/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10313067]

Arcades nostalgia thread

[Anonymous No.10313404]

>>10313067
Is this an indoor or outdoor arcade?

[Anonymous No.10313434]

>>10313067
We miss you Jaleco.

[Anonymous No.10313445]

>>10313067
My arcade had Virtual On. I played the hell out of it growing up. I was really sad when they got rid of it one day

[Anonymous No.10313460]

[Anonymous No.10313492]

>>10313067
My small town didn't have dedicated arcades, but there was a few machines at the local bakery downtown. I remember they had Metal Slug X, some King of Fighters game and Soul Blade
I already had a SNES and a PS1 at the time so I felt like a waste of money, but a few people played them
I tried playing a few times but could never get used to the stick controls

[Anonymous No.10313496]

I remember my local mall having an arcade that was turned into a nail salon in the late 2000s, only to revert back into an arcade ten years later.

[Anonymous No.10313510]

Cybersled was my jam

[Anonymous No.10313518]

>>10313510
I wonder if anyone could mod Cybersled into a Virtual On cabinet?

[Anonymous No.10313725]

[Anonymous No.10313747]

>>10313725

[Anonymous No.10313768]

Back when Arcades were so popular they needed this many machines of the same game to keep up with demand.

[Anonymous No.10314063]

>>10313492
>My small town didn't have dedicated arcades, but there was a few machines at the local bakery downtown. I remember they had Metal Slug X, some King of Fighters game and Soul Blade
For me it was the Laundromat arcade.

[Anonymous No.10314071]

For me, it was the Killer Instinct cabinet, seeing a bad-ass Nintendo fightan game.

>And the time Super Street Fighter 2 came out, but it was so packed I couldn't play it.

[Anonymous No.10314196]

>>10313067
I feel like most of this board never grew up with arcades. They simply don't understand what it was like back then. Like how people don't understand Blockbuster or renting physical movies.

[Anonymous No.10314217]

>>10314196
I mean thats debatable. Are you saying most were too young to experience them when they were everywhere? Probably. If you are talking about the "arcade experience" where fighting games were full on the time, rivalries existed, dedicated arcade facilities, thats kinda a meme that even back in the day few people experience in very select regions like cities. Most dedicated arcades didn't make it past the early 90s in less urban areas. There were arcade machines everywhere you will run into, but dedicated arcade locations were never super common in an equal spread across regions. Furthermore, what are we classifying as an "arcade"? Does 2-3 machines in a room in a bowling alley make it an arcade?

[Anonymous No.10314232]

>>10313725
>tilt
>northwest plaza
i lived in a small town but this was the big city arcade my parents took me to occasionally. loved getting a cheesesteak and playing all the games

[Anonymous No.10314242]

[Anonymous No.10314252]

>>10314217
Exactly what I said. Most of this board probably havent even played on an arcade cabinet. Most of this board never rented a movie from Blockbuster.

[Anonymous No.10314262]

>>10313067
Not really close (its about 90 minute drive for me) but when I was a kid my parents would take me and my friend up to Fun Spot for the day

[Anonymous No.10314279]

>>10313747
Do you have the rest?

[Anonymous No.10314281]

>>10314252
NTA, I mean I’m 31 and have done both of those, I’m not really sure what the age cutoff for those experiences are. The blockbuster in Tampa where I grew up was there for quite a while, next to a Mexican restaurant that’s still there to this day. My earliest arcade memories were probably Chuck E. Cheese and then game works in Ybor, which isn’t the golden age but it’s still real arcade cabinets. Again, it all depends how you define this shit I suppose.

[Anonymous No.10314301]

I do think modern arcades lack good vibes and ambiance. You can't just shove some arcade machines in a building and leave it at that. You gotta make it feel like you are walking into a different world. Put effort into decorating the place. People want to be distracted from the worries of the real world.

[Anonymous No.10314312]

Tekken Lord of the Rave War

[Anonymous No.10314429]

>>10314301

[Anonymous No.10314439]

>>10313460
Pretty sure that's at the Seattle GameWorks, which is still around. They've got this mural right at the entrance which I love, truly an unheralded monument.

[Anonymous No.10314607]

>>10314439
I think Gameworks hit some hard times during 2020 with the lockdowns. They closed all their arcades nationwide except the one in Seattle.

[Anonymous No.10314668]

Giant arcade machines like this were only possible during the golden era of arcades when money was flowing freely and the arcade industry was big. Everyone was having a great time.

They don't really make giant machines like this anymore. Arcade companies like Sega or Namco would be too afraid they wouldn't make their money back in today's market.

[Anonymous No.10314670]

>>10314301
I agree, but 3rd world tier, ghetto shithole arcades also have a comfy charm as well.

[Anonymous No.10314686]

>>10314670
>ghetto shithole arcades also have a comfy charm as well.
True

[Anonymous No.10314794]

>>10314670
Its cozy if you are a young kid and have some local neighborhood friends you play with

[Anonymous No.10314840]

>>10314252
NTA either, but I'm 35 and only did a bit of renting in my later teens/twenties. Renting games only once at that - Tales of Symphonia and Timesplitters 2 for the Cubs, although we did get movies rarely at the same Family Video in the closest town. Arcades were cool but a rare treat at most, especially since I had two younger siblings and we were not rich by any means.

[Anonymous No.10314864]

>>10313404
looks like a hotel. some nicer midrange hotels used to game game rooms near the pool/hot tub

[Anonymous No.10314880]

>>10314262
i was there a couple times in the late 80s and early 90s. fun place.

[Anonymous No.10314890]

[Anonymous No.10314893]

>>10313445
VirtualOn was only a quarter muncher if people were playing against you. It was a dollar well spent for me.
>>10313510
That weird "ooorrrrrrrr" noise as it zooms into the cockpit, before every match.
>>10313518
Please don't.

[Anonymous No.10314901]

>>10314063
I literally look for laundromat arcades. I was playing SS2 on an MVS. Then a week later they had Kabuki Klash. Then it was back to SS2.

[Anonymous No.10314916]

>be kid
>plenty of cool arcades but could only go to them on holidays or family trips due to distance or not being able to go out much
>be independent adult with means of transportation
>all arcades either died or are mall ticket redemption shit
It's not fucking fair

[Anonymous No.10314928]

>>10313510
>>10314893
>Please don't.
Some guy on another forum found an empty Namco Cybersled cabinet for sale. It was gutted. Only had the monitors and controls. No game board inside. If you can't find the Cybersled game board, then Virtual on is a good alternative. It certainly would look unique.

If you can't restore it to original condition, then a modded game that still keeps to the spirit of the arcade machine is a good way to go. Better than letting that empty Cybersled sit in a barn warehouse and not run. The twin stick would be perfect for it.

[Anonymous No.10314931]

>>10314916
You gotta look superficially for retro arcades, freeplay arcades, barcades, or arcade museums. Use those terms specifically. Every state in the US has at least a few.

[Anonymous No.10314938]

>>10314063
>For me it was the Laundromat arcade.
It's pretty crazy to see the longevity of these older machines. The only reason a lot of them are retired is because the old CRT monitor goes out. There's no one who makes CRT monitors anymore. But If the monitor had no issues, then they could probably keep going for many more years.

[Anonymous No.10314971]

>>10314938
CRT to LCD conversions are pretty common these days. I have little doubt the laundromats that are replacing the CRTs are just going to aliexpress. Frankly I played metal slug on a CRT that used to have pacman on it. I think there comes a time to retire a CRT and look for options.

[Anonymous No.10315178]

>>10314668
So even for attractions and fairs there are no more of these?

[Anonymous No.10315185]

>>10314252
>>10314196

Fuck off with this shit idiot. Go start a dick measuring contest elsewhere.
I am absolutely sick of reading about faggots like you who are literally obsessed with what generations other than your own are and aren't experiencing.
Post about what you like or shut the fuck up cunt.

[Anonymous No.10315191]

>>10314931
Mileage can vary a lot depending on the venue. In my experience, barcades usually only have 5 or so cabinets, as they generally don't want to be a hangout space and instead are using the machines as a hook to get people in. It's a fun formula, but disappointing as it means I have to drive an hour to get to a real arcade.

