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Ishmael
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"Random thread starring Leonardo DiCaprio" , posted Mon 9 Jun 22:13
The change in tone from the sad incident in Akibahara to the stupid crap I'm linking to is too great a shift for me so I'm starting a new thread instead of posting to the most recent random discussion.
"new arcade center in paris" , posted Wed 11 Jun 01:12
There was this talk for a while in the French gaming scene that Hokuto Youssef and some of his friends were working on renovating a famous deceased arcade center in the middle of Paris. it seems the arcade center is opening this weekend: http://versusfightingclub.com/index.php (the site is in French)
I c+p here something a friend sent me, which luckilly happens to be already in English so i do not have to bother translating it for you:
quote:The arcade has a mixture of versus city and astro city machines.
They mainly host a score of top retro fighting games
Versus City
1. Street Fighter 3 - 3rd Strike (CPS3) 2. The King Of Fighters '98 : Ultimate Match (Taito Type X) 3. The Rumble Fish 2 (Atomiswave)
Astro City
* The King Of Fighters 2002 * The King Of Fighters XI * Hokuto No Ken * Capcom VS SNK 2 * Super Street Fighter 2X * Street Fighter Zero 3 * Marvel Super Heroes * Garou Motw/ Real Bout 2/ SVC Chaos/ Last Blade 2 * KOF 95/ 96/ 97/ 99/ 2000 et 2001 * Breakers Revenge * Karnov's Revenge * Fatal Fury Special * Art Of Fighting 2 * Samurai Spirits 4 * Double Dragon * If we don`t have the game you want to play we will switch whatever game you want to play!
That last sentence is, hum, suspicious! But godspeed to them, they are facing an almost impossible mission. Also, I never really understood what 'godspeed' stands for. The Speed of God?
IT'S THE BLACK PUDDING!
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"Re(1):new arcade center in paris" , posted Wed 11 Jun 04:24
quote: There was this talk for a while in the French gaming scene that Hokuto Youssef and some of his friends were working on renovating a famous deceased arcade center in the middle of Paris. it seems the arcade center is opening this weekend: http://versusfightingclub.com/index.php (the site is in French)
I c+p here something a friend sent me, which luckilly happens to be already in English so i do not have to bother translating it for you:
The arcade has a mixture of versus city and astro city machines.
They mainly host a score of top retro fighting games
Versus City
1. Street Fighter 3 - 3rd Strike (CPS3) 2. The King Of Fighters '98 : Ultimate Match (Taito Type X) 3. The Rumble Fish 2 (Atomiswave)
Astro City
* The King Of Fighters 2002 * The King Of Fighters XI * Hokuto No Ken * Capcom VS SNK 2 * Super Street Fighter 2X * Street Fighter Zero 3 * Marvel Super Heroes * Garou Motw/ Real Bout 2/ SVC Chaos/ Last Blade 2 * KOF 95/ 96/ 97/ 99/ 2000 et 2001 * Breakers Revenge * Karnov's Revenge * Fatal Fury Special * Art Of Fighting 2 * Samurai Spirits 4 * Double Dragon * If we don`t have the game you want to play we will switch whatever game you want to play!
That last sentence is, hum, suspicious! But godspeed to them, they are facing an almost impossible mission. Also, I never really understood what 'godspeed' stands for. The Speed of God?
Will they be hosting Shmups, too? I know French gaming network GameOne made all those "History of..." documentaries about various arcade genres.
Mokona
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"Re(1):new arcade center in paris" , posted Wed 11 Jun 04:47:
I don't know if I see this kind of place surviving a long time... I mean, it's not the fact that it's an arcade, and arcades are dead, blah blah. It's the fact that it's a elite's arcade, and their mission statement is to provide an arcade for competition, i.e. very niche.
Maybe there's a market for it in Paris (I'm not familiar with the scene there...) but I can relate to some experiences in Japan.
I've been to some places to just play some games and have fun with a 1 player run, then get raped violently by some random passerby. I tried to avoid this kind of places afterwards.
No wonder I ended up only playing DrumMania for the rest of my stay.
EDIT: just in the name of curiosity, I searched "Godspeed"'s etymology on merriam-webster: Etymology: Middle English god speid, from the phrase God spede you (God prosper you)
Blah!
[this message was edited by Mokona on Wed 11 Jun 04:50]
chazumaru
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"Re(2):new arcade center in paris" , posted Wed 11 Jun 04:51
quote: Will they be hosting Shmups, too? I know French gaming network GameOne made all those "History of..." documentaries about various arcade genres.
