I played the original games in the arcades. It was funny, tho. I was like 15 back then and there was an age limit of 18 to enter. But by the time I got 18 KI2 came out, the age limit had increased to 21. It didn't matter, me and my friend snuck in when the door guard was away. When we got thrown out, we had this magazine that had all the special moves and combostuff in there and we were outside studying it until the doorguard left again. Good times. We were nearly worshiping that arcade cabinet and we played the game to death on SNES.
And when I turned 21, the arcades became more or less extinct.