The best trick I've found is to try to dig up your state's pinball scene. There's an understated phenomena of men over 50 absolutely loving pinball, and the networks they create to get together can provide you with a lot of information about the location and quality of local arcades, or even just where random machines are out in the wild.

[Anonymous No.10315194]

>>10314686
That is ridiculously comfy

[Anonymous No.10315272]

>>10314252
I'm 27, I went to a gameworks before it shutdown, I didn't even fucking appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.10315472]

>>10313434
They're still alive (kinda) thanks to CityConnect:
https://city-connection.co.jp/

[Anonymous No.10315478]

>>10314071
>For me, it was the Killer Instinct cabinet
"COMING SOON TO ULTRA 64!"

[Anonymous No.10315486]

>>10314301
While I agree with you, unfortunately these kind of places aren't so profitable anymore even in Japan. Pic and video related:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_2KgQOqzBc

It was later remodeled as a regular arcade.

[Anonymous No.10315491]

>>10314312
My first touch with Tekken was at arcade at mid '90s with Tekken 1.

[Anonymous No.10315495]

>>10314668
Even back then these machines weren't so profitable for their cost and they only made a few of them. This is why many of them later got destroyed for taking too much space at storage rooms, making them even more rare.

[Anonymous No.10315505]

>>10314916
Kinda similar story
>Late '80s - early '90s
>Be kid
>Arcade centers at big cities didn't allow minors under 15 years old unless they were with their parents
>Mid - late '90s
>Finally turn 15
>The only remaining arcade center in my city was barely alive, it only had ancient games and the only customers besides me and a friend of mine were 2-3 migrants

[Anonymous No.10315507]

>>10314196
STFU. I grew up with arcade since the early '80s but I still appreciate it when young generations embrace retro arcades.

[Anonymous No.10315541]

>>10314668
Some of them get pretty big, theres a jet fighter system and a Halo spin off thats pretty huge and enclosed.

[Anonymous No.10315585]

>>10314668
Taito's Densha de Go is the only giant arcade machine that prints money in Japan because of Japan's love for trains.

[Anonymous No.10315623]

>>10315486
Wow, I have never seen anything like that outside of Disney World.
There's a place with okay game selection about 45 minutes away from me that has skeeball and that Adam's family pachinko game left. It's an old grocery store converted to a pizza place, low ceilings, weird soft lighting, water stained drop ceiling, reminds me of an Ames or Kmart in 1993. Nobody has light gun games anymore. Dave and Busters just has mobile games in cabinets, when did those take over? My son liked the Minecraft game, that wasn't too bad, but a bit sterile. The Jurassic Park sit down cabinet is the only light gun game I have seen in recent years.
>>10314063
That's a great selection for a laundromat or pizza place. All of my local places have switched to the state betting machines, there are no games for kids anymore, just gambling. I guess all of the kids have phones or switches so it doesn't matter.

[Anonymous No.10315770]

>>10315507
I can’t imagine the brain rot these faggots must have to post shit like this

>BROS ITS ALL GONE WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE IT
>zoomers get genuinely interested in playing on real hardware
>NOOOOOO DONT TOUCH THAT YOU WERENT THERE YOU WERE NEVER THERE ITS OVER LEAVE IT ALONE

Which is it you disingenuous morons, should people be interested in arcades and at least try to support some shred of them no matter what and nurture interest from the younger generations, or should we just all stand in a circle saying it’s over like bitter faggots while simultaneously wondering why they’re all dead

[Anonymous No.10315832]

>>10315486
I was lucky enough to see it before the remodel. Only a small part of the arcade was gritty. The rest was quite normal.

I found a section that looked like people were putting gum on a wall and it had scrapes on it as if employees were scraping the gum off of the wall. The faux rust was getting scraped off of the wall with the gum. The whole thing about cleanliness and psychology. If it looks dirty people will treat it like it is dirty.

[Anonymous No.10315870]

>>10315486
>While I agree with you, unfortunately these kind of places aren't so profitable anymore even in Japan. Pic and video related:
I heard that the reason they Kowloon arcade closed wasn't because it wasn't profitable. It was because they were renting the building and the owner wanted the arcade gone. The owners wanted to do something else with the land.

[Anonymous No.10315875]

Walk into an arcade. Only $1 dollar in your pocket. Four shooters. Just one can be chosen.

Choose wisely.

[Anonymous No.10315905]

Scud Race was my jam. The only racing game to never be ported to any console system. Probably a smart move. Keep it exclusive to arcades.

[Anonymous No.10315919]

>>10315585
>Taito's Densha de Go is the only giant arcade machine that prints money in Japan because of Japan's love for trains.
Does it have any motion built into the arcade cabinet like the old giant machines from the 90s? I would imagine it would be fun.

[Anonymous No.10315935]

>>10315495
>Even back then these machines weren't so profitable for their cost and they only made a few of them.

I heard the issue was that these machines needed an employee attendant to use them. Arcade business owners didn't like having to dedicate an employee to stand there to use or watch the machine. That's why only a small amount were sold.
Which I kinda understand.

I remember seeing them in arcades as a kid. I would be amazed by their size, but often times I didn't see any employee near the machine and had no idea how to use it. So I left to go play the latest Time Crisis game on another arcade cabinet. Most customers don't want to track down an employee to play a single game. It always seemed like a hassle to find an employee. And when you do track an employee down, they act like it's a annoyance to help run the game. Or they tell you it's "out of order" (they just don't want to help you).

>This is why many of them later got destroyed for taking too much space at storage rooms, making them even more rare.
What a shame.

[Anonymous No.10316050]

>>10315623
>That's a great selection for a laundromat or pizza place. All of my local places have switched to the state betting machines, there are no games for kids anymore, just gambling. I guess all of the kids have phones or switches so it doesn't matter.

It really sucks because there's actually a community of Laundromat YouTubers. They run their own Laundromat and tell everyone not to put video games inside because it will "draw in the wrong type of crowd" and hassle other customers. They tell people that only vending machines are acceptable. Nothing more.

Some of my best arcade memories are playing Neo Geo in a landromat with my friends after school. But I guess I grew up in a different generation.

[Anonymous No.10316256]

>>10315486
>not earning profits.
I heard a different story. That the Kowloon arcade were renting the building, and the building owner didn't want the arcade anymore. So he was doing things like raising the rent and not renewing the lease.

[Anonymous No.10316274]

>>10315486
It hurts my soul knowing i can never visit this place now.

[Anonymous No.10316281]

>>10315875
Lost World fo me

[Anonymous No.10316282]

>>10315905
Im hoping some day just for the novelty of it, it gets added to a Yakuza game. Its honestly a big reason why i get interested in those when they come out to see what they add.

[Anonymous No.10316318]

If you could only buy cabinet in this picture, which one would you choose and why? Which is the better version?

[Anonymous No.10316352]

I am just so glad i had the chance to play real machines of Outrun, Super Hang On (with that motorcycle thing you sat on to control and that awesome airplane cockpit Afterburner II in the early 90's
I was very young but I'll cherish those memories forever, those things were awesome for a 4 to 6 year old living in a 3rd world country. I was instantly hooked into video games.
Ironically I chose Nintendo consoles from NES to N64 growing up because my friends already had a SNES with Mario All Stars. Our kids still play together sometimes.

[Anonymous No.10316486]

>>10316318
I would go left since it has a bigger screen.

[Anonymous No.10316568]

I miss these big ass Ski arcade games.

[Anonymous No.10316828]

>>10316318
Right looks better and has better styling on the cabinet imo

[Anonymous No.10316872]

>>10314686
what a setup! Totally awesome. Any more info about it? Location, or when it was taken, for example?

[Anonymous No.10316876]

Jet ski was awesome

[Anonymous No.10316889]

>>10313404
Its probably a holiday inn. They used to have these at some I visited

[Anonymous No.10316913]

>>10315875
The 2 in the middle are the fun style ones

[Anonymous No.10316923]

>>10316872
It's probably in the Japanese suburbs next to a local mom & pop candy shop, if you watch enough Game Center CX episodes, Arino encounters these a ton, and they're always in front of a local candy store run by a cute grandma & grandpa all the kids flock to after school.

