/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10465467
The height of arcade cabinet and stools come from the boom of Space Invaders and the cocktail table.
Before been called game center or arcade, those places were called Invaders café and were place for young adults to drink eat and also play video games.
Candy cabinet on the other hand are called like that because they were designed with traditional candy stores (dagashiya) in mind.
Those stores had many mechanical and electronic games like collecting medals or rock paper scissor
So they needed to be compact and children could play them standing while outside.

So with the growing popularity of video games and the core target include now teenagers and adults too.
Manufacturer begin to offer solution for those store to accommodate the height without having to put an expensive stool outside.

Contractor like Riverside A manufacturer know for cheaper unlicensed spare parts, begin to sell and bootleg cabinet and the orange/red they also offer cheaper risers, stools but also the cabinets you can see in Hi-score girl for exemple,which exist in different size and Height,

With Sega city series becoming more and more popular and Game center model becoming the norm.

Small cabinet like the SC14, Capcom cute or Namco Consolette were designed with Dagashiya in mind which also had there own

Riser weren't need anymore and disappeared in the early 90