Arcade vs Homeplay

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:36 am

Where do you seem to get a better score?

ps homeplay includes not just ports onto consoles but superguns too

if you own a full cab then i would class this as arcade

ave · Post by **ave** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:29 am

Well neither do I have an arcade around nor do I own a cab, so I guess I have to choose "homeplay".
Whenever I had the chance to play in the arcades, I was more eager to survive though. And in some crowded jpn arcade where guys are watching you, I feel a high ambition to show off some impressive skills

YEAH I LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE WATCH ME

So I'd say playing in a real arcade is kind of a kick in the ass to go on your limit. But that includes playing on a console in front of some friends too, so I would state that getting a higher score does not depend on arcade/home but on the surrounding.

Octopod · Post by **Octopod** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:35 am

I get better scores at home but I prefer playing games at the arcade.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:39 am

aventus wrote:Well neither do I have an arcade around nor do I own a cab, so I guess I have to choose "homeplay".

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:41 am

freddiebamboo wrote:
aventus wrote:Well neither do I have an arcade around nor do I own a cab, so I guess I have to choose "homeplay".

PPA · Post by **PPA** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:20 am

Octopod wrote:I get better scores at home but I prefer playing games at the arcade.

ditto

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:03 am

Octopod wrote:I get better scores at home but I prefer playing games at the arcade.

thirded

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:01 pm

Arcade at home...

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:05 pm

aventus wrote:YEAH I LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE WATCH ME

+1

I play on my arcade cab at home =)

Ayanami · Post by **Ayanami** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:20 pm

I do better at the arcade. I make progress much faster at the arcade than I do at home.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:32 pm

mr_m0nks wrote:Where do you seem to get a better score?

a better question for me would be "when". i only like playing games in the dead of night

i would also say that playing at home on a cab still qualifies as home play. arcade, to me, would mean in public - which i think is harder (but more satisfying). hope that makes sense...

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:46 pm

freddiebamboo wrote:
aventus wrote:Well neither do I have an arcade around nor do I own a cab, so I guess I have to choose "homeplay".

Buuut... I can comment on playing with gamepad vs custom CP;
Strangely enough, in horis i play better with a gamepad but in verts I'm much better with my CP...

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:54 pm

At the time of my vote (for 'Arcade) 'Home' has a sizable lead, but I think that's thanks to people only having the chance to Home-play.

Personaly, at the arcade or on a cab my scores are up by at least 33%, and sometimes far more...

Post by **Dave_K.** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:04 am

I vote for arcade at home.

Post by **system11** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:49 am

Sadly going to play games in arcades is no longer a reality for most people. They're dead.

innerpattern · Post by **innerpattern** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:09 am

bloodflowers wrote:Sadly going to play good/new games in arcades is no longer a reality for most people. They're ruined.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:17 pm

innerpattern wrote:
bloodflowers wrote:Sadly going to play good/new games in arcades is no longer a reality for most people. They're ruined.

Hey, at least there's still skee-ball......

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:35 pm

That your home arcade, Dave? Impressive!
The largest "home arcade" i've been to had 5 cabs, at Robert Garcia's house.

electricgrave · Post by **electricgrave** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:16 pm

My scores are better at home wether I'm playing with a cab, or a console setup of some sort as long as it doesn't involve gamepads. However I do preffer playing at the arcade. However there's 2 problems with arcade locations; one, arcades are becoming more of a rarity now days and two, if your lucky enough to have access to an arcade place, then you must prepare yourself for poor QA.

It's a strange thing this passion for the arcade I tell you.

glitch · Post by **glitch** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:17 pm

no arcades around here, but given how much better i do with gamepads compared to arcade sticks, i'm pretty sure home wins. ^_^

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:35 pm

There is no reason why your score would be lower at home than in an arcade. It could be higher though due to optimal conditions, since you can choose what you're playing with.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:40 pm

PROMETHEUS wrote:There is no reason why your score would be lower at home than in an arcade. It could be higher though due to optimal conditions, since you can choose what you're playing with.