[Anonymous No.10316950]

>>10314232
& POTATO
THE
GREAT STEAK
EST 1992
COMPANY

[Anonymous No.10316953]

>>10314063
Alright /vr/, what games would be in your ideal 4 slot cab?

[Anonymous No.10316956]

>>10316953
Samurai Shodown 1
Metal Slug
Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move
Blazing Star

[Anonymous No.10317054]

>>10316953
Street Fighter 2
Die Hard Arcade
Aliens
Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom

[Anonymous No.10317074]

>>10316953
Outrun
Afterburner 2
Tempest
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

[Anonymous No.10317098]

It makes me sad I never got to visit Sega World

[Anonymous No.10317103]

>>10317098
dont sweat it. none of us did.

[Anonymous No.10317120]

>>10317098

[Anonymous No.10317123]

>>10317120

[Anonymous No.10317125]

>>10317123

[Anonymous No.10317127]

>>10317125

[Anonymous No.10317129]

>>10316923
I haven't watched many episodes and while in most of these episodes I've indeed seen arcades at Japanese suburbs (mostly at candy shops run by old people) I haven't seen setups like that.

[Anonymous No.10317131]

>>10317127

[Anonymous No.10317135]

>>10317131

[Anonymous No.10317180]

>>10317098
Sega World has nice designs. But I grew up near a Namco Wonderparks. I can't even find many pictures of it online.

[Anonymous No.10317205]

>>10317098
>It makes me sad I never got to visit Sega World
>>10317103
>dont sweat it. none of us did.

I did

[Anonymous No.10317323]

Anyone ever play T-Mek? Very interesting cabinet design and immersive.

[Anonymous No.10317398]

>>10317205
This looks abandoned or part of some sort of junk yard collection.

Either way that statue won't survive much longer. The protective paint is gone and the plastic is already rotting.

Plastic does not do well when exposed to direct sunlight. It turns brittle and cracks. You can test it yourself. Leave a plastic milk or juice jug outside in direct sunlight. It begins to fade and eventually cracks into pieces after a few years tops.

That statue is right on the edge of destruction.

[Anonymous No.10317419]

First time as a kid you changed a $5 bill and got the extra tokens, you were ballin'.

[Anonymous No.10317543]

>>10317419
Lucky. My arcades never gave any bonus tokens.

[Anonymous No.10317613]

>>10313725
>tilt
i remember always checking out what new machines had arrived at my mall
i would pop in on my way to the comic shop every saturday for pokemon tournaments

i would use the store phone to call home for a ride
my ma used to call the store phone &
ask for me if i was running late

other core memories:
>arriving early on purpose to the movies to check out their minicade
>beating Cadillacs and dinosaurs camping with my cousins
>beating spinmaster in futureland/disneyland
>metal slug series at all the pizza spots
>golden era titles at santa cruz boardwalk
>battle arena toshinden
>killer instict
the sounds of people chatting/laughing
the cacophony of all the machines blasting at the same time
>marvel vs capcom series being released
it honestly felt like graphics/gameplay would never stop getting better

i used to save my lunch money as a poorfag
bought pokemon base set boosters
played arcade games with rad tiddies
bought coca cola
bought used vidya (often had to add trades to sweeten the deal)
it was rough but i would do it all over again

[Anonymous No.10317614]

>>10317613
forgot my faggy image
>stop at pizza joint with my uncle
>mom and pop place
>mrs pacman

[Anonymous No.10317749]

>>10317398
They were the statues outside of Sega World in Sydney, someone tracked it down to a bumfuck country town scrapyard and the owner refused to part with it.
So yes, they will die there. Or decompose there.

[Anonymous No.10317763]

Wow this thread depressed me. Hardcore reminder that basically all these cool old places from the 90's and early 2000's are completely gone now. There just isnt places that look like
>>10313725
>>10314242
>>10314301
Anymore. Thats what I think killed society's morale, interesting looking places arent profitable anymore. Its why McDonalds doesnt have its red roof anymore and are soulless grey cubes. The internet slowly killing brick and mortar shopping probably didnt help this. Kinda sucks that growing up I was one of the last kids to experience a mall when it was still profitable for malls to exist.

[Anonymous No.10317783]

>>10317419
I grew up right next to an Aladdin's Castle. I still might have my branded token pouch somewhere.

[Anonymous No.10317816]

>>10317763
Nothing left but to kill yourself

[Anonymous No.10317846]

Cidercade in Houston actually has some great games, real outrun, real atari classics, play choice 10s, Tekken 2, SF candy cabs, ghouls n ghosts, virtua fighter 1, giga wing, dariusburst, etc you get the idea

Shame some of them aren’t maintained super well though, but it’s still the real deal, probably one of the best le barcades I’ve been to from a choice perspective

[Anonymous No.10318008]

>>10317763
>Hardcore reminder that basically all these cool old places from the 90's and early 2000's are completely gone now
Even if they were still alive, they would still not having the glory they had back then. And they would mostly be like video rental stores before their shut down: ghost shops with barely any customers.

[Anonymous No.10318012]

>>10317613
>battle arena toshinden
Wasn't that a consoles only game?

[Anonymous No.10318082]

>>10313404
Holiday Inn had an arcade area back in the 80s. Some were big like that. Some were a much smaller room.

[Anonymous No.10318086]

>>10313067

[Anonymous No.10318401]

>>10318012
nah

[Anonymous No.10318573]

"No refunds. Play at your own risk."

Makes me wonder what kind of person would demand a refund from a landromat arcade?

[Anonymous No.10318604]

>>10318008
>Even if they were still alive, they would still not having the glory they had back then. And they would mostly be like video rental stores before their shut down: ghost shops with barely any customers.

I respectfully disagree. Galloping Ghost arcade in Chicago does really well. They started with 300 games, but each week they added more and now have almost 1000 games.

They charge a flat fee and you can play all day during business hours. You can leave to go get lunch and come back too. They are doing so well that GG just spent $3 million dollars to expand the arcade. They are buying the buildings next to the arcade, knocking down the walls, and expanding even further.

I think the key is to focus on quantity and offer good value. Really pack in the games. You can't be charging customers per game anymore like the old days. If someone walks in with $10 or $20 dollars, they are going to be selective about what they want to play. Only a few games will be chosen. But if $20 dollars gets you access to all the games on the floor for free, then you will be much more open to trying as many games as you want.

GG also focuses on just video games only. No ticket redemption. No child casino games. No prizes. No amusement games like skeeball or bumper cars. Just video games only.

[Anonymous No.10318620]

>>10318008
To be fair, places like Blockbuster died because streaming services like Netflix killed them. But even before they died, Blockbuster refused to adapt. They could have launched their own streaming service, or they could have changed the way they charged customers. But I recall the Blockbuster Executives being stubborn.

I visited my local library and noticed the video rental section is still incredibly popular. People seem to still enjoy the idea of browsing through aisles of movies and renting them. Physical Books are still popular too even though we have E-readers.

[Anonymous No.10318641]

>>10314928
Cybersled uses analog twinsticks. Virtual-On uses digital 8-way twinsticks. Conversion isn't trivial.

[Anonymous No.10318652]

>>10315491
Show us where the iron fist touched you.

[Anonymous No.10318660]

>>10315905
It's fucking easy to play model 3 games at home nowadays. Just sayin

[Anonymous No.10318752]

>>10318660
You could say that for ANY emulated game. I could play any game I want right now. But that's not the point.

The point is that there's a big difference in physical experience between running a game on my laptop at home with a controller....and sitting in a dedicated machine designed to play it.

I don't want to play Star Wars on my laptop on my desk. I want to sit inside a fully enclosed Star Wars Battlepod with an HD 270 degree projection screen and a surround sound system blasting audio around me while I swing the the joystick and push the throttle.

I don't want to play Scud Race on my laptop and controller. I want to play Scud Race on a dedicated racing machine with force feedback steering wheel, shifter, pedals, dedciatio motion seats, and surround sound. 90% of people emulating don't have this. They are just playing on a suboptimal setup. The experience isn't the same and loses most of the appeal. Why bother?

We got so many options and activities demanding our free time in 2023. Why gimp yourself with half-hearted experience when you could be doing other things?

