Comments on: In Days Gone By…. /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/ We're not PlayStation but we sometimes get to speak to them Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: stephen /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-49122 stephen Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:21:10 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-49122 Yeah, arcades were cool. (No, in America they likely won't return. And, by the way, most cabs are still made of wood. It's jut harder to tell.) Best of all were the castles that had (and some are still around) golf, bumper boats, go-karts, batting cages (my least prefered), and maybe a something else (in my case, Space Ball, a trampoline with netting around and a set or horizontal hoops - sorta a cross between volleyball and basketball). Though I think Time Out Tunnel is not cool-looking, and the design wastes space, Adam I'd bet is a young whipper-snapper who can't get it. That's fine. Go play your new-fangled games and spare us your breath. Yeah, arcades were cool. (No, in America they likely won’t return. And, by the way, most cabs are still made of wood. It’s jut harder to tell.) Best of all were the castles that had (and some are still around) golf, bumper boats, go-karts, batting cages (my least prefered), and maybe a something else (in my case, Space Ball, a trampoline with netting around and a set or horizontal hoops - sorta a cross between volleyball and basketball).

Though I think Time Out Tunnel is not cool-looking, and the design wastes space, Adam I’d bet is a young whipper-snapper who can’t get it. That’s fine. Go play your new-fangled games and spare us your breath.

]]> By: captainbravo /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-44270 captainbravo Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:10:28 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-44270 Re: "What a crap article, in what way is this related to Playstation?" I call you out, Adam. Right now. Outside. How dare you insult such a bitchin' arcade... might as well've punched my mother. Loser. Re: “What a crap article, in what way is this related to Playstation?”

I call you out, Adam. Right now. Outside. How dare you insult such a bitchin’ arcade… might as well’ve punched my mother. Loser.

]]> By: Mark /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-44086 Mark Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:36:08 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-44086 "9,999 points! WOO-HOO!!" Anyone besides me remember that classic line from the movie "Tron"? Flynn was at the helm of a game he created (Space Paranoids) and was the master of. Dozens of arcade junkies surrounded him as he lay waste to the last "Recognizer" in a game that by today's standards looks about as difficult as Tetris on Forrest Gump Mode. I'm 34 but I can clearly remember the days when the arcade was the place to meet girls. In a local mall in Baltimore, MD the in-mall arcade was the hang-out. The proverbial street corner where amateur rap artists would battle it out with each other in the halls and then make their way to a Killer Instinct or Neo Geo machine to waste a few quarters on Samurai Showdown. I also remember many a fight being started over rounds of Street Fighter II but believe it or not, those were some of the best days of my life. The arcade will most likely NEVER return and will remain entry level amusement parks (i.e. GameWorks now owned by Sega) for the rest of eternity. The sad part is that once us 30-somethings are gone the arcade will be immortalized like vinyl albums, boom boxes that played cassette tapes, and cell phones the size of briefcases (see "Lethal Weapon 1"). “9,999 points! WOO-HOO!!”
Anyone besides me remember that classic line from the movie “Tron”?

Flynn was at the helm of a game he created (Space Paranoids) and was the master of. Dozens of arcade junkies surrounded him as he lay waste to the last “Recognizer” in a game that by today’s standards looks about as difficult as Tetris on Forrest Gump Mode.

I’m 34 but I can clearly remember the days when the arcade was the place to meet girls. In a local mall in Baltimore, MD the in-mall arcade was the hang-out. The proverbial street corner where amateur rap artists would battle it out with each other in the halls and then make their way to a Killer Instinct or Neo Geo machine to waste a few quarters on Samurai Showdown.

I also remember many a fight being started over rounds of Street Fighter II but believe it or not, those were some of the best days of my life.

The arcade will most likely NEVER return and will remain entry level amusement parks (i.e. GameWorks now owned by Sega) for the rest of eternity. The sad part is that once us 30-somethings are gone the arcade will be immortalized like vinyl albums, boom boxes that played cassette tapes, and cell phones the size of briefcases (see “Lethal Weapon 1″).

]]> By: headcasephil /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-43536 headcasephil Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:10:51 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-43536 those were the days i can only replicate them in my games room with 2 mame arcade cabs 1 tabletop and 1 stand up but its not the same and replying to mr jimmy how said ( this whole Linux on PS3 thing will be worthwhile on the day I find out someone has MAME running on it…) it all ready been done copy and paste this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQOr-vNDsg as ps3 linux is a proper linux it easy as those were the days i can only replicate them in my games room with 2 mame arcade cabs 1 tabletop and 1 stand up but its not the same and
replying to mr jimmy how said ( this whole Linux on PS3 thing will be worthwhile on the day I find out someone has MAME running on it…) it all ready been done
copy and paste this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQOr-vNDsg
as ps3 linux is a proper linux it easy as

]]> By: PSN: Neil /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-43390 PSN: Neil Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:51:10 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-43390 This is great! This is great!

]]> By: MuggleMind /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-43333 MuggleMind Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:59:28 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-43333 It's the "scramble" machine that reminded me of times of old. Used to go to the local chippie, put my 10p on the machine to reserve my go, and stand watching whoever was playing, quietly sniggering at the mistakes they made.The most popular machine they ever had there though had to be gauntlet. You'd play a game, eat some chips while watching your friends play, and then take over when someone died. There were always 5 or 6 people trying to play that. Then they replaced it with a slot machine, and the crowds vanished totally! It’s the “scramble” machine that reminded me of times of old. Used to go to the local chippie, put my 10p on the machine to reserve my go, and stand watching whoever was playing, quietly sniggering at the mistakes they made.The most popular machine they ever had there though had to be gauntlet. You’d play a game, eat some chips while watching your friends play, and then take over when someone died. There were always 5 or 6 people trying to play that. Then they replaced it with a slot machine, and the crowds vanished totally!

]]> By: Sweden /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-43310 Sweden Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:10:30 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-43310 @15 yeah lol, first co-op moment in history perhaps ;) @15 yeah lol, first co-op moment in history perhaps ;)

]]> By: Sweden /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-43309 Sweden Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:09:58 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-43309 Ahhh... the memories :D Great post ^^And great pics, although, ofc, everyone looked ugly back then :P Aye, good stuff Ahhh… the memories :D Great post ^^And great pics, although, ofc, everyone looked ugly back then :P

Aye, good stuff

]]> By: thamenace /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-43281 thamenace Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:19:24 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-43281 lol, 3rd picture from the end....is that Zaxxon? is it just me or the tall guy controlling the ship and the short guy with the awesome perm is shooting the guns for him? co-operative gameplay ftw! lol, 3rd picture from the end….is that Zaxxon?

is it just me or the tall guy controlling the ship and the short guy with the awesome perm is shooting the guns for him?

co-operative gameplay ftw!

]]> By: Phlair /blog/2007/09/in-days-gone-by/comment-page-1/#comment-43278 Phlair Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:05:06 +0000 /blog/?p=593#comment-43278 Genius!!!! Oh the memories, the stench of sweat, kids farting with excitement as they beat the 1st boss on Final Fight......... is there a more romantic place to bring your girlfriend I think not : ) Genius!!!!

Oh the memories, the stench of sweat, kids farting with excitement as they beat the 1st boss on Final Fight……… is there a more romantic place to bring your girlfriend

I think not : )

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