Do you not think an arcade could be a better environment to play an arcade game?

electricgrave wrote: It's a strange thing this passion for the arcade I tell you.

i dont think so, its just a case of wanting to experience the game in the environment it was designed for

Like film fans who go to the cinema

or music fans who go to gigs/concerts

Im not saying arcades are a perfect environment for gaming (many far from it) i just think that their is something special about playing a game on a big cab in a room full of big cabs. hopefully with a few like minded people, maybe this environment give players an edge

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:08 pm

Dave_K. wrote:I vote for arcade at home.

i can only agree. (altho if there actually was an arcade near me i would most likeley hang there all the time).

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:19 pm

mr_m0nks wrote:
PROMETHEUS wrote:There is no reason why your score would be lower at home than in an arcade. It could be higher though due to optimal conditions, since you can choose what you're playing with.
Do you not think an arcade could be a better environment to play an arcade game?

Unless you don't have enough money or space at home to create good conditions, definitely not. At home it's more quiet, you can play again and again without having to wait behind someone or leave your seat to someone else, watch videos between two runs, play with your favorite controller, use mame for savestates... The only thing you're losing is the possibility to watch better players play and the added motivation that is generated by seeing a lot of other people interested in the same games as you are, which you don't necessarily get in an arcade.

PPA · Post by **PPA** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:26 pm

Well an arcade game properly played on arcade get the proper characteristics which can never be replicated 1to1 (as far as I know) on home ports. Im talking slow-downs here.

Does anyone know what exactly causes the slow-downs and why everybody says they cannot be replicated in ports?

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:42 pm

I don't even LIKE arcades. I visit and spectate, but I'd never opt for them over entertainment at home. Oh and the Japanese arcades? Yeah, people overrate them when the majority of them are fucking dead holes. Noisy, smelly, unsafe coves filled with random strangers who've had their greasy hands on the stick you're about to play. Ew, gross.

glitch · Post by **glitch** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:33 pm

Bullet wrote:Well an arcade game properly played on arcade get the proper characteristics which can never be replicated 1to1 (as far as I know) on home ports. Im talking slow-downs here.

playing the PCB at home is home-play too.

Bullet wrote:Does anyone know what exactly causes the slow-downs and why everybody says they cannot be replicated in ports?

different hardware, different strengths/weaknesses, different slowdown.
unless the hardware the port runs on is sufficiently more powerful to run everything the PCB runs at full speed at full speed, and the programmers took the extra effort to program emulation of the arcade hardware slowdown. which is typically not cost-efficient if the result is lost on 90+ % of the players anyway. unfortunately.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:57 pm

lots of conjecture, but i'm interested in hearing the opinions of people who actually play at home and arcades regularly, and hear their views

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:54 pm

Maybe I'm lucky in the fact I have a reasonably well equipped (for shmups in the uk) arcade to go to. Casino Arcade.

However its far from a palace, its in a dingy basement full of midgys next to the church of scientology and it often has a weird smell. (plus the odd hobo wandering in)

But every friday i do a round trip of over 2 hours across London on one of the most dangerous bus routes in the country just to get my mits on Progear in a nice big cab (Its not even that well set up, there are a good 10-15 pixels worth of screen missing on the left). most weeks there are at least 1 or 2 other members of the forum there (me and spadgy mostly) and we talk crap while we play. it fun, its social and it gets me out of the house. what more could you want.

I don't care how good your set up is at home. There is something special about playing in an arcade.

Same as watching a film in a Cinema

electricgrave · Post by **electricgrave** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:38 pm

mr_m0nks wrote:
electricgrave wrote: It's a strange thing this passion for the arcade I tell you.
i dont think so, its just a case of wanting to experience the game in the environment it was designed for

Perhaps you missunderstood or I wasn't clear enough, but for you not to realize that this is quite a strange hobby you must be absolutely mad. The passion we all share for the arcade is strange given that many of us go to many different lenghts to get our fix on the arcade passion.

Some of us have one or many cabs, others have many ports and others have PC set ups that allowes them to play the games and let's not even talk about the PCB's. The arcade gaming as a hobby and as a whole is quite strange, 'cause unlike any other type of game, the most miniscule detail can ruin the whole game.

Arcade gamers are hard to please and to top it all are very much extremist of some sort, at least I know I am.

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