Sigh... another sad day for old school gamers.

[Urinal Mint]

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010622/2003.html

Another sad turn of events... looks like the arcade phenomenon of the 80s and early 90s is dying an uncalled-for death.

 

[Rent]

So long to the days of Hydro Thunder and mortal kombat

 

[HansHurt]

Yea, I miss going to the mall, and throwing away rolls of quarters that I borrowed from daddy....I am sure he is real sad to

 

[Urinal Mint]

Anyone remember Mappy or Crystal Castles? I think those were my 2 favorite coin-ops ever.

 

[piku]

Damn... all they made was arcade games though!

Hope they make the transition well, because arcade and home markets are a bit different. I mean when it?s a port of an arcade game you can expect omissions, but when its a straight home title you expect a bit more.

 

[TripleJ]

Hmmm, not good. Mind you, I never play them anymore. When I was around 10 my friends neighbours(across the road) owned a chain of arcade stores. Their house had a large room entirely filled with arcade games. We got to play on them for free almost anytime we wanted. I used to spend soooooo much time at their house. We played Mortal Combat untill the cows came home. Ah, those were the days.

 

[CrackRabbit]

hmm so that leaves us with Williams Entertainment and Sega.
The Future of Arcade games became much dimmer today.