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We picked Memphis first, then we were like, okay, what’s down there? Do they have any weird shops, any arcades, you know. Tyler: We really needed to go where the weird was, where the artsy people were, and I think this was perfectly suited. But yeah, there wasn’t an arcade here, and we looked.

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It just reminded me of Jersey in the 90s, that east coast feel, I don’t really know how to describe it. Melissa: Memphis just seemed really accessible when we were here. But when you took a look around before you decided to move here, was the fact that Memphis doesn’t have a legit arcade, something that isn’t a barcade, a factor in that decision? Wesley: So I guess wherever you ended up, you were going to open an arcade. Melissa: We couldn’t leave the house for two weeks! We also had the shop which was just taking off, and we had to stop for like two months out of the year. Tyler: Illinois is cold! It was minus 40 one year, and I was in Mexico for work, sitting on a beach, then sent me a video of her throwing a bucket of water in the air and it turning into snow on the way down. Wesley: I know that you’ve both moved around the country together while operating arcades. Melissa: Yeah, that was when we had to move out because there were just Street Fighters all around our bed. And I took them with us when we moved to Illinois. From there, I bought every Capcom fighting game that exists. The first machine I got was a Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, and I got it in a lady’s garage for $115. Because by ‘99, I was 22, so I started having money. Tyler: Once arcades started going down, stuff started getting cheaper, and that’s when I started buying.

Wesley: When you bought that 3rd Strike, were you already building a collection or was it because it just seemed cool to have? That move has a quarter-screen range right? There was this Zangief guy, right? And not many people could do the Spinning Pile Driver, but this dude could do it every single time. When Champion Edition came out in ‘92, I entered a tournament at the local mall and took second place. I had an obsession! All the money I made as a newspaper boy, I spent playing Street Fighter II. I was fourteen when Street Fighter II came out, and I spent every day at the mall playing it. Tyler: 3rd Strike’s in the shop, actually! People played it so hard a couple weekends ago so I’m putting new sticks in it. I’ve never played it in a real arcade before. Wesley: So, first off, I’m a big Street Fighter fan, and when I heard that Nerd Alert had gotten a Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike cabinet, I had to come check it out. Nerd Alert Arcade In Cooper Young: Q&A with Tyler Oswald

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Being a ‘90s baby myself, their arcade is full of games that I’d played on home consoles but never got to play in a real arcade. I had a hands-on history lesson playing few rounds of The King of Fighters ‘98 on a real Neo Geo, then I sat down to chat with Tyler and Melissa.

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