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| Lilwolf:
The ONLY use I see in it is for space. If you have an arcade... space for one game... and you want to buy a 15 in 1 solution. but classic games have more people in front of them recently then the new games. They need a 15 in one cabinet for new games... and keep their space for the classics... They will probably do better. But then again... Anyone live in an area with an arcade that still making money? When I travel and find one... I ALWAYS see 5 - 10 people in the classic corner... and one group of kids at a new game... (note: arcades in malls are different... kids are there because their bored..) |
| Sephroth57:
arcades that make money have a lot of bemani games if theyre smart. its the new wave, and if they dont have them theyre losing out on crazy profit. I am a bemani game player, started with DDR but moved on to anything really , and the DDR machines at the arcade i go to are never not in use. 1$ for 3 songs.. thats like 1$ every 5 minutes. not counting people failin their first song or whatever, and they dont cost much more then a upright brand new, theyre like 4-5k |
| GamingGreg:
There are few arcades in my area, and I don't think any of them do extremely well. Most of them seem to just get by. Most of them have a DDR machine (often in use) and most have 40-60% of their machines as redemption games. None of them have an Ultracade machine. I'm guessing it's probably cheaper to buy several old classics than one Ultracade machine, so it comes down to space issues. Also, Ultracade has a "home use only" version called "Arcade Legends". (see their support page here for picture of it) The odd thing about that is that the artwork on that cabinet, has more nostalgic draw, than the "for profit" version (which is ugly in my opinion). I think a lot of people visiting an arcade are confused as to what an ultracade machine is. The artwork and marquee don't say "Classic arcade games" to me. (I haven't seen the attract screens, but I'm guessing they don't get the message across either. All that adds up to missed opportunity. If it was legal to use the "Arcade Legends" cabinet for profit, they'd probably do much better. |
| GamingGreg:
Here's a better picture of the "Arcade Legends" cabinet. (Taken from this site here.) |
| RetroBorg:
I don't know why they bother to sell those kits that contain both 8-way and 4-way games, can you imagine playing one of those Ultracade machines because Mr Do! is on it and then you realise you are using an 8-way joystick. Bummer! I do like the artwork on the arcade legends cabinet though. |
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