[Anonymous No.10318760]

>>10318752
>I don't want to play Star Wars on my laptop on my desk. I want to sit inside a fully enclosed Star Wars Battlepod with an HD 270 degree projection screen and a surround sound system blasting audio around me while I swing the the joystick and push the throttle.
Yeah I could play G-loc or After Burner at home but there's nothing like a Deluxe cabinet.

[Anonymous No.10319036]

>>10318660
>It's fucking easy to play model 3 games at home nowadays. Just sayin
Ive done it and it's a pain. It's not easy. You have to download the emulator, find the roms, and spend a bunch of time tinkering to get it going. And even then it has issues. I had ton of trouble trying to calibrate steering controls for my racing wheel, and it wouldn't register properly. So I switched to my gamepad, and the emulator couldn't properly convert analog steering wheel movements to movements on my analog stick. So everytime I slightly tapped the analog stick to go left or right, the car would turn hard 100% full force to the left or right. There was no subtle movements. It wa Extremely twitchy. At the end of the day, it just didn't feel like an authentic or good experience. I miss the pick and play aspect of arcades. I make $30 dollars an hour, and I would have rather just spent 50 cents to just play the arcade machine...than spend the hour it took me to tweak and mess with the emulator on my computer.

[Anonymous No.10319202]

So apparently there's this place near me that is an Arcade/Bar/Landromat/Sandwich/Burger/Food business.

I'm not sure what to think of it. Is this too much?

Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.10319207]

>>10319202
Arcade Machines. There are several more machines offscreen to the right side. 1 of them is an emulation arcade machine. Like those modern custom order arcade cabinets that come with 20,000 games, and and has a 4 player joystick.

[Anonymous No.10319210]

>>10319207
Massage chairs too.

[Anonymous No.10319214]

>>10319210
Bar area with drinks and food u can order.

[Anonymous No.10319237]

>>10319214
Lastly a few more games/hockey tables. I'm not sure what to think here. I don't know if I like it or hate it.

[Anonymous No.10319245]

>>10319202
I have ONE barcade "near" me and it's got more than your typical hunting game, gameshow game, crane game. It's got decent games, but the place is small and people have spilled drinks over EVERY machine so none of them work properly. It sucks.

[Anonymous No.10319376]

>>10317763
Life existed before the explosion of consumer products that you currently use to define yourself.
Get a grip, anon. They're just things. They're not love.

[Anonymous No.10319423]

>>10319036
>>10318752
It's extremely weird to me that you have these issues. I am moderately well off as well, but living space is currently at a premium so I couldn't fit a whole scud race cabinet in here. I just picked up a cheap logitech momo and everything just worked. barely no tweaking at all. I have a hard time understanding the issues. You say it's a pain. I swear I'm not trying to be difficult here. The thing just worked. Eventually, because I wanted something closer to the arcade, I picked up a Daytona USA arcade gearbox and wired it to USB. same deal getting it to work. No issues whatsoever. The wheel even does ffb (as well as it can given its specs, mind you). I'm not implying anything about your skills or abilities. I'm just saying maybe try again.

[Anonymous No.10319445]

Rich anons, start a webpage where you can vet trolls and fund a field trip to Game Zone in Miami for all us poor anons so we can play Mode 3 games together and have pizza. Adults need breaks too!

[Anonymous No.10319457]

>>10314281
>>10314840
>>10315272
I don't remember asking, Redditors.

[Anonymous No.10319520]

>>10315272
>I'm 27, I went to a gameworks before it shutdown, I didn't even fucking appreciate it.
Why not? It's a pretty great place.

[Anonymous No.10319672]

>>10314262
Went there last year.

[Anonymous No.10319760]

>>10319672
I heard Funspot was retiring older retro machines to make room for new stuff. Did you notice any older machines gone, or the retro machines section being reduced?

[Anonymous No.10319796]

>>10319202
>Landromat
Not a bad idea. What's the area demographic like? Sounds like it's aiming to be a trendy social spot, with the laundromat as its quirky gimmick. People are going to be sitting around for 2 hours anyway.

[Anonymous No.10319839]

>>10319520
I didn't have sega autism then, I didn't know the history behind the place I just thought it was a plane ol' arcade. Ontop of that as a kid I was very spazzy and I only liked immediate easy fun, I did not care to practice neither did I enjoy difficult games. Of course arcade games are generally difficult. But fuck man the machines were all set to freeplay too. It's owned by some gay esports place now, fuck.

[Anonymous No.10319848]

>>10319245
son of a bitch the one pizza place/barcade I went to in my fucking city is gone. They had real donkey kong and mario bros. arcade cabinets and even some gun games and fighters fuck fuck fuck.

[Anonymous No.10319867]

>>10319848
>They had real donkey kong and mario bros. arcade cabinets and even some gun games and fighters fuck fuck fuck.
You probably could have asked them if they were willing to sell any of the cabinets to you. That's how I got my Neo Geo cabinet. Only $150. The owners wanted it gone to make room.

[Anonymous No.10319872]

>>10319445
>Rich anons, start a webpage where you can vet trolls and fund a field trip to Game Zone in Miami for all us poor anons so we can play Mode 3 games together and have pizza. Adults need breaks too!
If you are serious, check out local gaming Facebook groups. Some of them organize meetups to go to local arcades. It's a thing. Plus you lie near Miami, so it's gonna have a lot of options for meetups.

[Anonymous No.10319876]

>>10319796
Not that anon, but I'm wondering how profitable it's going to be. What the is big money maker? The landromat or the bar? Would anyone really want to do Their laundry near a bar?

[Anonymous No.10319882]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZysaZE6uEY
I played that sonic the fighters cab goddamnit we didn't even know what we had bros.

[Anonymous No.10319927]

>>10319882
It surprises me how much open space they leave between machines. They could probably add in double the amount of machines they currently have in that video if they filled the place up.

[Anonymous No.10320364]

>>10318620
>They could have launched their own streaming service, or they could have changed the way they charged customers
They would still fail because of competition and the monopoly the big streaming services have. Also times change, so even if they did good chances, people dont rent dvd/bluray anymore.

[Anonymous No.10320370]

>>10318401
Show me link about it being for arcades too

[Anonymous No.10320383]

>>10319457
That’s fine but you should walk outside in front of a crowd of people and blow your fucking brains out you dumb reddit faggot, invite your family for it too

[Anonymous No.10320415]

You know threads like this with old pictures of really big arcades makes me realise just how much of an incredible economic explosion the 80s and 90s were for the western world, especially America. Makes me want to read up on this economic period rather than just rely on my faded childhood memories.

[Anonymous No.10320419]

>>10320415
Now you get a front row seat to years of rot and decline, enjoy

[Anonymous No.10320731]

>>10320370
i dont need to show a link because you could have made a new tab and looked for yourself

i didnt know about the game and had to ask fags here via "what was my arcade memory as a kid??"
i gave them a brief description of duke and gameplay
they nailed it obv /vr/ is pretty based

anyways odd thing to split hairs over
why would i lie about that mountain of text
pizza joint that had it was called "straw hat pizza"

[Anonymous No.10320735]

>>10320731
>>10320370
many ps1 titles were in arcades with better graphics
tekken, dead or alive, soul edge, etc

[Anonymous No.10320815]

>>10320370
>Show me link about it being for arcades too
No need for a link. Here's a picture of a western arcade cabinet. The series was released on arcades and console. You can buy the arcade boards on eBay if you want. Although it seems that most anons remember the game from the console release.

[Anonymous No.10320827]

>>10320415
>You know threads like this with old pictures of really big arcades makes me realise just how much of an incredible economic explosion the 80s and 90s were for the western world, especially America. Makes me want to read up on this economic period rather than just rely on my faded childhood memories.

You should. It's recently watched a ton of Documentaries on arcade history. It's a really fascinating period of time for gaming. It's a real shame many of us kids didn't appreciate what we had back in the 80s and 90s.

I remember thinking as a kid that arcades would "always be around" and never though they would be gone. Then I got a Playstation and my friends started hanging out less at arcades. Then one day, the arcade I usually visited was gone. Just closed. I felt a bit surprised since I always assumed it would be there.

Soon arcade cabinets were disappearing from 7-Elevens, corner stores, and landromats too. I never knew what was happening behind the scenes as a kid and the turmoil the arcade industry was facing as it shrunk down due to new consoles taking away kids attention. I hadn't seen old arcade cabinets for years until recently when I started looking for barcades and retro arcades.

