Remember when Arcades were scary?

[Yehuda]

Capcom vs SNK

Marvel Vs. Capcom

X-Men vs. Street Fighter

 

[NSSVO]

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.

These guys gaming in Sin City and shyt

 

[ORDER_66]

there used to be a blimpies on the corner in lefrak city right off the q72 bus stop, .i got punched in the stomach by some brolick looking ass dude after whipping his ass in super street fighter 2... i was only 13.... not my fault i was nice with deejay... homeboy was like why you cheesin im like im not, and just because your bigger and meaner doesnt mean im gonna soft on you either... i tried to leave out that bytch after second round k.o. he caught me anyway i never heard him coming i shouldve ran...

 

[Art Barr]

For me Arcades was usually played at Movie theaters which was safe, and Miniature Golf/Batting Cage type places.





I live in NY and I'm at y'all nikkas going to grimy places to play games.

dawg, how old are you?

y'all little nikkaz is deprived.
Arcades were the greatest shyt in the world.
especially before and post, wizard.


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

Y'all nikkas was hanging out in the arcade from ninja turtles

nikka, that shyt was real. nikka.

 

[Drones]

I remember some Koreans got into a brawl over Xmen Vs. Street Fighter, one dude ended up getting his head slammed into a pool table. Ah, the late 90s were a great time to be a young video game head.

 

[Canon]

nostalgia like a motherfukker in here

 

[Doctor Wily]

Growing up in the Queens NY/Manhattan arcades ... there were rules to this shyt especially from 1990 to 96.

Rule #1

1) Never play the last arcade cabinet in the corner , where there isn't an exit.
2) never come to the arcade with more than 3 dollars Or anything bigger than a single dollar bill.
3) keep the change jingling sound to a minimum.
4) if by some chance you were somewhere like Far Rockaway or in Brooklyn/Bronx way out of the way without your people's ... make sure if shyt pops off you know your way around the area.
5) White boys carried the most money , you could basically eat off thier quaters.
6) Sometimes you gotta let the grimey hood nikkas win , especially when his people's crowd around you and you keep taking his quaters.

 

[Canada Goose]

dawg, how old are you?

y'all little nikkaz is deprived.
Arcades were the greatest shyt in the world.
especially before and post, wizard.


Art Barr

I'm 23...

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

Scary ?

naw..we always went with the full squad at least 6 - 10 deep just incase it went down

maybe when I first heard the joint got robbed and they had people in there stripping..we still went back tho but consoles took over

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

This story was one I told in another thread. Anybody from the north bronx knows that the cue lounge off Boston post rd was a scary place to be at if you didn't know anybody. Lots of projects kids went there and the unwritten rules to gaming were to dress bummy, never carry lots of money and never go alone. I saw some scary shyt there and I consider this the worst.

When I was a kid in the Bronx all my friends used to hang out at this videogame/pool hall called the cue lounge. We was like 9 and there was this kid who was like 17 rocking an 8-ball jacket. Some goons there saw him and started pressing him for his jacket. They waited for him to leave the spot and beat that nikka skull to the white meat for his coat. We was all there watching as these savage nikkas stomped him out and took his coat, sneakers and pants. shyt looked like one of national geographic shows where the hyenas be fighting each other for a piece of antelope meat. When they was done he was a bloody heap on the concrete in his underwear. I won't lie that shyt scared me because of the savagery of the beating. Also because not one person waking by offered to help. No one. People just kept walking like nothing happened. That shyt taught me that if you in a jam in public no one is gonna save you. I also became very conscious of the things I wore after that because I never wanted to end up like that dude was.

 

[IDFWU]

what about newer places like Dave and Busters that are adult themed with liquor

 

[The Emperor]

I do remember...
Arcades used to be dark as shyt...
I was always afraid to walk in as a little kid in the mall...

 

[The Emperor]

If you weren't born 85 or earlier you can't relate...

 

[KangCraSS]

PussAZZNYKUGH You!!! You make it sound like the arcade was a post apocalyptic battlefield .. It was just a bunch of goofies with a shyt ton of change in they pockets..