After the 3 or 4 convincing matches, my friend from the city told me he was pretty sure the guy was a low-level Triad and we were going to die (we were 16-17 at the time). The most memorable was beating this dude's ass in SFIICE in a casino/arcade on St. One, that we all just figured it out, and two, the feeling of being initiated on the sticks, having 10-20 people watch you play and talk shit- there's nothing like that in gaming anymore. I'll never forget the first time I saw a self-organized 'put your quarter up, winner stays on' SFII game. Still, I felt like The Wizard before that was a thing, so I confidence to step up to these cabinets with the older boys and girls my whole childhood. I remember "winning" and getting a big boost from my family, but years later, I'm pretty sure I just died and it saved us all a lot of grief. ![]() My first memory was playing the Atari Star Wars arcade game. All of them! I miss arcades (and smoking in arcades) more than anything.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |