/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9862780
Definitely not some woodie piece of crap, that's for sure. https://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/List_of_Candy_Cabinets

>>9862780
>>9862814
Capcom big blue is unquestionably top tier. Built to withstand bug dumb Americans hammering away on it all day, not dainty limp wristed fags holding the stick like a wine glass and politely caressing the hair trigger buttons. Slap some HAPP competitions in there and you’re good to go for decades.

>>9862780
These Big Americans are always nice to look at and see set up but fuck actually playing on them.

Pump it Up LX cabs
the peak of rhythm game cabinet design

>>9862814
My favorite cabinet, the Q Grand AM 25 is made primarily out of wood.
The true "candy shop" cabinets in Japan are made out of wood.

This style of cabinet is the original "candy cab" mini-sized cabinet for kids that candy shops in Japan would have. Then SNK made a cabinet with Candy in the name.

The Astro City isn't really a true "candy cabinet" imo. It is a "city" cabinet series designed for game centers and is a successor to the all-metal Sega City cabinet.

This is a City cabinet. Just City, with no extra name.

Then there was Aero City, Astro City, Versus City. Blast City, Net City...

>>9862996
where are you supposed to put your beer? how do i get the arcade feel without beer on the cabinet and a thick smokescreen?

>>9863004
No beer.
You put your candy up on the control panel while playing after school. Outdoors.

>>9863007
more pics
https://forums.arcade-museum.com/media/albums/japanese-mini-arcade-candy-dagashiya-cabinet.1908/

>>9863007
>No beer
>Outdoors
total heresy

>>9862941
Or robotron or that one star wars game, God I loved them all. Got to touch a repro snk cabinet at the pawn shop, that click sound is so good.

>>9863260
>that one star wars game
this one? there was also a standup cabinet that obviously wasnt nearly as cool

One day, I got in.

>>9862780
Thats customizef right?

>>9862991
>get to sit and get your ass handed to you by the broken bugged AI of ssf2t.

Great. That'll be fun for about 3 minutes, good stuff

>>9862780
You know, when i was a kid in 94, i only ever saw one actual Super Turbo cab and it was a pirated one on a small building that was near a old panaderia and a video store that doesnt exists anymore.

>>9863515
I've only ever seen two.
One at a major street fighter tournament in 2001.
Another a few years later at a big pool hall + arcade that had a very significant fighting game playerbase with a lot of different cabs.

>>9862941
>>9862780
You think capcom made thesw big blue cabs to compete with the neogeos?

>>9863528
Well, yeah.
They were direct competitors at the time.
The blues are better and Capcom won btw.

>>9863531
>>9863528
They nwver made advertisements right?

>>9863562
They were advertised with the games.

>>9863570
Interesting, how did SNK handled, also NeoGeo had more faitans and variety.

>>9863580
SNK directly advertised the MVS separate from the games.

>>9863776
However, even though that is in English it is a Japanese advertisement.
This is a western MVS flyer.

In Japan, Capcom directly advertised their cabinets separate from the games.

sorry for small photo

I wonder if the Big Blues were based on the Playzass?

found more pics

>>9862780
>From a purely aesthetic perspective, what is your favorite arcade machine?
1982 star wars sit down for a kid back then it felt like actually getting in a spaceship. Magic. best arcade machine ever made

>>9863951
>1982 star wars sit down for a kid back then it felt like actually getting in a spaceship. Magic. best arcade machine ever made
sry that is 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoIHZ9p1lIM
Other notables were tank command with the periscope interface and defender also maybe spy hunter and operation wolf

>>9863957
>tank command with the periscope interface
samefag sorry I meant battlezone

>>9863531
>The blues are better and Capcom won btw.
Lol. No. Neo Geos far outsold Big Blue. By thousands. They were everywhere in the 90s. Arcades, malls, Movie theaters, 7-11 stores, random corner Laundromats.

Big blue was a premium cabinet sold to play only certain versions of street fighter. So less were sold

>>9862953
>fuck actually playing on them.
Why? Showcase American cabinets are pretty awesome. Plus the crowd can actually see you play.

>>9862991
>The true "candy shop" cabinets in Japan are made out of wood.
No they weren't. Sega and larger companies made candy cabs out of aluminum and industrial grade plastic. Very little wood on the inside. The imitators and cheaper companies used a lot of wood.

>>9864159
You are under-informed on this subject.

I've never seen one in person.

>>9864159
Wrong.
I'm tired of westerners calling game center cabinets "candy cabinets".
They are not.
You ask anyone in Japan to describe a "candy cabinet" and this
>>9863007
>>9862996
is what they will think of. These are the cabinets that would be found in candy shops and they were made out of wood.

SNK made one single little metal cabinet and called it the "candy" and westerners started using that term to refer to all sit-down Japanese cabinets.
It's nonsense. An Astro City is not a "candy" cabinet. It's a premium game center cabinet meant to be installed en masse in a big game center in the big city downtown. As opposed to a real candy shop cabinet that is supposed to in a more residential area and only two or three cabinets at a time installed on wheels to be rolled out for the kids to play on their way home from school.

SNK's Candy series cabinet. There is also a smaller 18" version.
This is where the western habit of calling every Japanese cabinet a candy cabinet came from.
It's wrong. Especially since there are cabs that specifically have the reputation of being installed in candy stores that look nothing like this.

SNK's Candy series cabinet. There is also a smaller 18" version.
This is where the western habit of calling every Japanese cabinet a candy cabinet came from.
It's wrong. Especially since there are cabs that specifically have the reputation of being installed in candy stores that look nothing like this.

The 18" version.
There is also a table and 26" version.

>>9864168
I remember seeing one of those in a place called South Shields (a coastal town in the UK) it didn't have the face cam at the top though. They also had CarnEvil which scared the shit out of me as a kid.

>>9864159
>Capcom is an imitator and cheaper company

>>9864182
>SNK made one single little metal cabinet and called it the "candy" and westerners started using that term to refer to all sit-down Japanese cabinets.

You gotta stop gaslighting yourself with fake stories.

We (westerners) call them candy cabinets because their glossy plastic shell resembles the shiny candy you buy in stores.

Hence the name Candy cabinet.

>>9864206
>>Capcom is an imitator and cheaper company
Compared to arcade giants like Namco and Sega? Yes. Capcom is 2nd tier.

Capcom is better at competing with smaller companies on their same level like SNK.

>>9864165
Ridge Racer Full Scale is awesome looking. Do any still Exist? I want to play it.

>>9864212
>We (westerners) call them candy cabinets because their glossy plastic shell resembles the shiny candy you buy in stores.
No.
I could accept people independently coming to that conclusion years later because of the resemblance but it originally it came from a small number of the SNK Candy series being imported to Europe and Australia. Then SNK collectors would talk about wanting a "candy" cabinet (referring to the specific SNK model) but it got messier from there when people started calling any sit-down white cab made of metal or fiberglass as a candy cabinet.

>>9864216
Capcom? Still in business and about to release one of the biggest AAA games of the year based off of their biggest arcade hit.

Sega?
SNK?
lmao

Now Namco, they're doing great but they weren't in this conversation until you just now brought them up.

>>9864250
>small number of the SNK Candy series being imported to Europe and Australia.
>Then SNK collectors would talk about wanting a "candy" cabinet (referring to the specific SNK model)
What a strange fairy tale.

Meanwhile in reality, we called them Candy because they look like shiny candy. And believe it or not, the candy cabs were exported to other places besides Japan. We had them in the the USA and Mexico. Other Asian countries had it as well. None of us have no idea about this SNK nonsense you keep rambling about. It doesn't apply to other countries.

But keep believing your random piece of trivia and rumors you read on a forum somewhere.

>>9863776
>>9863782
nice, but i think otheranon meant if both companies took jabs at each other, at least in western ads.

>>9862996
Oh so that's why they're called candy cabs

>>9864256
I know your a Capcom fanboy, but if you actually look at their Financials then you will see that Capcom is tiny in comparison to Namco and Sega.

