cimerians Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I saw this and can't help but wonder, when's the last time you waited to play an arcade game? I think for me it may have been SFII in the 90's....or maybe Mortal Kombat. It was crazy but its never happened since. http://kotaku.com/its-2016-and-japanese-people-are-lining-up-for-an-arcad-1773067796?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kotaku%2Ffull+%28Kotaku%29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 ..."anime girls that represent warships". Typical kooky Japanese shit right there. And agree about SFII being one of the last arcade games I remember getting all excited about. Cruisin' USA (the deluxe sit-down) might have been the very last I waited in a short line for, come to think of it. Was when Killer Instinct was HUGE, but was content just watching other people play that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Pac-Man at the local roller rink. Used to put our quarters on the monitor glass to stake our place in line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPA5 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 ..."anime girls that represent warships". Typical kooky Japanese shit right there. And agree about SFII being one of the last arcade games I remember getting all excited about. Cruisin' USA (the deluxe sit-down) might have been the very last I waited in a short line for, come to think of it. Was when Killer Instinct was HUGE, but was content just watching other people play that one. That's based on a video game, Kantai Collection, which was then turned into the anime series Kantai Collection: KanColle. It's actually pretty interesting, it's easier to picture something more akin to mechs in a sense than a battleship/human hybrid thing. Anyway, I don't think I've ever had to queue for an arcade game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateers69 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Short line for Dragon's Lair or Space Ace lasted roughly about a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Dragons Lair was one and I had to wait for Donkey Kong sometimes but where I lived Dragons Lair was expensive at 50 cents so you didn't see it overly crowded too often. Funny but because of game hoarding it gave me a chance to try other games. Juno First, Stun Runner, Road Blaster, Rygar, Gladiator and this weird arena fantasy fighter called Hippodrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I sometimes wait in line to play something at Dave & Busters, but the last time I waited in line to play something because it was fun etc would be Mortal Kombat. What was that, 1996? 20 years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I sometimes wait in line to play something at Dave & Busters, but the last time I waited in line to play something because it was fun etc would be Mortal Kombat. What was that, 1996? 20 years ago? Ugh, try 1992! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Might have been Tekken 3 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbalion Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Last game I stood in line for was Star Wars Pod Racer when it came to the mall's arcade here. I actually liked it, but it was too difficult and was replaced rather quick by a fighting game of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimefighter Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Galloping Ghost arcade does a Monday mystery game every week and there's a line to play it and enter a score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I looked up a video of gameplay and I couldn't even begin to figure out what was going on there. Regardless, it seems to have a lot of people excited. And I've noticed Kantai Collection art has taken a fairly similar trajectory to Vocaloid art, so it's clearly a phenomenon as a property. But the last time I had to wait in line for a game in the arcades was the early 90s. I remember huge crowds around the Mortal Kombat II and Killer Instinct machines. After that, there were probably times I had to wait for a guy at the machine to finish, but there was never a line. Mortal Kombat 3 was pretty much the last hurrah of excitement in arcades and the last time I even had to wait for my turn at a machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 KanColle is like Touhou, just saying But I've never waited in line for a game haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldo Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I personally never waited in line to play a game because if the one I wanted to play was full up I'd just find something else to play. The last game I remember having a huge crowd around it was the first Turtles arcade game. That's not to say other games probably didn't have huge crowds, or even lines, but Turtles was the only one that I paid any attention to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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