I want to talk about arcades PALS! What was the arcades like when you where you grew up? Are there arcades near you now? What do you play?
Growing up, in the 90s, my favorite arcade was this place called the Butterfly in Detroit. Go carts, golf, pool, and the best selection of arcade games in the city. We could only go Saturday mornings. Not the best time when your a kid like me, who had cartoons to watch. Turns out because that place was apparently gang hotspot and the bar got really rowdy later in the day.
Me and my older brother use to play marvel vs capcom. He could beat the game on one quarter. Which was crazy because we never owned it at home. I wasn't as good he was but I had a bad habit of beating an older teen/adult and walking away after I won. I just didn't want to play it for that long, but apparently, it pissed people off. I'm still NOT good at fighting games but understand the mechanics well enough to beat an average person.
The best game hands down growing up were Virtual on. A mech fighting game, where I would sit in that cock pit and play all day.
Nowadays, I'm not really into the Barcades, thing but they're better than nothing. they usually have street fighter and TMNT. The thing is Barcades are Bars first, and I'm there the play games not drink.
We do have this place called round1, which has a good selection, or fighting cabinets, and newer machines. I find myself drawn to the Japanese rhythm games they have. This one called mvseca is dope. I actually bring my own headphones now, cause I'm that lame. And Dance rush stardom. They also have wifi-enabled street fighter machines which are cool if you want to get you ass handed it to you.
Mario Kart arcade GP is also pretty great if you're playing with the right people.
So, any of you still lurk at arcades?