The More Things Change
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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.. Cuz I'm cultured like that, innit.
Those last three panels are great! Diddy Erin, abusive arcade machine; love it.
I was lucky and never spent that much time or money in arcades - I grew up in a small town where the arcade was shit and outdated. I did get some use out of Ridge Racer though. Oh man, the trip to Japan in my early twenties and losing myself in multi-floored arcades there. Fuck yeah.
Those last three panels are great! Diddy Erin, abusive arcade machine; love it.
I was lucky and never spent that much time or money in arcades - I grew up in a small town where the arcade was shit and outdated. I did get some use out of Ridge Racer though. Oh man, the trip to Japan in my early twenties and losing myself in multi-floored arcades there. Fuck yeah.
The amount of quarters I've wasted on Tetris, Pac-Man and that one Simpsons Arcade game.
It was probably enough to provide medical care to a small country...
It was probably enough to provide medical care to a small country...
Wallet Quest seems like the name Microsoft wants to use for every single game this new generation.
Flying Spaghetti Monster helps us all. Or, you know, just don't buy their games.
Flying Spaghetti Monster helps us all. Or, you know, just don't buy their games.
Nothing made me happier in my youth than 5 dollars worth or quarters and a few hours with nothing better to do. This was back when arcade machines actually only cost 25 cents to play and it was a rare few that were 50 cents. Both of the local arcades were shut down at point. One has reopened but it's mostly all ticket dispensing type stuff and that just depresses me. However my friend's daughter loves that place so I still have fun there.
I feel like the only difference between then and now is that the arcade machines now support the use of credit cards and PayPal. I remember wishing I could just swipe my bank card at the machine rather than walking to the opposite end of the shopping center where my local arcade was to get cash out from the ATM. I guess they do say to be careful what you wish for...
Huh, I don't know in the glorious empire of America, but in my area we have this arcade that gets completely full on Friday afternoons, specially the Guitar Hero game. Obviously, the most popular games are very different from the past, but the method is still the same: put coins in, play game for, at most, thirty minutes (unless you are a very good player).tehroc said:
Yeah, that sounds about right.
My brothers were big indoor soccer players when they were kids so I'd always be getting dragged around to their games. Luckily most of the places had mini-arcades with 4 or 5 games. I remember I'd be given a couple dollars and burn through it in about 20 minutes.
But then one day...*GASP!!!* I received a 5 dollar bill! Oh most glorious of days! With 20 quarters in my pocket, I was assured I could finally beat The Simpsons arcade game!!!!
Turns out it just barely wasn't enough.
My brothers were big indoor soccer players when they were kids so I'd always be getting dragged around to their games. Luckily most of the places had mini-arcades with 4 or 5 games. I remember I'd be given a couple dollars and burn through it in about 20 minutes.
But then one day...*GASP!!!* I received a 5 dollar bill! Oh most glorious of days! With 20 quarters in my pocket, I was assured I could finally beat The Simpsons arcade game!!!!
Turns out it just barely wasn't enough.
I still prefer getting bilked for coins by an arcade cabinet to surrendering credit card data to F2P games.
There's something "purer" about arcade machines. Maybe it's because it's only a quarter (or even a nickel if you're really lucky) for a game, and you go for as long as you stay alive.
There's something "purer" about arcade machines. Maybe it's because it's only a quarter (or even a nickel if you're really lucky) for a game, and you go for as long as you stay alive.