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Message: [QUOTE="GuyZero32k4, post: 140857, member: 279188"] From 1996 to 1999 there was an arcade called CyberZone in my city, opposite side of town for me. But I'd go every time I was off, it was 20 miles away from home. But the sheer amount of games there was amazing. The owner made it a point to get huge 60" cabinets for big name release games. Met KOF 96 the first time there, fell in love with it. Tried SF Alpha 2 the week it came out there. Played Street Fighter III there first, no other arcade here had gotten New Generation at the time. Same with Virtua Fighter 3, no other arcade had gotten it. My friends and I got to know the owner Jason pretty well. He was making bank, it was ALWAYS crowded, even during the week. So much so, that a new release deluxe cab would be payed off in weeks, he commented to us. The first month after release, there was a Wargods tourny, cashprize of $5000. (which he put up with his own money) I was tring to play but kept looking over my shoulder at the VF3 cabniet wiuth the large crowd around it, be in awe of the graphics. Ultimate, one time he had over night lock in, with ALL the games set on free play. EVERY GAME, even big ass games like Gunblade NY. It was an over packed house, but everyone behaved, had fun; the 2 cops he'd gotten for event got easy money as no body acted up. One time during my birthday, Jason set the cabniet I'd go to, on freeplay for me. Jason's investors got greedy, as they did a rug pull on him and took the arcade from him and fired him. He was making them back thier money and THEN some he'd later tell us. With him gone, bisness went down big time, no new releases, though the new staff was friendly, it just wasn't the same. Without his smart managment, the arcade closed a year later. We were all crushed. I'm not gonna lie, I cried like a bitch when it closed. I'm being completely honest, if I'm dying, being tortured, or whatever, CyberZone 1996 is my happy place. [/QUOTE]

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