Was The Arcade Scene Dangerous Back In The Day?

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[jadillac]

I can barely remember that shyt. you would play mad games, and then eat pizza while watching that animatronics show. man I loved that shyt...

no lie, one of my earliest memories as a kid was hiding under the table and holding my moms leg b/c I was terrified of those big ass characters. And I think back then, they had someone who dressed up and walked around.

 

[Swiggy]

Playing this while waiting for your pizza at a legit pizzeria

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Its amazing that there were not weekly fatalities at Michigan fun center lol

 

[Tom]

depends on what type of neighborhood the arcade was located in


Asians and Whites are less likely to get hostile after a loss then say Hispanics or blacks


No ism' but this is real life brehs

 

[patscorpio]

i remember me and my brother were at bradlees standing around waiting to get in for mortal kombat 2...2 cats were playing and one of them executed a friendship and dude who lost got pissed talmbout "THE fukk YOU MEAN FRIENDSHIP?!!!!!"..a big ass fight broke out..police had to be involved...me and my brother dipped just in case some even more ill shyt popped off

 

[King Sun]

depends on what type of neighborhood the arcade was located in


Asians and Whites are less likely to get hostile after a loss then say Hispanics or blacks


No ism' but this is real life brehs

lol how inaccurate this is especially when arcades was popping back in cali. It was actually the other way around

 

[Pedro Negro]

'fukk you lookin' at nikka?!'

yo did anyone in new york used to go to those arcades in times square back in the days?

shyt seemed real seedy

My pops used to drop my ass off at Playland when when I was like 8 or 9 and come back after a few hours. Anyone that remembers the infamous Playland will tell you that place was straight up grimy. Many a quarter burned in there.

Arcades used to be poppin in NYC back in the late 80's/early 90's.

The last one I know of is over in Whitestone, Queens across from the movie theater. This place called Smiler's or something. shyt had the same games for the past 12 years but it's an old school arcade.

 

[Pedro Negro]

I remember playing Street Fighter II for hours and putting quarters up on the dash to let people know I was next in line to play.

Them moments when you put ya quarter up and the machine has a space in it and the coin falls in.

 

[DaylitoJames]

i remember me and my brother were at bradlees standing around waiting to get in for mortal kombat 2...2 cats were playing and one of them executed a friendship and dude who lost got pissed talmbout "THE fukk YOU MEAN FRIENDSHIP?!!!!!"..a big ass fight broke out..police had to be involved...me and my brother dipped just in case some even more ill shyt popped off

I am dying laughing!

 

[manyfaces]

I got into the same kinda argument about moms taking me to Boblo Island and me wanting to play in the arcade. But with Canada's exchange rate, you got $1.25 for every US $1. So You could eat good @ the arcades there.

Use to hit the arcade they would have on the boat, then hit the one at the park too. Moms would always be on some "You played games all the way here," but realistically Boblo only had bout 3 rides worth riding. I remember we would hit up a joint in Windsor called Fast Eddy's. 2 floors of games with that exchange rate had a nikka .

You must be talking about Alphabase....that shyt go tore down and is the Wayne State welcome center now lol

Nah, I just remembered what it was. It was Roscoes. They would always have some new shyt up in there.

 

[manyfaces]

I remember when Wonderland Mall was up, and they had a pretty dope arcade. Mortal Kombat II just dropped, and let's go ahead and call that shyt a movement

My brother and I would drive all the way to Livonia from Detroit to get at some MKII, and we'd bring his 1 year old daughter with us. We'd give her a snack, and leave her chilling in her stroller while we were puttin in work at the arcade

To be such a shytty mall, it had one of the better arcades around the city, and a great food court too. Remember it was one of the first to have MvC2 and when I first tried it I straight got handled by a nikka using Cable. I was a beast on the original but I didn't know wtf I was doing when I got on that shyt. I don't even think I really got a chance to move.

I also remember getting caught in one of those endless ultra combos playing Killer Instinct for the first time at the Super K in Dearborne near Fairlane. I would always jump on if I saw something new. Wouldn't really care about getting my ass beat, cause I knew once I got a chance to learn it I would be a beast.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

To be such a shytty mall, it had one of the better arcades around the city, and a great food court too. Remember it was one of the first to have MvC2 and when I first tried it I straight got handled by a nikka using Cable. I was a beast on the original but I didn't know wtf I was doing when I got on that shyt. I don't even think I really got a chance to move.

I also remember getting caught in one of those endless ultra combos playing Killer Instinct for the first time at the Super K in Dearborne near Fairlane. I would always jump on if I saw something new. Wouldn't really care about getting my ass beat, cause I knew once I got a chance to learn it I would be a beast.

all the Detroit memories in here brehs

I remember playing X Men: Children of the Atom for the first time at Mammoth on Grand River & Greenfield while i was getting airbrushed t-shirt...the shyt felt like the future....


then i saw this nikka Cyclops..........BEHOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!


*MEGA OPTIC BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

 

[Rocket Scientist]

You went to the Arcade to play a fighting game and to actual fight Mortal Kombatand Street Fighter almost made dudes lose their lives for real.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

They use to have this arcade called "Discovery Zone" and the little kids use to be fighting each other.Lil dudes wilding trying to play skee ball