.
>>332293457
I asked the anon who found it, and he PM'd me the link.
>>332269574
Truth.
I'm 40, so I remember the 80s well, especially the later "golden years" of the video arcade. The few pictures you see can not give you the full impression of a packed video arcade; the general hum of the people in conversation, the yells of triumph, the howls of defeat, the cacophony of a multitude of games being played all at the same time, or the 80s Rock being played in a dimly lit room colored and illuminated by the screens of a hundred different cabinets. It was quite magnificent.
In a local arcade you can play grid. Fucking grid 1. You could get a cheap xbox 360, wheel and get the game for barely anything and have the exact same experience at home along with an actual fucking career mode and loads more cars (and could have done this for the past 8 years).
>Gee I wonder why arcades died
>tfw the only things worth doing at my arcade are those machines where you have to get the coins to spill over
>>332267527
To this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Anc_FYS0AE
I hate how most arcades have machines 20 years old. Yes, classics are great but there's so much new shit out there I'd be willing to pay for.
Surely they can do more than pander to nostalgia for hipsters pretending they didn't distance themselves from games before they were cool.
>>332296547
Fuck off feelshitter.
>>332289579
Time splitters? You better fucking explain yourself
>>332268738
[Ride of the Valkyries intensifies]
>>332295971
>a bunch of old platformers, puzzle games, etc, all made mostly 1995 or before with a few exceptions
>no rail shooters, no light guns, no rhythm games, no racing games, nothing that made arcade life in the 2000's the fucking shit
![CarnEvil_-_1998_-_Midway_Games[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xOxG2Gl.jpg "CarnEvil - 1998 - Midway Games[1]")
Haven't seen one of these cabinets so many years, pretty sad
>>332296002
those crane games are just as rigged
there isn't enough strength in the claw to pick up a prize unless it's due for a win
OR
you get incredibly lucky and fudge it by hooking a tag or something
There are a few really good arcades in Miami. Decent one in the Mall of The America's, really nice one in a bowling alley by my school, and an absolutely fucking awesome classic one less than a mile from my apartment called Arcade Odyssey. Tons of candy cabs, like 7 pinball machines. It's kinda small, but it's open until 2am weekends and midnight every other day and is always packed. I go almost every night and play either a round of Street Fighter 3rd strike or Marvel vs Capcom 2 before I get home from school
>>332296965
Well yeah but there you at least have a chance of winning, it's not like the claw can just teleport off your prize if you manage to get it like stacker can.
>>332296921
>no light guns/rail shooters
>no racing games
You clearly haven't been there, friendo.
>>332297057
You're failing to see the wool being pulled over your eyes. The claw machine, based on its settings, will randomly decide "I'm not going to grab this prize hard enough to actually pick it up," just as Stacker will randomly decide "I'm going to make it so you don't land that last block."
>>332289791
>>332296958
>Saw Carnevil nearby and was too spooked
I'm glad to see more than just me had an aversion to the Carnevil cabinet. It kept me away from Jurassic Park and Ocean Hunter at the arcade I visited as a kid.
>>332297167
Of course I haven't. What else do I have to go on when that's not in the picture you posted?
>>332297167
Quick question, anon, where is this picture from?
>>332268738
Oh God.
>>332296921
>arcade life in the 2000's
>2000s
>>332296651
This oldfag knows his shit.
>>332296547
Yes, for the most part it is. Prepare for a deluge of marketers and newfags promoting barcades though, they have the latest and greatest from Japan!!
>>332296556
There are at least 2 pics in this thread that are clearly not, like the one with the dude standing in front of a bunch of empty cabinets with the normalfags clustered around the bar.
>>332294279
>arcade near me
>had the X-Men arcade game (pic related)
>they messed up the settings
>friends and me all put in coins
>200 lives per person
>play forever
>>332275069
>$1/play
>>332271063
>no Sega rally
>fucking D R O P P E D
>>332297273
Ah but that's where you're wrong my friend, only newer machines have payout rates, if you manage to fine an older machine that has a set rate, and it's actually winnable, you could get all of the gettables.
also the payout rate on claws isn't nearly as much as stacker because a stuffed animal doesn't cost as much as a 3DS
>>332296420
>DDR X3
The newest mix my arcade has is Supernova 2. I'd like to play some newer songs.
