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Post by hexidecimal on Feb 21, 2010 20:13:32 GMT -5
So I was flipping through pics from 'Roo '06 and found the pictures from the arcade. I really think that MS should bring back the 80s style classic arcade vs the Xbox 360 lounge, or at least bring back some of the old stand up cabinets.
Not that it isn't cool that the 360 lounge is there, but a lot of people have access to that console at home. I would imagine very few have access to things like the original Star Wars arcade cab, or Tempest, or Metal Slug or any of the other awesome retro cabinets that were there in '06.
I'm unlikely to partake in either, but of the two I choose retro. I very rarely play video games but I'm much more likely to play Asteroids, Centipede or Frogger than I am to even attempt to try and figure out the Xbox 360 games.
Post by hexidecimal on Feb 22, 2010 0:54:26 GMT -5
I'm a big retro game nut and I had a kick ass time in the arcade in '06. We got the little 360 control keychains at the arcade in '09 but didn't stick around long to play any games. Any time I was there honestly it didn't seem very crowded. The retro arcade was packed any time I was there.
Post by questionablesanity on Feb 22, 2010 8:45:48 GMT -5
I'd much rather have retro games. I bought a 360 a couple of years ago, played it for a month and sold it. But I'd never waste time at Roo playing video games.
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I remember walking through the Arcade back in 06 to cool off for a sec. I took a nap in the 360 trailer last year. I really have no opinion one way or the other. I just thought it was funny that people who probably spend a ton of time at home playing an Xbox were spending a ton of time at Roo playing Xbox.
Post by thedudeabides on Feb 25, 2010 10:51:51 GMT -5
Man it sounds good in theory, but the retro arcade cost money, and the change machines were always down. If they made it free play i'd be on it, but as it is now? I'd much rather have the Xbox's down for a little Halo with some friends.
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Post by 811942891995 on Mar 2, 2010 19:37:54 GMT -5
ive only been in tha arcade once in all my yaers! some of my crew have spent hours and hours in theree....but not me....theres just to much other stuff to do inmho! all that said...if i were gonna be hanging up uin there.....id want tha retro shit!
sooo on the xbox live network you can play a sh!t-ton of retro cabinet games. Xbox and MS could keep their sponsorship, but fix the consoles on retro-looking mounts and limit the gameplay to the classics, instead of fanboys wasting bonnaroo getting their sticky grenade fix in Halo. Booyah
the keychains in '09 were awesome. I get comments on it all the time...people must wonder "whats an old lady like you doing with an x-box keychain" and I'm just smiling thinking "its a roo thing. you wouldn't understand"....
But the funniest was when a drunk friend one night tried to use it as a remote keyless entry to my car....priceless.
As said, it'll more than likely be all 360 stuff. The arcade is there to promote/sell the stuff.
I would almost put money on that there will be something Natal related there. Natal is Microsoft's next money baby, a motion camera that detects body movement pretty decently, they're supposed to be promoting it HEAVILY at this year's E3 convention. I forget if that's before or after Bonnaroo, but either way I'm guessing we'll see it in action, even if only by a little bit.