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[LazyParrot]

Someone's never been to an arcade.

 

[BlackTron]

With the high volume of game releases, do digital stores replicate the feeling of Toys R Us wall of yellow tickets? Maybe if enough retro games come out, it'll feel like being in the aisle?

Maybe if they shove enough 90s style movies on streaming service it'll eventually feel like taking your family to Blockbuster on the weekend, browsing cover art of tapes and picking out candy?

"The feeling" of arcade can't be delivered to you with enough work from game developers, you have to actually be there. The games got people out to the arcade. Once that happened, it was a crowded bunch of people and bassy noises.

OP people think of arcade memories while going "it'll never feel like that again but I'm glad I was there". If you wanted to talk about arcade-like game releases all you did was strike a serious chord with the delivery...

 

[Dr.Morris79]

No PC is ever going to feel as good as Newquay in early 90's, playing T2, Narc, Thunder Blade in the Arcade.

Not ever. Its not even possible.

 

[Porcile]

I can play old arcade games on Final Burn Neo or MAME with an arcade stick and it rocks.

 

[CliffBronger]

Spending my wages playing G-loc and Afterburner in a Blackpool arcade is nothing like pc gaming.

It's a bit like asking if playing Sega Rally will encourage folks to watch F1.

 

[DavidGzz]

I can't get punched in the face IRL for spamming Psycho Crusher over in over in a modded SF cabinet(turbo mode) in Mexico on Steam, bro. So no.

 

[Hashassin]

Do you guys think sleeping sideways is restoring the feeling of slacking off?

 

[Fortress of Regrets]

I have MAME, I have an arcade stick (several) and I have glorious retina caressing CRT shaders and the CRT beam simulator for my OLED monitor.

I'm good as far as the arcade experience goes.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

No

 

[Killer8]

Go to Japan and experience some of their (surviving) arcades and then come back and say this with a straight face.

 

[Durin]

In some minor ways, kinda...but mostly no.

Being able to take a Steam Deck to a friend's house with indie games in genres arcades would give me, and we can break out fight sticks that just connect to the device gives me some of the same vibe.

The weird thing to me is the social aspect of games I always associated with consoles growing up (barrin lan parties), but today I really associate that with Nintendo, PC and mobile. You can really easily bring a portable device to have that local experience with people, where Playstation and Xbox are mostly just people playing online games with shittier-tier Discord integration.

 

[EverydayBeast]

This is an arcade:

This is an arcade as well:

This is PC gaming:

 

[yogaflame]

NO

 

[Pasta la Vista]

In some minor ways, kinda...but mostly no.

Being able to take a Steam Deck to a friend's house with indie games in genres arcades would give me, and we can break out fight sticks that just connect to the device gives me some of the same vibe.

The weird thing to me is the social aspect of games I always associated with consoles growing up (barrin lan parties), but today I really associate that with Nintendo, PC and mobile. You can really easily bring a portable device to have that local experience with people, where Playstation and Xbox are mostly just people playing online games with shittier-tier Discord integration.

Thanks for the bump, forgot to ignore this thread,