Scene in Beijing arcade, 2016
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Everything about that picture screams "chinese bootleg".
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One of the guys wearing a blue jacket is a bootleg of the other but I can't tell which one.
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They all look the same to me.
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Arcades are still quite popular in shopping malls here. They are nearly always on the top floor. My old city I used to live in had a few hidden about, one being underground and another that eventually got turned into a massage parlor (RIP), another being right next to the kiddie playground section which made me feel like a huge faggot but fuck it it has Outrunners and House of the Dead.
KOF 97 has been the most popular KOF (and fighter) in arcades in the nearly 5 years I have lived here. I used to see Double Dragon regularly but not so much now. As for beat 'em ups, though not SNK, Cadillacs 'n Dinosaurs is no.1.
Eventually when China hits a recession in the next five years and I move to another third world shithole, it will be interesting to see the fates of arcades in China (hint: probably the same fate as American arcades).
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Where I used to live it was 1RMB for 1 credit. 1RMB is about $00.14USD, or .12 pound sterling. So to play any candy cab game it was just 1 credit. Some of the shooters, like Let's Go Safari, House of the Dead 4, the Taito Elevator Action lightgun game were like 2 credits or more. There was an Outrun 2 cab with four cars and a camera to get your face on the cabinet and the cars moved and shit, that was 4 credits.
This arcade I went to tonight was a bit more expensive, about 5 credits for 10RMB. I only played Outrun 2 and that was 5 credits. Everything's more expensive in the capital, that's true all over the world.
edit: cab on the right was SFIV, guess I took a pic (who the fuck takes pics in an arcade anyway? can you guys imagine how fucking lame I felt doing that, all the while thinking 'whoa can't wait to share this with my ng.com bros'? fucking gay) while stage was loading or whatever
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What is it about 97?
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97 was a good year in China. They got Hong Kong back from Britain and KoF97 from Japan.
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OK, since you asked. These three are from my first week in China back in Feb 2012.
Not pictured is the escalator directly under it going down. Unfortunately, this arcade-rollerskating rink closed down earlier this year.
This arcade Plants VS Zombies was huge for a while and popular in other arcades as well.
Waiting, sitting, one day...later most of them would play Neo-Geo and CPS-2 games.
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Because there's an 8 image limit per post
These are from the arcade last night.
VR is catching on big in China. Every big mall here has at least one VR kiosk.
Outrun 2 Special Deluxe Cab
This Deadstorm cabinet moves, I love this game. Shit's like a video game rollercoaster. The old arcade I went to had this, and it was only 1 credit to play...
Contrary to dance players worldwide these young mofos took forever to choose a song.
This mall is tall as hell...but when in China, always scope out the top floor for an arcade.
These are from the arcade last night.
VR is catching on big in China. Every big mall here has at least one VR kiosk.
Outrun 2 Special Deluxe Cab
This Deadstorm cabinet moves, I love this game. Shit's like a video game rollercoaster. The old arcade I went to had this, and it was only 1 credit to play...
Contrary to dance players worldwide these young mofos took forever to choose a song.
This mall is tall as hell...but when in China, always scope out the top floor for an arcade.
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He looks lonely. Probably trying to figure out why he's all alone, not realizing KOF shits all over Street Fighter IV.
I bet they all beat his ass later.
That Outrun 2 cab is my dream cab....
They have it by me and rape me for like $2.50 a pop and Game Works.
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Yea those cabs aren't cheaper. Don't you live in California? Are you so lazy that you can't find one? I hear they are all over the place. Stop posting man, you piss me off.