Consoles blow when compared to arcades. The best games have always been arcade games, and i regularly visit my local arcades to play with strangers and watch queues of obnoxious idiots get their asses handed to them by a small group of nerdy Tekken players.

Arcades have never really been big in the UK and that' ll likely never change. They' re usually confined to cinemas and tourist resorts, and often share floorspace with bowling alleys. That being said, i' d rather visit an arcade full of annoying teenagers than a pub full of annoying teenagers I love arcades.

I' m as obsessed now with Tekken: Dark Resurrection as i was in the early-mid nineties with the original Tekken, a time when i would have gladly bankrupted my parents to keep playing. Hahaha, every time i went to Alton Towers or Lightwater Valley (?) my mother would give me money for food and i' d spend the lot in the arcades.

When i was in Benidorm a couple of years ago i spent £400 on House of the Dead 3, even though i owned the Xbox version.

When i' m abroad and i spot an old SNK or SEGA cabinet, say Daytona USA or Metal Slug 2 it' s like striking gold because the majority of British arcades only have the newer machines. Finding classic games in dark and dingy, smoky Spanish bars or whatever are some of my fondest memories.

So i ask you; a) do you regularly visit arcades??? and b) what are your favorite games???