Unfortunately, it does not seem so. I think they really focus on the "scoop Hägen-Dazs Fuck the Knicks" community for now. But maybe they will also cater to the Shmup audience in the future?
Iggy also made me realize the arcades will be in the Suburbs, not in Paris itself (although it is the natural "heir" to a famous arcade center in Les Halles).
IT'S THE BLACK PUDDING!
crazymike
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"Re(3):new arcade center in paris" , posted Wed 11 Jun 09:13
Commenting on the SF:HD video, anyone else think while Capcom can claim that it will play like SSFT (except for the changes in the "rebalanced" mode) it will be fundamentally different in the speed and overall feel with the higher resolution and "smoother" movement of the characters on screen?
exodus
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"Re(3):new arcade center in paris" , posted Wed 11 Jun 11:29
Ooooh i'll check out this paris(ian suburb) arcade in two weeks!
Gojira
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"Re(1):Random thread starring Leonardo DiCapri" , posted Wed 11 Jun 12:25:
Leonardo DiCaprio as this guy?
I am, and ok! I like getting my ass handed to me by players in every country I visit.
Ishmael
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"Re(6):new arcade center in paris" , posted Sun 15 Jun 04:11
I'm glad to see that people continue to use the forum to scout out locations of arcades for when they are on vacation. Remember, if you don't drop by an arcade while you are out of town it's a wasted trip!
Speaking of arcade games, some new BlazBlue screens have been posted over at Game Watch. Although the screens don't show anything particularly new they do show more of what has been seen. I continue to wonder just how flashy this game is going to be since even the still screen shots are almost enough strobe light induced seizures.
The new shots of Fate/unlimited codes make it look like a budget title for the DC.
Just curious, but has that dropped beta test for KoF XII ever been rescheduled?
exodus
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"Re(7):new arcade center in paris" , posted Sun 15 Jun 12:31
quote: I'm glad to see that people continue to use the forum to scout out locations of arcades for when they are on vacation. Remember, if you don't drop by an arcade while you are out of town it's a wasted trip!
It's true, I always do it myself! I went to three different arcades in Seoul. except in holland...I don't think games are even allowed there. they are too friendly.
NARUTO
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"Re(7):new arcade center in paris" , posted Sun 15 Jun 18:12
quote: Just curious, but has that dropped beta test for KoF XII ever been rescheduled?
Not yet...
Fortes fortuna juvat...
Ishmael
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"Re(8):new arcade center in paris" , posted Mon 16 Jun 23:15
You have a few more hours to state your case as to why you should be a background character in SF4. Just think, you have a better chance of being in SF4 than T.Hawk.
Maou
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"Re(9):new arcade center in paris" , posted Tue 17 Jun 09:35
quote: You have a few more hours to state your case as to why you should be a background character in SF4. Just think, you have a better chance of being in SF4 than T.Hawk.
Heheheh, I hope that there are entries from people pretending to be every post-1992 character from Street Fighter. Surely there is someone in there besides the original boring damn fighters who should be in the game, or a least a background. Or maybe there can be a Stage of Neglect where everyone from Zero and 3S appears, to the agony of series regulars and the bewilderment of the people they're targeting who haven't played SF since 2.
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
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"Re(5):new arcade center in paris" , posted Tue 17 Jun 13:13
quote: Ooooh i'll check out this paris(ian suburb) arcade in two weeks! If your goind to paris, try this place:
Apologists have stated that this beta is based on an older model of the game and is designed to test the on-line aspects rather than the game itself. If that's the case I'm sure future titles will benefit from this research. But when SFHD presents itself to the world by showcasing how ugly and broken it is I doubt it will ever catch on no matter how nice the connection is.
In other news it looks like Bionic Commando mk.3 is getting an action figure. I guess we're already supposed to love this guy.
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"Re(1):SSF2HD looks so awesome" , posted Thu 26 Jun 23:59:
Me too, and boy was that uuuuuglyyyyyy. I mean, it's pretty obviously a development version so it's not like it's likely to make it into the final game, but boy did that hurt to look at.
Er.....
Toxico
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"Re(3):SSF2HD looks so awesome" , posted Fri 27 Jun 03:03
"Random thread starring Leonardo DiCaprio" , posted Mon 9 Jun 22:13
NARUTO 
"Re(1):SSF2HD looks so awesome" , posted Thu 26 Jun 23:59:
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"Re(3):SSF2HD looks so awesome" , posted Fri 27 Jun 03:03