damn yo
i was in nifty fiftys and looking at the pacman machine like damn
20 yrs ago
the avg. nigga ain't even have a system
fam had to hop in the station wagon and drive like 20 miles to the local arcade to get his game on
then since each game was a quarter niggas took them games serious as shit, lol

the arcade been dead man
and it's a shame
i member my dad use to take me to the one in chelthenham mall in philly
niggas use to be in there going to war
shady niggas trying steal ur game and shit
or act like they wanna "help" u real quick
next thing u know that nigga brodied ur game from u, lmao
and when i was in grade school we went to local corner store arcades
GOT DAMN when SF2 came out man
shit was like a routine, right after school 30-40 niggas would make the trek to the corner store jawn called Geminis
long ass lines to get ur turn in a VS. game of SF2
and then the owner of Gemenis got smart and put a Neo Geo machine in there , i forgot the name of that fighter...but it was like some fake ass SF2
it had a dude that looked like Birdy from SF1 on there if anybody know what i'm talking bout
so all the garbage niggas or the niggas who didn't feel like waiting 20 min. for a chance to play SF2 played the neo geo jawn

imagine if we still had that culture yo
i guess the whole online thing is *kinda* trying recreate that
but it just ain't the same as standing up, facing an opponent u see, and using actual money to play each game
i bet half them niggas online talking shit a) are too young to remember how fierce arcade comp. was and b) wouldn't be talking shit like that in person wit 20 niggas in a circle behind them
plus in the arcade era, cats gained actual reps for their work on the sticks
i remember it was some asian kid wit anime bangs that use to merk niggas in SF2
it was too the point he'd be playing the computer sometimes cause niggas wasn't trying waste quarters against him

i think david and busters and them type spots tried to bring the arcade back
but those weren't really "arcade" games imo
just a bunch of fugazi .75-$2 racing games and shit
and it didn't have the same atmosphere in those places either
too many kids, and pizza and birthday parties and corny shit

shit i'm just ranting now, but older niggas know what i'm talking bout
lmao remember back in the day instead of niggas arguing about pc vs. mac
niggas would argue over SF2 vs. mortal kombat,lol
and most niggas picked SF2 obviously
but u always had some elitest ass niggas trying say mortal kombat was better and shit
and remember the jawn mortal kombat copied off of...PitFighter,lol
that shit was crazy