Arcades
Word | ARCADES |
Character | 7 |
Hyphenation | N/A |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Arcades"
What do we mean by arcades?
A row of arches.
A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
An establishment that runs coin-operated games.
A coin-operated machine that usually is in restaurants,shopping malls,laundromats,movie theaters,collage campuses,and other public places.Arcade games started to get popular in the late 1970's & the early 1980's.Arcades such as Pong,Space Invaders,Pac Man,and Donkey Kong were popular. The arcade popularity was beginning to fade due to the reputation of arcades being unsafe and video game console technology was improving.In the 1990's fighting games were making arcades popular again.New generation of Games like Street Fighter II ,Mortal Kombat,Fatal Fury,and Killer Instinct were extremely popular and lead to competitive two player battles.By the mid-90's,Computers were more popular due to the technology of graphics and more customizable.Fighting games were more popular than other games due to the face-to-face competition and game tournaments,which it meant that players practiced more and spent more money,however they could not support the business by themselves. Many old video game arcades have closed down and now arcades are just a hobby for arcade collectors.Arcades are now more a social hangout place and focused on an individual's performance like rhythm games as Dance Dance Revolution Extreme and BeatMania and rail shooters like The House of the Dead 4 and Area 51.Emulators like MAME,which run a lot of arcade games through a modern computer,it's used to preserve the history of arcade game history.Xbox Live and Wii Virtual Console has emulated arcade games through there online service.Most arcades are in chain entertainment centers combined with food restaurants and bar environment.Today most arcades are dedicated to emulators or restored by collectors.Mame arcade cabinets are more fun and better than the original cabinets because they have thousands of emulated games,high quality speakers and can be smaller due to the popularity of LCD monitors. Urban Dictionary
1. A great place where you can go to play video games. Very popular in the 80's. 2. An awesome band formed by Fred Coury of Cinderella, and Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, in the early 90's. Urban Dictionary
THE most boring town of New York. Full of stoners, sluts, wangsters and drunks. There are only two activities to do in Arcade: walk around town and eat. Don't look for it on a map. It's not there. But it's distict school has recently been put on the map thanks to sluts posting porn on the internet. Urban Dictionary
In love with arcades. Addicted to the screen in a brainwashed fashion. Also applicable to people who build gaming arcade machines. Urban Dictionary
Arcade is a lovable and very kind to another people he doesn't like to hurt other people. He loves to be kind everywhere he goes. So if you find a Arcade in your life your very lucky to find a lucky man named Arcade. Urban Dictionary
A vulgar word for the inside of a cum sack where the cum is stored. Urban Dictionary
V. The act of going to an arcade and a) playing arcade machines, b) hanging out, or c) kicking its butt. Urban Dictionary
A video game developed in present day that looks like it belongs in an arcade in the 1980s. Urban Dictionary
Youtubers named Edward and Nicole who make satirical comedy videos as parodies of other Youtubers who make content geared towards younger children, such as ImJayStation. They are known for their videos about Among Us, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Elmo, and their viral memes such as the "you are sus" meme. Urban Dictionary
With their beautiful lyrics and haunting melodies, this band truley is one of a kind. You can't help listening to them and ending up contented, they are original, beautiful, and Funeral is one of the finest albums I've heard in a long while. Urban Dictionary
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