What was the last "real" arcade game you played?

[Mattiekrome]

I'm not talking about home arcade, or MAME, or anything like that. I want to know the last time you physically walked into some sort of store (pizzeria, skating rink, movie store, real arcade, swimming pool, restaraunt, bar, etc...) and dropped some coinage into a true stand up arcade cabinet. For me, the last "true arcade game" I dropped any quarters into would be the old school "Rolling Thunder" arcade cab that I played at a pizzeria in my town. The sad thing is, it was more than 2 years ago (although I have played a couple Pinball machines since then) x_x

[Haoie]

Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mysteria. Love that game to death.

[Topher2798]

Ms. PacMan at Dave & Busters about a month ago.

BTW.... I freakin love Rolling Thunder. I pumped soooo many quarters into that game back when I was a teenager and my friends and I would peddle our bikes up to the local QT.

[Gapporin]

Err...probably those Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga dual machines I see everywhere now. I do love me some Galaga.

I also played on a Area 51/Maximum Force dual machine recently as well.

But as for an actual original arcade machine, the last one I played was probably...Hydro Thunder. Don't really like it, though.

[DragonMaster Sam]

About a month or two ago, I played Ms. Pac Man at some laundromat.. Managed to beat the top score on the machine.

[Damaramu]

It was Galaga and then Time Crisis 3 at a Cici's Pizza about a month ago.

There was a time when I was living in Austin I'd hit the arcades 4-5 times a week.

[Arcade Antics]

Star Wars, the original Atari arcade game, last week.

[Raedon]

At A-Kon at 5am after the Hentai Fest I got on a DDR long enough to show 15 or so cosplayers how bad I suck at DDR. That was the first weekend of this month.

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This machine here..

[MegaDrive20XX]

Last Arcade game I played was...Guilty Gear X2 (back in January)

[nate1749]

Generally about twice a month, always whatever Tekken they have lying around. Last time it was Tekken 3 at the bowling alley arcade, although that was a little more than a month ago since we haven't gone there because my friend is on house arrest.

There's also a thing where you pay like $10 or something and it's all the arcade games and laser tag from 7pm until close (midnight?). It's every Tuesday at Brunswick Zone (old galaxy world) out in Carol Stream, IL off route 64 for anyone who lives in Chicago suburbs.

Nate

[Pantechnicon]

Xybots, Gyruss and Frogger...all last week.

There's this new antique shop I discovered on Central Avenue where the owner has a serious emphasis on retro style and pop culture, so included among his moon chairs are quite a few cabs, all set to free play.

[cityside75]

I took my kids to the same Brunswick Zone mentioned by nate above, just a couple of weeks ago. Played some Mortal Kombat, and about 20 of the ticket games.

Surprisingly, this arcade is pretty big and has quite a few games still. Here's hoping it lasts a while.

[Guyver03]

We have a decent arcade here in the mall that I work in, so I hit it almost everyday. Pop'n Music 8 is what I mostly play now, because it's new for us, but he also has a Galaga, MvC2, SF3:3rdS, a couple Pinball machines and some more Bemani games. Lots of good stuff for me to waste my lunch break on.

[Rogmeister]

Would you believe it's been so long that I honestly can't remember? Is that pathetic or what? There's one or two machines inside my local Wal-Mart but I never play them and everytime I walk into the actual arcade up at my mall, I leave about a minute or two later in disgust. That may have been the last place I played one but as to when, my best guest would be 2 or 3 years ago. It was most likely a fighting game then, maybe one of the Tekken games.

[ozyr]

Just like Rogmeister, I have no idea what I last played in an Arcade. It's has been at least 10+ years since I've been to an arcade. In fact, there isn't one in my area anymore - at least not that I know of. Even then, I wouldn't go. I'd just rather play games at home. It is so much easier.

[RetroYoungen]

The last one I played was either SNK vs. Capcom or DDR (some mix, I honestly can't say which as the logo doesn't say one) at the Tilt Arcade at the mall.

[Xexyz]

The alst time I played an arcade cabinet was about 3 years ago... Some hotel I was staying at while on vacation with the family had a small room filled with 5-6 arcade cabinets. I only bothered to play two of them, and can't remember exactly which one I played last. They were Street Fighter II and Pole Position. By the time vacationw as over, I managed to get the top score in Pole Position. I didn't do so hot with Street Fighter II though. Too bad I sucked at fighting games back then...

[Atarian75]

Last one I played was Arkanoid (my favorite). I got to level 14 and over 200,000 points. Not bad for one quarter, I thought.

-Atarian75

[Doonzmore]

Brave Firefighters last summer.

[spooie]

Off the top of my head, it would have to be the Konami X-Men 6-Player arcade game. My local mall had it where you got 9 lives for a quarter, while every other place had 3 lives for $50. I played it for about an hour every time I went to the mall. But then one day, they closed down the arcade in the food court, and eventually closed down the stores in the food court, and now the mall itself is on the verge of bankruptcy. Everyone's moving a few towns over to that larger, newer, 2.5 story mall. But all they have at their arcade are DDR machines, some crane games, and those old FMV shooters that wound up on the 3DO.