Poll: How long has it been since you've played a game in an arcade?

[DrDeath3191]

We all know that the popularity of arcades pretty much died with the eighties. However, some arcades do still exist. When was the last time you played an arcade game?

I can't even remember the last time I played an arcade game. I do believe it was at a Dave and Busters, though. Anyone know the one where you pilot mechs in an actual cockpit while facing a lot of other people? That thing was freakin' cool.

 

[Souplex]

Arcades kind of died 13 years ago.

 

[cambodiancam]

It was two years ago and it was house of the dead #?. And arcades are very rare now a days, which is a shame because I love me some pinball!

 

[Gardenclaw]

At our local Bowling alley they have an arcade section. Played jurassic park where you sit in the jeep a few weeks back. We beat the game too . It was showing its age though. Loads of the backgrounds and textures were merging into each other. The T-rex that was mostly coloured like a pepsi machine was quality.

 

[Herb sewell]

Played Time Crisis 3 just this weekend while waiting for a movie to start.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

This past weekend. First time in a long time, and probably gonna be the last time for a while.
Time Crisis 4. I can get to the first boss fight in one credit before he tears me apart (I don't think he gets the red you're-about-to-be-shot warning)

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

Never.

 

[Zayren]

A long time.

Too long...

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

What's an Arcade anyways? Did Xbox make up a word or something? WTF is Xbox Live ARCADE?

OT: Never been to one. Had the chance. Didn't care.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

It's been a while actually. I haven't even been near an arcade for a couple months at the most.

 

[CopperBoom]

Within the last few months I have gone to a Dave & Busters, when I was in Tempe, Arizona I ended up at a near Sega Gameworks Arcade thing.

It was fun, I played a lot of the Rambo arcade, but it was so bloody expensive.

(HOW EXPENSIVE WAS IT?)

Well, voice-in-my-head, it was so expensive they do not even use tokens anymore, it is all plastic. Put it in a credit card and convert it to "points" all you want I still know that I am paying two bucks a game.

It was fun though, made me feel younger again.

What about at the cinema? Does that count?
I am always out to them a few times a week and though I personally do not go, I know they all have a corner for Air Hockey, games of chance, DDR & Guitar Hero now.

 

[Spectrum_Prez]

Your poll lacks an option for a few years ago so I didn't put anything.

Yeah, during my gap year between high school and Uni I spent a whole lot of time on the Crazy Taxi machine at the local arcade. It was the only game I played. A lot of my friends liked going to the arcade to do stuff like DDR and other rhythm games or shooters, so I would tag along and try to set new high scores on the San Francisco map. God I miss that game.

There's a PC port of that game but the soundtrack is different, it controls weird, and the performance is horrible because it hasn't been optimized at all.

 

[stone0042]

Actually I voted wrong in the poll. Forgot Dave and Busters for some reason, that was a few months ago. I put that I didn't remember

 

[0p3rati0n]

I haven't been to my Brunzwiks Zones Arcade in forever. I haven't even gone bowling in a while. But it was fun times. Ghost Squad was my favorite game and then I got it on my Wii and I finished the whole thing!!!!........ then I sold the game.

 

[Manhattan2112]

Aftershock Retrogames, when I was 8, I played Metal Slug.

 

[hotdogoctopus]

Too long.

 

[Acaroid]

We all know that the popularity of arcades pretty much died with the eighties. However, some arcades do still exist. When was the last time you played an arcade game?

I can't even remember the last time I played an arcade game. I do believe it was at a Dave and Busters, though. Anyone know the one where you pilot mechs in an actual cockpit while facing a lot of other people? That thing was freakin' cool.

Ummm go to the movies every few weeks and always go to the arcades when waiting for it to start.

Oh and what is with all the save cards with arcade machines now days?

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

A few years ago maybe. I think every arcane in my area is closed, aside from the little game corners in like movie theaters or Walmart.