I never understood how cats knew all the moves to arcade games back in the day

[N*E*R*D]

I remember the first time I saw Mortal Kombat II in arcades shyt hadn't been there for a long time. Dudes already knew all the special moves, fatalities, and everything. I'm standing there like... watching dudes go to work with Jax and Kitana.

Same thing with Killer Instinct seemed like everybody knew how to do these wild ass combos with everybody. Remember one day a dude gave me that work with Cinder nikka did like a 80 hit ultra combo.

I read Gamepro like everybody during the 90s but I don't think they was giving out complete move lists like that to games in the arcades.

I guess dudes just stayed in the arcades and tried different shyt but I was always amazed @ the talent I saw back in the 90s with those fighting games. If you would see an Asian in the military you already knew you was about to get that work in street fighter II.

Another instance was when Mortal Kombat first dropped in theaters. At the time I hadn't saw Mortal Kombat 3 yet just still pics in magazines. Seeing it in motion and nikkas turning into animals and doing all these wild ass combos was crazy. Uppercutting nikkas to different stages was like ..Nostalgia is crazy brehs. I miss those days of gaming I would give up all this shyt to go back to those days.

First time I saw Lee on run up a nikka body and slam on him in Tekken...

Share your arcade experiences brehs

 

[Mindfield333]

The wildest move I've seen was King from tekken roll you around in a ball for the whole match until you KO

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

The same way we do now at home, but it cost .50 each loss instead of $59.99 up front

 

[N*E*R*D]

The wildest move I've seen was King from tekken roll you around in a ball for the whole match until you KO

Dudes that knew how to link King's throws

shyt was masterpiece theater breh watching nikkas that was actually nice @ games play and draw a crowd.

 

[Ill-Mind]

I remember getting movelists for most of the big name fighters from EGM, sometimes Gamepro. I miss the ol arcade days

 

[Zebruh]

I remember when I would go to a local arcade, it was always this fat greasy acne covered dude just whooping ASS at MK. I would try going on days that wouldn't seem so busy, dude was STILL there. Just SERVING dudes.

He was only good at MK. Seen him get served something fierce at Tekken, and I handled him a couple times on SF2.

 

[StatUS]

Feeling the Tekken love in here

 

[PS5 Pro]

I remember the first time I saw Mortal Kombat II in arcades shyt hadn't been there for a long time. Dudes already knew all the special moves, fatalities, and everything. I'm standing there like... watching dudes go to work with Jax and Kitana.

Same thing with Killer Instinct seemed like everybody knew how to do these wild ass combos with everybody. Remember one day a dude gave me that work with Cinder nikka did like a 80 hit ultra combo.

I read Gamepro like everybody during the 90s but I don't think they was giving out complete move lists like that to games in the arcades.

I guess dudes just stayed in the arcades and tried different shyt but I was always amazed @ the talent I saw back in the 90s with those fighting games. If you would see an Asian in the military you already knew you was about to get that work in street fighter II.

Another instance was when Mortal Kombat first dropped in theaters. At the time I hadn't saw Mortal Kombat 3 yet just still pics in magazines. Seeing it in motion and nikkas turning into animals and doing all these wild ass combos was crazy. Uppercutting nikkas to different stages was like ..Nostalgia is crazy brehs. I miss those days of gaming I would give up all this shyt to go back to those days.

First time I saw Lee on run up a nikka body and slam on him in Tekken...

Share your arcade experiences brehs

I don't know how either, you make a very good point. The day MKII hit my local movie theater (we'd go there to hit the arcade up) This spanish guy who hardly spoke english was doing all the fatalities with Johnny Cage and taught me his moves basically. I still use JC til this day because of that dude, didn't realize that til now When I'd ask him how he knew how to do all that he'd just smile on some

I swear he never told me. I think if you bought the arcade there is either a manual or maybe the machine might tell you if it was switched to a different "mode" maybe?

As for your nostolgia? It was like that because it was new exciting ways of gaming. Now you seen everything so you dont get as excited. And developers are not really going for anything outside the box these days. Gamers got SF4, now when I hear them talk, its almost on a COD type level where they don't wan't to try anything that isn't SF4. Before they even play it they'll be like "Uh.... that don't look like SF4 gameplay, I don't know "

Killer Instinct looks to break that mold, but overall we'll need more than new versions of old franchises unless the gameplay is completely different.

Or if you a kid, then these games now make there hearts sing like those games did for us...

 

[ugksam]

a lot of the special moves were shown during the "demo" of the game before you have put in quarters. some machines even had a list of special moves on the cabinet.

 

[mortuus est]

but how did they remember all taht shyt tho, dont arcades have time limits and you have to pay

 

[daze23]

I remember when Mortal Kombat came out, and no one really knew the finishing moves. that "Finish Him!" shyt would pop up, and cats would wiggle the joystick, hit some buttons, and hope something happened... and dude would just throw some weak elbow or some shyt

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

Yep when the MKs hit there was always that one dude getting all the pops.Knew all the fatalitys.There would be like 20 people hovered around the machine.

 

[MikelArteta]

I remember when I would go to a local arcade, it was always this fat greasy acne covered dude just whooping ASS at MK. I would try going on days that wouldn't seem so busy, dude was STILL there. Just SERVING dudes.

He was only good at MK. Seen him get served something fierce at Tekken, and I handled him a couple times on SF2.

replace fat greasy acne covered dude with this skinny short asian kid with glasses named sean i remember the arcade game was soul edge and dude would take everyones lunch

 

[N*E*R*D]

I remember when Mortal Kombat came out, and no one really knew the finishing moves. that "Finish Him!" shyt would pop up, and cats would wiggle the joystick, hit some buttons, and hope something happened... and dude would just throw some weak elbow or some shyt

Yup I never saw the finishing moves until my mans showed me them on Genesis. Dude came over with that mortal kombat on Genesis knew the blood code and all the fatalities nikka was like god status.

To throw another monkey wrench about how games are different now. Back in the 90s game series were on both consoles with different games which made it mandatory to own both a Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Dudes had Contra III Alien Wars on SNES and Contra Hard Corps on Sega Genesis. Turtles in Time IV on SNES and Turtles Hyper stone Heist on Sega Genesis. Both systems had Beavis and Butthead but they were two totally different games. 16bit era was amazing brehs.

 

[Kaydigi]

watching dudes get robbed and stabbed because you threw him in street fighter 2