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Thought everyone might enjoy this article about arcades....
greywolf22:
Yup I agree, the mall/pizza parlor/bowling alley arcades are not the same as the original smoke filled, extremely dark, people all crammed in with quarters lying on the machines to reserve spots (can't really do that to well with those card readers...just doesn't have the same effect) ;)
allroy1975:
--- Quote from: Sephroth57 on February 17, 2004, 01:29:50 pm ---i dunno im just kinda mad that arcades are dieing i grew up playing in them.
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Don't say that! NEVER say that!
GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE!
GroovyTuesdaY:
--- Quote from: greywolf22 on February 17, 2004, 02:53:21 pm ---Yup I agree, the mall/pizza parlor/bowling alley arcades are not the same as the original smoke filled, extremely dark, people all crammed in with quarters lying on the machines to reserve spots (can't really do that to well with those card readers...just doesn't have the same effect) ;)
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My bowling alley isn't too bad really. Even though nowadays they have seriously slimed down on how many games are available, compared to back about 15 years ago. Back then , they had like 10 of the hottest games were at that time. The guy who took care of the maintenance on the cabs, would rotate the games out of the bowling alley and bring in news when the games would stop making much money. It was always great to be at the bowling alley when that guy would show up, because he would always drop a buck or two of free coins into the machine, just so he could test the coin mech. and make sure it was working. I would always burn up the freebies before alot of other kids would show up heheh.
Screw'em lol.
groovy~
paigeoliver:
Arcades are long dead, and yet still continue to die.
How many game manufturers even support the US market anymore? Williams/Bally/Midway/Sente, Atari, Konami, Nintendo, Capcom, SNK, Taito, along with all the classic manufacturers have either gone out of business, retreated to Japan, or moved their focus primarily (or totally) into gambling.
Sega, Namco, GlobalVR, and I'm sorry I can't think of anymore of them are all that seem to be left. Sega seems to be refocusing itself as a software company, and Namco has really scaled back the releases (as the article puts it, they just prefer to plunder their back catalog now), and GlobalVR puts 3rd rate $9.99 type PC games in cabinets that cost a fortune.
Sephroth57:
well i think we all know the obvious solution to this. whos in for a group buy on plane tickets to japan?! :o seriously, i would love to go to japan i definately plan on going for at least a week sometime in the next couple years, I have a couple friends that went in school with their japanese class as exchange students, makes me wish that dumb guidance counselor in 8th grade didnt convince me to take spanish cause its easier and more used.... damn spanish propaganda!!!
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