The Age of the Arcade

[Comrade Tovya]

d21lewis said:
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.

 

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.