[Anonymous No.10321047]

I'm mad that me and 5 of my friends can't get together and play this game for the sheer novelty of it.

[Anonymous No.10321221]

>>10315272
Seattle one is still open and up-and-running if you need a fix.

[Anonymous No.10321373]

>>10321047
I remember playing this as a kid. Are they really all gone? ALL of them?

[Anonymous No.10321393]

[Anonymous No.10321421]

>>10321373
Nah I got one

[Anonymous No.10321424]

Moaning about the loss of these giant set-ups is getting a bit tiresome in these threads.

[Anonymous No.10321430]

>>10321424
Well go ahead and keep posting about it then bro

[Anonymous No.10321432]

>>10321393
Wow that's definitely a 90s photo for sure. I would say... 1994? Maybe 1995 at the latest? Got any more photos.

[Anonymous No.10321437]

>>10321424
Not everyone got the chance to play these big deluxe machines the first time they were released. Either they were kids that didn't have money to really enjoy it, or they simply didn't live near an arcade that had one. Now that people are adults with money now, they want to be able to try out the things they missed growing up. It's really surprising to see so many of these deluxe arcade machines being gone.

[Anonymous No.10321535]

>>10321437
>pedo simulator 2000

[Anonymous No.10321551]

>>10320815
in all fairness its a pretty deepcut
i literally had never seen it before or since
got to trip out a bit when i saw it on the ps1 classic though

[Anonymous No.10321558]

>>10321535
i highly doubt he did anything wrong
peep the interview he did about marvel IP
"ya it seems like a goldmine, i can buy up all the rights to all these marvel characters\comic characters and make movies..."
>dead less than a year later
mike wasn't a dumbass
he managed his money very well (besides hoarding arcade machines)
he literally owned more beatles songs than members of the beatles did at one point

[Anonymous No.10321567]

>>10321551
1996 and onwards was the beginning of the decline of arcades. Many kids just stayed home and played video game consoles like PS1 or Nintendo 64.

It's not surprising that there are many people from the 90s generation that don't remember some games released in arcades in the the late 90s.

[Anonymous No.10321578]

>>10321558
>mike wasn't a dumbass
>he managed his money very well (besides hoarding arcade machines)
Arcade machine costs are like a drop in the bucket compared to Michael's total fortune. I've seen pictures of Michael's arcade collection. He has a several rare machines, but the overall size of the collection is rather modest. There are collectors out there with arcade collections that are much, much, bigger than Michael's.

[Anonymous No.10321589]

>>10321578
its not exactly a tax-deductible business expense kek
its a literal waste of money
no matter how you slice it, even in 2023

[Anonymous No.10321590]

>>10319457
obsessed with le reddit boogeyman
you are trying to hard to fit in
participate in the thread
or leave

[Anonymous No.10321598]

>>10321432
It's a photo by Mariko Mori, she's the chick in the armor with the gun in the photo. This is also her work

[Anonymous No.10321610]

>>10321589
>its not exactly a tax-deductible business expense kek
>its a literal waste of money
>no matter how you slice it, even in 2023
If you are really going to do this and argue about Financials, then Michael probably got a lot of them for free, or at a big discount. He was friends with Sega's President and Executive staff during the 90s.

[Anonymous No.10321640]

>>10321589
>its a literal waste of money
>no matter how you slice it, even in 2023
It's no more expensive than other comparable hobbies. The key to arcade machine collecting is to buy them used. It's massively cheaper.
Plus if you are into tinkering and repair work, then it's a good way to learn about electronic repair and woodworking. It's very gratifying to restore an arcade cabinet to its full glory.

The best time to collect arcade machines is about 10 years after they were released. That's when many arcades were retiring them and cycling them out for new machines. So many collectors had it very good during the 2000s when the arcade market crashed and they could buy their favorite 90s machines for huge discounts. Arcade machines that cost thousands when first released were being sold for a few hundred. Sometimes even being given away by some businesses looking to get rid of their arcade machines.

[Anonymous No.10321817]

>>10321640
>tinkering hobbies
i build my neogeo from scratch
i can run any arcade board (within reason)
on a consumer crt or lcd-gaming monitor
pcbjunkie & others have neat adapters to convert non-jamma gear to jamma
i did this for dk jr, pacman, and mr do

[Anonymous No.10321896]

>>10318604
>They are buying the buildings next to the arcade, knocking down the walls, and expanding even further.

I hope this doesn't bite them in the ass.

[Anonymous No.10322296]

>>10320827
yeah fucking sucks man, this is seriously what getting old feels like watching things literally disappear, the places you thought you would always be able to go to whenever you want *poof* just gone.

[Anonymous No.10322305]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yjv3EVEfzE

[Anonymous No.10322306]

>>10321437
Basically this is like the height of letting the money flow, I absolutely love the insane and likely retarded financial decisions sega would make. It's like a rich dude blowing his money on the greatest party ever, really wished sega had that kind of money to go back to their based retard ways.

[Anonymous No.10322318]

>>10322306
>I absolutely love the insane and likely retarded financial decisions sega would make. It's like a rich dude blowing his money on the greatest party ever, really wished sega had that kind of money to go back to their based retard ways
Great analogy

Its interesting because it was the Sega arcade division that was making Sega the most money. Arcade sales financed the rest of the company's projects. Even during the console era with Genesis/Saturn/Dreamcast...it was the arcade division keeping Sega alive when Sega messed up badly with the 32x and Saturn.

Sega's wild spending pushed other Arcade companies to make crazy arcade machines too. It was an arcade arms race. An amazing time to be alive. Namco/Konami/Taito all making this huge machines to compete with Sega. Such a shame that Sega's bad console sales bankrupted the company, and Sega got bought out by a Japanese slot machine company. A slot machine company!

Namco even tried to buy Sega. They wanted to make Namco-Sega Amusements. Can you imagine that fusion? So many game franchises crossing over. Unfortunately that damn Japanese slot machine company offered more money and outbid Namco. And here we are today.

[Anonymous No.10322337]

>>10322305
Man that is awesome. I wish there was more footage. Thanks for sharing anon. What a time to be alive. It's crazy seeing how busy that arcade is. You have senior citizens, adults, teens, and children all casually hanging out at the arcade. I even think the word "arcade" doesn't really do it justice. Its more like am "entertainment hub" for the Japanese city.

[Anonymous No.10322534]

>>10313067
when i go to arcades, i mostly only play pinball because arcade video games suck and i'd rather be at the pinball bar down the street with 40+ tables on the floor and more in storage/repair

[Anonymous No.10322657]

People are always down on barcades and I've been to a few bad ones but the most notable one in my area is actually really well done. Huge selection of cabinets and pinball machines covering a variety popular games, off beat but interesting games and even some new games. They also have a row of Trinitrons and consoles (w/ Everdrives) set up. I actually have no idea how they make money because the space is pretty large, they don't charge admission and the bar area is actually very small.

I think my most memorable arcade memory was the small game room at my Wal Mart. Mom would always give me a few quarters while she waited in line. I remember playing SF 2 Champion Edition and dominating the machine for a long time against much older kids using a very simple strategy with Blanka (jump HK, sweep, electricity on wakeup). My mom had to eventually drag me away from the machine.

[Anonymous No.10322662]

the ones in restaurants were the best as a kid

>pretend you have to shit
>actually go and play pac man or dig dug

[Anonymous No.10322979]

>>10313460
my local arcade had same daytona setup. it was the best shit ever. so much damn fun that it's unreal.

[Anonymous No.10323058]

>>10316953
Time Crisis
Time Crisis II
Crisis Zone
Area 51

[Anonymous No.10323231]

>>10323058
I think he meant Neo Geo games.

[Anonymous No.10323236]

>>10322657
>I think my most memorable arcade memory was the small game room at my Wal Mart

Here's 5 dollars son. Go have fun. I'll be back in 40 minutes.

[Anonymous No.10323416]

>>10323236
$5 dollars would last...at best...probably 15 minutes in that arcade. Lightgun games that aren't Time Crisis (or Crisis Zone) love to throw in random unfair elements thar damage the player. Give the kid 10 dollars.

