Shithead union steward won't step in and protect me from being fired 'cause I went off on a coworker who dared to think Pac-Man is the greatest arcade game ever made when Pengo exists.
God damn liberal-infected unions, I tell you.
Post your favourite arcade games. DO NOT POST PAC-MAN, I'M NOT IN THE MOOD.
Look into Chicago footwork! One of my friends is a DJ in that scene and he sends me dance videos of all these people who are basically doing freestyle DDR.
I upvoted you but I totally disagree, arcade games are great, you just need to get into the dip switch controls and turn on free play when the manager isn't looking.
Microtransaction games aren't bad only because of the literal financial cost of the microtransactions themselves, they're also bad because the presence of the microtransactions informs the design of the game itself. Arcade games are designed to eat quarters and waste time, so even if you're playing them pirated on an emulator they're still designed around that exploitative gameplay loop.
As I said to the other person who made the same reply several hours ago,
Microtransaction games aren't bad only because of the literal financial cost of the microtransactions themselves, they're also bad because the presence of the microtransactions informs the design of the game itself. Arcade games are designed to eat quarters and waste time, so even if you're playing them pirated on an emulator they're still designed around that exploitative gameplay loop.
It was so fun when I finally got MAME emulator set up just so I could finally play through the whole Simpsons arcade game with virtual quarters to keep continuing to the end
the union steward for the area I supervised ended her memos with "God Bless the United States and it's Military". she ended up getting fired when an Army-reservist Manager caught her taking dozens of unauthorized smoke breaks.
The fact that so many books still name Pac-Man as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" arcade game ever only tells you how far arcade games still are from becoming a serious art.
I really love asteroids deluxe. Galaga of course. Marble madness was amazing even the music was dope but it's hard to emulate without a trackball. Rampage and gauntlet OG multiplayer..
That control scheme was such a massive gimmick and I loved it. Felt so dramatic to slam both those things and charge at the other kid and ruining their single player streak.
actually though, we have an arcade near our town where you can get a day long ticket and play for free, once a year i go play pinball and air hockey with my friends. i always look forward to it