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Standing in front of an arcade cab in the 90s hit different. Home ports had the specs but never the soul — different controls, different chips, different rules. We just called it "the game," but it never really was the same one.

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[-] terabyterex@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

aside from the article being weak the other answer is, arcade games are designed to have you put more quarters in. so if you ever tthought arcade games were harder, well thats why

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