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[SloaneRisette]

She said: "Yeah, sure, have some internet weirdo think we're going to name our kid Smedwicks."

Mission Accomplished.

I hope you let your wife know that I'm not a weirdo!

And I only meant middle name!

 

[Professor Beef]

I think I would just grow up hating video games in that case

Even as a kid who played Sonic 1, I knew that the Game Gear was no good.

 

[QisTopTier]

Hmm the games I played the most growing up were....

Punch out, Mario 1/2/3, Metal Gear 1, Final Fantasy 1, Jackal, Zelda 1/2, metroid and Ghost and Goblins.

I beat all these once a month or every other month for 13 years and occasionally to this day.

When sega came around I played the hell out of Streets of Rage 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles

 

[toddhunter]

I'm going to have my kid play Marvel 3 to let them know that no matter how hard they try they'll probably always lose

Also good for building essay writing skills. So win, win.

 

[Lost Fragment]

Whenever I visit my hometown and go to the mall, I get really sad whenever I walk past the Dollar Store where the arcade used to be. Shit sux.

 

[enzo_gt]

I grew up in arcades.

YEA REMEMBER THOSE THINGS!!!

Yeah, that's that thing on Xbox Live, right?

 

[ipitydatfu]

GG lets play again sometime, the connection seemed ok to me.

Edit:
You sakura seemed solid, you started to punish that overhead with focus which was nice.
I'm trying to get better but my confirm/execution sucks.

your limbs are sooooooo annoying.


have you considered using cosmic heel -> sweep?

 

[WesternHeretic]

Never been to an arcade. All had as a kid was a barbershop that had sf2, final fight, pacman, centipede and outrun.

That sucks it was a great era.

Yeah, that's that thing on Xbox Live, right?

You say it as a joke... but to so many kids now it might as well be true. =(

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I'm gonna have to explain to kids what arcades even were

"Well see, there were these stank-ass places with loads of dedicated machines that played video games. You put in a quarter or a token, you can play for a bit until you ran out of lives or the game was over."

"But you can just get games for free on your phone"

"Hey. Hey. Fuck you, kid. You can't get Time Crisis 2 on your phone."

 

[QisTopTier]

I still go to a thriving arcade every day!

Spoiler

BBCP in game arcade is not real :'(

 

[Azure J]

Shut up.

Have you been to a Publix? Not just any grocery store when it comes to their own brands. It's a Florida chain and their subs are getting more world-reknown by the day.

Late but Publix is top tier as fuck. Dem Chicken Tender sandwiches with the banana peppers... Kreygasm

I grew up playing Pokemon Red and the Duck Hun/Super Mario Bros. cart

Well, that explains it

I'm not too far removed from Smed it seems. When I finally beat SMB, my mother and aunt decided they'd get me new games as a result and I was given a choice of one out of three they were going to get (my aunt and mother were hardcore about this stuff back in the day). It was at that moment that I'd both be introduced to *my* Nintendo adventure game in Startropics and also start a long spiral of disappointment wondering when "StarTropics 3" would ever be a thing.

Spoiler

...it looked cooler than Zelda to me at the time. BibleThump

Edit: SMB/Duck Hunt, SMB3, Startropics 1/2, Tetris, Ducktales, Pokemon Red, Sonic 3 & Knuckles (via S&K Collection on the PC) got the most rotation from me early in my gaming life.

 

[Busaiku]

Why Mike...
You were our last hope.

 

[QisTopTier]

Start Tropics was legit, I remember staying up for 20 hours straight being 2 in one sitting xD

The first time I stayed up over 24 hours ever though was when I beat Wizard and Warriors as a kid. Fuck that game

 

[SolarKnight]

I'm gonna have to explain to kids what arcades even were

"Well see, there were these stank-ass places with loads of dedicated machines that played video games. You put in a quarter or a token, you can play for a bit until you ran out of lives or the game was over."

"But you can just get games for free on your phone"

"Hey. Hey. Fuck you, kid. You can't get Time Crisis 2 on your phone."

