I remember when I was very young, there was a row of tin houses on the street in front of the door, selling books, selling toys, and selling snacks. Suddenly, one day, several tin houses were renovated and connected, and since then it has been crowded.
Here, is the arcade hall that most of our generation of players have visited. The legendary mysterious little black house, of course, this is naturally a place where parents chase and intercept us and strictly prohibit going.
It is also interesting to say, at that time the author did not understand much, accidentally saw the boss open the lid under the arcade machine, and it turned out to be a red and white machine... And the game is also a game like "Double Dragon 2" and "Contra". This is so unfriendly for the author that for a long time, the author thought that the arcade machine was an enlarged version of the red and white machine, but there was no interest.
With the passage of time, on the only way out of school, two arcade halls were opened, and the advantage of these arcade halls was that they were slightly farther away from home, and parents would not see it after work. At this time, it is much more comfortable to go to play for a little while after school every day.
At that time, in the new arcade hall, I began to come into contact with the "Famous General", "The Battle of the Three Kingdoms Chibi", "The Punisher", "The Round Table Samurai" and other clean-up action games. As for the fighting game "Street Fighter", the author really does not have the courage to fight with those young people... They don't ask you for coins, so thank goodness.
I remember that at that time, one of the arcade halls was large and powerful. I began to get a big body, that is, the "Famous General" that can be played by four people, or the "Round Table Samurai" that can be played by three people together, which is simply eye-opening.
At that time, I especially liked four people to play "Famous General" together, especially several small friends had no blood, facing the boss to see who could not be four, the chicken thief out of the new height of the scene, very happy. I remember once, I killed the boss in empty blood to save the dog's life, which was so funny.
At that time, the knifeman and the policeman, the first two characters, were very sought-after, and the author liked to use ninjas, which added a lot of opportunities for himself to play on stage. After all, the first two characters need to be queued, while ninjas and babies, almost anyone willing to play, can get on the machine.
Another popularity at that time was "The Knight of the Round Table", but at that time we didn't know how to play the red staff and green tent. Once, a kid who was a little older than us, watched the author play, and then said help me play, teach me. What the first level is going to die at the bottom, how to get the second level, the result is that we are all stunned! And the author also got to know him because of this, and I also got to know a real arcade god. At that time, it was said that he only had one coin in that arcade hall, and he could pass the "Round Table Samurai"!
In fact, at that time, most of our small partners were sending coins to other people's bosses. Anyway, it is a feeling that the game is so difficult, can not beat the organ, the coin cost a lot. Spend an afternoon of fun, spend money like water, save pocket money for a long time, and it will really be swept away.
The consumption mode of arcade machines seems to be quite cheap for each coin, but if you calculate carefully, the cost of playing games is really high, especially the worse the technology, the more outrageous the cost. If you want to become a master, you feel that you have to spend a lot of practice fees, it is better to become a child of the arcade boss, and the technology improves faster...
So when Atari and Nintendo made game consoles, they actually thought that players would move arcade games back home to play, which was equivalent to one-time consumption, rather than bottomless consumption. Taking arcade games home is also a direct erasure of the exclusive characteristics of the arcade itself. Also, practicing at home and going out to show off is also a good choice.
To digress, a few days ago, the author also deliberately experienced the arcade version of "Halo" with my friends, as for wanting to pass the customs, about 200 yuan per person, in fact, it is not cheap. Then if there is a light gun version of the household machine, directly buy it to play through, it will definitely be lower than the arcade version, and it can be played repeatedly. As for the environment, for today's players, it is not so important, after all, the home is also a big TV.
Later Internet cafes, in fact, also exploited the hole in the arcade hall, one is that the Internet café has more games, more types, and more places to study. There is also a fixed amount of money, a thought is still a little money saved! Finally, of course, it must be said that the magic of networked battles is also very huge.
The arcade machine did fall into silence after it appeared in the Internet café, and it was not seen on the street. After all, at that time, the computer could also play a cover for learning, and the arcade machine was really useless.
Later, some arcade game halls began to introduce coin pushers, fishing machines, doll machines, and large dancing machines, but the traditional arcade games were basically gone. There are driving and light gun games, and they have to take care of the old players.
As for why the author remembered this today, I just happened to meet the previous buddies and chatted. From the red and white machine, the arcade machine, talked about "World of Warcraft", "Pro Evolution Soccer", and even talked about "Warcraft 3", Moon is still playing professional! In the arcade area, we talked for a long time, and even got a little excited.
The author thinks, if you really still have feelings for arcades, you can really still write some content in this regard, a little deeper, I don't know if you will like it?