Encountering an N64 on a night out
London is a weird city, full of idiosyncrasies. Primary schools sit on the same street corner as late-night kebab shops, serving meat and chips to boozy partygoers. Million-pound houses are sometimes a few feet away from neglected council estates. And Victorian-era churches lay abandoned on the same road as a local gym. Put simply, London is what happens when you procedurally generate a real-life city.
I've seen arcade bars take on multiple forms. Some venues are traditional arcades with all the classics you'd expect - Street Fighter 2, TMNT, etc - with a bar on the side. Some bars are drenched in neon lights and wall paints, more of a trendy art installation begging to go viral. One 'arcade bar' was just a club with a rowdy crowd and a lone N64 in the corner - I still managed to sneak in a game of Mario Kart, poking out of the jumping bodies like the blob from Inside.
It's a spell that remains intact with other people, too. Hulk vs. Chun-Li starts as a friendly, fun fight before it devolves into an uncomposed button-mashing fiasco. House Of The Dead still invites desperate shrieks, despite its archaic, fuzzy renditions of the undead. And Mario Kart is, well, Mario Kart.
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