Excellent example

 

[The Light]

Games I had on the snes that got the most play was lethal weapon, mega man x, turtles in time, Donkey Kong Country, Mortal Kombat, Top Gear, and super mario world.

On the genesis it was NBA Jam, Sonic 2, 3, spinball (Never got passed the second level), Legends of The Ring, and Robocop Vs The Terminator.

 

[WesternHeretic]

I'm gonna have to explain to kids what arcades even were

"Well see, there were these stank-ass places with loads of dedicated machines that played video games. You put in a quarter or a token, you can play for a bit until you ran out of lives or the game was over."

"But you can just get games for free on your phone"

"Hey. Hey. Fuck you, kid. You can't get Time Crisis 2 on your phone."

Yea pretty much....

BTW there's a retro arcade/bar here (kind of like a cheaper version of Insert Coins). Any who about a few months ago me and a bunch of friends (group or like 40) just went there and it was pretty awesome. Business wasn't exactly thriving, I mean it was pretty empty until we all went in. More people came later on but it isn't exactly a business model that's going to last. IC is the only exemption...

I don't really count stuff like Dave n Busters /Lucky Sttike an arcade or anything like that.

 

[Dahbomb]

I don't even remember the first arcade game I played. I know that the one arcade game that I always wanted to play when I went to the local arcade was Afterburner. It was in that cockpit thing which moved around when you turned your stick. And then I saw Terminator 2 and was like "OMG that's the game I play!"

There's actually still a place near by that has a few arcade cabinets. It has MVC2, 3rd Strike, Metal Slug and Killer Instinct. I kinda want to play them but paying 50 cents just to play against AI is pretty stupid. Hardly anyone plays on those machines anymore.

 

[Professor Beef]

Nobody I knew played fighters when I was a kid except my cousins, and they lived in Stockton while I was in San Bruno. All I had was the CPU.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

There was a Tilt arcade in my mall that only closed down last year. It was around forever, my mom and her older brother used to go there when they were kids. For over 10 years, every time I'd stop by the mall(which was less and less as the years went by), I would play Time Crisis 2 and make damn sure nobody surpassed my 1.2million score/1CC. Not even gonna front, I had a damn existential crisis the day I walked by and the arcade was just gone, replaced with a wall. It was like it never even existed.

tl;dr: Everything you love dies

 

[Xevren]

Whenever I visit my hometown and go to the mall, I get really sad whenever I walk past the Dollar Store where the arcade used to be. Shit sux.

All the malls I went to that had arcades don't even exist anymore. All making way for those outdoor strip malls. Sucks.

 

[Azure J]

There was a Tilt arcade in my mall that only closed down last year. It was around forever, my mom and her older brother used to go there when they were kids. For over 10 years, every time I'd stop by the mall(which was less and less as the years went by), I would play Time Crisis 2 and make damn sure nobody surpassed my 1.2million score/1CC. Not even gonna front, I had a damn existential crisis the day I walked by and the arcade was just gone, replaced with a wall. It was like it never even existed.

tl;dr: Everything you love dies

Legitimately the saddest thing I've read in a bit.

 

[Karsticles]

Basically I think you are theory fighting and over thinking it.

When I was a kid we ran around the bush pretending to shoot each other. Now kids do the same thing running around in a game.

It is just something to do. There are plenty of other hours in the week to worry about teaching them things. There is only so much they can learn and even less they will pay attention to.

Those are not parallel examples for this discussion. There is no instant gratification in running around and doing pretend shooting.

I think that you are underthinking it, and "just something to do" is where it seems you end that thinking.

I hope you let your wife know that I'm not a weirdo!

And I only meant middle name!

I let her know that you are not a weirdo. She is laughing about your bracket misfortunes.

 

[Professor Beef]

Remember those broke-ass NeoGeo machines that had like, 3 games to choose from, and they were always in laundromats?

