iPhone apps TURNED ARCADE!

[Jeromebechaz]

I witnessed the most crazy thing today down at my local arcade. iPhone apps that have turned into amazing arcade machines.
Check it out

[RayB]

Yup. It's a nice looking machine too.

There's also Fruit Ninja and Infinity Blade.

[RayB]

Infinity Blade


Fruit Ninja

[Jeromebechaz]

Fruit ninja

[Gray_Area]

Um, really?  I mean the game play of each of those is.....rather dim seeming.

Anyways, how does the licensing work?

[RayB]

Um, really?  I mean the game play of each of those is.....rather dim seeming.

Anyways, how does the licensing work?

Doodle Jump is fairly well implemented. The large joystick is analog. It's fun (but like most arcade games these days, the point is to get redemption tickets, so nothing deeper than maybe 30 seconds of play).

[retrostark]

the new games are taking overrr. nooo. this is not good, although the doodle jump cab looks awesome. may i ask were you saw it?

[Howard_Casto]

You've got to wonder who would want to play these.  It's not like back in the day when you went to the arcade because the graphics and interface were superior to anything you could play at home... you can literally look down to your phone and play the same game.  Not only that but for a couple of bucks you can own a game that's most likely going to cost 50 cents or more per try.

[Jeromebechaz]

I guess people like it just because it is a phone game but really big. And the fact that it's an mobile device app but not on a mobile device. I think it's cool and I would pay to play both maybe once. But the doodle jump controls are really cool!!

[ahofle]

They are so popular because in addition to the 30 seconds of gameplay you get for the $3 per credit, you can buy a mini tootsie roll in the gift shop with the 7 tickets you won!   

[yotsuya]

They are so popular because in addition to the 30 seconds of gameplay you get for the $3 per credit, you can buy a mini tootsie roll in the gift shop with the 7 tickets you won!   

 Actually, the ticket return on a game like Fruit Ninja is excellent.

There's nothing wrong with them. We're not the target audience, but the target audience loves them

[Jeromebechaz]

Yeah I think they are great

[retrostark]

howard i actually didn't look at in in that way, but i'm sure they make quiet a lot from little kids not thinking it through. it's a cool modernized cabinet that i personally wouldn't mind seeing in my collection.

[Ginsu Victim]

Of course these will be popular in the modern arcade. People think, "Hey, I'm good at this on my phone. I'll get plenty of tickets."

[Jeromebechaz]

Of course these will be popular in the modern arcade. People think, "Hey, I'm good at this on my phone. I'll get plenty of tickets."

you make a great point!

[retrostark]

yes but than when they put something like http://www.supercratebox.com/ into an arcade (hey i should do that!) they arcade will pull in a ton. temple run wouldn't be a hard on to do either. as long as you can port in to a computer or something to that extent.

[Gray_Area]

Of course these will be popular in the modern arcade. People think, "Hey, I'm good at this on my phone. I'll get plenty of tickets."

Blah. ---smurfing--- marks. I knew in the late 70s skeeball ticket stuff was a ---smurfing--- racket, which tainted the game. All by itself, I liked it. Don't really anymore cos the tables are so small relative me. In some ways ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- was just cooler when you were between 9 and 12.

[Howard_Casto]

Yeah that's what I was getting at.  If they have to bribe you with tickets then it isn't much of a videogame. 

SkeeBall is awesome though.  I still play them whenever I find one and give my tickets to the nearest random kid.  The trick is you have to find one of the old ones from the 50's.... they've shrunk the lanes significantly over the past couple of decades... it has nothing to do with growing up.