Prove you're a true retro gamer with a story
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 9:57 pm
Was on holiday with my 3 brothers, sister and parents. This would have been around 1993.
Went into an arcade playing all kind of games. This was the first time I actually saw my dad play a game (I've only ever seen him play two video games in my entire life). Him being born in the 50's he was a huge fan of cowboy films especially John Wayne. The game was Mad Dog McCree. He must have spent £20 on it. Standing there with a plastic gun. Shooting bad guys off roofs. He thought he was fucking Clint Eastwood or something
Anyway I saw a Street Fighter II cabinet. I was with one of my younger brothers (he was like 4-5 years old). I wanted him to play it with me. I would always pick Dhalsim for some reason. He didn't want to go near the cabinet as it had a huge picture of Blanka down the side with an evil looking face. He was scared of it. I convinced him to go over and play it with me. As we went over Blanka was on the demo play. He beat Ryu I think and then did his winning pose. The one where he stands up and screams. Being in the arcade the scream was mega loud. My brother legged it and ran back to my mum crying. I got told off for scaring him .
Scary to think that was pretty much 20 years ago.....
Went into an arcade playing all kind of games. This was the first time I actually saw my dad play a game (I've only ever seen him play two video games in my entire life). Him being born in the 50's he was a huge fan of cowboy films especially John Wayne. The game was Mad Dog McCree. He must have spent £20 on it. Standing there with a plastic gun. Shooting bad guys off roofs. He thought he was fucking Clint Eastwood or something
Anyway I saw a Street Fighter II cabinet. I was with one of my younger brothers (he was like 4-5 years old). I wanted him to play it with me. I would always pick Dhalsim for some reason. He didn't want to go near the cabinet as it had a huge picture of Blanka down the side with an evil looking face. He was scared of it. I convinced him to go over and play it with me. As we went over Blanka was on the demo play. He beat Ryu I think and then did his winning pose. The one where he stands up and screams. Being in the arcade the scream was mega loud. My brother legged it and ran back to my mum crying. I got told off for scaring him .
Scary to think that was pretty much 20 years ago.....