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Post by slashpop on Oct 26, 2020 5:36:25 GMT 10
I remember barely finding anything to enjoy in the arcades in the late 2000s other than pirates of the carribean pinball and time crisis. I remember visiting the arcades last year and really digging the new mario kart, jurassic park and ninja turtles, even though I'm not a modern arcade person and usually dismiss modern stuff.... Also I noticed there is so much more variety now with really kickass pinball machines like metallica, deadpool, and the munsters. I've noticed pinball and retro arcade gaming has gotten bigger since the 2000s which means more places have opened as well and more places have pinballs and more variety.
Any really good games from the last decade you recommend or think are underrated?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 7:42:03 GMT 10
I remember Mario Kart from the early 2010s (or late 2000s?) was a blast. This was at a Chucky Cheese's though. I haven't been to a real arcade in so long; probably January 2010 or thereabouts, so all the games would have been 2000s anyway. 
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Post by slashpop on Oct 26, 2020 13:41:43 GMT 10
I remember Mario Kart from the early 2010s (or late 2000s?) was a blast. This was at a Chucky Cheese's though. I haven't been to a real arcade in so long; probably January 2010 or thereabouts, so all the games would have been 2000s anyway. I think I was playing the newer Mario kart. What I like about newer games as well is that they seem easier, it’s all about the fun, they don’t tend to be excessively difficult and suck your money faster. You should check out this bar in Toronto called tilt they have a good variety of real arcade machines from the 80s to the early 2000s. I think they are closed. Last time I remember you pay a certain price and you can play all you want.
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Post by slashpop on Oct 26, 2020 13:42:00 GMT 10
I remember Mario Kart from the early 2010s (or late 2000s?) was a blast. This was at a Chucky Cheese's though. I haven't been to a real arcade in so long; probably January 2010 or thereabouts, so all the games would have been 2000s anyway. I think I was playing the newer Mario kart. What I like about newer games as well is that they seem easier, it’s all about the fun, they don’t tend to be excessively difficult and suck your money faster. You should check out this bar in downtown Toronto called tilt they have a good variety of real arcade machines from the 80s to the early 2000s. I think they are closed. Last time I remember you pay a certain price and you can play all you want.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 19:28:01 GMT 10
A lot of the reason for that is arcade cabinet makers have started taking a lot of inspiration from Japanese arcades, which are (were) a much more cinematic and engrossing experience. They also rely a lot on brand power - when I was in Japan in 2008, the latest and greatest was getting to play as a Gundam pilot in a life-sized Gundam bot head that swiveled with your joystick turns (it was kind of a flight/fight simulator, so you really felt like you were piloting a real mecha). That's why now in the States, you see Halo-on-rails, Mario Kart, and others.
And now Japan has abandoned its incredible arcade experience for goddamn pachinko parlors. It's a goddamn travesty.
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Post by slashpop on Oct 26, 2020 20:00:57 GMT 10
A lot of the reason for that is arcade cabinet makers have started taking a lot of inspiration from Japanese arcades, which are (were) a much more cinematic and engrossing experience. They also rely a lot on brand power - when I was in Japan in 2008, the latest and greatest was getting to play as a Gundam pilot in a life-sized Gundam bot head that swiveled with your joystick turns (it was kind of a flight/fight simulator, so you really felt like you were piloting a real mecha). That's why now in the States, you see Halo-on-rails, Mario Kart, and others. And now Japan has abandoned its incredible arcade experience for goddamn pachinko parlors. It's a goddamn travesty. That's pretty interesting, never knew that. A lot of arcades for quite sometime including today include a lot of child oriented and tacky novelty games but I have to admit the VR stuff and a lot of the new titles are entertaining and at least gives us some hope there is something to be enjoyed outside of consoles and pc games. I remember going to the arcades numerous times in the mid to late 2000s and not finding much of interest, other than few shooters or pinballs compared to the early 2000s and throughout the 90s where going was a more of an experience, a social outlet and place to sample the latest graphical innovations that in many cases were far ahead of the consoles at the time. I think once consoles mostly looked the same as the arcades it may have changed that dynamic. Also arcades could be expensive back then. With the new games I was able to finish the game on a few tries. Back in the day if you seriously wanted to play or master Killer Instinct or Tekken 3 in the arcades you would easily end up putting over $100 dollars over a period of few months. Also a lot of games are only properly beaten on few credits or just one or its just too easy or cheating otherwise, that's expensive as well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 22:14:55 GMT 10
Yep. Remember when Gameworks was king? I mean it was like stepping into a futuristic cyberpunk hangout. Now I think there’s like one outlet left in Minnesota or something.
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Post by slashpop on Oct 26, 2020 22:27:24 GMT 10
Yep. Remember when Gameworks was king? I mean it was like stepping into a futuristic cyberpunk hangout. Now I think there’s like one outlet left in Minnesota or something. Yeah there is a particular smell of 90s arcade machines, funky plastic from the decor and greasy pizza that I’m reminded of. Also remember a place called showbiz pizza palace. In Canada there was a place called pallidium sega city, I think Slowpoke might recall it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 22:52:41 GMT 10
Yep. Remember when Gameworks was king? I mean it was like stepping into a futuristic cyberpunk hangout. Now I think there’s like one outlet left in Minnesota or something. Yeah there is a particular smell of 90s arcade machines, funky plastic from the decor and greasy pizza that I’m reminded of. Also remember a place called showbiz pizza palace. In Canada there was a place called pallidium sega city, I think Slowpoke might recall it. Oh shit, it closed literally last week www.mississauga.com/news-story/10222414--this-is-so-sad-mississauga-playdium-to-close-permanently-after-more-than-20-years-company-says/That's really sad. Me and my friends always wanted to go, but I've never been. Mississauga is kind of far from me.
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Post by smartboi on Oct 27, 2020 2:29:07 GMT 10
Yep. Remember when Gameworks was king? I mean it was like stepping into a futuristic cyberpunk hangout. Now I think there’s like one outlet left in Minnesota or something. We still have a Gameworks here in Seattle. Before the pandemic I went there every Thursday with my friends
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Post by slashpop on Oct 27, 2020 21:07:12 GMT 10
I remember it was kind of expensive back in the day, I remember going there a number of times from 1996-1999, it wasn't that old school. You would get this card I think and pay $40 or something, I can't remember exactly, but you would loose your credit within an 1-2 hours and would need to top up. It was always a long trip from Toronto. But it was like the coolest thing ever back in the day especially during the peak of early 3d gaming. Local arcades were more practical to go to if you wanted to master a game, but it was still a pretty cool place. The atmosphere was really nice and cutting edge for the time.
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