Well, most of us know that arcade games have gone down the tubes in the past few years and that the "Arcade Era" is pretty much over. So I was wondering, what was your favorite arcade game when arcades used to be great? It can range from super old games like the original Donkey Kong game for the arcade to recent games that have been exclusive for arcades.
My favorite game would have to be PunchMania 2: Hokuto no Ken. This was sort of a "punching game" (if that can be considered a genre) based off the anime Fist of the North Star (Houkto no Ken). The game basically consisted of different levels in which you would have to face off different martial arts masters from the anime with your own style: Houkto Shin ken. The cool part of it though...is that you physically got to hit targets (here is the machine on which you played). You would have these plastic gloves and the rubber targets would fold out towards you and light up, directing you to hit it. They would come up in random orders according to which boss you were fighting. The best part of the game is when you are about to finish the guy off, and Kenshiro would go: "You know what this stance means..." and then you start a massive hit combo ( he would go "hyatatatatatatatatata"...so funny) and the targets would come flying out at you constently for like 20 seconds (I think my highest combo was like 90 hits). After you finished the guy off, he would always end with the statement "Houkto Shin ken has no equal." Man...I loved that game. I would work up a sweat playing it too and my hands would be numb after playing it. If anyone has played this game, please give your comments on it too.
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