File:Ground Kontrol, Portland (8038241734).jpg
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In downtown Portland near Chinatown, Ground Kontrol has become an attraction of sorts. It is a video game arcade consisting exclusively of old games, run by dedicated hobbyists. After all, considering that the early 1980s is considered the "Golden Age of Video Game Arcades" - where arcade machines had enough power and memory to allow intuitive game interfaces, but still primitive enough that gameplay and strategy mattered more than pretty graphics - video games from that era are still very desirable even today (and that is my own preference). The video games featured run the gamut from the late 1970s examples (Space Invaders, Galaxian) to the early 1990s examples (Street Fighter II Champion Edition, NBA Jam), though of course the most enjoyable ones are early to mid-1980s ones such as Galaga and Xevious; I spent about an hour or so inside. |
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| Source | Ground Kontrol, Portland |
| Author | InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA |
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