And during the 1990s, Capcom was mostly known for their fighting games and megaman.
They were in direct competition with the likes of SNK and Taito.

>>9864182
are you a revisionist?

>>9864182
could you please stop with your revisionism, i do remember wht candy cabs were like because we had those even in mexico back in the day, meahwhile when cheap ghetto mame cabs were becoming predominant they were replacing actual arcade cabinets for most games, those were made out of wood, they even had kid size cabs made out of wood, and usually with outdated early mame emulation, which were hit and miss, neogeo games on bad crunched aspect ratio with eaten scanlines, games wont work properly, 30fps if lucky, but as long as pakitos could play Kof2001 Super Magic Plus with Rugal and Special spamming, yeah they killed arcades here.

>>9864313
>Mexico
Mexican anon here. We imported a bunch of those candy cabs in the 1990s and I was told called they were candy cabinets because they look like candy. I have no idea about the SnK story he is talking about. Never heard of it until today

>>9864414
Thank you kind Mexico anon. I bought 3 of my candies from your country for super cheap. The owner didn't want them anymore. They are in great shape and only needed some monitor repair to get them running again

>>9863580
SNK always put the cart system up front and center when advertising the cabinet. If you wanted to get new arcade games you would either need to buy a whole new machine or work with an upgrade kit, but the Neo Geo got rid of both issues without compromises. Yeah, they weren't the first to feature a console-like setup but at the time they were the only ones that used a single unified platform that wasn't game-specific nor underwent generational hardware changes down the line like the CPS line was.

>>9864313
You are simply incorrect.

>>9864419
>I was told called they were candy cabinets because they look like candy.
They were called candy cabinets because they literally had the word candy written on them.
The "looks like candy" thing is form of backwards explanation that came later from people who didn't know about the SNK candy series or candy shop cabinets. There's probably a fancy word for it.

BTW you probably read the "they're called candy cabinets because they look like candy" on a forum somewhere instead of coming that conclusion yourself. Now you're reading new information on a different forum. Why can't you integrate new information over the old? Getting stubborn in your old age?
What's that thing about once people read something once they tend to believe it forever even if they are confronted by facts saying the opposite?

>>9864414
You may have had a few actual OEM SNK candy series cabinets.
This does not make a Sega Astro City a candy cabinet. Nor does it make any white or fiberglass cabinet a candy cabinet. As I have already stated here.

There are two real candy cabinets
1. the small wooden cabinets intended for Japanese candy shops
2. the SNK Candy series

Everything else being called a candy cabinet is wrong. I don't give a shit if westerners have being using this term incorrectly for 20 years.

>>9864414
Clearing up western misconceptions isn't revisionism.

>>9864459
There maybe 7 cabinets (out of around 200 candy cabs made) that actually have the word "candy" printed on the cabinet. You are simply wrong and refuse to accept.

>>9864506
Those 7 cabinets are the ones that started the trend. That's how brand names and nicknames go, anon.
>You are simply wrong and refuse to accept.
No you. I have provided a historical basis for my argument with evidence.
All you have is a "Well I guess at some point somebody somewhere said it kind of looked like a piece of candy".

>>9864476
>They were called candy cabinets because they literally had the word candy written on them.
Only an exttemely tiny amount of them had the name Candy on them. Your story doesnt even make sense.

>>9864537
>Only an exttemely tiny amount of them had the name Candy on them.
Those are the ones that started the trend. And they were famous/sought-after because they were really cool and neat.
>Your story doesnt even make sense.
"Candy cabinets are called candies because originally SNK made a cabinet called the Candy 25" doesn't make sense to you?

I get it. Some guy in Mexico once told you the "looks like candy" explanation he had heard from a guy who had heard from another guy who actually knew what he was talking about but the first guy didn't so he just assumed it was from something else and now you've got to believe that forever. Yup, got it.

>>9864506
In Japan most of the cabinets on the candy cabinet wiki are just called midi cabinets.
Straight from Japanese wikipedia:

>Midi type housing (general-purpose housing)edit
>An example of a midi type housing (Sega "Astro City")
>Similar to the upright, the monitor screen is installed almost vertically or slightly elevated from the floor, but the overall height of the cabinet is low, and the player sits on a chair to play the game. is different. Therefore, the aspect ratio is different from home monitors. The resolution was higher than the CRT televisions of the time. It began to spread around 1985 as a general-purpose cabinet for video games to replace the table cabinet, and as of 2007, most general-purpose cabinets for video games manufactured by manufacturers in Japan are of this type.
>The term "midi-type chassis" first appeared in the 1987 edition of the Amusement Machine General Yearbook in the description of general-purpose chassis manufactured by Able Corporation and SNK . In the 1990 edition of the same yearbook, it has been used in the descriptions of general-purpose cabinets made by Able Corporation , Casio Games, Capcom, Jaleco, and Taito. However, this name has been used less frequently in parallel with the decrease in table housings, and as of 2007, it is usually called simply "general-purpose housing" or by trade name.

And by the way...

>mini upright housing
Small upright housing. Miniaturization is achieved by using smaller monitors and simplifying or eliminating marquees entirely. It is often used in locations with many small children, such as single locations and SC locations.
In Japan, the cabinets installed outdoors, such as in front of the eaves of candy stores, were orange, so they are commonly called "orange cabinets" or "dagashi shop cabinets."

What does dagashi mean in Japanese?
Candy store.

>>9864487
>I don't give a shit if westerners have being using this term incorrectly for 20 years.
There we go. We found out why he is being foolish. Just ignore him and keep calling them candy cabs. It's how we've did it in Mexico and other countries.

>>9864515
>Those 7 cabinets are the ones that started the trend.

Citation needed.

You have absolutely zero proof that those 7 very specific cabinets were responsible for ALL Westerners calling Japanese cabinets as "candy cabinets".

>>9864615
occam's razor

>>9862941
I won't eat at a Mexican restaurant that doesn't have one of these bad boys. Nothing beats a good torta and then getting some rounds of KOF '95 in with the cook shortly thereafter.

>>9864615
>You have absolutely zero proof that those 7 very specific cabinets were responsible for ALL Westerners calling Japanese cabinets as "candy cabinets".
I have actual evidence with photos and back-up from Japanese sources to corroborate that as the most likely explanation along with confusion over actual Japanese candy shop cabinets being an additional term.
All you have is hearsay and circular logic for your theory.
You are essentially saying "it's called this because we always called it this" with no original source.

>>9864615
>were responsible for ALL Westerners
He's not saying that at all, ESL-chan.
He's saying that's how it got started, not that everybody knows it.

>>9864652
No. What you have is a lot of irrelevant information.

Show me direct proof on why all Westerners call them candy cabinets and why your story is correct above everyone else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqw6yRlWc2c

My gamer childhood, distilled in a fancy cabinet with a space-age force-feedbacked steering wheel, chocked to the hilt with all manner of buttons and triggers to try, a handy lever to switch gears and a built-in gas pedal.

I never got to try the sit down version, bet that one's even radder.

Only a handful were ever made in 1993

>>9862780
I would love to have a Sega R360 in my home. The looks of it just makes you want to play games on it.

>>9864675
>Show me direct proof on why all Westerners call them candy cabinets
At no point did I make the argument that ALL westerners even know this fact. I said from the beginning that I was tired of people getting it wrong. That's the entire line of reasoning here. That's what this started with. The idea that only a few westerners were left now who even knew where the term originated.
You've lost the plot of the thread. Good day sir.

outta my way

I remember classic tabletop arcade games always looking amazing, but all the photos on google are shitty. In the right environment, restaurant lighting, those low-hanging red glass chandeliers, clinking glasses, the gleam along the edge of the table glass, those phosporous colors glowing like magic within crystal... they looked amazing.

>>9864675
>What you have is a lot of irrelevant information.
What anon posted was very relevant.
>Show me direct proof on why all Westerners call them candy cabinets
You're faltering, ESL-kun. Anon started by saying that all almost all westerners were getting it wrong. Now you're insisting he's saying all westerners except (you) say it was named after the SNK Candy 25. Which is the opposite of what he was saying.

