When was the last time you went to an Arcade?

[Schlep]

I'll spare everyone the whole "I remember when.." sob story about arcades since we've all heard it. Still sad tho.

I'd have to say the last time I spent any amount of time in arcades was around the time of Killer Instinct. I'm not sure why I liked the game so much (maybe cuz everyone else was playing it), but I remember going just about everyday down the street to the local arcade (which is now a meadow...) and seeing how big of a combo I could get off. I'd have to say I played it pretty religiously for about a year or year and a half until the SNES version came out. That was the last time I ever set foot in an arcade other than for an hour or so after a movie or whatnot.

I'm planning on returning this July as often as possible to play SNK vs. Capcom Chaos. I miss the feeling of a first hand ass-whoopin.

What's your story? Do you plan on going back anytime?

[FX]

The last time? Hmm, our arcade has been shit for a while now, so I'd have to honestly say, I last went and played about 8/9 months ago.

They took out 3rd Strike Alpha 2, and got CvS1. That's about it. No chance for CvS2. Nothing but simulators and quick thrill games now.

Now, several month since my last playing session, and nothing has changed, it still has the same games. Just things have been shuffled around.

[Thief Silver]

During Spring break I spent about $60 on DDR 7th Mix and Soul Calibur 2 in an arcade at Erie Penn.'s Splash Lagoon.

[Lordmrw]

Honestly? The last time I spent money at an arcade had to be about 2 or 3 years ago. I go to one of my local arcades every few weeks because I have a friend who refuses to believe that no one gives a fuck about Marvel vs Capcom 2 anymore. I don't get most recent releases in my area, so its all old shit I'm tired of.

[Eight One]

I just went to one yesterday. It's hard to escape the multitude of GGXX#Reload machines. I even got to play Mocap Boxing once again.

[cigsthecat]

About a week and a half ago I visited a laundromat a block from my apartment, as they have a beautiful Ms. Pac-man cab. When I started to play it with scoring in mind, it was so much more fun. I love Pac-man. High score on the machine is 200,000+ though, which will be tough to beat.

Sadly, there's no arcade here I've found that has anything really neat that'll keep me coming back on a regular basis. Best yet's been a nice Raiden II cab, but it's quite a walk.

[Dolemite]

Originally posted by Seven Force
I just went to one yesterday. It's hard to escape the multitude of GGXX#Reload machines. I even got to play Mocap Boxing once again.

Damn, you, you live in Japan, don't you? The land where arcades still actually mean something...

[FX]

Originally posted by Lordmrw
Honestly? The last time I spent money at an arcade had to be about 2 or 3 years ago. I go to one of my local arcades every few weeks because I have a friend who refuses to believe that no one gives a fuck about Marvel vs Capcom 2 anymore. I don't get most recent releases in my area, so its all old shit I'm tired of.

You know it!

Let me tell you what the cheapskates did.....MvC2 got put into the double cabinet that Alpha 2 was in. Turns out, they got a note from the higher ups to sell MVC2 for $700 along with whatever cabinet it happened to be in ( again, at the time, the double cabinet ).

So, they switched it out, and put CVS1 into the double cabinet, and put MVC2 into a single cabinet in the back of the arcade, because there were people who were seriously contemplating taking out loans to buy it. Guess they didn't want to part with the double.

Now, it's no longer the money maker it once was.

Anyhow, we haven't recieved a worthwhile game in almost 2 years now.

Originally posted by Seven Force
I just went to one yesterday. It's hard to escape the multitude of GGXX#Reload machines. I even got to play Mocap Boxing once again.

I wish we even had that option.

[Ex Ranza]

Seven Force, how are arcades doing in Japan? The one where I live (in the U.S.) is pretty desolate--it's always empty, with the exception of people playing SC2 and Crusin' World (ugh).

That being said, the last time I spent great sums of cash there was when I came across a Super GT cab.

[Yoshi]

Originally posted by Ex Ranza
That being said, the last time I spent great sums of cash there was when I came across a Super GT cab.

There's a brand spanking new movie theatre that opened near me that has a Super GT cab. I'll go to movies just to play that for half an hour before the show starts.