 

[biosnake20]

There is a furniture store where my arcade used to be, feels bad man. Also a laundromat near my house still has Tekken 5 but half the buttons are broken and kids just pretend to play on it.

 

[Professor Beef]

There is a furniture store where my arcade used to be.

At least now you can sit while you play on those machines!

 

[Dahbomb]

I think my best record was a 35 game win streak on a Tekken 5 cabinet before the whole thing closed down.

It was a mall arcade though so the level of competition was pretty bad.

 

[SloaneRisette]

I let her know that you are not a weirdo. She is laughing about your bracket misfortunes.

Damn, bodied.

 

[vulva]

Startropics is the best game of all time.


I'm really happy I was able to out dumb Noel's Rufus earlier today. Rufus has been my demon for years and I always would lose to even awful Rufuses in tournaments due to a mental block. Feels nice to not really feel that fear anymore.

I did laugh that the second he saw I played Chun, he selected Rufus.

 

[SolarKnight]

There was a Tilt arcade in my mall that only closed down last year. It was around forever, my mom and her older brother used to go there when they were kids. For over 10 years, every time I'd stop by the mall(which was less and less as the years went by), I would play Time Crisis 2 and make damn sure nobody surpassed my 1.2million score/1CC. Not even gonna front, I had a damn existential crisis the day I walked by and the arcade was just gone, replaced with a wall. It was like it never even existed.

tl;dr: Everything you love dies

My childhood arcade first had its second floor turned into a casino, and then what was left got turned into a shoe store, so I can somewhat relate although that was a longer time ago

 

[WesternHeretic]

Nobody I knew played fighters when I was a kid except my cousins, and they lived in Stockton while I was in San Bruno. All I had was the CPU.

Damn that sucks.

I actually was in middle school and my neighbors had 3 kids (two high school, 1 college age). I thought they were so cool with their tuned up honda civics and what not.

Any who I was playing basketball with my cousin outside they joined and invited us in their home for some snacks.

Then I saw it............ A MAS STICK. I just sat there and watched them played CVS for hours. Eventually I venture off to the fighting game section of the arcade and got hooked on that X-Men vs SF, and MVC1. Rest is history!

I think my best record was a 35 game win streak on a Tekken 5 cabinet before the whole thing closed down.

It was a mall arcade though so the level of competition was pretty bad.

Mine was 4.... Yep mall had some killers. And MVC2 was even worst. Rowtron and all his boys played there. I was lucky to get a 3 game streak....

 

[ViewtifulJC]

no bullshit, the arcade disappearing happen the same week they bulldozered my old elementary school to make way for a fancier one. A fancier one with the tiniest, most weak-ass playground I've ever seen in my life. With little plastic slides and shit instead of the metal that burned your ass in the sun or all these cool/weird wood shit you can hurt yourself on.

My childhood took a huge L that week, had to get rushed to the ER

Spoiler

(aka rewatch Rocko's Modern Life episodes)

 

[The Light]

I think there might actually be a tilt arcade in Indianapolis.
Edit: Holy shit there is! The dream is alive!!!
Remember a friend mentioning there was arcade games in the mall at a spot called, but figured she was always talking about 3 or 4 little machines that you would see in a Walmart. I know what I'm doing if I get the chance to go back to nap town this summer!
Thank you ViewtifulJC for making me think about that!

 

[Karsticles]

no bullshit, the arcade disappearing happen the same week they bulldozered my old elementary school to make way for a fancier one. A fancier one with the tiniest, most weak-ass playground I've ever seen in my life. With little plastic slides and shit instead of the metal that burned your ass in the sun or all these cool/weird wood shit you can hurt yourself on.

My childhood took a huge L that week, had to get rushed to the ER

Spoiler

(aka rewatch Rocko's Modern Life episodes)

I haven't been to my home state in a good 20 years. This is making me wonder if I want to visit...

 

[Osu 16 Bit]

I go to an arcade 3-4 days a week.

Shout outs to GGA for being the best venue for fighting games. They just got War Gods and a new, better Primal Rage cabinet.

