2 posts tagged “arcade game”

Growing up, I remember that I used to visit arcades, roller skating rinks, even places like Dairy Queen that used to have the classic arcade games just to waste my quarters.  I wish that I could provide an accurate number in dollars as to how much I reallly used up on those arcade games, but I just can't.  This was before the arcade industry pumped out titles like Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, or even Killer Instinct to save the industry from going under for good.  I remember playing games like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Tron, Spy Hunter, the classics.

A few weeks ago while flipping through the channels on a Sunday afternoon, I caught "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" on G4 and actually watched it.  It really wasn't bad at all for a documentary.  I could give a review on this one, but chances are you (the reader) really wouldn't check the title out.  So, I'm just using the documentary title and classic gaming subject to tie-in this video clip from Robot Chicken.  It's called "Donkey Kong Meets Halo".  Now where was this game when I was a kid?  Shyte... I feel cheated.  HA!

Cheers

Since I couldn't find the arcade game Killer Instinct or Killer Instinct 2 to buy and place into my apartment, I did the next best thing.  I loaded KI and KI2 on to my PC.  I didn't realize how badass this game actually was until I started to play it. 

The characters, moves, combos, combo breakers, humiliations, and overall storyline really separated the game from the likes of Street Fighter or even the first Mortal Kombat game.  I really think that the KI franchise did their part in bringing back the arcade games from extinction.

I'd really like it Rare and Nintendo would get back together to make another version (KI3) or remake the previous releases for home units.  I read online that Rare's statement pretty much killed any hopes of seeing a KI3 in the future.  Damn the luck. 

Oh well, I'll just have to get my fix while playing it on my pc.  I'm still trying to figure out how to use the controller vs the keyboard.  It really sucks trying to pull off combos w/the keys.  It's just not the same.