Arcades were pretty popular over here, like 10+ years ago, and a number of them were popping up all over the city. I knew the location of about a dozen back then, most of which have shut down over the years, due to stricter laws & regulations of having them maintained. There was also a national uproar about arcades, and how they were "a thing of the devil!" because they made kids skip school and rip them off their money. I could count the number of places on one hand now, and they're only limited to malls and other tourist attractions.
I know I used to spend a lot of time at arcades. There was a certain clique of "elite" players I used to hang out with, where we'd hold competitions and bragging rights for the top players and highscorers. Oh, and the challengers. I remember using the 2nd player slot mostly (especially true with Capcom & NeoGeo fighters) to entice people into joining in. Also because I could pull out dragon-punch motions more efficiently from that side, and the joystick would usually be in a better condition. There was this one time, I had this huge queue of people, all lining up to take turns at beating me. I kept winning until the arcade operator pulled the plug. I'll stop bragging now. =p
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