Mar '18
I've seen a lot of talk on the Horror board and here over the years about how much it sucks that the video stores died out, but the same thing kinda happened to Arcades too, right? I was just thinking about how much time I used to spend in those places. More time than I spent browsing for movies, which is saying a lot.
Anyone used to live in one of those places like I did? What games stick out in your mind? I think it was around 1991, I discovered Street Fighter II at my favorite Arcade, Putt Putt Golf. After that, I started going a lot more. I obviously wasn't alone in my love for Street Fighter II seeing how there was usually a line in front of it. Plus, I remember several ripoff games quickly showing up, like World Heros, Art Of Fighting and of course Mortal Kombat, which broke the Street Fighter II spell pretty quick. I played a lot of different games back then, but the tournament style fighting games is what really made my grades suffer.
Anyone used to live in one of those places like I did? What games stick out in your mind? I think it was around 1991, I discovered Street Fighter II at my favorite Arcade, Putt Putt Golf. After that, I started going a lot more. I obviously wasn't alone in my love for Street Fighter II seeing how there was usually a line in front of it. Plus, I remember several ripoff games quickly showing up, like World Heros, Art Of Fighting and of course Mortal Kombat, which broke the Street Fighter II spell pretty quick. I played a lot of different games back then, but the tournament style fighting games is what really made my grades suffer.
Actually before Street Fighter and later on Mortal Kombat there were already some 1 on 1 fighters which I actually enjoyed, I guess because they were a lot simpler. Yie Aer Kung fu was the very first a game I almost beat. Further there was Ring King/King of Boxer and wrestling game Mat Mania. And not to forget Kung Fu Master I think the first fighting game playing as a platform (on 1 line). The game however is impossible to play without a joystick (does that still exist?)
I could enjoy the occasional racing and shooters and some lightgun games (Operation Wolf) but there aren't that many titles that stick out there. For racing I always loved Super Off Road Racing. Sports games well the soccer games could be fun when facing a human opponent, against a computer player was usually a painful experience.
Other fun games I can think of: Wonder Boy, Mission Elevator, Bubble Bobble.
Still on a console those 1 on 1 fighters facing of a friend can be fun defintely when you both suck at it and find out the special moves by chance
Used to have Mortal Kombat Iv (I think) and Tekken 3 on PS 1. But I preferred playing the Resident Evil game.