Something I have always found interesting was the hotel rental services you see in the US. You know, the ones where there is a SNES or N64 controller that connects to a Sega Channel-like service that bills you for X number of minutes you play on their service (For example: In the La Quinta hotel I am currently in, there is a service that provides unlimited access to any of the N64 games provided for each hour you pay for it). Question is, how does this work? Obviously, it is done through a Emulation program that keeps track of time, but where is it located (The main office? Some central office?) Also, does anyone know how exactly these things work in detail?
See this thread: http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=824&highlight=lodgenet Most run on this lodgenet system
Ah, I do find it very amusing when you go to a love hotel in Japan and you see a Nintendo 64, Playstation or Super Famicom in the majority of them. Always wondered the point of them, needless to say I never managed to use them. ^_^
some guys get the job done to fast and need something to kill the remaining 45 Minutes so the games are there for that reason.
Lodgenet is quite expensive. A $10,000 per rollout easy. The most ridiculous thing I ever saw was a final fantasy super famicom game, I mean, who plays a 40+ hour game in a room that is paid for by the hour..
That's what they're hoping for, that 1 guy that comes along with deep pockets and the determination to finish the game.
So that's a bored salaryman on a long business trip in the middle of nowhere then? 'Entertainment expenses guv, honest'. One thing I did notice in the systems in love hotels was the fact that most of the games were single player orientated and generally games that men would play. I probably shouldn't ask questions about the staying power of Japanese men... XD
