Bydo's Blog - My Trip to Funspot - Part 1 - The Arcade Experience

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What was the most fun for me was (re)discovering the real arcade atmosphere and the arcade games themselves. I've always been more of a home gamer - I'd rather put the $5 towards a cartridge than spend it on a few minutes of fun. Don't get me wrong, I like arcade games, but I always played home games more. Didn't help that I wasn't even a teenager during the arcade heyday, so getting to and from the arcade wasn't easy, and nowadays it's just a lot cheaper. Funspot made me remember the huge gulf between the coin-op and home ports, and just how freaking cool and fun arcades are.

 

Playing Asteroids, for example. I never noticed the amazing...

 

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