GO_BLUE
Shared on Thu, 04/06/2006 - 23:33A while ago I was kicking around the site chatroom (always a good time) when the topic of the upcoming Street Fighter II Turbo game for LIVE Arcade
came up. Of course the discussion degenerated into some
good-natured smack talking (common in the chat room) on who would
destroy who when it was released.
Not one to back down from a challenge, I stated that I was pretty sure Id clean up against them. Now I was a pretty good Street Fighter player back in the arcades circa 1992, but the real reason for the confidence was standing right next to me in the form of a 25 inch dedicated SFII Hyper Fighting arcade machine.
I bought the machine for $240 at an arcade auction in Indianapolis in 1999, which was probably less than the total amount of quarters Ive plugged into the damn things during my mispent youth. I still look at it sometimes & cant believe I actually own one (of course the wife does the same for different reasons).
If youre interested at grabbing a machine of your own, there are quite a few companies that sell them (I got mine from the first link). The most important things you need are cash (they rarely take checks or credit cards) & an extension cord (so you can play the games to make sure they work well before bidding). As far as a fans view of an auction, check out this page, with bid histories & pictures. Now that Ive essentially let the cat out of the bag to the whole site, I better start practicing so I dont get embarassed if Capcom ever releases it...
Not one to back down from a challenge, I stated that I was pretty sure Id clean up against them. Now I was a pretty good Street Fighter player back in the arcades circa 1992, but the real reason for the confidence was standing right next to me in the form of a 25 inch dedicated SFII Hyper Fighting arcade machine.
I bought the machine for $240 at an arcade auction in Indianapolis in 1999, which was probably less than the total amount of quarters Ive plugged into the damn things during my mispent youth. I still look at it sometimes & cant believe I actually own one (of course the wife does the same for different reasons).
If youre interested at grabbing a machine of your own, there are quite a few companies that sell them (I got mine from the first link). The most important things you need are cash (they rarely take checks or credit cards) & an extension cord (so you can play the games to make sure they work well before bidding). As far as a fans view of an auction, check out this page, with bid histories & pictures. Now that Ive essentially let the cat out of the bag to the whole site, I better start practicing so I dont get embarassed if Capcom ever releases it...
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Submitted by SirPoonga on Thu, 04/06/2006 - 23:58
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