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| Hoagie_one:
i had an atari 20 years ago. |
| RacerX:
--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 04, 2004, 02:21:20 pm ---i had an atari 20 years ago. --- End quote --- True, but Asteroids on the Atari 2600 didn't look anything like Asteroids in the arcade. The same can't be said for today's games. |
| dmish82:
As much as I'd love to see an arcade open back up in my area, there's probably more reasons not to open one then there are to open one. With the decreased cost, and increased popularity in console gaming, many people are quite frankly, too lazy to drive out to play games at an arcade. I know there's some classics I'd love to play again, however, I think it'd be more of a "quick play for old-time sake" type thing. If the arcade was coupled with the family fun type idea it could probably succeed however. I have a couple places here in NW Indiana that are go-karting, mini-golf, and then a small inside arcade (mostly prize games and pinball machines with a few actual arcade games) that does very good business, but it is mainly due to the go-karts & mini-golf. They hold b-day parties, etc and they have the eating area inside the game room. There is also a Dave & Busters in downtown Chicago that seems to do well as they have a mix of arcades & prize games and an eating area/bar. Whatever you decide on, I hope it goes well for you and I think we'd all like to hear how it goes for you. Good luck. |
| Hoagie_one:
you need some schtick to get people to come other than arcade games. something to draw kids and family in. in fact, the more family based it is, the better. Pizza, prizes, costume contests during holloween, large moronic costumed freaks waving their hands at kids, etc etc. |
| melarky:
we have a few nicklecades here where I'm from, and they seem to do really well. You pay something like $2.50 to get in, and then every game is a nickel once you're inside. They have the ticket booth where you can cashin your tickets etc... The only problem I see with the nicklecades here is that most of the old machines were broken, and the owners seem very uninterested to fix anything. The place stays fairly busy (I beleive they have a rule about not allowing school aged kids play during school hours, and they still stay fairly busy). Me and my wife passed one on the way home from our honeymoon, and SHE asked me to stop so we could go (marriage was off to a good start ;) ). We had a lot of fun for the 30 minutes to an hour that we were there, and it was much easier to plunk down the nickels for games when in fact I probably spent more than I would've if they charged quarters. I've often thought it would be nice if they had a nicklecade a little closer to me (they have 2 in this state, but the closest to my house is about an hour away). |
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