Awhile back I went out to go shopping for some stuff and went to a old mall that I have not been in for years to see how it has changed. To my surprise the arcade I use to play at was still there. I was completely surprised because there was not many arcades here in my state. I reminisce about the days I would try to beat a high score on a Pac-man machine. Now today a lot of arcades close down due to a lot of poor business. The place did not change much from the last time I was there, beside a lot of new machines. I was truly happy to waste my time again on a good old Time Crisis machine. I exchanged some money for these awesome little Pac-man Namco coin. After a couple of hours playing I was tired and beat. I really wanted to play some Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (so pumped for 3!!) but they got rid of the machine a long time ago, pretty bummed only arcade fighting game cabinet they had was Tekken 4. I missed the SNK cabinets and Capcom fighting cabinets a lot.
The reason why I wanted to post this is to find someone who reminisced about the days of begging parents for money and blowing it all in a matter of hours on one arcade machine trying to surpass others in a high score. I know that arcades here in america are pretty much ghost towns but it is a nice treat to find some arcades that still have people chipping away money. I am not saying that consoles are bad at all I just saying gaming has changed a lot from the old days. My friends still get together and do games matches but it so hard to do when everyone is so far away and I can see the greatest of online gaming. Arcades are what made a lot of us enjoy gaming and connect with others and have fun. I feel like a 80 year old guy talking about some war that happened almost decades ago. I just know there are arcades still alive and still making people submit quarter after quarter just to make it to the next stage. So I will leave you with that.
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