/vr/ - Retro Games

Something with microtransactions and DLC.

Justin Beiber pinball.

What hardware platform are you going to use? Build something yourself out of a bigass FPGA, recycle an existing boardset, use a cart system, etc?

Something with ponies to attract the fags. You'll rake in the loot.

>>445392

>>445413
It would be easier to just buy a cheap computer and program something for windows. Stick that in the cabinet.

I'd like to see a COD themed pinball machine, thinking about all the elements you could incorporate seems like it'd be a lot of fun

>>445413
I've got plenty of singleboard computers with I/O boards I could wire up, FPGAs and even the good ol' modern method of slapping a tower in there.

I just need gameplay ideas.

>>445426
>windows

>>445428
The point is, what's the target hardware like? That's kind of a prerequisite to any gameplay design.

>>445429
>linux
>mac
choose none

>>445441
He's making a fucking arcade game, you retard. They run on bare metal. They don't need an operating system.

>>445427
>>>/v/

>>445445
If you enjoy spending months on hardware.

Or you could just take the smart route and program a game on a preexisting computer.

>>445473
You could easily write a game on something like the Neo-Geo (very well documented), CPS2 (fairly well documented), or ST-V (poorly documented) without messing at all with hardware design.

>>445436
I've got lots of target hardware I can use. I could use anything from a Z-80 all the way up to a computer stack.

My roommate does embedded system designs, so I've got access to a lot of hardware.

>>445445
TRUE

>>445420
I'm not really interested in theme, just gameplay.

>>445473
Writing kernel-mode programs does not involve "spending months on hardware". Find a boardset you like, find a programmer's manual, grab a GCC toolchain, and start programming.

A game that give the player truckloads of action for their 4 quarters. Get their heart pumping. Let them get literally quintillions of points. Space Harrier x F-Zero + Berzerk + DDR or something.

>>445492
I'd say pick a well-documented board with a reasonable 16- or 32-bit CPU (something with a C compiler) and start making a shmup.

Game where some mutant ninja guy from the Andromeda Galaxy has kidnapped Applejack and you have to go through 10 scrolling levels of doom to save her. The game ends with a cutscene showing the two of you in a passionate embrace.

>>445510
>slapstick rhythm-action domestic abuse game

so guise how about some actual gameplay ideas

>>445575
Free-To-Play: The Video Game

High score is determined by how many quarters you can feed into the machine in one minute

>>445508
This sounds like a good start. Our highest earning machines are:
TMNT
Terminator: Salvation
INSERT GENERIC DRIVING GAME
Guitar Hero
Miss Pac

Established names? But, you know what I mean.

Shmups are rad, but I'm not sure if the players market is there.

>>445530
theres an idea

>>445575
this

>>445597
my boss would shit himself

>>445598
>generic driving game
fuck you, arcade racing games are the best kind of racing games.

>>445598
You could take the opportunity to make something with a bizarre plastic controller.

Or a light-gun game.

>>445619
How about a light gun game, where each player gets TWO GUNS?!!?!?!!!!

>>445597
I'm picturing a large cabinet with a marquee that reads "Social Gaming: The Game". There are security cameras all over it that record you, and play back the recording during the attract sequence. The gameplay consists of pushing a single button over and over for a set amount of time. That amount of time can be extended by putting in more quarters.

>>445610
>implying that Raw Thrill's
SNO CROSS
SUPERBIKES 2
H2OVERDRIVE
FAST N THE FURIOUS

aren't all just texture repacks with different art and scantily clad ladies.

fuck you

How about a multilevel pinball machine. You got a standard pinball machine in the center, but have tubes that go diagonally up to a top left and top right miniature table.

>>445619
Bizarre Plastic Controller.

Tell me more.

>>445628
I just put in twice the money and hold the guns like that, it works on Lethal Enforcers 1 / 2.

>>445641
Wasn't really serious about the whole pinball thing, while I could make one, it isn't as cheap as an arcade. Literally, where I come from, you can get them fully working from the 90's for $100 cash and carry.

>>445634
Stay mad that your shitty arcade is dying.
Enjoy losing your job nerd

>>445628
You know those boxing games, with the pressure-sensitive pads that you have to hit?

How about a light-gun game where you can pistol-whip enemies by slapping those.

Game where you're a pedobro who has to rescue lolis being held hostage by moralfags. In between levels is a bonus screen where you have to fuck as many as you can in a limited time period to gain extra lives. Final boss is of course Chris Hanson.

>>445648

So you want to make an original arcade game?

Instead of a plastic light gun it comes with a light dildo, can you stimulate to the max before time runs out?

>>445693
Pretty much.

>>445667
Thats a cool idea. Where would the pressure pads be in relation to the cabinet?

>>445658
17% growth every year since 2001.

stay mad

>>445724
>Thats a cool idea. Where would the pressure pads be in relation to the cabinet?
I was kinda picturing a Megalo-style cabinet, with the pads sticking up on the sides of the control panel. Easy for elbowing or slapping sideways with the plastic gun.

>>445674
>>>/b/

>>445746
>Megalo
sweet jesus

>>445767
yeah I don't know how you'd do it with a "normal" cabinet. not enough room anywhere

>>445773
Yeah, I was just thinking a generic 2 player, 2 joystick, 2-Button per player jamma cabinet.

>>445724

Well, how about "Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy's Domestic Violence Tourney"? It's like Punch Out, except with Kermit and Piggy in a living room.

You know what arcades need nowadays. Beer and food. That's the best way to draw in the adult crowd along with the kids. A fucking 30 year old guy on a nostalgia binge could justify going in there by buying his bitch a sandwich. Kids will still be attracted by the flashing lights and loud noises.

Plenty of adults walk right past arcades because it's "childish"...this would mitigate that. The best way to maintain an increasing profitability is not to just expand your business; but expand the number of customers ATTRACTED to your business in the first place.

>>445851

Why does Moot remind me of Jason Newstead?

>>445851
We sell food, but we're in a mall, so alcohol is a bit much. We also have pool and table tennis.

>>445862

Polybius.

>>445420

Reminds me of the CoD pinball game in VTMB

>>445851
You fail to take into account the increased cost of cabinet maintenance from drunken adults banging it out with alot more strength than spastic children.

>>445851
>>446113

Already exists.

http://barcade.com/

I've been to the one in Philadelphia a few times, its pretty decent. Amazing beer selection, and I usually crush the high score in Spy Hunter.

>>446137
I know it exists, there is an extremely successful one in Orlando. The business model isn't new, just successful and I was just pointing it out to OP. That doesn't matter though because he works in a shitty mall arcade.

Curiosity: the Arcade Game.

4 quarters gets you 2 minutes of breaking cubelets. They'll be hooked.

>>445367
Some derivative of Stacker. Seriously things like that are guaranteed money makers.

>>445674
Go back with your unfunny jokes.
>>>/b/

>>445851
There is a place near Houston called "Dave & Buster's." It's exactly what you described it as, and it's a huge place too.

>>446959
(Same guy here)
Just figured out it's a chain, actually.

Godzilla pinball.

And make it twice the size of a normal pinball machine.

With lots of flashy lights and buildings crashing and shit.

>>445367

You could get an iOS game machine. Those seem to be pretty popular, and fun too. If it's not too costly, a Fruit Ninja machine might do really well. Infinity Blade's okay too but it's kind of a shitty game so I'd skip it.