Do you miss any of these?

[Dylflon]

Hey Blix. It's been a long time, been a long time, been a long, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely tiii-iiiime.

[Vampyr]

Sadly we didn't have any arcades near where I lived growing up.

As far as I know there aren't any near where I live now either.

If you're interested, though, STRIDE (the gum) is sponsoring the Save the Arcades program:

http://savethearcades.stridegum.com/

And Zachary Quinto of Heroes and Star Trek fame was recently involved:

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/0...helps-arcades/

[Typhoid]

I never went to an arcade. The only times I was really at one was when I was little on the ferry going to the Island, or at a movie theatre waiting for tickets to be bought.


What I miss, are long games. Games nowadays are really short. Me and my friend beat Halo 3, Bioshock, ODST (other games like that) the day we got them, in one sitting.


I like the cases the way they are now. The PS3 cases are mighty snazzy. I do miss cartridges though.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

I never went to an arcade. The only times I was really at one was when I was little on the ferry going to the Island, or at a movie theatre waiting for tickets to be bought.


What I miss, are long games. Games nowadays are really short. Me and my friend beat Halo 3, Bioshock, ODST (other games like that) the day we got them, in one sitting.


I like the cases the way they are now. The PS3 cases are mighty snazzy. I do miss cartridges though.

I don't know if games were longer or just more forgiven.

I mean most games like Sonic, Mario, Castlevania and stuff weren't that long. It tended to be the RPGs and stuff. More made up length by either forcing you to beat in one sitting or having insanely difficult encounters.

[Blix]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Sadly we didn't have any arcades near where I lived growing up.

As far as I know there aren't any near where I live now either.

If you're interested, though, STRIDE (the gum) is sponsoring the Save the Arcades program:

http://savethearcades.stridegum.com/

And Zachary Quinto of Heroes and Star Trek fame was recently involved:

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/0...helps-arcades/

Wow! Thanks for the info. I didn't know. I'll check it out.

And Dylflon is alive!!! Nice to see you.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Sadly we didn't have any arcades near where I lived growing up.

As far as I know there aren't any near where I live now either.

If you're interested, though, STRIDE (the gum) is sponsoring the Save the Arcades program:

http://savethearcades.stridegum.com/

And Zachary Quinto of Heroes and Star Trek fame was recently involved:

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/0...helps-arcades/

The closest arcade to us is in Nashville, TN. Game Galaxy. It's owned by Jason Wilson who was one of the top players in the world during Street Fighter II hayday. It was one of the first arcades in the nation to get BlazBlue. About an 3 hour drive from lexington, maybe less.