Remember when Arcades were scary?

[Fatboi1]

Nikkas had they life on the line over fatalities .

 

[Mantle Drunk]

So people in this thread got to be young as shyt because I wasn't even talking about nyc and there shocked . I'm from Long Island and shyt was to real. You either had some psycho hip hop heads or straight up grunge nirvana etc... Dudes who were in and out of jail who would fukk your life up if they wanted to roaming the aracades shyt was scary being a young kid. shyt was intense grimes motherfukkers regardless if it was a card shop or mall or anywhere it was literally almost a kid free zone

 

[Greenhornet]

shyt was fun back then if you knew what you were doing
it was the same shyt as pool halls

 

[Lord Beasley]

what kind of arcades where you mother fukkers going to?

weed smoke?
gang fights?
kidnapping?
molestation?



i used to play arcade games at the pizzeria or go to Nathans in Yonkers every now and again.

Yeah I came in this bytch like " I don't remember fun time pizza being like this"

And sack n save had splatterhouse between the meat market and dairy areas

Minyards had samurai shodown up front.

And the only other arcades I went to were in malls. Y'all niccas

 

[itsyoung!!]

If you an 80s baby your arcades were different than the 90s babies arcades which is probably why people arent understanding

 

[Wild self]

If you an 80s baby your arcades were different than the 90s babies arcades which is probably why people arent understanding

Arcades were meant only for the super skilled muthafukkas. It was like Hip Hop back then: if you couldn't compete at a high level, you had no business playing the arcade. I seen security guards all @ nikkas shouting at each other after a match in SFII and dudes were on that super thug shyt like it was the jailyard.

 

[unseen]

Arcade days were great

All these sheltered console nerds these days don't have a clue

Street fighter 2 was the peak of gaming

It was serious business. If you were good at Street fighter and pissed off people you better have beenready to fight for real. Maybe even get shot.

I miss those days.

These console fags think they are sport stars and celebs now. I would dead all of them.

The 7/11s when they used to have a couple of arcade machines kids would literally be up in there all day annoying and fukking with the clerks

 

[EA]

Yo, being an 80's baby sounds wild as hell

When I was growing up, arcades were really light hearted and filled with mostly kids. You had the grungy haired guys that stayed dominating Tekken 2 & Soul Blade and they took those games very seriously but other than that, you could play everything without too much hassle.

 

[Liquid]

Yo, being an 80's baby sounds wild as hell

When I was growing up, arcades were really light hearted and filled with mostly kids. You had the grungy haired guys that stayed dominating Tekken 2 & Soul Blade and they took those games very seriously but other than that, you could play everything without too much hassle.

WEAK

I would imagine that kids that were anywhere between 15-17 back when SF2 was on and popping had to debate whether they should come strapped to the pit.

 

[spliz]

Damn I miss the 90s...if u wasn't nice u wouldn't go near them muthafukkas unless u was at like a Nathans or some shyt..lol...nikkas used to get they ass whooped over Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat...

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

I used to play at various spots across the Northern VA area, and some were type sketchy as well. Dimly lit, could smoke indoors still (a few you could still do so up until the early 00's). I remember seeing a number of physical fights over games when cats were cheap with the unblockable throwing in MK1.

On a note, what was the old school term for players that used to do stuff like that back in arcade games? That was pretty much the only way that they could win.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I remember I lost my job but I didnt want my wife to know so I started goin to the arcade.

Her homegirl's husband snitched me out to his wife, then she told my wife, who left work to come find me at the arcade.

Nothin more embarrassing than gettin scolded by your wife in front of a bunch of 17 & 18 yr olds

 

[Whitty Hutton]

LOL @ fear of molestation. But now I think about it we used to go to Crazy Johns in Bmore right across the street from a block full of strip joints and sex shops, so who knows who was lurking down there on our young booties


Fighting games being mentioned, but NBA Jam used to get nikkas HEATED too. Somebody get on fire and score 20 straight, or shove the soul out nikkas aint take the ball every time they cross half-court and you see somebody ready to snap
Remember dude scored like 15 unanswered points in the 4th qtr with Scottie Pippen to beat the Sonics. He shot and made a 3 pointer for no reason at the end of the game while imitating Marv Albert, like "Pipped for THREEEEEE! YESSS!!" Dude that lost was cusssing out the game the whole time, and at that point was like

Jumped on him like a cougar and then nikkas start fighting. Sodas and pizza was flying everywhere

 

[Liquid]

Nikkas had they life on the line over fatalities .

What you knew about the easiest fatality to pull off in MK2?

B, B, High Punch = Head Chopped Off Clean

 

[klientel]

Arcades made me racist as fukk back in the day. I had a legit hatred for Vietnamese dudes back then. When one put his quarter up you just KNEW that fukkin dude was gonna be a beast.