sonnyburnett
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I don't know if any of you have been thinking about this but I have:
Remember how you felt back then when you first walked in to an arcade, I remeber the "prepare to qualify" atract mode sound and a lot of other sounds.
My first play of moon patrol, that funky tune, Wow that periscope arcade game (forgot the name), i was wasn't even tall enough to make it but they had a box one could stand on.
The first time i seen Dragons Lair, WOW!! Yeah I know all the arguments about the gameplay etc etc but we had a black and white tv at home and a vcr I never even seen, so I just stood there watching it and watching it, those colors, the sounds.
So what I wanna ask you all, That feeling of those icons, those machines being so special, impossible to own etc.
I used get really excited about going to the arcade and play a game of OutRun, Space Harrier,Super Hang on, Rolling Thunder, Shinobi and Golden Axe to name a few.
Well now I own 4 cabinets and a lot of boards, I play my cabs and I like to but....
It just ain't the same, That exciting feeling is not there anymore, it's fun though and I just wonder... Is it possible to get that exciting feeling back again, do any of you get the same exciting feeling playing a game or seeing a certain arcade machine as they did 20 years ago??
Don't get me wrong, I still think it's fun to play and own my games but that extra feel i had back then, can it still be obtained without drugs afcourse
Remember how you felt back then when you first walked in to an arcade, I remeber the "prepare to qualify" atract mode sound and a lot of other sounds.
My first play of moon patrol, that funky tune, Wow that periscope arcade game (forgot the name), i was wasn't even tall enough to make it but they had a box one could stand on.
The first time i seen Dragons Lair, WOW!! Yeah I know all the arguments about the gameplay etc etc but we had a black and white tv at home and a vcr I never even seen, so I just stood there watching it and watching it, those colors, the sounds.
So what I wanna ask you all, That feeling of those icons, those machines being so special, impossible to own etc.
I used get really excited about going to the arcade and play a game of OutRun, Space Harrier,Super Hang on, Rolling Thunder, Shinobi and Golden Axe to name a few.
Well now I own 4 cabinets and a lot of boards, I play my cabs and I like to but....
It just ain't the same, That exciting feeling is not there anymore, it's fun though and I just wonder... Is it possible to get that exciting feeling back again, do any of you get the same exciting feeling playing a game or seeing a certain arcade machine as they did 20 years ago??
Don't get me wrong, I still think it's fun to play and own my games but that extra feel i had back then, can it still be obtained without drugs afcourse
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