Hello everyone,
You will see a Tilt or Fun Factory in a mall every so often, several arcade games tucked away at a hotel or casino, or you will have a large pool hall with some coin-operated games that don't work. Unfortunately, these places have only a few people in them, but the people who are there are some of the greatest gamers out there.
When you play a game online, you can trash-talk all you want because no one knows who you are. On the other hand, at an arcade, you are wide open. At any time someone can challenge you or take up arms as an ally. Arcade gamers know how good a person is at a game just by looking at them.
During the glory days of arcade gaming in Hawaii there was a game called Marvel Vs. Capcom 2. This game was pure genius with over 40 characters. Most of these characters were locked and only unlocked when someone beats the game with a particular character or enough credits have been plugged into the machine.
There were two arcades to play this game which created a sense of guilds. Players from Tilt would go to Fun Factory to see what new characters their MVC2 (Marvel Vs. Capcom 2) machine had, and of course came to compete with the best players of that arcade.
I played at both quite often and soon became an admirable player amongst the MVC2 community. Instead of doing infinite combos posted on the Internet practiced daily, I would try out character combinations. In MVC2 you can choose 3 characters that work together as a team combining super powers or just assisting with an uppercut when you get pinned on a wall. My combination was with Zangief's lariat assist combined with B.B. Hood's super special. The outcome would be a half-life opponent that just got schooled by medium level characters.
Fighting games were the dominant genre at the arcade, but they have slowly being dieing out because of their small amount. There are only three series of fighting-games out there that anyone plays. They are: Street Fighter (which includes MVC2), Soul Caliber, and Tekken. These series of fighting games are the only ones producing new arcade titles.
Of course there are other coin-operated genres, but none that deliver much revenue. Arcades are only surviving due to ticket games. These ticket games have a very small market and will not bring arcades back to what they used to be.
If you want to see true gamers, go out to your local arcades and just watch these people take down the AI, or plug some coins in and give it your best.
...Marty out...
You will see a Tilt or Fun Factory in a mall every so often, several arcade games tucked away at a hotel or casino, or you will have a large pool hall with some coin-operated games that don't work. Unfortunately, these places have only a few people in them, but the people who are there are some of the greatest gamers out there.
When you play a game online, you can trash-talk all you want because no one knows who you are. On the other hand, at an arcade, you are wide open. At any time someone can challenge you or take up arms as an ally. Arcade gamers know how good a person is at a game just by looking at them.
During the glory days of arcade gaming in Hawaii there was a game called Marvel Vs. Capcom 2. This game was pure genius with over 40 characters. Most of these characters were locked and only unlocked when someone beats the game with a particular character or enough credits have been plugged into the machine.
There were two arcades to play this game which created a sense of guilds. Players from Tilt would go to Fun Factory to see what new characters their MVC2 (Marvel Vs. Capcom 2) machine had, and of course came to compete with the best players of that arcade.
I played at both quite often and soon became an admirable player amongst the MVC2 community. Instead of doing infinite combos posted on the Internet practiced daily, I would try out character combinations. In MVC2 you can choose 3 characters that work together as a team combining super powers or just assisting with an uppercut when you get pinned on a wall. My combination was with Zangief's lariat assist combined with B.B. Hood's super special. The outcome would be a half-life opponent that just got schooled by medium level characters.
Fighting games were the dominant genre at the arcade, but they have slowly being dieing out because of their small amount. There are only three series of fighting-games out there that anyone plays. They are: Street Fighter (which includes MVC2), Soul Caliber, and Tekken. These series of fighting games are the only ones producing new arcade titles.
Of course there are other coin-operated genres, but none that deliver much revenue. Arcades are only surviving due to ticket games. These ticket games have a very small market and will not bring arcades back to what they used to be.
If you want to see true gamers, go out to your local arcades and just watch these people take down the AI, or plug some coins in and give it your best.
...Marty out...
1 comment:
Niccce. Didn't know you played MvC2.
Man, that game has gotten hella gangster over on the East Coast.
Did you go to EVO?
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