Who here plays games at an arcade?

I used to go to the SVGL, one of the finest arcades in the US until the following happened.

CVS2 ended up being the last good arcade fighter of all time.
Beatmania IIDX jumped the shark and is now the laughing stock of Bemani.
DDR died.
DrumMania and Guitar Freaks moved so fast that I stopped caring (They're at like, 10/11 now or something)
Aside from Bemani, yeah, the industry is dead. The only great non-bemani game we got in years was Virtua Cop 3 and SF: Rush 2049 Champion Edition.
Initial D was fun until the fobs took the fun out of it with their retarded Azness.

The only time I EVER go to an arcade is to drop in, play some CVS2 or 3rd Strike and thats for 10 minutes at most. If I'm in Southern California, I'll stop by AI, play a game of Pop'N Music and then beg whoever I'm with to get out of there.

Consoles >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Arcade

Thats all there is to it.

theres one Tilt in my "city". it's newest game is Tekken 4. hooray.

Now, I dont know about Initial D......the regulars are basicaly a mixed bag depending on where you go. As for me, its all about the race, and perfection of tecnique. Which is amazingly hard to do on that game. I swear, Initial D does not drive like it should.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

We've got three Tilts in our area and they perodically swap cabs around to whichever has lagging business and then when it picks up they move it to one of the others. The main attractions between the three of them are:

Crisis Zone
Time Crisis 2
W.A.R.
Lucky & Wild
Mark of the Wolves
Last Blade 2
A Neo-Geo Cab with like 5 games, I think SamSho 3 & 4 and NAM 1975 among them.
SVC: Chaos
MvC
MvC2
Soul Calibur 2
House of the Dead 2
DDR Max
Wing War

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I would be so happy to have that.

Interesting fact I just found about the Le Fun I go to:

1987
February 21, 1987 - Richard Jackson becomes the world record holder on Out Run after he scored 52,897,650 points at the Le Fun Arcade in Austin, TX


And here's a pic of Einstein's:

http://www.rogoyski.com/adam/blog/pi...ns-320x240.jpg

There's a hand written cardboard sign in there announcing Out Run 2. See how it's all dark and grimy looking? That's how they're supposed to look.

bigger version:
http://www.rogoyski.com/adam/blog/pi..._einsteins.jpg

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Originally Posted by Gymkata

Now, I dont know about Initial D......the regulars are basicaly a mixed bag depending on where you go. As for me, its all about the race, and perfection of tecnique. Which is amazingly hard to do on that game. I swear, Initial D does not drive like it should.

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Yeah, Initial D is still a great, perfectionist game but it has an AWFUL community. It's all the kids who are too young to drive anyways who just stand around the machine like they're some shitty mafia and just look like idiots all day. It's just not something fun to be associated with.

PS: Yeah, they are up to Version 3. They're EVERYWHERE in SoCal but I never got around to trying it last time.

VERSION WHAT???

*Jumps across continent.*

Here's the Initial D machine at Austin Park & Pizza:

http://www.streetrays.com/images/new...initial_d1.jpg

http://www.streetrays.com/images/new...initial_d2.jpg

http://www.streetrays.com/images/new...initial_d7.jpg

Thats Version 1.

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Originally Posted by Sl1p

Thats Version 1.

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How can you tell?