Ah, arcades. While I missed most of the golden era (70s/80s) aside from a few ancient cabs that were still kicking around if you knew where to look, I must have spent almost every Saturday afternoon between roughly '92-'96 at The Point in Newcastle, which gloriously fulfilled every single cliché of arcades being dimly-lit, smoky dens of ill-repute.
SFII and it's myriad sequels, spin-offs & rip-offs were of course the #1 attraction (somehow the owner managed to get the new releases within a month or so of their Japanese launch), but the Mortal Kombats, Metal Slug, Virtua Fighter & Racer all saw heavy play-time, aswell as the rest of SNK's classic MVS titles. Good times. And I bet I'd still take most of you at SFII
