While the saturn and ps comes to mind in that aspect I still think the arcades decline is a sad thing, I mean we never know what we are missing out on, think of the possibilities.
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While the saturn and ps comes to mind in that aspect I still think the arcades decline is a sad thing, I mean we never know what we are missing out on, think of the possibilities.
What kind of arcade games does Dave and Buster's Stock? I've always figured it was just racing games or something I wouldn't care about.
They do have a lot of racing games, but they've also got things like House of the Dead 2 or Time Crisis 3 on the HUGE wall size screens. Silent Scopes, Virtua Fighters, Star Wars Trilogy, a river rafting game where two people have to row and row and row... A six pack Hydro Thunder... I can't remember what else. Not bad, but not great either. I'm forgetting plenty. Haven't been in a while. I'm sure they have a DDR machine or four... I generally stick to the grungy, smelly, dark arcades by campus, but haven't been down there for a while either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief~Silver
**edit** Oh, here we go:
18 Wheeler
Airline Pilot
Arctic Thunder
Dance Dance Revolution
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Global VR Vortex
Harley's
Hydro-Thunder
Rapid River
Star Trek Voyager
Star Wars Pod Racer
Star Wars Trilogy
Strike Fighter
Tsumo
Wave Runner
Mocap Boxing
Time Crisis 3
PGA Tour Golf
Golden Tee Fore
Trophy Hunter
House of the Dead 3
Virtua Cop 3
Galaga
Ms. Pac-Man
Centipede
Millipede
Missile Command
Ultracade with Defender, Joust, Robotron, Asteroids
Daytona USA
Derby Owners Club
then lots of interactive things like a fast pitch simulator skeeball, billiards, shuffleboard and lots of other things...
What a depressing pic. There's like what, 10-15 guys there? Each in their own little computer, headphones on, complete with barriers between them. Where'd the community in gaming go?
Well, that's it, then. I'm moving to Texas.
If the D&B in Chicago is indicative of the whole chain, be prepared to refinance your house just to play a few games there.
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Originally Posted by lithium
I dunno, I think it's just that undefinable, intangible difference between the pc crowd and your normal arcade/console crowd. It is pretty subdued and not all that social. The place has 40 pc's set up like that, plus some Xboxes. It looks quieter than it is though.
All we have locally is a DDR Extreme and a few cabinets not really worth the while. Time Crisis, maybe, and some old Sega racer. There's a Soul Calibur machine, or at least there used to be. Haven't been up in months.
Most local arcades have closed down or severly reduced their selection. Even our Dave and Buster's took a hit, I know they got rid of three machines a few months back.
Like Thief said, there's an arcade in Detroit that had some good bemani (IIDX 8th, Guitar Freaks and Drummania in addition to the DDR machines).
Yeah, I talk Austin up all the time. We're one of the most wired cities in America. We have a university of 50,000 people, about half of which are Vietnamese and Taiwanese girls around the age of 18. We've got the coolest anime/sushi/boba (bubble tea) place anywhere (Momoko), we've got a ton of great sushi bars all over town. We've got two really nice lakes in town and lots and lots of hills on the West Side for all your mountain biking needs. And we've got a music and club culture that is always hopping. Come by and see us. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ex Ranza
Sounds like you've got it made, Scourge. :)
As far as the survivability of an arcade community, there is a shred of hope--the Initial D driving game seems to have a tremendous following at my local arcade. On those rare Friday nights when I dare go near the mall (that's where all the young 'uns go, where they no doubt get into shenanigans), there's always a crowd of 15-20 people encircling the Initial D twin setup. They call the next game by sliding their data card underneath the marqee bezel. I really haven't seen anything like that in my area in years, so it was pretty heartening..