It Begins...

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:49 pm

Japanese arcades in slump

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:03 pm

It Continues...

Fixed.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:09 pm

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada told Reuters that what the industry needs is a breath of fresh air

ELL OEH ELL.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:16 pm

Udderdude wrote:ELL OEH ELL.

Totally.

And this from the comments:

Arcade games are made to last around 2-3 minutes/credit and people are not ready to plunk down 5$ for 10 minutes

Another example of someone who doesn't play arcade games acting like he knows how to play arcade games, or knows about them. Arcades don't have fucking holographic cowboy simulators or virtual reality machines anymore, they have real games.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:16 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote;

Arcades don't have fucking holographic cowboy simulators or virtual reality machines anymore, they have real games.

In Japan they do, but the majority of arcades in the West don't have real games anymore, not since 1995 in fact.

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:22 pm

DEL wrote:Zebra Airforce wrote;
Arcades don't have fucking holographic cowboy simulators or virtual reality machines anymore, they have real games.
In Japan they do, but the majority of arcades in the West don't have real games anymore, not since 1995 in fact.

That is correct, in the US we have redemption machines where you can win plush toys and trinkets.
They have taken up the space once occupied by shmups and pinball machines.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:01 pm

DEL wrote:In Japan they do, but the majority of arcades in the West don't have real games anymore, not since 1995 in fact.

Well, this topic is about Japanese arcades, DEL

I'm well acquainted with the western situation, unfortunately.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:07 pm

Good riddance. That way the Japanese can stop having fun playing all those awesome games in public that we have been denied. *Bitter mode off.
(There's been about 6-7 years since I've been into a real arcade, so I'm entitled -_-)

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:15 pm

wouldn't the death of arcades mean more console shmups?
put in an internet ranking system, and you're golden

maybe i need an expert opinion?

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:17 pm

i love it when people post about stuff and have no idea what they are talking about....

most of the comments in that story were people who casually played games when they were kids and have no idea what is up these days...

and none seemed to know what they were talking about in japan arcdes....they all spoke of north american arcades as if they were the standard and that if it sucked here japan would suck too....

'you pay money and the game kills you....its too hard....boo hoo'

go play some mario party loser.....lolz

or some next gen cgi cutscene walkthrough bullshit

modern gamers bother me....they all seem to feel if they lose at it, its cuz the game sux....

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:52 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:fucking holographic cowboy simulators

Unrelated to the topic, but that game was awesome. It was my first 1cc in an arcade, actually.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:45 pm

I'd gladly pay a buck or two to play on a virtual reality machine.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:44 am

Ruldra wrote:Unrelated to the topic, but that game was awesome. It was my first 1cc in an arcade, actually.

Really!?

No offense!

I'd gladly pay a buck or two to play on a virtual reality machine.

I think I'd probably vomit.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:50 am

virtual reality?

just play an MMO

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:16 am

Ruldra wrote:
Zebra Airforce wrote:fucking holographic cowboy simulators
Unrelated to the topic, but that game was awesome. It was my first 1cc in an arcade, actually.

I actually remember playing that as well, at Celebration Station about 16 years ago. It was crappy as crap from what I remember.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:58 am

I want to buy a Japanese UFO catcher machine and fill it with my wife's and my own plush dolls, then we can reenact the whole UFO catcher experience at home and grab our own dolls over and over again. If everyone does this, then the rest of the 80% of Japanese arcades will close down.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:23 am

greg wrote:grab our own dolls over and over again

SuperGrafx · Post by **SuperGrafx** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:12 pm

Stormwatch wrote:I'd gladly pay a buck or two to play on a virtual reality machine.

I tried one of these back in 1994 (Dactyl Nightmare) and it was definitely an experience to remember.

I'd love to try it again sometime albeit with the latest generation technology. Dactyl was a bit on the low poly side, but still convincing and ethereally creepy nonetheless.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:52 pm

indstr wrote:
Ruldra wrote:
Zebra Airforce wrote:fucking holographic cowboy simulators
Unrelated to the topic, but that game was awesome. It was my first 1cc in an arcade, actually.
I actually remember playing that as well, at Celebration Station about 16 years ago. It was crappy as crap from what I remember.

Really? Back in the day it was the most popular arcade over here, and it was almost always crowded. The whole holographic thing would get the attention of anyone passing by.

Me and many other guys played together, sharing tips and such. The game is one huge memorizer, but I thought it was a lot of fun anyway. And clearing it in front of a crowd was priceless.

I'm actually surprised people here saying it's shit.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:18 pm

Ruldra wrote:
I'm actually surprised people here saying it's shit.

well its was shit.. and it still is shit.. niceley packaged shit sure, but still shit.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:12 pm

It's the kind of thing that, when you're 10, you could have spent 20 seconds doing something better.

Same as dragon's lair, unless you know what you're getting into, you're going to die almost immediately

Admittedly, I only played it once but I was pretty disappointed

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:22 pm

Ruldra wrote:
indstr wrote:
Ruldra wrote: Unrelated to the topic, but that game was awesome. It was my first 1cc in an arcade, actually.
I actually remember playing that as well, at Celebration Station about 16 years ago. It was crappy as crap from what I remember.
Really? Back in the day it was the most popular arcade over here, and it was almost always crowded. The whole holographic thing would get the attention of anyone passing by.

Me and many other guys played together, sharing tips and such. The game is one huge memorizer, but I thought it was a lot of fun anyway. And clearing it in front of a crowd was priceless.

I'm actually surprised people here saying it's shit.

What game are you guys talking about?

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:27 pm

Shatterhand wrote:
Ruldra wrote:
indstr wrote: I actually remember playing that as well, at Celebration Station about 16 years ago. It was crappy as crap from what I remember.
Really? Back in the day it was the most popular arcade over here, and it was almost always crowded. The whole holographic thing would get the attention of anyone passing by.

Me and many other guys played together, sharing tips and such. The game is one huge memorizer, but I thought it was a lot of fun anyway. And clearing it in front of a crowd was priceless.

I'm actually surprised people here saying it's shit.
What game are you guys talking about?

sega holographic shite game.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:10 pm

oh you mean this

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10124

I played Holosseum... that shit wasn't real holograms.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:17 pm

indstr wrote:dragon's lair

Cleared it too