Extended stock at japanese arcades?

[zinger]

What's the deal with cabinets at Hey in Tokyo set to 4+ life stock (non-default)? I went there just yesterday and found it a bit confusing that some ESP Galuda II and Ketsui cabs, among others, had weird dip settings. Is it for noobs who want to experiment with the system/more bang for the buck?

Fantastic place BTW, we're going back to try Muchi Muchi Pork tomorrow!

[sven666]

yeah proboably.

dont miss the best arcade in akihabara, its on the 6th floor of the only building in akihabara that doesnt sell games/electronics.

its on the main street and the front is a red pachinko place with a giant inflateable cat in the entrance and one of those human-size gundams too.. top floor is a cinema and the others sell food/clothes and general stuff.

[Dave_K.]

What's the deal with cabinets at Hey in Tokyo set to 4+ life stock (non-default)? I went there just yesterday and found it a bit confusing that some ESP Galuda II and Ketsui cabs, among others, had weird dip settings. Is it for noobs who want to experiment with the system/more bang for the buck?:)

Thats strange, I thought Hey used to contribute scores to Arcadia? That wouldn't make much sense if they are not set to defaults. Were all the games that way, or just a couple?

[sven666]

Thats strange, I thought Hey used to contribute scores to Arcadia? That wouldn't make much sense if they are not set to defaults. Were all the games that way, or just a couple?

just a couple, DDP DOJ BL, galuda 2 (they had two, only one had extra lives) and ketsui where the only ones while i was there.

another arcade had mushi and galuda 1 set up like that.

i guess its done so the average player can get som more playtime out of their credit, contrary to popular belief far from all japanese are master shmuppers

[nynetails]

Don't know what to say... I haven't seen this. It may be done in Akihabara because of the preponderance of foreigners about. Certainly, anyone playing DOJ for the first time needs a four player stock

Really though, I've no clue. No place that I play offers anything other than default settings.

[GaijinPunch]

They've got a special sign above them. Says something like, "I can do it... I just need a little more help!" or something to that effect. As long as you can read Japanese, you know what you're getting into.

I think most places say when they use non-defaults. I went to one place and played ESPGaluda. Noticing something was wrong, I noticed it was set to easy w/ 5 remains. Totally fucked the game up -- you need those bullets for points.

[IlMrm]

Also Strikers 1945 2 at HEY had it set to four ships at the start. I got a higher score because of that, but of course I won't use it.