Remember when Arcades were scary?

[John Mayer]

I've only seen arcades in video games.

 

[daze23]

lemme hold a quarter

 

[Liquid]

lemme hold a quarter

"You Ate My Quarter"

I had many try this on me back in the day

 

[baybulldogs]

When i was 10 to 12 years of age, my gambling addicted uncle use to drop me off at casino arcades for sometime like 8 hours at a time. Scariest thing was some white dude one night kept looking at me, asking me who was i with.

 

[Wild self]

I was in arcades in the 80's and 90's....to anyone that thinks this thread is bullshyt, or exaggerating, you need to look at it in perspective.

Crime was out of control, basically everywhere back then. I don't just mean NY or Cali, I mean crime over all was a lot higher than now. Take that into account, now remember arcades were full of teen agers....also take into account there wasn't cameras all over the place, or cell phones to call for help....and you have the recipe for fukkery.

Fred.

On top of that, cats were mad confrontational about anything. If you looked at them wrong, then in advance.

 

[Los!]

Long story short anyone who remembers the first Double Dragon it was basically you and your brother fought through waves of gangs to rescue ONE bytch.

When y'all got to the end Y'all had to scrap with each other for the one chick, I was a beast at the game at this particular arcade I whooped dude ass at the end and for those who know me here from Bf I talk plenty shyt lol called dude all kinds of bytches. I was a little ass dude 5'2 in the seventh grade when this shyt was going down.

Next day I roll up in the same arcade it was across the street from my school which at the time was the baddest middle school in the city. A gang of dudes surrounded me and was gonna fukk me up for no reason lol.

Dude I fukked up the day before at the end of Double Dragon stopped them nikkas like naw lil homey cool.

Man I was sweating bullets thinking about the jumpin/ stomping I was about to receive

 

[Jax]

Long story short anyone who remembers the first Double Dragon it was basically you and your brother fought through waves of gangs to rescue ONE bytch.

When y'all got to the end Y'all had to scrap with each other for the one chick, I was a beast at the game at this particular arcade I whooped dude ass at the end and for those who know me here from Bf I talk plenty shyt lol called dude all kinds of bytches. I was a little ass dude 5'2 in the seventh grade when this shyt was going down.

Next day I roll up in the same arcade it was across the street from my school which at the time was the baddest middle school in the city. A gang of dudes surrounded me and was gonna fukk me up for no reason lol.

Dude I fukked up the day before at the end of Double Dragon stopped them nikkas like naw lil homey cool.

Man I was sweating bullets thinking about the jumpin/ stomping I was about to receive

they was about to snatch them chains up

 

[same damn lo sweater]

funny ass thread. i played in all types of places from malls, bowling alleys, a dingy motel that actually had decent games, corner store on the way to school, and never had a bad experience

 

[Los!]

they was about to snatch them chains up

Bout to take my pumas off a young playa's feet

Back then certain arcades were not to be traveled to on your solo

 

[KevCo]

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.

thats what Im saying...the fukk??? thought it was just me as I wasnt raised in a city....we had one of those Dream Machine arcades, shyt was great...they updated all their old machines every few months, you could always find something you hadnt played before. Also have this old place on the boardwalk downtown that has all the old machines they never get rid of shyt...I could go there this spring and play street fighter 2. They even have the old paperboy joint in the back that still works.(has a bike connected to it and whatnot)

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

thats what Im saying...the fukk??? thought it was just me as I wasnt raised in a city....we had one of those Dream Machine arcades, shyt was great...they updated all their old machines every few months, you could always find something you hadnt played before. Also have this old place on the boardwalk downtown that has all the old machines they never get rid of shyt...I could go there this spring and play street fighter 2. They even have the old paperboy joint in the back that still works.(has a bike connected to it and whatnot)

i grew up in the bronx.
i played in pizza joints and i never had any problems.

 

[Zero]

I had Greenbrier Mall, Pizza Hut, and Soap n Suds laundromat

Ya'll nikkas trippin :timmyimout:

 

[daze23]

Dream Machine arcades

damn you takin me back. the arcade in the mall by me was a Dream Machine

those tokens

 

[Roid Jones]

I was only worried about the goons who would roam the area and getting embarrassed on Street Fighter

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

I had Greenbrier Mall, Pizza Hut, and Soap n Suds laundromat

Ya'll nikkas trippin :timmyimout:

Was it a Aladdin's castle in Greenbriar? I don't remember. I used to go to the wack ass arcade in Underground Atlanta.