>>9864668
>>9864697

No . This is what you said >>9864182
>SNK made one single little metal cabinet and called it the "candy" and westerners started using that term to refer to all sit-down Japanese cabinets. It's nonsense.

Now that you lost the argument you are trying to shift goal posts and run away. Just admit you were wrong and take the L.

>>9864703
That cabinet looks to be in great shape given it's age. Where is this arcade located? I wanna play it. I can't find Lucky and Wild anymore near where I live

>>9864710
Idiot.

>>9864515
>Those 7 cabinets are the ones that started the trend. That's how brand names and nicknames go, anon.
Like others have said, prove it.

>>9864725
What kind of proof do you want?
You want a bunch of posts from neo-geo.com dated circa 1998-2005 showing a progression of usage of the term candy cabinet drifting away from referring primarily to SNK cabinets?
Do you want anon to go back in time and bring you instances of people irl getting confused and assuming candy cab = made of candy because they didn't know any better?
This is the kind of thing you come to a conclusion on based on available evidence, and the available evidence says yes the SNK Candy series and candy shop cabinets are the original origin of the phrase.
Have you never heard of occam's razor?

>SNK Japan literally makes a cabinet with the word candy in the name to capitalize on the the popularity of real candy store cabinets.
>exports it to the rest of the world in the early 90s
>foreigners, who don't know anything about the origin of the name assume it refers to the glossy sheen of the casing and the colorful buttons and gumdrop joystick
>this becomes standard nomenclature for the community for 25+ years
>autistic anon discovers the **true** origin of the term and has a predictable autistic shitfit when someone is wrong on the internet, makes 20 posts about it in one night
>he's technically right, but he's still an asshole
>nothing will actually change
>some ESL can't follow the basic logic and shits up the thread arguing with him
We about caught up here?
Fun fact: SNK made some of those little orange woodies before they made metal cabs.

>>9864732
Are you serious? Your only evidence is one single forum from 1998. Not even verifiable information. Just random users talking among themselves.

Do I really need to tell you how seriously flawed your logic and argument is?

>>9864732
>What kind of proof do you want?
I would like actual evidence and not your speculation. If you can't provide it, then please don't make the claim.

>>9864760
brainlet post

>>9864732
>You want a bunch of posts from neo-geo.com dated circa 1998-2005
I was calling them candy cabs long before 1998.

There's a new pinball machine called Galactic Tank Force from American Pinball. The limited edition can turn into a tank. For some reason.
https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2023/03/11/galactic-tank-force-third-teaser/

A lot of pinball machines have limited edition versions with special stuff on the cabinet.
The Jersey Jack Pirates of the Caribbean Collector's Edition has fake barnacle encrusting on it, for instance.

other picture:
https://thisweekinpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/47319299_2296162860402297_6334554291713343488_o.jpg

>>9862780
>I swear mom it's a geography game

>>9864845
And then there's more trimmings on the action button. Pinball machine have action buttons now. They do different things on different pins. Most commonly they have a smart bomb-type function of some sort. (not on Godfather though, JJP tries to be more clever than that usually)

>>9864476
They’re called candy cans because they were designed original for candy stores in Japan

>>9864821

>>9864967
they even made one of them that could drive around like a tank. Not for sale, just for fun.
https://www.youtube.com/live/bLLCoHUGM00?feature=share&t=287
that's the advantage of being a pinball designer. Your boss has no idea what is a good idea in pinball design and what isn't, so you can do whatever.

>>9864991
also that URL happens to end in M00 which is perfect because this pinball machine features cows prominently.

>>9864991
Wouldn't play on this RGB tanning bed but it's a cool design.

What makes people vehemently cling to a story that's been disproven to them, regardless of how long they've believed it? Is it just the amount of time? My generation had no less than a gazillion "that kid" type stories that we grew up believing as the truth, especially since the internet was still a science fiction concept at the time.

Everything from video game rumors, to not swimming for a half hour after eating, to snap bracelet suicides and poisoned Halloween candy with a bonus razor blade apple to go with it. It was all bullshit, obviously. We know that now. I had no issues whatsoever in letting it go and moving past it. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would, let alone argue about it like a nerd on the internet.

>>9864732
I have no idea why you're absolutely OBSESSED with this SNK candy story you probably read on Neo Geo forums. But people were calling them candy cabs before 1998.

(it also upsets me that people think 1998 was long ago. I remember playing on these cabinets being posted here).

But you've already had several anons point out your wrong. Let it go.

>>9864168
If you're in the US, check the closest Tilt Studio. About half of them still have one.

>>9866260
Tilt Studio Arcades were hit bad by the lockdowns. They went from like 20 locations down to maybe 3 locations now. They are on the verge of disappearing.

>>9864615
I'm afraid I can't provide proof, but I do know a few arcade boomers who've been in the collecting hobby since the late 80s. From what they tell me, the reason those style of machines are called "Candy cabs" is just because there were a lot of SNK Candy machine floating around on the US market at the time, so they were popular "starter machines" for new collectors. (similar to the Astro City a decade ago)

>>9866292
There are still 13 locations, soon to be 15. Only about three of them closed during the pandemic.

>>9866317
My bad. I got Tilt studios confused with Gameworks. They used to have lots of big deluxe machines like Out Run 2. Gameworks closed a bunch of locations. I think only 1 or 2 were left if at all.

>>9866324
Different anon here. You aren't entirely wrong. Some of the Gameworks locations became Tilt Studios and used the same machines for a while.

>>9864168
>I've never seen one in person.

Not surprising. The Out Run 2 SP super deluxe environmental motion cabinet was made in very small numbers. Estimates of only around 25 to 50 units for the whole world.

These super large machines could only fit in theme parks and very large arcades. They are also very maintenance heavy. Their motion controls and internals needed to be repaired far more often than normal arcade machines. Unfortunately Most businesses scrapped their Machines when it became too costly to maintain or when they stopped earning money.

Plus it was 2004. So 20 years ago. Most are gone. That said there are a few locations that still have them in the USA. Deezerland (theme park) in Florida has one.

>>9864853
That's probably the origin of SNK using the term Candy for their cabinets, yeah.

>>9866253
The only reason I used 1998 as a point of reference is because I'm not even sure neo-geo.com existed before that year. So that would be some of the earliest possible reference source unless you want to get into searching through usenet archives.
Weird thing to get hung up on.

>>9866305
Exactly.
But this information got lost to history for many people (the majority) and that's where you get the "they're called candy cabinets because the outside looks like hard white candy" backwards logic explanation that then got perpetuated.

>>9866787
Can you stop samefagging please.

>>9866779

You're the one jumping in this thread telling everyone here why they are wrong. And and why your random story is correct one. We asked for direcy proof and you haven't provided any. Just speculation and conjecture. You didn't even quote anything specific from Neo-Geo forums either. You just mentioned the website. Nothing specific.


>unless you want to get into searching through usenet archives.

Its not our job to prove your claim. Why would we do that? It's YOUR job to dive into the depths of the internet and prove your story. You made the claim. So you must prove it.

The Discs of Tron cabinet. I first saw it in the Fiesta Fun Center at the Contemporary at Disney World in the early 80s. It was an endcap, so it was very visible. It was a darkened booth you stepped into with a surround sound system, and fluorescent lights, so your skin seemed to glow like in the movie when you were in there. The joystick glowed too, it was transparent and had a light in it. There was also a back-glass with a picture of Tron raising his arms to the disc over his head. The screen was partially transparent with a background. Best of all, the original had a voice chip. Later versions of it, and the non-atmospheric cabinets don't seem to have that, so you had David Warner's voice as Sark taunting you or being vengeful with rage: "You'll regret this!"

>>9862953
Was this a dedicated cabinet or just a generic one that arcade owners used for more popular games? I remember seeing this for MvC2 all over the place but distinctly remember Killer Instinct 2 being featured in one.