 

[Infinite]

I played Contra, Megaman 2, Double Dragon, the NES Castlevanias, and Kirby as a kid. Good times.

 

[toddhunter]

Those are not parallel examples for this discussion. There is no instant gratification in running around and doing pretend shooting.

I think that you are underthinking it, and "just something to do" is where it seems you end that thinking.

Trust me, anything you think you know goes out the window on day 1.

 

[Immortal Technique]

Remember those broke-ass NeoGeo machines that had like, 3 games to choose from, and they were always in laundromats?

I always ran into Neo-Geo cabs in pizza joints. I've played through every first-gen Neo-Neo game at least a dozen times.

 

[Ragingnight]

any scrubs want to KOF13 on steam? I also have 3 arcades in my house.

SF x Xmen, A neogeo with kof98, metal slug 3 and some soccer game and another random arcade.

 

[Karsticles]

Trust me, anything you think you know goes out the window on day 1.

I lived with my sister through the first month after she gave birth, and I've been present a lot through his babyhood; I feel firmly justified in my perspectives thus far. My sister and I share the same perspective, and she is getting excellent results. The baby's doctor is routinely surprised by how advanced he is for his age. Theory and practice only conflict when the theory is stupid.

 

[Osu 16 Bit]

I have the MK cabinets, all 4 dedicated. I had to leave them back home when I moved to Chicago though. I want to at least have MK II in my apartment but there's no room.

 

[MarkMan]

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, Markman, are you sure these Blazblue TEs were meant to be able to be opened by human hands? Because I'm pretty sure the only thing I've accomplished in 30+ minutes is just making my hands feel pain and not even have a single screw rotate even a little x___x

Yes. Open from the top. Do you have the right size hex screw?

 

[SolarKnight]

Yes. Open from the top. Do you have the right size hex screw?

Nope, I don't have anything I could use to open it from the top. I figured that since I opened the EVO TE without much issue this should've been the same.

It wasn't D:

 

[smurfx]

hey markman is madcatz going to create new pads for ultra?

 

[CommandThrower]

I go to an arcade 3-4 days a week.

Shout outs to GGA for being the best venue for fighting games. They just got War Gods and a new, better Primal Rage cabinet.

War Gods? That was an arcade game? Wow, I never EVER saw that at any of my local arcades. Even looking at an advertisement for the arcade cabinet just now doesn't ring any bells. I even remember my closest local arcade having a Power Stone cabinet, but never War Gods.

Good for GGA.(?)

 

[mbpm1]

I'm going to have my kid play Marvel 3 to let them know that no matter how hard they try they'll probably always lose

I was thinking that they would learn to pick a top tier.

 

[xCobalt]

Nope, I don't have anything I could use to open it from the top. I figured that since I opened the EVO TE without much issue this should've been the same.

It wasn't D:

I bet you wished you kept all those random hex keys after assembling furniture huh

 

[mbpm1]

I grew up in arcades.

YEA REMEMBER THOSE THINGS!!!

I'm too young for arcades.

I do remember the first (out of like two) times I was in one as a kid, I played Guy and was like, "how do i throw fireballs? (like Ken)"

Then my uncle was like, "He can't do that." and then I was like "Fuck this, shit's imba" and left.

 

[FSLink]

Been visiting our local arcade (Ultra Arcade in San Antonio, TX) quite more frequently. They added a DDR machine. It's pretty sweet, anybody visiting Texas definitely needs to check it out.

Plus Curly Mustache South soon!

I'm going to have my kid play Marvel 3 to let them know that no matter how hard they try they'll probably always lose

The kid will probably learn Morrigan/Doom/Vergil and give their dad post traumatic stress.

 

[Passive Assassin]

itt: old people.

 

[toddhunter]

The kid will probably learn Morrigan/Doom/Vergil and give their dad post traumatic stress.

Or better yet, practice 8 hours a day and become the best player in the world. Then not want to go to EVO, because it "isn't worth it".

Kids.