those were the greatest days of my life:sad:…fuck you HALO!!!
edit:"recovers from a moment of deep depression"hey great temari cosplay EPHIDEL, who’s that
I remember the Del Amo mall being epic. I also remember there was a great arcade in Palm Springs. I used to go there every summer with family and spend hours on X-Men Vs. Street Fighter and Street Fighter 2
RIP Timeout Arcade located in the now West Covina Plaza replaced by the horrendous Tilt Arcade where nothing works and the button layouts for most games is fucked…
memories of Timeout: i remember when MK2 first dropped and the arcade had only one cab so there was always a crowd of people fighting to play next. one time the crowd had got so big the manager had to turn the cab off to get everyones attention and have them disperse so the other people in the cade could get around without a hassle.
SSF2 dropped and it was not so hot. people by this time wanted an actual sequel. i mean dont get me wrong people still played but definitely not the same degree MK2 got.
i dont know if anyone else remembers this but some company whos name i cant recall was doing a arcade tour with those 3D headsets and it cost like three dollars to play for like 5 mins or something like that waaaay back in the day it was a big deal and Timeout was one of the few arcades that had those fuckers there for like a week. shit was cool i remember getting vertigo after playing the game it was a FPS and you fought in space and some platform and it was really strange i remember getting murked alot and feeling like i wasted 12 games of SF for nothing…
theres nothing like buyers remorse ill tell ya
Well we should say death to online gaming if you put it in that case, because of online gaming there is no need to go to a place and play a game.
Anyway, death to the arcade that was right across from my grandpa’s apartment 
I will always remember the first time my uncle put me there and then we were playing ST or X-men vs SF don’t remember it’s been a while 
I remember going to Reno as a kid and spending all day (and all my money) playing games like D&D and AvP with a bunch of random guys.
Fuck Halo?
If anything it was the PS that killed the arcades.
Everyone was playing the sub-par version on their Playstation instead of going to the arcade.
After that DDR basically finished off what was left of all the good arcade games.
I see metal slug and galaga more often than fighting games in ‘arcades’ these days.
And if by some miracle they do happen to have a fighting game, the sound is turned off (probably so it doesn’t bother the DDR people).
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I think these days are better without arcades because big screens and surround sound are cheap.
If you have a half-decent job you can have an insane setup without having to worry about crap sticks, scratched screens, etc.
The only way I can see arcades coming back is if there is some serious VR like tech where you basically need a gym.
That was definitely a factor, but the thing that REALLY fucked the scene up in my opinion were the ridiculous prices. How the fuck do you go from charging $0.25 for game to a fucking DOLLAR!? People weren’t rich and were willing to continue to pay $0.25 or even $0.50 for a game, but $1.00 is just a joke. If most games were still $0.25 per play, I have absolutely no doubt the arcade scene would still be somewhat alive instead of completely dead the way it is now.
Oh and yeah, Del Amo was the shit for SS. Anyone remember Pac-man arcade in Passadena? That was also an excellent arcade. Man, I miss Hi-Tech 21 in Little Tokyo. That place brings back fond memories. Hell, LT in general is not what it used to be