>>9866773
It is possible that SNK named the cabinets after their resemblance to hard white candy as well as their intended usage in smaller venues. But I'd have to see a source for that before I'd believe it.

>>9866830
>>9866810
you've gone schizo

Here's a question. What did Japanese arcade games look like before shit like the Blast City took over? I can't find clear answers what games like TMNT or X-Men looked like in Japan.

>>9866779
We've asked for some basic proof. It shouldn't be hard. And if I'm being generous, at most your story only proves why a few people on Neo Geo forums call them candy cabinets. But it does not explain why other people who are completely unrelated call them that.

>>9862780
Does anybody here own an arcade cabinet? I think about buying one sometimes

>>9866857
It's a blanket term for larger cabinets with the control panel extended out to the front, but not always in the same style. Gauntlet Legends here uses a different design that was common for Midway's 3D era.

>>9866894
I don't personally but I have friends who do. And let me tell you, there's nothing that will put you off owning an arcade cabinet faster than helping someone move one. These things were built for commercial buildings with that kind of floor space and clearances. It's an optical illusion where it doesn't look that big until you stick it in a residential environment and suddenly it's a huge piece of furniture with an odd footprint that you realize isn't even that fun to play for extended periods of time because they aren't build with comfort in mind.

>>9866876
>Here's a question. What did Japanese arcade games look like before shit like the Blast City took over?

You mean the arcade cabinets? Nothing special. Just a bunch of different variants made by different Japanese manufacturers. All of them doing their own thing trying to climb to the top.

In the 1980s, Arcades in Japan during the were considered seedy and dangerous. They had a bad reputation with parents. Criminals, thugs, and yakuza would hang out in some of them while drinking and smoking. Kids still went, but some would get in trouble with their parents.

>>9866876
There were a few different eras and evolutions before the Blast City came out.
Some of the huge wooden cabinets you're familiar with did come out in Japan.
In other cases there were big rear projection cabinets of various types that were popular with with three and four player beat'em ups.

>>9866894
I've owned several.
Enjoyed them immensely and don't regret the experience.
I sold them and will not be buying any more.
Being able to sit in a more comfortable position with neck support makes lengthy arcade sessions far more enjoyable for me.
So I sit leaned back in my computer chair with my arcade stick in my lap.
If you're really into arcade games it's one of those things you'll probably have to eventually get out of your system by owning one, but once the magic has worn off you'll start to be more critical of the experience.

>>9866919
post moar photos like this if you have them

>>9864743
And the record spins 'round again

>>9864732
>>9864725
>fags discovering how language works
Nomenclature is culturally driven. Normies call a cabinet whatever their circle of contacts do.
FWIW I doubt anyone in my part of the world outside of the industry knows what Candy cab even is

>>9866894
>Does anybody here own an arcade cabinet? I think about buying one sometimes
Yes. I own several. Do you have any specific questions?

My favorite is the 1990s Neo Geo Mini. I bought it in the early 2000s from a local Pizza shop that wanted to get rid of their old arcade cabinets. It sat in the lobby of their pizzeria. It was the same exact machine I played as a kid. The owner knew me and felt that arcades were dead didn't want them anymore. So he let me buy it for $100 dollars. I don't have pictures on my Neo Geo cab on this computer I'm using, but the attached picture is what it looks like.

A few years later. I also bought a larger Neo Geo Arcade from a Laundromat arcade. The owner didn't want arcades anymore in his arcade Laundromat. He put a for sale sticker on it, and on a Marvel VS Capcom 2 cab. I picked both up for $300.

I still have them in my garagecade.

>>9866919
The ashtray built right into the cabinet really sells this image. I can hear Jean-Claude Van Damme fighting a group of thugs just off camera.

I called them Candy cabinets because they looked the shiny candy paint we use on custom cars. I never heard of this other story about candy shops or whatever.


Here's a picture of a horse game I used to play. Really Fun in groups. You sit on the horse and jiggle the whole horse to ride faster. I miss it a lot. Haven't seen it in years in arcades near me.

>>9867060
You're sure you came up with that all on your own?
You didn't hear it from someone else and then make the connection with cars in your head to explain it?

>>9866943
>post moar photos like this if you have them
More photos of what exactly? Old Japanese Arcades?

>>9867068
I wonder which subversive leftoid $0¥p○d e-celeb "gaming channel" does he listens?

>>9862780
Tempest

>>9867135
Proof

>>9867157
The vector display is beautiful in action

>>9862814
My friends got one of these. It’s sick.

>>9867120
yes, any photo which you can be certain is pre-2000s.

>>9863362
Oozes futuristic cool, especially drenched in black lights.

>>9867320
Does this work?

>>9863013
hurr durr I liek muh beerz lol

>>9864961
from thumbnail looked like a chocobo

I think Donkey Kong has a very attractive cabinet, nice and colorful with cartoony art.

>>9868272
Oi moite Beah iz skitz

This one is rad
It's afterburner for you zoomers

>>9863515
I saw one in a Burger King in New Hampshire or Massachusetts. Can’t remember which because it was so long ago.

>>9868790
I really like when arcades have a few Nintendo cabs lined up together but have enough space between to see the side art.

>>9864713
I went to an arcade in Portland that had it, that was 2018 though

i just think sk8ing is neat

>>9864845
>Horse's head for the plunger

I wish I had a cooler answer, but it's Tapper.

>>9866854
Ive only been in the booth of that once, and I still remember it. it had the coolest presentation of any arcade cabinet since. I had no quarters though lol

>>9862953
I loved these. I played a bunch of Soulcalibur II on this thing.

>>9870217
Very few Deluxe Tron cabinets were ever made. If you see one, make sure to play it. It may be one of the few ones left in the world.

>>9867120
The gamecenters I used to go to in Koenji still looked exactly like that. Just rows of plain white machines, little stools and tile flooring. There's a certain unpretentious shabby chic aesthetic to it, but for my money nothing beats the true late 80s American arcades-- and likewise no modern attempt to recapture that has ever really succeeded, because they swing too far in the other direction. They focus too heavily on the lasers and the pastels and the lightning bolt carpets and backwards green baseball caps. You need the gleam AND the grot, the smoke and bare metal and industrial exhaust fans and stale beer and sticky floors alongside the blinding cathode phosphors and ear-demolishing beeps.

>>9870484
The reason those arcade cabs were white is because Sega pushed hard in the late 80s/Early 90s to change the perception of Japanese Arcades to the general public.
Sega wanted to change the reputation of arcades from seedy and bad places where gangsters hang out to "family friendly entertainment centers".

Part of that plan was making arcade cabinets look white, sleek, and clean. No more dark colors. Staff were given uniforms, trained to be more pleasant, and to clean everything more often. The arcades were renovated to be less grungy and more modern looking. Criminals and less desirables were discouraged from atrending too and forced out.

>>9863782
>>9863776
>Ads with an element of truth

>>9863570
>fridg'd cam
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Disgusting. I hope Capcom fucking dies soon, could only improve the industry.

>>9864704
>I remember classic tabletop arcade games always looking amazing, but all the photos on google are shitty.
Because sadly most images of "old" tech is taken by either cellphones or idiots with a compact camera etc who have no idea how to take a photo.

That one you posted is a good example of it. There's light flooding in everywhere, enough to see the cable below, screen's not visible, overhead lights showing, bright enough to see the imperfections on the glass top.
It's like if someone sat you down after waking up, thrust light onto you from mostly above at an odd angle and shot you from a raised unflattering angle afterwards.

Most older tech suffers from this. It's magnified multitudes if the image is taken by a mobile phone etc cranking high ISO with no real colour profile to speak off at a shit shutter speed with a sensor that's 1/256th of a postage stamp.

>>9867032
>>9866919
The fuck's JCVD doing hanging around a jong cab!?
Anyway, it's about what I'd expect from a mahjong cab, surprised it doesn't have a little coaster circle for your drink and an overhead chandelier.

>>9862953
I 1CC'd Capcom vs SNK at the Great Lakes IL naval arcade on one of these. The left on my stick didn't work. Greatest victory ever.