[Anonymous No.10323425]

>>10323416
Then he should get good and play done DDR. That's pure skill.

[Anonymous No.10323572]

>>10323236
In the early 90s my mom would give me around 1.25 in quarters and I could make that shit last.

[Anonymous No.10324379]

>>10323572
Every game back then was 25 cents. These days...im not even sure what the conversation rate is at a place like Dave and Busters. A card loaded with $25 dollars feels like nothing.

[Anonymous No.10324739]

>>10323425
I watched this kid play all the time.

[Anonymous No.10326028]

>>10321817
>i build my neogeo from scratch
>i can run any arcade board (within reason)
>on a consumer crt or lcd-gaming monitor
>pcbjunkie & others have neat adapters to convert non-jamma gear to jamma
>i did this for dk jr, pacman, and mr do

My friend, you should make yourself a bartop Neo Geo cabinet. Put your arcade board in a custom made cabinet and have it set up. It's a great experience. You can even add video outputs (for when you want to connect it to a larger screen) or extra controller ports if you want to be able to connect extra controllers or joysticks.

[Anonymous No.10326930]

Rough shape but we can fix them!

[Anonymous No.10326967]

>>10326028
at first I thought that was a grey carpet, that thing was a 6 foot tall monstrosity, and you sat on the floor to play.

[Anonymous No.10326975]

>>10326930
Wtf happened to Golden Axe's joystick

[Anonymous No.10326984]

>>10326975
It's Golden Tee. There should be a trackball in the hole.

[Anonymous No.10327095]

>>10326975
>Wtf happened to Golden Axe's joystick
Sometimes when you buy these cabinets used, they might be missing some parts. A missing track ball can be replaced easily enough.

But the cabinet on the left is somewhat rare. It's a Namco Prop cycle from the 90s. Namco didn't sell too many of them outside of Japan, and the ones that did make it to Arcades overseas often got beat up in an arcade environment. I guess Americans weren't a fan of an exercise arcade game? So it's rather uncommon to find them.

[Anonymous No.10327108]

>>10327095
Just the weirdness of it I guess. It's not a car or a motorcycle. It's a fucking flying bicycle, and you're cranking away at those pedals.

I played a lot of Air Trix when it came out. But at least skateboarding had a cool and "edgy" image to it. I never got myself to try Prop Cycle ... friend did say it was fun though.

[Anonymous No.10327270]

>>10327108
Nice picture.

I use to see a lot of these Skater, Ski, and other "board riding" games back in 90s and early 2000s. Apparently from what I've been told from arcade owners, the machines used get beat to hell and needed repairs frequently on the board area where the player stands. Even Kids love to play on the machine even if they aren't playing the game. They just stand on the machine and move the mechanism and pretend.

Many of these board riding machines were made and sold around the world. But most arcade owners hated doing maintenance of them. So some just let the machines get abused and run down until it stops working. Then dispose of them rather than do repairs.

I guess that explains why I don't see these machines around much anymore. I can't remember the last time I saw a skateboard or ski game in arcades near me. When I see them for sale they always look so beat up. So Enjoy them if you ever see them!

[Anonymous No.10327315]

>>10327270
People may hate me for this but I was never a fan of rear projection screens on arcade games. They ALWAYS looked dim and less detailed than CRTs (which I like a lot more). I have no problems when people convert their rear projection cabinets to use LCD screens. It looks so much better to me.

[Anonymous No.10327330]

>>10313460
Sega World Sydney?

[Anonymous No.10327357]

>>10327330
Did someone say Sega World Sydney?

[Anonymous No.10328406]

>>10327315

While I agree with you that they are dimmer than LCD, I think if you are running a "retro arcade" or "arcade museum" then it's important for people to experience the machine as it was originally built.

When you start making little compromises like swapping projectors for LCD screens, it becomes a slippery slope. It becomes very easy to justify more Compromises too. Maybe you use different joysticks. Maybe you start putting games in different cabinets than they originally had. Maybe you just give up on repairing CRTs and just swap everything to LCDs.

I understand it's not possible to keep everything original. Some 3D games use physical hard drives to load levels and those fail after a while. So arcades switched to SSDs. It's also hard to find original 1980s or 90s power supplies. Plus you don't want to run such an old power supply since it may cause a fire. Im not saying LCDs are bad for home users either.

BUT if you are supposed to be showing people the original arcade experience then you need to keep things as original as reasonably as possible. It may be a bit more work but people will notice and be grateful.

[Anonymous No.10328452]

Grocery stores once had arcade games in the back of the store.

[Anonymous No.10328497]

Going to Galloping Ghost Arcade with my cousin this Friday. Will be my 3rd time going. My favorite games I played there so far were Ninja Baseball Batman, Mr. Driller G, and Bomber Man World (aka: Atomic Punk 2).
Any game recommendations? Besides fighting games, no interest in those. Can be single player or multiplayer games.

[Anonymous No.10328510]

>>10328497
oh badass dude if I ever money to blow for a vacation I'll definitely go there. For the love of god please use the sega r-360 if they have it and make a thread with pics or something on /vr/.

[Anonymous No.10328515]

>>10328452
yeah, cabinets used to be in random places. Hotels, auto shops, bowling alleys.

[Anonymous No.10328557]

>>10328497
>Any game recommendations? Besides fighting games, no interest in those. Can be single player or multiplayer games.

Nothing specific, but if you see any big deluxe cabinets, then make sure to play them. Especially if they are sit-down deluxe cabinets.

Many of those deluxe cabinets have been lost or destroyed over the decades since their release. Very few still exist. It wouldn't surprise me if Galloping Ghost is one of the last places in the world you can still play them.

So just play them to cross them off your bucket list. One day they might be gone.

[Anonymous No.10328574]

>>10328510
I’ll try to remember. Galloping Ghost is only a half hour drive where I live so I try to go when my cousin is in town. Last time we went was this past May.
>>10328557
I’ll have to see. Sometimes it’s hard navigating that place because of all the arcade machines, it’s like a maze.

[Anonymous No.10328945]

>>10328515
In Greece they used to have arcade cabinets even at cafes for middle age - old people and taverns at small mountain villages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ivRmWdywM&t=

[Anonymous No.10328949]

>>10326930
Lol. Wtf is this skeleton arcade.

[Anonymous No.10329496]

>>10328949
Storage area for arcade cabinets waiting to get restored.

[Anonymous No.10329681]

>>10326028
sounds fun
i bought a couple 1ups used on craigslist
peel & stick wood wallpaper from amazon
etsy for custom controller deck &
all seimitsu buttons/sticks
the boe monitor isnt that bad
for a bartop neogeo i just bought the mvsx
added hylostick mod (complete library+cps1/2)
its neat


my next project = a corner cab
but im gonna drill/add a crt tv stand
im thinking build dk jr cabinet from nothing
then blip my refurbed original pcb in
maybe add a real metal coin door
kinda ridiculous but i do have the original bezel for dk jr
for a few hundred i could make it happen

i wanted pic related so fucking bad
but i cant drive 1000+ miles to pick up

[Anonymous No.10331018]

Since were talking about Raiden... I thought I would share.

[Anonymous No.10331223]

>>10316953
King Of Fighters ‘98
Metal Slug 3
Pulstar
Samurai Shodown

[Anonymous No.10331608]

>>10329681
1ups make a nice cheap frame to put your hardware in. There are people who buy a 1up cabinet and mod them with real CRTs and arcade PCBs.

[Anonymous No.10331961]

Never give up on your dreams gentlemen. You can make it.

[Anonymous No.10332195]

>>10331961
based

[Anonymous No.10332469]

>>10331018
Wtf is going on here

[Anonymous No.10332515]

>>10319876
pretty profitable i'd think, if the laundromat part is the main attraction, the other stuff is just free money, people have to wait around for their shit to wash and dry anyway, naturally they'll waste some money on a few drinks or arcade games. i don't think it's really a bar/laundromat/arcade, but more a laundromat with a bar and a few arcade cabinets, not like a trendy hipster spot or anything, just a laundromat with some gimmicks that are pretty low cost investments that can be pretty profitable on their own.

[Anonymous No.10332568]

>>10332515
But would anyone want to do Their dirty laundry next to drunk people playing pool and getting rowdy at the bar watching Sports games? I could see arcades working in Laundromats. But Some of the machines are right next to the bar area.

