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Thinking of opening an arcade...
IG-88:
7 hrs 54min for me. Sounds like a road trip. :cheers:
DashRendar:
Hmm, that brings up a good point though.
Operational costs are much higher than they were in 1983. So machines that took a quarter back then may have been able to cover the costs, but that might not be the case now.
I see in Vectorman's arcade that he'll be charging an admission fee. I guess that's one way to keep the games running off quarters.
I do think that you'd HAVE to sell food and beverage to make this viable. Private parties would be a big help too (you sell the cakes, rent a party room out, etc etc).
Also, being on or near a college campus would help a lot.
Epyx:
Nice! Do they have a link on that site on which games are in the museum?
Turnarcades:
--- Quote from: DashRendar on November 17, 2009, 05:14:03 pm ---Hmm, that brings up a good point though.
Operational costs are much higher than they were in 1983. So machines that took a quarter back then may have been able to cover the costs, but that might not be the case now.
I see in Vectorman's arcade that he'll be charging an admission fee. I guess that's one way to keep the games running off quarters.
I do think that you'd HAVE to sell food and beverage to make this viable. Private parties would be a big help too (you sell the cakes, rent a party room out, etc etc).
Also, being on or near a college campus would help a lot.
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It's in this format I'm currently in talks about to create an entertainment centre/gaming museum/party venue here in the UK.
Ummon:
There's one rink left in Tucson. I think there were only ever two anyways, and one of 'em was the north location of Skate Country, so now only the East one exists. They do pretty good business, and there's no weird ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- going on.
Adult night they don't even have monitors on the floor. Everybody just skates about as they want, just not real fast. Probly a hundred people or so make it. Regular times are much busier. Also, schools have the place locked up a year and a half in advance for parties, with days here and there open for parties for anybody else, but mostly not.
If your population is big enough, and you're the only gig in town, it might work. But seriously look into the details - including insurance.
We had an ice rink they built in the late 80s/early 90s that closed a few years ago, and Tucson is a million people now.
Ace - what arcade are you talking about?