I don't know how many of you are old enough to remember...

But I remember when Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat were HUGE.  You would stand in line for an hour sometimes just to get into a match at an arcade.  Kids would literally be mobbed around one of the arcade machines... that used to be social gaming, and now superior home graphics/sound and online play have killed the arcade.

Just a little nostalgic thought I was having...

I threw away enough money to feed 7,000 starving Africans in the arcades back then. Yes, those Africans died, but M. Bison's reign of terror had come to an end. If I wasn't playing, I was watching someone else play. Those were great times. Every time you'd go to the arcades, you were witness to technology light years beyond what was at home. There was an airplane flying game (G-LOC, I think it was called) that actually spun the player around and upside down as it followed the action on screen! Those were magical times.


And tragic times for thousands of starving 3rd world children.

Well....I used to play at the Arcades about 10 years ago.
I only remember 2 games that I played there, The Simpsons (a beat 'em up game) and Sonic the Hedgehog....and that's it I guess. I played more games that just these 2 but can't remember the titles.

Me too... there's no way for me to count how many quarters I threw away on that game.

I never played G-LOC, but I do remember how great racing games were at the arcade.

And now, we've got the same thing for our home gaming experience... it doesn't get much more realistic than 7.1 surround sounds on a 65" 1080p TV with a rumble steering wheel to make you forget about the arcade.

I do remmember well those times, good old times, I used to save money on wharever I could to get to play.

Their graphs where alway a step ahead of the consoles, maybe online as you said,
and handleds killed the development.

Pac Man, Dragon's Lair, Crystal Castle, Captain America & the Avengers, Ghostbusters, Street Fighter (with pads that react to how hard you hit them!), Contra, Double Dragon, Legend of Kage, Punch Out....... I could probably name hundred upon hundreds of games I used to love!

*raises glass*

A toast.....to the arcade. Good times. Good times.

I remember what i loved playing at the arcades were games that weren't on any console such as X-men like..6players? and The simpsons 4players.

Oh yeah, I really loved the arcade X-Men version, tons of fun to get so many players in at once.  And once you got real far, you didn't want to quit, so you just kept dumping quarters into the machine.  If I remember right, it was 50-cents?

Oh arcades those were good times, i used to love games like Cadillac , Punisher, Tekken 1-2 , Street Fighter II, Virtua Cop etc. etc.

My father used to own several arcades in the late 80s/early 90s. One of the memories that stands out was when he took me to a trade show and I got to try many games that weren't due out for awhile (I think some were never released).  Also he used to bring home arcade games that he had to repair and kept them around for a few days afterward so I basically had them to myself.