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vintagegamer:

--- Quote from: shardian on July 31, 2007, 04:35:12 pm ---If I ever see an old skeeball machine locally, it is soooo totally going in the garage at my house - pre-approval from the wife already in hand. ;D

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Sharidan, you and me are WAYYYYYYYY too much alike..  The only thing holding me back is that the dam thing's 10ft long!

VG

Crowquill:
I'm not sure things are much different now than they were in the past.

I've never been surprised to find one of my buttons doesn't work after I put in my hard-earned quarter. In an actual arcade things were a bit better, but even then it's a crap-shoot. Games on a route were always the worst. This is why I started a new practice:

Always use the player 2 side. Controls are usually in much better shape and take a lot less abuse. Still a bit of a gamble, but you're less likely to find you can't jump after dropping 50 cents into a fighting game.

I've never had any problems at the Cincinnati Dave and Busters. Our local GameWorks is the same way. All machines are fairly clean and well-maintained. Not long ago I was at a local laundromat and was excited to play the Rocky and Bullwinkle pin. Apparently the start button was broken. About a year ago at an arcade in Pigeon Forge, TN I had to literally argue with a clerk who wouldn't give me another token to replace the one that dropped all the way through the coin door without tripping a credit.

I know these things take a lot more of a beating than they do in our homes, but joysticks, buttons, and switches are cheap and easy to replace.

rlehm:
I don't think it's a matter of not caring, but a matter of kids not liking arcades these days. They are into graphics+consoles+pc games. Playing against friends online (xbox-live) and games that allow communication like World of Warcraft have changed the gaming world. W.o.W. has 8 million subscribers to it's game. You won't see that kind of frenzy for an arcade game these days. In Las Vegas there is a huge arcade, Game Works. I used to go there and play acrades... all the old arcades, asteroids, pacman, etc.. were 1 cent, so it was fun, and the new games were mostly ignored. The kids would play each machine maybe once, or twice, and move on. Only 2-3 out of hundreds had any real attention. Kids were there to eat pizza, and try and get dates. The pool table room had people on every table, and a line waiting to play, while all the arcades behind them remained empty. in my town, and the areas I have been to, kids just don't like aracdes today. I'll quote a neighbor kid "Why would someone want a machine that only plays one game?" And "You can't even save your game, you spend quarters to play, then when you leave, you have to start from the beginning again." Clearly, the console generation is like oil to the arcade, water generation that i grew up in. If the person isn't about 30 or older, don't expect him to understand an arcade machine. I mean sure, kids play mine and have fun, but after the 3rd or 4th visit, they aren't exactly dying to come back and play... and all of them reach for my xbox360, or PS3 and ignore the arcades that i have completely.

SirPeale:

--- Quote from: Crowquill on August 01, 2007, 04:07:46 am ---Always use the player 2 side.
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Sage advice.  In my travels I've found that 99% of the time controls issues are with the P1 side.

Here's a tip for you street repair folk.  Heck, you might know this one already.  If your joystick isn't hitting all the corners anymore because the spacer has worn down to a point, pull the shaft out, and flip the spacer over.  You still have the height of the spacer because of the point, but you now have the flat bottom because it's never been used.

You can do this with worn microswitch pushbuttons too.  Pull out the plunger and flip it around.  Good for another ten years.  ;)

shardian:

--- Quote from: vintagegamer on July 31, 2007, 08:48:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on July 31, 2007, 04:35:12 pm ---If I ever see an old skeeball machine locally, it is soooo totally going in the garage at my house - pre-approval from the wife already in hand. ;D

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Sharidan, you and me are WAYYYYYYYY too much alike..  The only thing holding me back is that the dam thing's 10ft long!

VG

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Ahh, but I can solder! ;) ;D

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