Are Japanese cabinets still produced in Japan? Let alone at all? I don’t want chink stuff pls

>>9870650
OK but what was the difficulty setting. A lot of arcades keep the CPU on low.

>>9871801
>Are Japanese cabinets still produced in Japan? Let alone at all? I don’t want chink stuff pls
Of course. But because of flat screens being invented in the late 2000s, they all look like (PIC related).

Our local bowling alley used to have one of these. The screen was amazing. 50" rear projection CRT.

>>9872026
Yep. Great podracing game. The reason a lot of those machines got retired was because the giant rear projection screens were a pain in the butt to maintain and repair. The replacement parts were expensive. Most arcades just tossed them out when they stopped earning money and the screen broke. Most surviving games were converted to LCD screens.

>>9866876
Street Fighter II was released as a cocktail cabinet in Japan for some reason.

>>9872107
Just a conversion kit to allow operators to get the most possible machines running the most popular game of the time.

>>9862814
I would suck so much fucking cock for a candy cab, poorfag though and I don't have much space for it to sit in a nice splace.

>>9872373
Anon just get a part time job. It's like buying a computer. Not an impossible task.

>>9862814
First post, worst post.

>>9863001
Looks like an ATM.

>>9862941
I Came to post; "For me it's the NeoGeo Redbox" and post this image.

>>9872523
>NeoGeo Redbox
How DARE you good sir. You show some respect to the Neo Geo! It's an OG cabinet with a long history. Not some cheap cabinet that sits in lobby of Walmart!

>>9872546
Sorry, that's true. I meant to say "For me, it's the Neo-Geo MVS."

>>9872523

Did this guy just call the Neo Geo a Redbox? The vending machine you rent movies from at grocery stores?

Unacceptable.

>>9872780
Same Schizo saying CANDYCABS AINT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS GAIS

>>9866876
>Here's a question. What did Japanese arcade games look like before shit like the Blast City took over? I can't find clear answers what games like TMNT or X-Men looked like in Japan.

4 player games were not as popular in Japan compared to America. When Japanese arcade owners bought TMNT or X-men, the gameboard had "secret settings" for arcade owners to decide how many max players were allowed to play.

-With TMNT you could set the game to allow 1 players to 4 players.

-With X-men you could set the game to allow 1 to 6 players.

Most arcade owners in Japan would just set the game to "2 player mode" only and shove the game in any old arcade cabinet they had lying around. It could be any cabinet that had a joystick and enough buttons.

There were a few 4 player cabinets released in Japan, but they were rare and didn't sell that well. Japan largely preferred 1 and 2 player games.

The attached picture is a 4 player cabinet. It could theoretically play TMNT and Xmen in 4 player mode if the arcade owner owned the cabinet.

>>9872983
I have no idea how common they really were but most of the big arcade companies had a branded version of a 50-60" rear projection cabinet that seemed intended primarily for beat em' ups.

>>9873226
Oh yeah. Those existed for sure too. But only at the big arcades or theme parks. You could probably put 3 or 4 Astro City Cabinets in the space of one of those deluxe showcase projector cabinets. Space is at a premium at an arcade in a city. There's never enough room to put every single machine out on the floor. Something is always in storage.

Too bad almost all those deluxe cabs are gone now.

>>9870212
honestly this is the most excellent cabinet posted ITT

>>9862941
great platform horrible cabinet

>>9862780
The Grid. A FPS played with a ball. Nobody I've ever met has played it

>>9874806
>The Grid. A FPS played with a ball. Nobody I've ever met has played it

I played it. Good game. The issue was Midway released it in the year 2000. Then in 2001, Midway announces they are quitting the arcade market. So not that many were sold. I think the Grid was the arcade game Midway ever made.

>>9876840
Was the what grammar nazi?

>>9874806
I LOVE this game. My arcade had a bunch of the machines and I haven't played it since it closed down years ago. The damn thing was never ported to a home console and still isn't emulated.

>>9874804
>>9864426
>>9862941

What is wrong with the NeoGeo cab?

>>9862814
what's wrong w/ wood?

>>9863286
Yeah, I think so. I played it while everyone else was roller skating.
>>9863362
This is is nice too, but I don't think I ever actually played it. Same roller rink had both machines. Everyone was busy hogging sf2 so I got free reign with the older stuff. Too bad $5 doesn't last long lol.

Tekken 5 had an awesome cabinet. The gimmicky ID card was pointless but nifty and the PS2 ports were pretty cool.

>>9872435
another day on /vr/, another game i had no idea was in the arcade

Paperboy had a nifty cabinet just for the unique controls.

>>9876843
>Was the what grammar nazi?
???

Sorry I mistyped. The grid was the Last Arcade cabinet game Midway ever made.

>>9877314
Where tf are the throw buttons?

>>9877864
You can't see them but there are buttons on the back of the handlebars.

>>9877864
On the back of the grips.

>>9868824
Yes!
I rememember sitting inside one of those when I was 4
Lost all my lives in less than a minute

Here's a good look at them. Though this example is on backwards.

You will never again spend your Friday night at the local at arcade playing against a random QT on Street Fighter.

Those were the days.

>>9877885
Had this been a 90s game and also Japanese there would have been a handlebar controller accessory for the Saturn or something just for this game. It's a shame we never got one because the NES version just isn't the same with the normal pad.

>>9877885
It makes better sense for the buttons to be near your thumbs

>>9877892
>Things that never happened to you
The QTs mostly were on the DDR machine but you couldn't see them because they were being surrounded by an army of simps.

>>9877892
>cpu level hardest
it's not the only thing, baby

>>9877895
i hate most slang that is so clearly of its time but simp really does fills a void in english.

>>9877892
I need that CPU sticker.

>>9877892
>operator tells you which cabs are challenging and which can be trained on instead of just setting to highest to chase off anyone trying to git gud
That's good business practices.

>>9877927
It provides a bit more clarity than older generations that mostly just used generic insults like dork or geek.

>>9864219
google "arcadeblogger The Last Ridge Racer", have a good read my friend

>>9870000
I have fond memories of standing on these without putting any money in.

>>9877892

>>9866943
>post moar photos like this if you have them

You will never be a 1970s cool Japanese businessman sitting in a classy Cafe, enjoying a drink after work, and playing on a cocktail arcade cabinet.

The world is still young, and you are enjoying this new trend called "video games". Also the cute waitress is flirting with you, and says she's gets off work in an hour. Hint hint.

Life is good.

>>9878090
Compared to the shithole that was 70s and 80s America, 70s and 80s Japan seems like it was legitimately comfy.

>>9877895
>The QTs mostly were on the DDR machine but you couldn't see them because they were being surrounded by an army of simps.
This is absolutely true. 3 guys for every 1 girl.

I don't have a Japanese arcade picture but...
>the year is 1991
>you visit your local mall arcade
>see redhead from you high school history class playing spiderman arcade all alone.
Whar do?

I like it

>>9877927
>>9877982
Simp has been used with the same meaning since 80s and 90s hip-hop like E40

>>9878359
What game is on it?

>>9878359
Are those square tops on the sticks? WTF is that about?

>>9878472
Not that anon but it's probably a European or Australian cabinet. They did their own thing when it came to joystick design.

>>9868824
My local weirdo bowling alley had one just like the afterburner / star wars arcade style, only for Raiden. Not sure if Raiden I or two, but either way I missed that sucker from the moment the place shut down in the early 2000s...

Except thing is, I've NEVER been able to trace hide nor hair of any sit-down Raiden cabinet having existed since, and I've searched some variant of 'raiden cockpit arcade cabinet' every six months like clockwork for the last twelve years. It's like my own personal Mandela effect, and worse is that I know I wasn't misremembering; I can distinctly visualize where it sat in the arcade area, how kid me had to scoot into it, and especially the distinctive stage 1 spider mechs that I could only get past 20% of the time. It's the sole reason I played Raiden X religiously back in the age of flash games too; drives me totally nuts.

