Re: this is what i found in canal walk
- From: Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:14:39 +0200
Actual arcade hardware. Probably based on the leaked Taito Type X kits.
They're using crappy LCDs so the colours look a bit faded but it's not too
bad.
I hope the guys at the arcade level up in those games quickly. They're all
pretty free at the moment. Zero competition at all.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Ashraf Barendse <ashraf.barendse@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Oh yeah! We need to go there as a big ass group.
> Is it an actual arcade board or a pc hack?
> I wish it would have usb ports.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> So yeah, AE and KOF13 at Canal Walk...
>>
>> Both cabs have those stock shitty buttons and sticks, but they seem to
>> work. It takes a while to get used to them though. I couldn't do instant
>> air burn kicks with Viper consistently, but I could do FFF and I could
>> piano with Blanka/Honda very easily. Sometimes I would hold downback
>> thinking I'm blocking, and I'd get hit anyway. The are lag spikes, which
>> are admittedly very few and far between, but you will notice them if you're
>> familiar with the game. There might be slight input lag, but the crappy
>> controls are more of a problem. The machine's speakers are also REALLY
>> loud.
>>
>> Here's the kicker: the rounds are set to 50 seconds -_- The timer says
>> 99 seconds, but the clock runs at double speed. Fucking cheapskate
>> wonderland owners. To prove that this is not a coincidence or mistake,
>> KOF13's rounds are set to 30 seconds.
>>
>> KOF13 has nearly half a second of input lag. When I tap a button, my
>> finger is off the button before the move even comes out. It also has an
>> inexplicable delay between matches against the AI. I think it may be
>> trying to search for networked machines. The button layout is stupid and
>> almost unusable. A C B D, with A being almost a complete hands width away
>> from D. It is the 1.1 version, which I believe is the one the console
>> version is based on.
>>
>> Noone can play AE or KOF. Far more people were playing the hacks. Guess
>> it's because it's 2 tokens per credit.
>>
>> I spent most of my time beating AE with different chars. I now have the
>> top score on the game (jab xx hands with Honda FTW). Beat a coupla noobs
>> who were totally useless at the game (couldn't even do atooget). Two guys
>> played just before I left. They were obviously familiar with the game, but
>> didn't really know much and it was obvious they were pad players. I mirror
>> matched the Akuma player and blew his mind by finishing him off with a
>> roundhouse cancel into demon.
>>
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