/vr/ - Retro Games

>be 10, mid 1990's
>only been to an arcade once with friends for a birthday party
>find out there's an arcade place near me that recently opened
>ask my dad to take me to check it out
>walk around, looks like a pre-dave and buster's douche depot
>arcade games look boring
>notice all the coin slots have a note
>"tokens only"
>tokens are each more than 25 cents
>guy at a counter asks if we need help
>"no, just looking around"
>leave
>find out the place closed down about a year later

Good riddance to that trash. I'm sure plenty of arcades were fun back in that day, but that place sucked ass and decided to close.

Alternatively:

>2000
>huge mall near me opened arcade on 4th floor
>20-30 machines
>everything was fun to play
>spend a bunch of time with friends there
>participate in world of underground dance dance revolution gambling
>had chubby black friend who danced really well, we would hustle chumps who challenged him

One of my favorite games there was a mocap boxing game where you wore weighted gloves and had to punch and duck to avoid hits. That game made me feel like a champ.

>mfw