Light gun games and driving games are hard as hell to replicate at home. I like the new Sega Rambo game personally.
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Light gun games and driving games are hard as hell to replicate at home. I like the new Sega Rambo game personally.
Well when I visited Hawaii last February I went to Hawaii Brian's and they were like the cades I remember. They had all your bemani titles, they had SF4 and Blazblue as well as other popular fighters. They even had pool, ping pong and fooseball tables. Was a pretty good arcade one I would still hang in if I lived in HI or if they had one here in MI
american arcades, yeah.
The Japanese ones are still important even though none of us really play at them. Partially because, nah, the arcade games usually aren't the ports.
Eh, arcades are dying here as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tain
There's a Nickel City near hear that still gets some good people showing up... but people tend to play on consoles these days and at each others' houses, and I kind of dislike them enough to not want to spend time with any of these people away from the arcade.
There is a Gameworks about ten minutes away from my apartment that has Tekken 6, Mario Kart, Metal Slug 5 or 6, MvC2, Mr.Driller (~ Yay! ~
Put on VS instead then - stronger album IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Holliday
I am now in search of a Blossom shirt.
Yeah, I don't doubt that at all. But, at least at the moment, there are still awesome games that wouldn't really turn out the way that they're turning out if they weren't developed primarily for that audience, is all I'm sayin'.Quote:
Eh, arcades are dying here as well.
While Japanese arcades aren't as huge as maybe they once were, it's still a far, far, far cry from the way it is in the states.
I remember going into a bowling alley in Seattle and freaking out when I saw a Neo Geo 4-slot with Puzzle Bobble and Metal Slug 3.
Here in Japan, I'll walk into an arcade and see dozens of cabinets with every Cave shooter, Capcom and SNK fighter, rows of beat-em-ups, etc. and just kind of shrug my shoulders because I don't feel like playing anything. There are literally hundreds of arcades in Tokyo alone like this, compared to America that has maybe a half dozen with anything of note.
There are also lots of arcades that have gaming competitions, as well as recording equipment, and staff on-hand that are more than happy to plug in a game of your choice from their libraries.
Saying Japanese arcades are dying is like saying a 450 pound man is dying because he lost 40 pounds; he's still rather robust.