>>9878508
You aren't misremembering

If the bowling alley cared enough, they could have made a custom arcade cabinet. The arcade can take a broken sit down arcade cabinet and put the Raiden game in it. That way the arcade saves money bg recycling the cabinets. It happens quite often.

I could probably tell you what sit down cabinet it originally was if you can tell me more details and info.

Did the side use joysticks or a flight stick? How many buttons?

Did 2 people sit inside? Was there a barrier/wall between players ?

Did the cabinet have any motion or movement?

Did it have any Raiden artwork on the outside or did it say something else? What color was it?

Was there 2 screens (1 for each player) or 1 large shared screen?

>>9878718
Oh yeah. Please also tell me if the arcade cabinet had a roof above your head or not.

>>9878508
It was probably a one-off custom cabinet. All they need to do is put the Raiden motherboard into an empty cabinet and it bam you get an arcade game running again.

>>9872014
where did the variation go?

>>9878718
>>9878729
Had a flightstick, bombs were tied to a little jut-off red button like this one. I remember it feeling super militaristic and detailed too, though that might just be rose-tinted glasses.

Definitely no hydraulics, but I can't say if it was a two seater or not; for sure recall the two-player attract mode playing, but I never had reason to try it nor stopped to think if that was actually supported by multiple joysticks or not. There wouldn't have been much of a barrier though; either one singular bench or two individual seats arranged something like a car's interior, with a small block dividing the two.

Black all over and only one screen though; I want to say it had no marquee graphics at all, which made it stand out even more. Probably lends more credence to the 'custom build' theory, but it was a small place and the games were aging so I always just assumed it just lost its branding panels somewhere along the road.
They did care enough to add in a randomized Pokemon toploader dispenser right during the initial TCG craze though, so I wouldn't discount it.

>>9872983
Does anybody know if they ever had a Versus City style setup with 4 players? Like player 1 and 2 on cab 1, player 3 and 4 on the opposite cab? Obviously there would be a 2 player control panel on each cab.

>>9862780
My arcade has one of these. It's really fucking neat.

>>9879114
>where did the variation go?

The reason why arcades looks different have variation before 2006 is because of the CRT monitor. The CRT screen takes needs a lot of space inside the cabinet.

So every manufacturer had to come up with creative ways to make a large box look attractive to players.

Or if you used projection screens, the manufacturer could make super huge "Deluxe screens" and charge more to arcades for buying them.

Once flat-screens came, every other type of screen died out. LCD flat-screens won. There was much less need to worry about big arcade boxes looking cool. The cabinets could be thinner, and the screens could literally just be a flat screen TV. Or a flat screen TV with a little bit of design around the edges to hide the TV logos.

>>9879798
>Obviously there would be a 2 player control panel on each cab.
I don't think they made Versus City Cabinets with 4 Players (2 players on each side).

The Japanese prefer not to sit next to eachother for fighting games. It's too confrontational. They prefer the 1 Versus city cabinets with 1 player on each side. So they don't have to look at eachother while playing or dealing with sore losers.

>>9879321
Could it have been a sit down Spy Hunter cabinet? It's an older 80s games. So it would make sense they would repurpose it with a 90s game and just paint the whole exterior black.

This game was great. It was the Wii before the Wii.

>>9880208
Meanwhile in America fights would break out in 7-Elevens.

>>9880212
Heres a close up of the spyhunter joystick. It's possible they could have removed the throttle on the side and just used the joystick


Did the cabinet have a joystick for each player? Or was it one joystick only and one screen?

>>9880212
Nah, it was fully enclosed like the afterburner one, and was controlled with a single flightstick (front-facing trigger and that offset bomb button for the thumb).

That being said, I can't spend too much time thinking about it; every time I do I end up in an hourslong rabbit hole trying to find any sort of record of the place's existence, lol. Went under in 2004, it had the coolest aesthetic and the full suite of wacky bowling animations but some branded pharmacy waved a fuckload of money at 'em and that was that. Happened just a tad too early to have anything other than pic related survive in the way of archival footage / pictures, and now it's gonna haunt me forever.

>>9880313
>Happened just a tad too early to have anything other than pic related survive in the way of archival footage / pictures, and now it's gonna haunt me forever.
Man, I know that feeling. There are places I went to that shut down in the early 90s so they have no internet trail. The only evidence that it even existed at all would be if there happened to be a newspaper article about them back in the day.

>>9880313
>Nah, it was fully enclosed like the afterburner one
Is it possible it could have just been an After Burner cabinet?

Arcade cabinets in the early 2000s were considered old, but not old enough to be considered retro or cool. It has no nostalgia factor yet. Looking at an arcade cabinet in the 2000s was like looking at a cassette tape player. Old. That's it.

Because of that, collecting cabinets wasn't a big hobby like it is today. Cabinets were cheap and often thrown out. So perhaps your bowling alley just had a busted or broken After Burner cabinet and shoved Raiden in there?

>>9879321
Steel Talons by Atari

Does this cab look familiar?

>>9868824
It's funny how when you're a kid you can see something like this and it looks like a high-tech professional simulator, but seeing it as an adult you see it for what it is (a kiddie ride).

>>9880174
Woe be to the player who tries to 1cc a Metal Slug game on a blurry old RP monitor.

>>9878090
I built a "cabinet" like this based on the size and shape of the old desk arcade table design like that photo (actually an LCD monitor sitting on a box with my arcade stick wedged up against it) and it murdered my neck.

>>9880491
A lot of arcades were dark inside so they'd look fine in that environment.

>>9880491
>Woe be to the player who tries to 1cc a Metal Slug game on a blurry old RP monitor.
Those are the Gigachad players. They don't play on super 4K HD computer screens on Mame with autofire turned on.

No. These Gigachad players go to oldesr Japanese resort hotels in the mountains that still have old arcade machines from 25 years ago. And 1CC play them with no complaints

was always partial to STUN Runner.

cant find a pic of another one, it was a dual monitor streetfighter, arranged in a right angle with a mirror in the angle so you could see the other player's eyes.

>>9880313
What about Atari Roadblasters? Does this look like the cabinet you sat in? Just paint it black

Beachhead 2000 was great. It's basically everyone's first Oculus experience.

>>9880732
Pic

>>9880736
Game was meh, but I unironically thought as a kid that the helmet was awesome. I used to grab it and put it on my head and spin with it in arcade. Even without playing the game. I would just spin with it each time I saw it.

Now they make you put on uncomfortable airtight VR goggles in arcades. The same goggles that thousands of other people wore on their face. You have to share it. And you can be sure workers don't sanitize it that often. I prefer the older style of VR.

>>9877990
>google "arcadeblogger The Last Ridge Racer", have a good read my friend
This is some bullshit. How can there only be ONE left? And it's been like 75% destroyed?

What happened to all the other Ridge Racer Full Scale Units they made?

>>9880919
Things that size are more likely to be demolished than something small enough to stash away and forget about. At that point I don't think I'd even call it an arcade game. This is pushing up against the definition of theme park ride and we know those will just up and disappear into the ether once Disney World or Universal Studios is done with it. I think one thing this thread is showing is that while 90% of arcade games can be offloaded to emulation, there's that 10% where something is forever missing because the arcade machines were so unique.

>>9881036
Im not that anon but I just want to point out that we don't destroy commerical arcade machines today. Most of the time, they will always be repaired or resold to another arcade or sold at auction a collector. Is this just a 90s thing to trash arcade cabinets? It costs way too much to do that. If ridge racer full scale was made today with a Dodge viper then there is no way it would be destroyed. Someone in the world would save it. I want to slap older folks for destroying their arcade machines.

>>9881036
You can actually buy used Rollercoasters if you have the money. There's a bunch of smaller theme parks that buy refurbished Rollercoasters. I think the issue here is how can there be no surviving Ridge Racer Full Scale arcade machines left? I could understand some of them being destroyed, but all of them? That's monumentally sad.