I don't know if a woman is going to appreciate a drunk dude hitting on her while she's trying to get her dirty panties, bras, and clothing loaded into the washer. Or trying to fold her laundry while someone flirts with her. It just seems like a weird mix.

[Anonymous No.10333531]

You people need to get yourselves a showcase cabinet for your garage with fighting games.

[Anonymous No.10333884]

>>10331961
so how many of the boys did you need to round up to get those in the house?
got any stories around that?

>and was the old lady FURIOUS at your decisionmaking here?
Either way, unfathomably based >>10332195

[Anonymous No.10334183]

I can't decide if I love or hate this upright racing cabinet design. I read that it was made this way to save space. But from what I can see it takes up about the same space as any other sit down racing cabinet.

Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.10334193]

I could always get my dad to play this one with me

[Anonymous No.10334196]

>>10331961
For the Sega Rally, how many main sections can it be broken down into without a full tear apart of everything? Im assuming both player sides can be separated, but is/was it possible to seperate the seating section from the cabinet/monitor section? There is a 2 player Daytona USA machine near me thats been up for sale for a while and only reason i haven't pulled the trigger on it is the ability to actually transport it. I can rent a truck, but idk how easily i can fit it in my house unless the seat section is removable.

[Anonymous No.10334207]

>>10334193
This is my dream machine to own.

[Anonymous No.10334223]

>>10334196
I'm not the anon you are replying to but I will jump in. My answer is that it depends on which arcade cabinet model you are referring to. Sega made several different model cabinets of Sega Rally and Daytona USA. Some models can have the seat be easily seperated from the main screen for transport. But some others can't. In the cases where you can't, sometimes there is the option to unbolt the screen section and it lift off as a separate unit. It really depends on which cabinet you are referring. Do you have a picture?

[Anonymous No.10334360]

>>10334223
No pictures on hand, but its the standard 2 player, sit down machine most arcades had(unless there are differences in models not easily visible from a cursory glance)

[Anonymous No.10334365]

Remembah me?

[Anonymous No.10334401]

>>10334360
>No pictures on hand, but its the standard 2 player, sit down machine most arcades had
Unfortunately there were several models that were made by Sega over the years. Sega Rally and Daytona USA were very popular in the 90s. So Sega kept churning out variations of cabinets. Can you find a picture online of an example?

[Anonymous No.10334409]

>>10334207
>>10334193
I've seen these for sale before at auctions. Get yourselves the Deluxe version. It's like having a mini theater surrounding you.

[Anonymous No.10334435]

>>10331961
I'm not ripping on home arcades, but if i were to get or build plenty of arcade machines, i'd just feel obliged to start some sort of small public arcade. I don't know why but i'd feel bad just hoarding all those games for myself and a few buddies like they're game discs on a shelf.

[Anonymous No.10334545]

>>10334435
We get it

[Anonymous No.10334552]

>>10334435
The idea of home arcades is to use retro machines that have been long retired from arcades. A lot of times, if you find an old arcade machine for sale, it's in need of repairs or some sort of serious restoration. They almost always do not come in great working order. Many of of these machines are now pushing 30 to 40 years old and have issues.

The Monitor could need electrical repair, wiring needs to be redone, buttons need to be replaced, the cabinet needs to be repainted, the wood needs to be refinished or replaced, etc. So many things need to be addressed. It takes many days if not weeks of hard work to fix a cabinet to near 100%. Most normal people wouldn't go through the effort. It's not about hoarding. It's about repairing and restoring machines to their former glory through hard work. And then enjoying it the work once it's done with your friends or family.

Starting at arcade business is a completely different experience than just having a hobby arcade at home. Machines in public arcades get abused and hammered very heavily by the public. The older a machine is, the more maintenance it needs and the harder it is to find spare parts. Good Arcade CRT screens are becoming very hard to find. Plus you need to worry about actually earning money and profit. The business needs to Be profitable. Will people actually want to come and play these machines? You will have less time to actually be able to fix and enjoy the machines too. Running a business is not easy. Many fail and lose a ton of money.

[Anonymous No.10334667]

>>10334435
>i'd just feel obliged to start some sort of small public arcade. I don't know why but i'd feel bad just hoarding all those games for myself and a few buddies like they're game discs on a shelf.
I get the feeling of wanting to share these arcade machines with the public. But these machines already served the public for decades. Let them enjoy retirement in a home where they will be treated with respect and dignity.

[Anonymous No.10334810]

>>10332568
it's probably in the bumfuck nowhere where having those things available is a godesend. Like a general store. Probably only works "in a small town".

[Anonymous No.10336027]

>>10334196
>it possible to seperate the seating section from the cabinet/monitor section? There is a 2 player Daytona USA machine near me thats been up for sale for a while and only reason i haven't pulled the trigger on it is the ability to actually transport it.

Diff anon here. The early models of Daytona USA have all the game boards and electronics under the seat. So the seat must remain as one long piece. But you can unbolt the CRT monitor area and remove it for easier transport.

In later years, (depending on your country) Sega made some Daytona upright cabinets. They also supposedly moved everything into the main body of the cabinet. The later models of sit down cabinets are basically just a modified upright cabinet with a seat attached. Everything is in the main cabinet. Not the seat.

You can tell the difference between early and late models the vents in the bottom of the seat. One has vents to help cool the game boards. The other is basically just a wooden box (no vents) that supports a seat. Pic related.

If I were you, I would get 3 guys total to move a Deluxe sit down cab. Bring a heavy duty dolly with straps just in case the Daytona is missing its wheels under the cab.

[Anonymous No.10336036]

>>10336027
Early Model Daytona Twin Cab. All game boards under the seat.

[Anonymous No.10336037]

>>10336036
Later model Daytona USA upright. Sega moved all game boards into the main cabinet.

[Anonymous No.10336053]

>>10336037
>upright racing cabinet
why does this make me gag so much? i cant recall ever playing one of these

[Anonymous No.10336085]

>>10336027
If you have one of these cabs, then I believe the seat can be separated. Just remove 4 bolts and the seat slides away.

[Anonymous No.10336141]

>>10336053
I'm not a huge fan of upright racing cabinets. But they serve a purpose and are necessary. A few arcades were small and had to choose which machines were deluxe versions and which were upright.

>i cant recall ever playing one of these
They were uncommon for sure. Mostly sold to small arcades and/or put in places like Landromats or convenience stores like 7-Eleven. Ironically, this upright model has become highly sought after by barcades because for some reason barcades are obsessed with upright cabinets and hate the idea of customers sitting down in deluxe cabinets.

[Anonymous No.10336431]

Are we posting Daytona USA cabinets now? OK. I'll join in.

[Anonymous No.10336548]

>>10336036
Im the original anon who asked and yeah i haven't seen it in a few months(its been for sale for like 5 years) but im 99% certain its this model. I played it a couple times when it was operational, but its one crt needs repairs so they just put it up for sale. Thanks for the info, i probably would never have guessed off hand the main internals were under the seat.

[Anonymous No.10337506]

>>10336431
We might as well share the most expensive and highest end Daytona USA that Sega ever sold.

[Anonymous No.10339340]

>>10337506
That seems less expensive than 8 of these >>10336431

[Anonymous No.10339705]

>>/vr/thread/9214698

[Anonymous No.10339807]

>>10339705
Oh Yeah...Ridge Racer Full Scale was pretty awesome. If you are OP in that link, then I can't really answer your question if any still available in a public arcade. I've done a bit of research so I'll share what I know.

One American arcade owner tried to tell sell theirs in the 2010s. So I know someone has one Ridge Racer Full Scale in storage somewhere in America. Probably in a private collection.

I know Britain had one around 2018-ish. But there was some drama surrounding it, and the machine was like 80% destroyed. Only a few parts remain. It's not a complete machine anymore. I heard Britain used to have 4 or 5 Full Scale machines, but typical British people destroyed all of them.

I guess that leaves Asia. I've heard rumors some still exist in storage. Another anon (who does alot of traveling) mentioned they saw one sitting in the far back of an Asian arcade. The owner put a huge tarp over it and put claw machines around it to hide the machine. It wasnt functional, but the Full Scale machine was still there. But I don't speak any Asian languages so I can't exactly ask Asian posters to confirm it.

