As someone who never got to experience them

What were arcades like at the height of their popularity, Any Forums?

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Imagine her taking a 12 inch BBC in that position.

You know you can go to arcades now right? I dropped $30 bucks on Maximum Tune 5 last weekend.

yeah no dude arcades are still popping these days depending on where you are

Imagine her getting BLACKED

wonder how many times this actually occurred for a young schoolgirl flashing her panties

Arcades still exist you fucking retard…unless you live in a third world country or some shit.

Why is a simple asian upskirt so much better than damn near anything else

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huge mega arcades from the past arent really that much different than the ones they have today besides the games. the real sovl of the arcade was your local pizza place/bowling alley/mall. fighting games especially had their own vibe that was usually aggressive and unwelcoming and full of shit talking, which was part of the charm. i had to stand on a milk crate to play the first mortal kombat. if you were playing alone kids would just come up and put a quarter in and interrupt your single player experience and beat your ass and knock you out of the game.

An atmosphere similar to that of a casino, but more fun.

The walmart I go to pick my prescriptions up at has a decent mini arcade, like three or four cabinets with some shooting and racing games and a grabber machine. Was pretty surprised but glad to see it.

>fighting games especially had their own vibe that was usually aggressive and unwelcoming and full of shit talking,
>if you were playing alone kids would just come up and put a quarter in and interrupt your single player experience and beat your ass and knock you out of the game.
I remember this and it fucking sucked

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Depends a lot on location. Urban ones apparently could be pretty dangerous because of gangs and location - heard some real nasty stories from past friends. Not sure what the culture inside of those was really like.
Alley arcades were and still are afterthought locations you went to if you were checking for uncommon cabinets or just happened to be there. Ditto the small ones in movie theatre lobbies. Not much atmosphere compared to the rest of the place.
Mall arcades could vary a LOT depending on the mall, since some malls were in highly upscale areas, and some were... not. Some were placed near the bathrooms that your parents warned you to stay away from because of the gays. Higher class malls usually meant better lit arcades and better maintained machines and vice-versa, and if you wanted a "social" experience and not just to go play terminator 2 with your friend, you only went in the evenings, preferably the weekend.
The two or three cabs at grocery stores or in the annex of wal-marts and shit were bottom tier experience and the most likely ones to run into whiny 12 year olds.
I think the universal was arcade managers were always some dude who mostly wanted to hang out in the office watching TV rather than have anything to do with the place he was working. Not sure I blame them.

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Wow americans sound like fucking babies, no wonder LE FGC is filled with paypig streamtards that are obnoxious

I experienced the light gun era. So Time Crisis 2, House of the Dead, Area 51 and so on. At that point it was usually a half dollar for a play unless you went to a specialty arcade that charged an entrance fee and made all the games free play instead. Despite the drain on my kid funds they were pretty cool. Was able to play a lot of games you just couldn't experience at home or if you could at great sacrifice in some way once ported. Once spent fifty bucks beating Time Crisis 2 with a friend. Honestly as fun as those times were I'm more envious of my father's arcade stories. He got to be there for the Pac-Man days and he talks it up something fierce.

Why are Jewish people like this?

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Honestly everything but the games was pretty iffy, including the machines themselves. I want to say like a movie theatre except everyone is trying to watch a different movie in the same room, but I suppose many younger people have only experienced more modern high end theatres and wouldn't understand the atmosphere I'm referencing.