“Outsourced” by Sachin Teng (click for a larger image). Must be one of those bootleg/hacked Street Fighter II variants that were so popular in the early ’90s.

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[Via Sachin Teng, Gamefreaks]

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Scene from a local Street Fighter II tournament in 1992 (click for a larger image). There’s a fun story about the arcade/tournament experience to go with the photo:

“We hung out together inside and outside the arcade. I was the group’s official bait when they went to play for cash. I sucked and still suck at Street Fighter, but they’d let me beat them match after match until a sizable crowd gathered and they managed to find folks willing to play for money. Then they’d come in and win all the cash they could.

It finally dawned on me one day that maybe it was worth doing something a bit more legitimate with Street Fighter: A tournament.

So I called up the local arcade cabinet reseller to get in touch with Capcom. I finally tracked someone down in California who seemed completely disinterested in the idea of a tournament for Street Fighter II. So I did it on my own.

It was strictly word of mouth. Because we all played Street Fighter II so much, our arcade’s machines were some of the best maintained, so we often attracted players from around the state. They told their friends and by the night of the tournament our mall arcade was so packed you couldn’t step inside it.”

I haven’t been to a fighting game tourney in a long time — mostly due to the death of mall arcades in my area — but I miss that energy and excitement everyone would feel during those matches, and that anticipation in the days leading up to the event.

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[Via Kotaku]

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The Tablecloth Hour, a new Taito arcade game being location-tested in Shibuya. Like Cho Chabudai Gaeshi, this is an arcade machine in which players interact with virtual tables. While Cho Chabudai Gaeshi was all about pounding and, finally, upending a table, The Tablecloth Hour tasks you with pulling the tablecloth off smoothly and quickly.

This is as “practical” as any amusement-focused arcade game could be: it’s a lot easier to practice this on the machine, and get feedback from the game, than it is to dump salt, pepper, vase water, etc. all over your floor repeatedly.

[Via Arcade Heroes]

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Dharavi kids playing King of Fighters on a small arcade cabinet (click for a larger image), shot by David Hutchful.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen photos of arcade games in India, much less in its slums. This machine is small, but not quite as kid-sized as some of the cabinets in South Korea.

The boy playing should be commended for his skill in using the right-side controls (perhaps the left stick/buttons are broken?) while sitting in the first-player seat.

See also: Photos from an arcade in Kabul, Afghanistan

[Via David Hutchful]

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Badger playing an arcade game, part of a larger mural at Code Computerlove painted by Jon Boam. You can see more photos of the piece and Jon painting it here.

What do you think this badger is playing? Leave your guesses, classic arcade gems or made-up titles, in our comments! The best suggestion wins a prize, that prize being a reply that says, “Yeah, that sounds about right.”

See also: Photos from an arcade in Kabul, Afghanistan

[Via .tiff]

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[Via Rob]

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