>>332294739
>mfw my brother won a PSP from the stacker machine
The fuck was the arcade machine where you're a scuba diver?
I never made it past the Shark.
>>332297367
The Galloping Ghost. It's in a Chicago suburb.
>>332297617
Ocean Hunter?
>>332297602
Extremely lucky, that's like a 1 in 1000 chance.
>>332269189
That's your granddaddy's creep shots how you feel knowing he jacked it to the same shit you jackin it to bro. That's some boner killing shit right there.
>>332270475
I used to fucking love this place back in the day, is it seriously all gone?
>>332297698
That's it. Loved that shit.
>>332297542
>that's where you're wrong
How am I wrong? The principle is still the same.
Enjoy all those stuffed animals, I guess.
>tfw you will never be enough of a petulant manchild that you hunt down old claw machines in run-down pizza joints so you can score some cheap stuffed animals
Only place here in NY worth going to is chinatown fair and even they took out nearly all the good fighting games for DDR and mobileshit. Every other place I know is Dave and Busters or retro hipster shit
>>332297468
>2000s
What's the median age for the 4chan userbase again? 18-22, something like that?
If you're 30 you're already way older than the majority of the userbase. But I definitely bow to Mr. 40-something, he's the kind of super-oldfag I love talking to at conventions.
>>332297602
I won an ipod shuffle from a claw machine once because the claw got jammed and when it let go it swung into the hole
It was a fake
Fuck you blackpool
>>332296197
buy some fucking fish you WEEB SHIT FUCK CUNT
>>332297773
Nah, but I am enough of a man-child to walk into a place with one of these and a burning lazer pen and insta-score a 3DS
>>332297971
I'm wondering if /v/ fits that statistic though.
There seems to be a lot of older people in age-related threads.
who /playdium/ here?
>>332298052
That's legitimately hilarious though.
>>332298130
the one in Mississauga is decent
>>332298130
Probably the only non-bar mega-arcade left. Pretty damn fun too, just very rare.
>>332293759
Everyone likes taking selfies, anon. Everyone normal.
>>332268960
>DLC for ARCADE games
I will never stop being mad
>>332267527
The concept of just "having fun" in today's world has a million fucking appended rules now
so many ways to have the "wrong" kind of fun now, or if you like something and care about it, you're either a weeb or a "[whatever]fag" with shit taste according to someone else who can't wait to tell you about just how shit your taste is
>>332267527
Nobody wants to spend money to keep playing when you can buy a console/pc and play indefinitely, with friends too. Arcades are cool but an arcade machine is designed to take your money faster than DLC .
>>332298581
This is the kind of thing DLC, in its original form, was meant for. Adding new stages, adding new modes, adding cool shit for free after the game comes out. A software update, if it even costs anything, is going to be substantially less than upgrading a machine or buying a new one.
>>332267527
the last arcade in my area got shut down because it went really far back and drug dealers would hang out back there with the dusty pinball machines
>>332296171
is is me, or does she have really big feet?
>>332270475
Mate, I visited my dad in London (lived in Denmark) twice a year when I was a kid, and the last day we would always go there. It was fucking fantastic. Tried VR there for the first time as well.
Was fucking heartbroken when I found out it had been shut down
>>332298935
Is that a bad thing?
>>332282702
>>332291491
wait, it has multiplayer?
>>332297653
That's pretty impressive. I'll definitely check it out if I'm in the area.
>>332298970
No, I don't mind the size as long as they're pretty. That was just an observation, because it was the first thing I noticed.
>>332298339
that's the only one
>>332298275
Have you seen this shit tho?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw_wIgop8xM
>>332293901
And what exactly is the point of Arcades when you can usually play literally the same games from the comfort of your home WITH friends if you want and also without having to spend one gorillion coins of real money?
>>332276575
>Hicksville
That's not too bad by car from Queens.
>Opening in Spring 2017
>>332289732
>battle gear 4
Holy shit, my ultimate nigga. You're talking about tuned right? The one with the clutch and a 6 spd man gearbox?
>>332299350
>Skilltesters have preset payout rates, so really there's no skill involved. The claw's strength is set randomly, and in this demonstration the machine had a 2% payout rate, meaning that 1 in 50 games would be capable of lifting up the prize and dropping it in the chute.
>2% payout rate
fucking disgusting
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