Remember when Arcades were scary?

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

those tokens

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I still had some of those when they went outta buisiness :laugh: Shoulda used em
 

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Anyone have a putt putt golf (arcade) or a malibu in their city? Malibu had them ridges on these quarters so you had to buy their shyt to play.

Plus they have that race track and a nikka had his own L's :ohlawd:
 

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:mjcry: on market street... so much fukkery. Dont even get me started about the spot in irvington on Springfield ave back in the early 90s.
Bum ass blood nikkas tried to jump me at Branchbrook Park Skating Rink in Newark :mjcry: All a nikka wanted to do was play some Marvel Vs Capcom 2, I was only 10 :mjcry:
 

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Bum ass blood nikkas tried to jump me at Branchbrook Park Skating Rink in Newark :mjcry: All a nikka wanted to do was play some Marvel Vs Capcom 2, I was only 10 :mjcry:

:wow: fukk them nikkas breh, i remember going there to chill with this girl and i had to call for a ride because nikkas wanted my throwback jersey :mjcry:
 

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Anyone have a putt putt golf (arcade) or a malibu in their city? Malibu had them ridges on these quarters so you had to buy their shyt to play.

Plus they have that race track and a nikka had his own L's :ohlawd:
they used to have this spot called "Grand Prix Race-O-Rama" near Ft Lauderdale FL. shyt had mini-golf, go-carts, and a HUGE arcade. they had some night where you could play unlimited games for like $10 or some shyt. I was already a little older at the time, and me and my peeps would get all fuct up and just have fun playing the games. but I remember there was always a few knucklehead teenagers fights poppin off every night. there were cops and security there, but that didn't stop them :heh:
 

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They're popping up all over LA. There's one in Portland that I plan on visiting this fall. They said that the hardest part of keeping things going is the lack of parts to keep the machines going. It's all outdated technology and companies don't make it much anymore.

I'd love to open one in the DC area
The one in Portland I think you're talking about is the adult one downtown you can drink at it. The other one is the nickel arcade I believe
 

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Do you all remember the bootleg SFII cabinets? This store in the hood had the "Rainbow Edition" where you could sit in mid air and just throw projectiles.


The bodega next to my building had this shyt in the back next to the crummy rest room and the bowl of cat food, the store was so small and narrow if Pepe saw more than 4 nikkas occupying the arcade and taking up space he would chase them with the machete.. Pepe was gully:salute:
 

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My uncle Dove owned a arcade in swifton commons in Cincinnati I cut my teeth on gaming back than and yeah mostly all that was around were dope boys...

When I became a little hustler myself I used to spend my time at this place called Nicks in Bond Hill and that was when Inwas introduced to Street Fighter 2 which had to be the greatest Arcade movement ever

So yeah arcades I was around was always full of street dudes and hoodrats police wouldn't even come in they'd stand outside
I feel sorry for you young cats who were not around to witness that. . I was right there and did not fully understand the greatness. I still remember the OG Street Fighter. Had rubber pads that you would hit. The harder you hit the harder Ryu laid out the beats.

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When SF2 dropped. . . I used to walk to Monroeville mall and nikkas and cacs would be in there putting in work. They had three SF2 machines going and the wait for each one was hella long. That feeling when you was finally got to lay your quarters on the deck while waiting for your turn. :ohlawd: We was in a suburban mall but I seen nikkas get the beats QUICK for messing with quarters or cutting in line. :ufdup: With this mall the arcade was right near a exit to the mall. So if shyt popped off which happened every once in a while. A nikka could get in two or three good licks and be out the mall in under 30 seconds. :mjpls:
 
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