MAME ROW #15

lilbud

To be honest, I've never been to a real arcade. But, if I did, I'd be broke right now. Especially after the likes of Aliens and Phoenix.

meleu

@lilbud said in MAME ROW #15:

To be honest, I've never been to a real arcade.

cerealguy

Just kidding! Now my turn to tell my arcade story. My father forbade me to go to arcades and I had to go without his consent. I was the guy who never use continues, I started from the beggining just to maximize the time playing. :-)

mediamogul

@meleu said in MAME ROW #15:

My father forbade me to go to arcades

That's terrible. Although, it must have been a thrill to go when you were able.

UDb23

@meleu When I saw first Arcade games ... Arcades did not even exist. You could find single games at Bars.
Space invaders, Arkanoid, Scramble, Vanguard, Cosmic Guerilla... these were the first I played.
:-))

mediamogul

@UDb23 said in MAME ROW #15:

When I saw first Arcade games ... Arcades did not even exist. You could find single games at Bars.

Very cool. Although, seeing things in Bars that don't exist anywhere else is a bit of a warning sign to most people. Proclaiming that you were only trying to stop the giant gorilla from throwing barrels at you doesn't help matters either.

lilbud

@meleu I wish I could upvote this a million times.

And for my story. I was born LONG after the advent of arcades. That is why I have never been to a real one...they don't exist anymore. The closest I have been to an arcade would either be...Ed's Funcade, or the pinball museum north of here.

mediamogul

@lilbud said in MAME ROW #15:

The closest I have been to an arcade would either be...Ed's Funcade

Boardwalk arcades are still arcades. Plus, Ed's Funcade has been around for well over 30 years, making it the original article. You're also not too awfully far away from FunSpot which has the largest collection of retro arcade games in the world. I plan on visiting a friend of mine in Boston this summer and we he hope to make a trip in that direction while I'm there.

UDb23

@mediamogul
At first Bars, then Arcades came and no more games in Bars... then no more Arcades. :-(
Now Retropie! :-))

lilbud

@mediamogul said

You're also not too awfully far away from FunSpot

That's at least a 7-8 hour drive away from where I am. Still, I wish Ed's had more real arcade games. Galaga, Donkey Kong...etc.

TBH if I saw a Phoenix machine in the flesh, I probably start looking for the nearest sledgehammer :)

mediamogul

@lilbud said in MAME ROW #15:

That's at least a 7-8 hour drive away from where I am.

7-8 hours is my outer limit of acceptability for a road trip these days, but it is probably too far just to visit an arcade.

UDb23

FYI
@mviars set up a poll to request new overlays.

meleu

Hey! Today is Monday, right!
Let's move to the MAME ROW #16!

UDb23

@meleu yeah, but first we have to congratulate this week's winner: you!

mediamogul