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Thinking of opening an arcade...
DashRendar:
True. I think that many of us that are in our mid-20s to mid-40s may pass on going to an arcade-
BUT I think that we'd still like to have them around, for the next generation of kids.
Blanka:
--- Quote from: saint on November 15, 2009, 11:34:48 am ---It is against the MAME license, and is illegal.
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Too bad the MAME license still stinks. Really time for the guys to go GPL with it. That would really help making MAME much bigger than it is today, and have more programmers join it. Think MAME as official sales for iPhones or Wiitendo's! Those big companies would arrange good ROM packages with legal licenses without any problems. Weird thing above all, is that the only one making profit from MAME are the game makers themselves, as they use MAME illegal now in their vintage PC emulation sets.
--- Quote from: katuuuz on November 15, 2009, 10:40:02 am ---3. I was thinking of setting up kiosks for systems like the NES, SNES, Genesis, and N64. (Like the PS3 kiosk at Best Buy where users can play, but the system is under lock and key). I would like to put a PC in each kiosk cabinet and emulate these systems. Does the copyrights to these games hold true with the above?
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I think you better make some corners with the actual consoles, with original cartridges. If they are on free play, I guess there is no problem. You might only be charged for music rights (game music is music too).
Benevolance:
One of the semi-local amusement centres has Nintendo/Xbox/PS3 pay-for-play machines. I'm not entirely certain how it works, but it is coin operated. It's attached to a timer, and will ask for additional funds as the timer runs out. When the time elapses, the system resets itself and the circle of life begins again.
Other arcades in our area previously have used a rental fee concept - they basically rented you a chair at a console for X time, and you could play whichever game you wanted on the system you chose. The consoles themselves were at a front desk nearby, so if you wanted to change games, you had to get up and ask, but it seemed straightforward. I can't say that playing consoles in the arcade is something that ever appealed to me, because I have purchased the systems for my home. And if we wanted to try a new system out for a particular game, most video game/movie places rent out the systems pretty affordably.
In spite of that, the aforementioned semi-local amusement centre seems to be doing well. But like other posters mentioned, it has diversified. It has a batting cage, soccer cage, go-karts, bumper cars, mini-golf, etc. It's been around for years and years, and is moderately busy most any night we go. It is one of the few places that still offers mini-golf, and because it bought all its machines when it opened and has maintained them well, it has an awesome collection of mid-80's and 90's video games, still playable for .25 cents in most cases.
EightBySix:
Would be interesting to rig the cabs so that they take larger denominations to help pay the way, or maybe tokens that you can purchase.
Benevolance:
A lot of places I've noticed moving towards the swipe card method. No more tokens or coins.
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