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Found a Mortal Kombat II machine at a local arcade. Nice!


Austin

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So, I was spending some time in a local mall while waiting for a nearby used bookstore to process a large trade-in of mine. After eating lunch, I planned on walking into a recently-installed arcade to play some Tekken 3. I had played quite a bit of Tekken Tag with a friend over the weekend and was kind of in the mood for it, despite Tekken 3 itself being far inferior to Tag. Asides from wanting to play that, the arcade is piss-poor, though.. It is actually in the space of a prior Namco arcade that closed down almost three years ago, and over half of the old room is blocked off. It's now a very, very small space, filled with a few average light gun shooters and busted driving games. Tekken was the only redeeming factor in this setup.. Wait, I stand corrected--Tekken and the multi-arcade unit (with games like Super Pac-Man, Donkey Kong Junior, Galaxian II, etc.) were the only redeeming qualities of this place.

 

Anyways, to get to the point of the story, I got something much, much better than Tekken 3--Mortal Kombat II! My jaw nearly dropped when I saw it, and it was in fantastic shape, too. The buttons and joysticks work great, and the sound is just as booming as I remember it. To top it off, it was only one quarter to play. I always loved playing MKII in the arcade, and still do now. Needless to say, I pumped a good bit of money into it. I may even try to make an excuse to go back to this place in the future just to play it.. We do not have any real arcades around here (The few Namco arcades have slowly consolidated and closed their doors over these last few years), so this is a treat that I absolutely have to take advantage of while it lasts!

 

Anyways, while I was at it, I shot a quick video of it for my YouTube subscribers. For those that would like to watch it, just click the video below:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEApIPsOoFc

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Awesome find! I think you just convinced me to take a little break from work and head down to the arcade in the attached mall :lol:

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Awesome find! I think you just convinced me to take a little break from work and head down to the arcade in the attached mall :lol:

 

Yeah, why not? :o

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