>>9881090
We do. I saw multiple arcade machines sitting outside a defunct roller rink. I asked around and found out the owner was a hoarder wouldn't sell because he knew what he had. He died. Half of his shit was broken. People bought the stuff that powered on. The remainder went on the back porch behind a barbed wire fence. I watched 20+ cabs rot in the weather for a couple years.

There was an old man in my neighborhood that had a garage filled with shit. He had a yard sale. I went to check it out. The moment I showed up he told me to fuck off and began yelling at me. So I fucked off. But it made me even more curious. So I made it a point to drive past his house once in a while. I noticed he had a few 70s era pinball games and a few arcades Combat was the most notable. I knew this because he would remove tarps and put them back on. Anyway, curiosity got the best of me I went to ask him what was up with the games. He said he was looking for a buyer. I asked him the conditions and prices. He tried to sell me etched glass from a closed bar and a bunch of barstools in poor condition for $800. I just said that is out of my price and interest range. He told me I sure as hell can't afford any of his arcades then. I shrugged. Years later I passed by and Combat was sitting in a mud puddle with no tarp after a very windy/rainy day.

>>9881171
It's really no different than people who throw CRTs on the curb. Most people recognize that any random piece of "junk" is likely worth something to somebody but the effort that it takes to jump through those hoops just isn't worth their time. They just want it gone. People still trade shit in to GameStop fully knowing that they'll get pennies compared to what they could selling on Ebay. The convenience of being able to just trash something that's in the way is sometimes too attractive. And Ridge Racer Full Scale was so big that there couldn't have been that many. I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking around 20 or so ever built.

>>9881174
>I asked around and found out the owner was a hoarder wouldn't sell because he knew what he had.

Different anon here. I absolutely hate people like this. Im part of several private groups that buy and sell arcade machines. There are always a couple people that try to sell their arcades for absurd prices in my groups. Something that's worth MAYBE $2K (if it's in great condition and the right buyer comes along), but they want to sell it for $5K.

It's like when I got into an argument with a YouTuber that found a "rare" NES game at a garage sale and bought it for 10 dollars. They claimed with was worth $1,600 dollars because they saw some people selling it on eBay for that much. I told them that it's only worth $1,600 dollars to a very small group of collectors. It's not worth $1600 to everyone. And it's only rare because everyone is buying up all the used stock because they think they can make a quick buck. The reality is that the pool of buyers is much smaller than the pool of sellers. The collector YouTuber got so upset and argued with me in the comments for a long time.

I asked them "Would you pay $1600 for that game?"

They replied "Well no. But someone else might!"

I told them "exactly. It's not worth $1600 then".

The Street Value is much lower. The Street Value is the price it will make a guaranteed immediate sale to most buyers. Not collectors value

>He died. Half of his shit was broken. People bought the stuff that powered on. The remainder went on the back porch behind a barbed wire fence. I watched 20+ cabs rot in the weather for a couple years.

Yep I've seen this happen. Old men who really have no business being in arcade industry trying to relive their glory days. They think just because their arcade machine at one point in the past made "thousands of dollars every month" means that it will do so again.

No. Your Mortal Kombat 2 arcade cabinet or NBA Jam cabinet will never earn that much money ever again. This is not 1993 anymore.

The one kid adam sandler is playing og Donkey Kong in the pixels movie

>>9880469
You're relying on twenty year old memories here so I'll never be able to say for sure, but I'll give folks some release here and say I do think this is the closest match I've ever seen to it; thanks anon. That bulkyass Joystick (if not neccessarily the assembly) is just about 1:1 with what I remember, and the display(s) were for sure recessed behind glass panels like that too.

Kid me remembers the back being totally enclosed (so it basically cut you off from everyone else in there), and I'm fifty-fifty on the textured metal flooring, but at this point I wouldn't put money on either. Thanks for the help clearing out some of the cobwebs, though!

>>9882341
Heres another picture anon. Does it help jog your memory?

It's this little Salamander cabinet from Japan.
It just speaks to me.

The Atari caberet cabs were very comfy

>>9884161
so toy-like in a good way

>>9866918
It's not so bad moving an upright cabinet across a room, but I'll never understand why so many people put arcades in their basements. 7-foot tall boxes were not designed for stairs.

>>9884613
It might be a situation where the guy is married and the basement is the only place in the house where the wife isn't upset seeing the arcade cabinets.

Or maybe some People want a dedicated gaming space they can decorate to look like their ganing room and the basement is the only place they have available.

Not everyone puts arcade machines in their basement. Sometimes it's in their spare room bedroom, or they put the machines in their living room or throughout their house.

Some people even build their own seperate building for it. If you have property, then some people buy barns and make their own arcade.

It depends on how much space they have.

>>9866918
Well, they do make cabinets that are so small a single person can move them.

>>9885059
Good to know, since everyone itt is a single person

It's got to be the original Versus City cabinet.
I even like the fact that most of them are totally beat to shit now due to millions of matches played on them over the years.
It gives them character and makes them feel like a real proving ground. I also like the yellowing on the speaker grills giving them a slight ghetto vibe.

>>9885051
>pic
>>9885051
>It might be a situation where the guy is married and the basement is the only place in the house where the wife isn't upset seeing the arcade cabinets.

That's the long lost Luna City arcade. In it's owners case, he broke up with his wife and it was all scattered to the wind in the divorce. He was immediately kicked out of the house and wound up upset in the mental health ward or shit and never got to return to his arcade again.

He put everything into that arcade, all the decor, all the love, only to have some cunt take it all away. Today that barn is probably a garage with some yuppie's BMW parked in it.

Look at what once was and ponder: https://lunacityarcade.com/

https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/morris-county/2016/03/21/morristown-game-vault-offers-arcade-classics/81807964/

They still live.

>>9887806
There are some arcade collectors who have a barn or shed and have their own arcade on their property. Some of their videos are on YouTube.

>>9889030
So they're like sci-fi villains who take entire arcades filled with dozens of arcade machines and shrink them down to fit in their shed? Holy fucking BASED!

>>9889352
See I know you think you are being clever with you picture and your post. But you fail HARD because you think the word "shed" means small. The reality is that storage sheds come in ALL sizes from small all the way to huge.

>>9889378
>I think you think the word "shed" means small
Definitely a (You) problem

>>9862780
without question

>>9890150
The making of video for the digitized voice and synth music sounds is fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r28i-k3mL3o

>>9889467
Sheds come in all shapes and sizes. The word literally comes from the Latin word meaning "shelter". It has nothing to do with size.

You can literally order a shed for storage or for an extra car port. It's cheap and effective since they come pre-built in pieces. Almost like Legos.

Collectors buy them and put arcades inside them for their own personal arcade.

>>9890634
>Cope comes in all sizes. From straw man to straw baby.
>Look at my "Extra Large Shed" that's barely big enough to hold a single small arcade
Keep coping kiddo. The power of autism compels you.

>>9890852
I don't even know what you are talking about anymore.

1. One anon claimed that collectors build barns and sheds to hold their collections.

2. You got upset and went on a sarcastic rant about how sheds are small and word isn't right.

3. I came in and posted pictures showing you large sheds you can literally order from shed builder companies. These are official products.

4. You respond with nonsense about "coping" or whatever.

Go look at shed production companies if you don't like them using the word shed. Google it. Large building sized storage sheds exist. There's nothing else to say.

>>9889467
ESL moment

>>9889467
Someone can't read

>>9889467
Learn to quote properly

>>9890964
>>9891013
>>9891083
>>9891217
Imagine being this mad and coping this hard because someone mocked you for using a zoomerism. I can literally hear your veins popping from here.

>>9867163
>The vector display is beautiful in action

I have never seen Tempest in person. But I do remember a local arcade that had an Asteroids Deluxe arcade machine. Asteroids deluxe is a vector arcade game where the screen projects itself to a mirrored surface, and that mirrored surface has a black light 'glow in the dark' back panel. the vectors have a cool glowing effect. There are some 3D elements to the background display. Mostly just cardboard pop-out images. Not easy to emulate the look of these machines through emulation.

https://youtu.be/GGODay8YUio?t=188


It's really a cabinet that you gotta see in person. Just like all the vector Atari cabs. I

>>9891280

This video really sums up the cabinet well. As this guy said, the mirrored glass trick with the monitor is nothing new, and has been done in other arcade machines too. But the presentation here is top notch.

https://youtu.be/OUveu3Dm_Fo?t=448

>>9891250
>zoomerism
?

