Even Daigo was getting that real life work in the arcade

[krackdagawd]

Bruh. I remember when Super Street Fighter II Turbo came out, the line was damn near out the door to play that shyt.

Shyt was a popular place to do drug trades.

cutting school to go to the arcade

seeing dudes get stomped out every damn time

hitting the chicken shack that was right by it

getting chased around by truancy

getting caught by truancy


downtown is a completely different place now

 

[MajesticLion]

MvC2 and Soul Calibur produced more than the average amount of sodium content in otherwise stalwart companions.

 

[Doctor Doom]

Washed nikkas heavy back in the day as youngin with my boy Yoshimitsu on Tekken 3. Those sidekicks into the sword swings left bodies laying like Dudes would be sitting there fuming on the sticks like but couldn't say shyt.

Oh and if I hit them with that Back Back Square wind-up sword stab that did like 70% bar on some , dudes hopped out the seat and stood up lookin' at me.

 

[Daio]

One time I got pushed off the game by some adults because I didn't know the "Set your quarter on the screen" etiquette meant you got next.

This was MK3

 

[ryderldb]

Not gonna front. When I was a kid I let a few older dudes win in street fighter cuz they got mad as fukk when I beat them the first time. I ain’t want no problems over a video game

 

[Just like bruddas]

I used to go to the arcade with a 1 dollar and come home with 10.

shyt was wild when Marvel/capcom series hit the scene.

 

[Kairi Irving]

Damn i grew up in the wrong era

I would've been the one in the arcades

 

[YAYU]

One time I got pushed off the game by some adults because I didn't know the "Set your quarter on the screen" etiquette meant you got next.

This was MK3

some kid swiped a bunch of quarters on MvC n tried to flee n right before he reached the door my dad tripped him up n quarters flew everywhere n he got stomped out by the older guys who were up next lol

they gave me their spot


another time on ninja turtles some kid was tryna hold 4 spots for his cuzins. i gave him 2 mins, nobody came, so i put a quarter in. he swung on me so we started fightin n the quarter guy who knew my dad broke it up, took us to the back n said do that shyt out here n let me whoop this kids ass

lol shout out 2 rock n roll in passaic

EDIT:

point being, kids today esp, @ the age im talkin about above, wouldnt last 10 minutes ina arcade today

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Like @General Mills said there was a certain code that if you didn't follow would have you leaking. I was a Tekken player who played King. Can't tell you how many times folks wanted action cause I hit them with the multi grabs. I think MvC2 holds the crown for the amount of salt and drama that game caused. I remember infinites being banned in games. Then MvC2 comes along and its like well get ready for the next match. Mags caused so many fights. The salt that game caused is almost as good as the actual game.

Once nikkas saw that broken Cable..
Hyper Viper Beam..

I’ve saw a white dude get his ass beat for using..
Black heart
Cable
Sentinel..
He started talking cash shyt..
Breh asked me to hold his glasses real quick..
And proceeded to beat his ass into a Guilty Gear machine
That was one vicious ass whooping
Miss those Galleria days

 

[Chef]

Arcades.

 

[xXMASHERXx]

Once nikkas saw that broken Cable..
Hyper Viper Beam..

I’ve saw a white dude get his ass beat for using..
Black heart
Cable
Sentinel..
He started talking cash shyt..
Breh asked me to hold his glasses real quick..
And proceeded to beat his ass into a Guilty Gear machine
That was one vicious ass whooping
Miss those Galleria days

Mags was snapping people in left and right. Then hit you with the trijump into infinite, repeat. And since Capcom didn't realize people would abuse guard break, if you played someone good, once that first character was gone it was likely game over. The good old days.

 

[Gee Mello]

I recall the comic shop in Brooklyn that had the machines in the back, there was one Chinese kid who earned street cred through pure skill. You couldn't take him off, he would just give the stick to the next player when his curfew came. As others mentioned, you caught a beatdown touching those quarters. This was old Brooklyn so the worse you had to worry about was getting stabbed, hands still bailed you and solved most of your problems in the long run. We need to get back to "hands and feet", folks clown "Kid n' Play" rap but that hip hop got everybody the girl they wanted and they all lived to talk about it the morning after.

Ok rant over.

 

[Neuromancer]

Damn nikkas was getting lumped outchea? I always knew it could go down but never had it happen.

 

[The Guru]

Damn nikkas was getting lumped outchea? I always knew it could go down but never had it happen.

Arcades were wild back then. Imagine the salty c*nts online, but you're a kid, they're right in front of you and ten years older.

 

[Neuromancer]

Arcades were wild back then. Imagine the salty c*nts online, but you're a kid, they're right in front of you and ten years older.

Or you're ten years older and they made the mistake of using the n-word to you.