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[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 70 points 1 year ago (16 children)

I grew up in that time frame. Normally people would swarm around the machine and give advice.

Arcades were very social when it came to certain games.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Hot games were awesome, they were like new events. Everyone gathering around giving advice and tall tales, trying to secure a spot to play, showing off and being excited when that one kid definitely knew what they were doing, it was a lot of fun.

For us I remember Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, Blitz, and Tekken being the major ones. And then the lesser ones like Virtual Fighter, whatever racing game was new, and just because it was completely ridiculous the Aerosmith shooter where you shot discs at bad guys lol

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