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opt2not:
What's that, we should abolish the UCA's because of everyone's personal preference? Sure, I'd sign that petition. >:D

dkersten:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 27, 2015, 03:09:27 pm ---Either make up a theme for a visual aesthetic, or base it off a real arcade machine. You don't base it off a game that isn't on the machine or isn't very fun. Why?

Because when people walk over and see your nifty Zelda arcade cabinet only to find that Zelda isn't on it and/or Zelda plays very badly on it, you've lost them... they'll never play again.

Custom themes are MUCH more preferable to that because you can continue the theme on your front-end of choice and then the theme is presented as a sum of it's parts, not individual games on the machine. Nobody plays on a Penny Arcade themed machine and expects to find a game called "Penny Arcade"... they understand that it's a multi-game machine.

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I would say there is merit to this.. when I did Wylie's Wars for my buddy and his kids, the moment we unveiled it his kids pointed to the artwork and said, "I want to play THAT game!"

Then again, if you like a concept, run with it. Haters gonna hate. They don't have to have it in their gameroom/mancave/livingroom/garage, and they sure as hell aren't paying for it. Who cares if someone who has been doing it longer thinks it's dumb?

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: dkersten on October 27, 2015, 07:17:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 27, 2015, 03:09:27 pm ---Either make up a theme for a visual aesthetic, or base it off a real arcade machine. You don't base it off a game that isn't on the machine or isn't very fun. Why?

Because when people walk over and see your nifty Zelda arcade cabinet only to find that Zelda isn't on it and/or Zelda plays very badly on it, you've lost them... they'll never play again.

Custom themes are MUCH more preferable to that because you can continue the theme on your front-end of choice and then the theme is presented as a sum of it's parts, not individual games on the machine. Nobody plays on a Penny Arcade themed machine and expects to find a game called "Penny Arcade"... they understand that it's a multi-game machine.

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I would say there is merit to this.. when I did Wylie's Wars for my buddy and his kids, the moment we unveiled it his kids pointed to the artwork and said, "I want to play THAT game!"

Then again, if you like a concept, run with it. Haters gonna hate. They don't have to have it in their gameroom/mancave/livingroom/garage, and they sure as hell aren't paying for it. Who cares if someone who has been doing it longer thinks it's dumb?

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Oh yeah, time to break out the hater word. Just because you express an opinion, it doesn't make you a hater. A hater would imply you actually gave a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- about it.

I hate the Dallas Cowboys. I don't give a crap if Johnny Come Lately builds a 21 Jump Street themed cabinet. Its not my cup of tea, but I certainly don't hate it.

harveybirdman:
An arcade cabinet is art. No one will ever convince me otherwise.

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: harveybirdman on October 27, 2015, 08:12:46 pm ---An arcade cabinet is art. No one will ever convince me otherwise.

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