Most of us are old anon. Not sure who you are trying to impress. Just move on.

>>9891319
The Pinball 2000 used a half silvered mirror to create the playfield hologram effect.

>>9862780
I like cocktail cabs, reminds me of pizza places in the 80s. That was a fun time to be alive.

I will say that I really liked the look of the Holoseum. This was marketed as a holographic arcade cabinet. But it uses some sort of mirror projection for the game graphics and some cardboard 3D objects stuck in the background. I only ever played Time Traveller twice on one. Time Traveller is a QTE FMV game. You have to dodge and attack different enemies in different time periods, and you are a time travelling gun slinger from the wild west. The effect is cool.

>>9894217

>>9867060
>I called them Candy cabinets because they looked the shiny candy paint we use on custom cars. I never heard of this other story about candy shops or whatever.

That reminds me of Stadium Cross by sega. I have seen one of these cabs, and the dirt bikes look great. the game uses the system 32board, and I was hoping MotoCross Champion on the 32x would have been more like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86RmAKkf01E

S.T.U.N. Runner cab is cool too.

there were quite a few variations on the OutRun cabinet. I have seen the stand up one multiple times. I have seen one of these before as well, and I liked the look of them.

>>9891350
>Most of us are old anon
No, you aren't. Not sure who you are trying to impress.
If the "us", comprised of you and the voices in your head, were "old" you'd know what an ism is. Google it.

>>9894249
I take it you're supposed to straddle this thing like a motorcycle, in spite of it having a cuboid for a seat.

>>9862936
I had exactly that Pc case back in 92. Top left.

>>9894874
you're such a boor, anon

>>9894886
>I take it you're supposed to straddle this thing like a motorcycle, in spite of it having a cuboid for a seat.

I have used one like twice and you can just sit down on it 'properly''. But I guess the seat is designed so you could stratle it like a motorcycle. STUN Runner is a pretty cool early Polygonal game from 1989.

>>9866876
OOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!

>>9862814
looks like a washing machine

>>9894249
Cab doesnt even move like some of Sega's

>>9895790
>i'm trying to impress pseud faggots
Epic fail. Your kind are only impressed by their own shitposts.

>>9894874
>>Most of us are old anon
>No, you aren't.
I'm in my early 50s anon. You clearly have no idea who browses this board.

>>9895892
How many of the warning stickers were required and how many are just additional theming?

>>9864556
Have you ever considered that people in different countries have different names for things? Also who gives a fuck.

>>9896289
>You clearly have no idea who browses an anonymous board
lol. Ironically I do. Underage larpers like you.

>>9896421
You have a weird fetish where you need to imagine everyone being younger than you. No anon. No. Everyone here is oldfags. Younger generations do not care about old consoles and arcades from the 80s and 90s. Were all oldfags here. Accept it. Move on.

>>9864704
this Dig Dug one is really sexy

>>9896314
Having different names for things doesn't excuse just making up an origin for a name out of thin air.

Does anyone have any experience with yaton arcade for parts?

>>9862780
Afterburner. No question

>>9896592
Candy cabs were called candy cabs for different reasons depending on the country they were exported to. There is no "single reason" that explains it all.

>>9896460
I don't need to imagine champ. Even according to your silly larp you're younger. Cope harder kiddo.
>Younger generations do not care about old consoles and arcades
lol. lmfao even.

>>9896460

Don't bother responding.

We have a weird anon who takes pleasure in accussing people of larping with no evidence.

It doesn't make sense, but it's best to not feed his ego.

>>9896754
Those different reasons other than the two actual reasons were entirely made up in those people's heads.

>>9897141
So you're at least in your mid-50s and post like that? Yikes.

>>9897245
Right? The anon saying everyone is underage writes like a modern 13 year old.

>>9864165
There was one of these in Burma at a somewhat fairly popular arcade when i was visiting my family in 2015 but I haven't gone back to visit since Covid and the coup de'tat.

>>9897502
May I politely ask if could you be a little more specific?

Do you know the city, or the name of the arcade where it was?

>>9896310
The experience was so intense in the late 90's I'd have assumed they would be required to have at least double that many.

>>9862780
for me its gotta be mortal kombat, as its the first machine i remember playing as a kid, it was at a thrift store in 93/94, i challenged some guy playing the machine, i was 8yo and a fucking boss on the megadrive version, got instantly slain, never played with a stick before and failed hard, the shame has stuck with me to this day.

>>9867030
this is making me jelly as fuck, MK1 was my first but MK2 was my favourite, they just go well side by side, also thought that was one of those 1up abominations, but that snk cab is nice!

>>9863957
i always saw one of these at arcades, i always sat inside it, but dont remember if i actually played it.

>>9864691
i also came across one of these in the early/mid 90's, think i was about 7/8 yo, it was roped off, i asked a member of staff, but they said it was only run certain times as the machine needed an attendant, ill prob never see one again.

as for person preference a like the 80's sega cabs like the city>>9863001 in silver, and the aero city, the astro city is a nice looking machine but i'd choose an egret II for the rotating screen, shame they only come in pink.

also been waiting for a good arcade thread like this, just gort here and it'll prob archive before i post.

was gonna post a sega city cab but pic rel is more interesting, i wonder what happened to those cabs, did they just wipe them down, any one got n e story?

>>9899523
holy shit what happened there?

>>9899592
mustard gas

I like the double wide Warrior Blade cabinet.

>>9899523
looks a lot like an american school

>>9899746
It's clearly Japanese arcade. Look at the signs. The players probably got violent when you insulted their game waifu.

Convo probably went like this:

Jap 1: "My game waifu just beat your game waifu. Suck it!"

JAP 2: "Your game waifu is a wh*re! She isn't pure!"

Immediate death fight.

It's the one thing that sets off the Japanese Otaku. Never insult their waifu

>>9899738
Wow this is awesome.

>>9899856
IIRC this incident was in China and was over a KOF match.

>>9899940
That doesn't surprise me.

>>9894217
There were two pepper's ghost hologram pinball machines made. A physical ball that interacts with some real stuff and some holograms.
It was Bally Williams last shot before they abandoned the pinball biz. Revenge from Mars (sequel to Attack from Mars) and Star Wars Episode 1. RfM is probably the better game. Two more were in development which might have justified the technology moreso if they had come out.
And then much later a few pins used the effect in smaller ways. The premium edition of Ghostbusters from Stern Pinball had a small hologram on one part of the playfield, as did Dialed In from Jersey Jack.

>>9864842
>A lot of pinball machines have limited edition versions with special stuff on the cabinet.
>The Jersey Jack Pirates of the Caribbean Collector's Edition has fake barnacle encrusting on it, for instance.
>
>other picture:
Their new Pulp Fiction table has Uma Thurman and John Travolta dancing on the top as an addon

>>9900112
Very rare Tecmo Bowl. But that massive cabinet must be a huge pain in the ass to move

>>9897502
>There was one of these in Burma at a somewhat fairly popular arcade when i was visiting my family in 2015 but I haven't gone back to visit since Covid and the coup de'tat.
Bro I really want to play this arcade machine. Do you know what arcade you went to?

>>9899856
You're probably right. The blood and carnage threw me off

>>9900048
Wow that looks factory fresh. Not a single scratch on it.

>>9890163
Makes me wonder why they didn't make more Mortal Kombat games with 2D realistic graphics? With the camera technology we have today it would amazingly brutal. 3D is just so cheesy and corny when it comes to Mortal Kombat. Imagine modern MK with 4k and 6K cameras scanning the image with hyper realistically made fatalities.

>>9901719
If anyone has the balls to make a game like that anymore, it sure as shit won't be netherrealm.