Australia had a several Ridge Racer Full Scales in the 90s. But I have no clue what happened. But One poster on another arcade forum mentioned that a Full Scale machine went up for sale in the early 2000s. Someone in Australia bought it. That's all they know. So Supposedly one is still in a private collection somewhere in Australia maybe. .


It's a real shame not a single one survived in public arcades. Even if the arcade boards failed, you could still dump the roms and use Mame to replace the arcade boards. Nothing quite like sitting in huge real car and a huge screen.

[Anonymous No.10340110]

>>10328945
Yeah, in America it was pretty common for them to be in random shops. Pizza parlors were particularly common.

[Anonymous No.10340179]

>>10336548
>Thanks for the info, i probably would never have guessed off hand the main internals were under the seat.
Yeah in those earlier models, Sega put the electrical and arcade boards under the seat. I *think* in later versions they were moved to the body of the cabinet under the monitor. I think it was because arcade owners sent feedback to Sega. And that Midway made their racing cabinets much easier to breakdown. Like the Cruisin USA cabinets could be seperated easily.

[Anonymous No.10340182]

>>10340179

[Anonymous No.10341473]

>>10340179
Wow I never realized this. I wonder if this is a smart idea putting it in the bottom of the arcade cabinet? What if people spill drinks on the bottom of machine and the liquid goes inside.

[Anonymous No.10342373]

>>10340179
How long does the boards last? Do they ever break?

[Anonymous No.10342723]

>>10339807
Does anyone know how many Ridge Racer Full Scale machines were ever made?

[Anonymous No.10342862]

I miss seeing funky arcade machines like these. Everything is too slick looking these days.

[Anonymous No.10344365]

>>10342862
I remember this. My local Chuck E Cheese had it.

[Anonymous No.10345184]

>>10340179
Nice setup. How much did it cost?

[Anonymous No.10345684]

>>10342723
about tree fiddy

[Anonymous No.10345752]

Back in the day....

[Anonymous No.10347171]

We need more mega arcade machines

[Anonymous No.10347530]

>>10345752
The thing I love about real life gaming and talking shit is that you had to back it up in real time.
Oh you are insulting my Mortal Kombat skills? Let's go settle it right now in front of everyone. And if things got really heated, then money matches were a thing. You bet money in front of everyone.

So many salty players on Xbox live and other consoles could never imagine how different its like to talk shit in person. There's a lot of pressure too when you are dealing with someone who is standing right next to you. You can't just run away and sent salty insults in a direct message. You had to stand there and take it.

[Anonymous No.10347554]

>>10318604
Il be honest looking at how galloping ghost is handling their machines now is filling me with dread. I get it, its a extensive collection and there is a lot to do on each machine. But its almost becoming a sunk cost with the amount of machines that break now in that place. I hope they slow down for a moment and take the time to fix rather than rapid expand in their already limited space

[Anonymous No.10347589]

>>10347554
Hmm...that's odd. I don't recall too many games being out of order when I went. Except the mega deluxe games with movement. I was disappointed that After Burner Deluxe didn't have motion working (or maybe they intentionally disabled motion to help preserve the machine?). And I think the large deluxe machines near the door weren't working either like F-Zero.

But The thing you need to understand that Galloping Ghost treats their arcade also as a storage warehouse and workshop. They fix broken games on site, and store them there too. There is no backroom (or very little room) to move broken games to for storage. Although the new $3 Million dollar expansion will help quite a lot with that from what I hear.

That being said, there is still nothing like Galloping Ghost arcade left in the USA. Most other places are retro "barcades", arcades that try to do a little of everything (old games, new games, and some pinball), or just arcades that are too small for many machines.

Galloping Ghost was smart. They found a cheap area near the outskirts of Chicago to buy cheap land. Then had a gimmick of hundreds of machines to draw in customers. They didn't try to mix in a bar or restaurant. They told customers to visit other local food places nearby (which makes GG's business neighbors happy). Even their pinball collection is located in a different building with their own seperate staff to handle maintaining the machines. They don't mix video games and pinball. GG's main building just focuses on video games. Their newest video games is 2015-ish. That's fine by be.


Another issue I'm hearing from arcade owners is problems acquiring spare parts. Especially for CRT monitors. So I'm wondering if that's why so many machines are out of order. Most CRT TVs were only designed to work for at most... 15 to 20 years, then the capacitors fail and electronics degrade.

[Anonymous No.10347613]

>>10347554
You should listen to the stories of how they acquired many of their arcade machines. They post their stories to YouTube and social media pages. A lot of stories usually involve finding it for sale at a garage sale, or private owner that is about to throw it away to the junkyard. So GG either had to buy it right now or the machine is going to the junkyard for scrap.

[Anonymous No.10347648]

I don't know of any arcade besides Galloping Ghost that stills let's me play the Sega Jurassic Park game from the 1990s

[Anonymous No.10347705]

>>10319520
It's back (in name at least). Wild to see a thread and recognize exactly what I'm looking at.

Played drunk DDR there many times in the old days....

[Anonymous No.10348292]

>>10347705
There's a lot of empty space in that picture. They should cram in more machines to maximize every inch of the place.

[Anonymous No.10348548]

>>10317125
Street Hoop spotted. S-s-s-s-sewing Machine :D

[Anonymous No.10348573]

>>10348548
Good eye

[Anonymous No.10349485]

That's a lot of Sega Rally machines in the background. Apparently there was a whole Sega Rally section with artwork on the wall.

[Anonymous No.10349753]

>>10349485
Like I said earlier, that's way too much empty space. Sega could have made more money if they were like Galloping Ghost and put machines everywhere they could. Arcades should be packed with machines to maximize profit.

[Anonymous No.10350101]

>>10349753
True as that may be, I can't imagine that mattered as much then as it would in our modern economy.

[Anonymous No.10350107]

Do you think there are arcade machines out in the wild still waiting to be found?

[Anonymous No.10350130]

>>10350101
Sega was charging money to play the arcades at Sega World.

From what I read about Sega World, there wasn't enough rides and machines to meet demand. People were waiting in lines to play.

More machines = more money coming in.

[Anonymous No.10350161]

>>10350107
>Do you think there are arcade machines out in the wild still waiting to be found?
Probably. Although as the years pass its getting harder to find, or the collectors that kept them are dying. There are stories of parents who stored arcades for years dying off. And the kids inherit the machines and toss the arcades in the junk yard. Also the machines kept in storage are slowly degrading. They need to be refurbished or the electronics will no longer function. You can't just leave something in storage for decades and have nothing happen.

From people I talked to, 1998 to abour 2010 was the best years to collect. Arcades were considered old, but not "retro cool" like today. Just old machines that were inferior to gaming consoles in the eyes of many. So these machines were often sold for extremely cheap or even given away for free.

[Anonymous No.10350487]

>>10350107
>Do you think there are arcade machines out in the wild still waiting to be found?
Absolutely. SNK made 1.2 million Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinets. Capcom made 200,000 Street Fighter cabinets. They had to go somewhere right? The real question is if we can save them before they rot away.

[Anonymous No.10350776]

Think this place might have a decent arcade?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Century_Global_Center

[Anonymous No.10350831]

>>10350776
It's a giant mall and conference center right? It might have an arcade. You could do a search on YouTube for a tour video. But it will probably have all Chinese made machines and games. Not sure if that's something you are OK with.
The Chinese arcade industry has been trying to compete against Japan and America for several years and pushing their machines.


However, the Chinese arcade industry have been cloning their competitors' designs without much innovation or making their own style. China copied Taito's Vewlix arcade cabinet which is very popular in Japan and parts of America. Fans call it Chewlix (Chinese Vewlix). I've used both and the Chinese definitely cut corners. Can you tell which is which in the pic?

China has even been making bootleg Astro City and retro candy cabinets. Same issue with their racing game cabinets and shooting game cabinets. They are clones of Sega/Namco/Raw Thrills designs.

I will say though, China is very good at making replacement parts and refurbishing old machines. Some companies do great jobs repair and fixing old machines from the 80s and 90s. I'm just disappointed their industry hasnt tried to be more original in their designs.