Topic: I miss the arcade feeling. Does anyone else feel the same way?

[CircleBoi6]

Well, I do kind of miss playing Virtua Fighter and Street Fighter 2 in the arcades. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game was pretty fun too imo. House of the Dead and Marvel vs Capcom 2 were probably the last arcade games I played (and it was always a blast to play MvC2 at the time).

[Phoenix7786]

Bunch of stuff I can't remember, as well as those ticket vending games, like Skeeball.

For some reason one of my most favorite ticket-vending games was this one where you had smack crocodiles as they shuffled forward out of their protective little cave. The crocodiles would taunt you, yell out "ouch!" when you bopped them, and would get super-pissed if you did well (in reality it was a bonus round) and try to swarm out.

Josh Whacking Alligators

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Went to "Barcade" last week for a friend's birthday.
A neat retro bar in Jersey City, NJ.

I walked in, and that 'musty arcade musk' fragrance is still there.  You know, that mix of wood and circuit board?  It's totally there, as are about two to three dozen machines playing retro titles (mostly 80's stuff, though I think the most modern game was either Punch-Out!!! or Rampage).

So nice a feeling, that was...

[Lashen]

SNK is my favorite company, so I've always been drawn to arcades. I miss the atmosphere of the '90s, and arcades aren't exactly the same as they once were. (If you ask me, I first blame internet-influenced personalities, followed by EVO.)

I still find nostalgia in the arcade cabinet alcoves of pizza buffets and the like, though.