Im probably in the very very small minority of people who still love and go to arcades. Its such a great place to meet like minded nerds. We are lucky to have 2 really awesome ones in town, one of which has a lot of good old machines, and they repair them too. They have some new ones that are OK too.
Anyway, I dont like that they changed to the dumb card thing. I get it (efficiency, capitalism, it was bound to happen) but it removes another visceral experience in society that was so fun.
Anyway, my old man rant!
Quarters/Tokens on the machine was a thing for Marvel vs Capcom as well. Always thought it odd Mortal Kombat and King of Fighters didn’t have similar queues.
You would quarter up at every fighting game in my local arcade. Definitely not a Capcom or vs. game only thing.