Arcades

[omer]

I've been playing games at arcade for ten years I played Street Fighter, Kof, Tekken, Metal Slug, Aero Fighters, Snow Bros, Outrun etc...But arcades can't make money anymore here, many arcades is closed.Now there is two arcades here one them is good (Has KOF 96, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003, SF Zero 3, Marvel vs Capcom, Metal Slug 2, 3, Tekken 2, 3, Rival Schools, Aero Fighters 2 etc)but other is very bad.

They can't buy newer games like Tekken 5, KOF XI.Think people find arcade games old and don't want to play here.Do you play at arcades?Which games are there?I have arcade sticks and many games but it doesn't feel like arcade.

[montpics]

They can't buy newer games like Tekken 5, KOF XI.Think people find arcade games old and don't want to play here.Do you play at arcades?Which games are there?I have arcade sticks and many games but it doesn't feel like arcade.

I was not play much at the arcades, but Tekken 5 is available though other older games like KOF, SF series are still there as well AFAIK. As you mentioned before, most people don't want to play in arcades in which they rather to play at home....

[-=VampyR=-]

I loved arcades (the smoke,the noise,the bastards trying to get a coin from you) and that's why I love MAME.

I guess arcade times are almost over.
Tekken 5 is about $15000 so it's tough to buy,most gamers have a PS2 so Tekken 5 is much cheaper to play.

In the past there was an enormous difference between arcade/console versions but now...

[montpics]

BTW, some people still play most on car racing.

[hagbard]

Here in my city the arcades slowly passed away, only 2-3 left. I think the cyber/internet cafes more or less took their place, but it's not the same. Actually, I have seen how some of them were reconverted from arcades, and still got billiards and even few coin op machines... It's a shame, but that's life

[hitmonlee]

yeah we used to have lots of arcades and most delis/corner stores/milk bars or whatever you call them where you live would have a few games.

the deli across the road from me usually had bubble bobble and streetfighter, then a common rotation of golden axe, nba jam, wonderboy, wonderboy in monster land and some other boys games i didn't play.

[Zach]

Best place you are going to find for arcade gaming in The States, is a Dave and Busters.

Arcades had been dead a while since I was a teen, but the one year a friends dad took him and myself there for his birthday was awesome. It's Chuck E. Cheese's for grownups. Have to be 18 to get in without an adult.

[alcoatjez]

The only arcade I see is once a year when I go to a town in the west of Holland. There is about the only arcade I know of here. It doesn't really have the old, smoky arcade atmosphere, but at least it has a nice selection of older and newer games.
I think VampyR has put up the most important reason arcades are disappearing: people can play almost the same games at home. Also, there used to be some arcade machines in some pubs here, but since slot machines make A LOT more money, arcade machines has entirely disappeared from our pubs

[Styrofoam]

Curious isn't it ??
On every gaming board you'll find at least one arcade related thread, and in every thread the disussion is as depressing as this one.
Arcades are dying left and right, if they haven't already left for the great beyond (or where the heck unwanted PCBs go). Sad to tell you lot, that's it's the same here in li'l olde Denmark. Only a few arcades left, and the newest games are from 2004, sounds like this is the case with most of the remaining arcades, so the question remains; why do gamedevs keep producing arcades ?? How can places like system16.com stay alive. By all logic, if all arcades are dying, then why make new machines ?? Somewhere out there in the real world, there have to be arcade halls, but where are they ??

[Jale]

Arcades are quite popular here, but they're also disappearing.