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We have a little fireside chat going over the gold old days of  the arcade. No notes, no points and in every direction

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Published in Monday, August 10th, 2009, at 11:16 am, and filed under PODCATS.

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4 Responses

  1. Ted Rex Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    HA! I remember before there was arcades as well! Where I used to go swimming they had a submarine game where you stood on a little platform and looked through a periscope (sea wolf?).
    I’ve always said that if money was no option I’d by one of the sit down Star wars vector graphics arcade cabinets.

  2. George George Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    Star Wars arcade *drools*

  3. Ted Rex Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    All three were included on one of the Rogue Squadron games on the gamecube, I played them more than the proper game, they were just so much better.

  4. LisVender LisVender Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am

    I concur with Clint about the Street Fighter II phenomenon. There was really no point in waiting for a half-hour just to get lose to some scary looking Asian gangster who would just as soon beat you up in real life.

    I liked arcade games that offered unique experiences, like Xybots, Spy Hunter, and more recently, Mocap Boxing. I enjoyed beat-em-ups like The Simpsons or Captain Commando, and the rare platformer like Midnight Wanderers or Black Tiger. The only light gun game I played in the arcade was Point Blank. I was a crack shot at that. I was good enough to beat it with one credit on the Hard difficulty. Not Very Hard, though; that was freakin’ tough. I loved that game. The arcade kids thought I was awesome.

    I hated Mortal Kombat, but I loved Midway’s other games. Smash TV and Total Carnage are two of my all-time favorite arcade games. I also got addicted to NBA Hangtime, and its Create-A-Player mode. I loved seeing my character’s name climb the high score tables.

    By the way, was the 80s TV show Starcade ever broadcast in Australia?

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