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kakarotto on 22 December 2008

Did any of you "care"/"Notice" the brand, or maker or if the graphics were prettier?



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Wetcoaster on 22 December 2008
kakarotto said:
Did any of you "care"/"Notice" the brand, or maker or if the graphics were prettier?

Nope. Can't say that I did. All I knew was that The Simpsons game, Donkey Kong and Ms. Pacman totally rocked.

 



BCrayfish on 22 December 2008
Comrade Tovya said:
BCrayfish said:
Oh man, I spent so much time with the street fighter and Mortal Kombat machines. There was something really special about standing together with a bunch of other game players, talking about combos, fatalities and any other secrets. Plus there were always 3 other people ready to fight through a TMNT: Turtles in Time machine with you.

 

Yeah, I remember there being an unspoken rule about the SF2 machines.

You played until you lost, and then you let someone else some in play the winner.  It wasn't reallty a spoken rule per se, but everyone did it none-the-less.  It was the unspoken gamer code I guess.

Yeah, I remember that. Usually meant that one side of the machine would have the same guy most of the day while the other side had a huge line of challengers. One thing I liked about the arcades was if you were good you could really make your money last. :3

 



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Comrade Tovya on 22 December 2008
BCrayfish said:
Comrade Tovya said:
BCrayfish said:
Oh man, I spent so much time with the street fighter and Mortal Kombat machines. There was something really special about standing together with a bunch of other game players, talking about combos, fatalities and any other secrets. Plus there were always 3 other people ready to fight through a TMNT: Turtles in Time machine with you.

 

Yeah, I remember there being an unspoken rule about the SF2 machines.

You played until you lost, and then you let someone else some in play the winner.  It wasn't reallty a spoken rule per se, but everyone did it none-the-less.  It was the unspoken gamer code I guess.

Yeah, I remember that. Usually meant that one side of the machine would have the same guy most of the day while the other side had a huge line of challengers. One thing I liked about the arcades was if you were good you could really make your money last. :3

 

 

Yeah, haha, that's right.

I knew this one asian kid who could tie up a machine for 4 hours without losing and would only stop playing once his hands/arms got tired.  Me, I was really good, but after about 10 games, someone better than me would whip me pretty good.



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megaman79 on 22 December 2008

The Wii has become everybodys arcade, haven't you noticed?



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