Sad day, NJ largest arcade closes it's doors.

In Japan, fighting games make money hand over fist. I would assume the popular ones in the US are the same.

 

I don't know if that's a safe assumption. It was probably true ten years ago when the Street Fighter clones clogged the aisle. But go into any Dave and Buster's, or into the DisneyQuest in Orlando, and you'll find that sims and 80s-era single-screen games are what get the most action. Given that those two businesses are the only ones that make any kind of regular revenue on games, I'm ashamed to wonder if they're representative of American arcades at this point.

 

Yeah thats kinda true, altought RPG players arent the majority, and for me trying to get all the stupid little extras from a game is a waste of time like no other.

But on a personal side of thing, I dont go to arcades anymore cuz I'm sick and tired of playing the same old stuff all over again.

In the good days there were new games almost every month, and big budget ones (ie: daytona, virtua cop, ridge racer) every quarter or so.

Now theres been years without new stuff around...

WHAT????!!!h:h:h::-crying:OH:

Seriously, those things were more expesive than most cars back in the day, how come they're worth so little now?

BTW, didnt they have like telephone auction as an option? cuz I would've called for sure:nod:

 

Whereabouts is it mate?

 

The trafford Center

 

I've not been to a western arcade in years (since college) but I can speak for the Japanese ones. Even some of the non-mainstream games bring in a lot of dough. Then again, a normal Japanese arcade that's focused on games (and not print-club & UFO catcher) will have a healthy retro section as well.

 

Wow, someone else from shitty Warrington. :icon_bigg

So yeah, it's in the Trafford Centre near the resturants and food places. I've not been in a long time now. Just never wanted to go back. If there's anything good there though, report back!

 

One could hope... thats what i would like to see in most arcades i walk into around london.

EDIT:

Just on a semi-serious side note i was in hong kong last summer and i noticed they had several arcades doted around street corners and in some shopping malls. Some seemed nice, some not that great but all looked pretty busy. I guess they are just more popular around those parts of the world. Specialy with their love for DDR!

 

Here in Perth, Australia, there are still quite a few arcades.
There is Timezone and Leisure Island which have a few locations around the place.
Several movie theaters I know of have various arcade machines in their lobbies.

Mostly what I see is driving games, shooting games (including games like Tokyo Wars that are both driving AND shooting), prize and ticket games (including a LOT of crane/claw machines), dance games, fighting games and some miscellaneous stuff like air hockey tables and soccer tables. I also see various games like skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, jet-ski and the like.

Some of the noteworthy cabs I have seen recently:
Daytona USA 8 player (noteworthy only because its 8 players which is more than most arcades have)
Afterburner Climax moving seat cabinet
Konami Simpsons Arcade (may have been added to coincide with the Simpsons Movie)
Konami TMNT Arcade (again may have been added to conincide with the recent TMNT movie)
All 3 konami music games (drums, keyboard and guitar)
Pinball machines (several arcades I know of have 1 or 2 pinballs, some old some new models)
Mad Wave Motion Theater cab (the place that has this one used to have a G-Loc R360 which was replaced with the Mad Wave)
Gun games going all the way from Point Blank and Time Crisis through to Time Crisis 4 and other current games.
Sega Derby Owners Club
Star Wars Arcade (the Model 1 version, not the later Star Wars Trilogy on Model 3)
Star Wars Podracer
Soccer Game cab where you kick a real soccer ball into the goal at the back of the cab

Something else I see in a number of arcades is photo booths of various kinds (generally with something beyond just a regular passport photo booth like a fan to add wind to your shots)

 

Sure is, my homeland is pure bliss. What with the washed up tampons on the beach at Redcar and the lovely blast furnace to keep you warm. Ahh, the memories of playing near the slag pits on the sand dunes. Those were the days

 

Suicide Booth is the best arcade game ever!

 

When I moved over to this side of the big pond, I was lucky enough to run into a couple of chaps at work who repaired pinball machines in their spare time - so, I brought a shopped 1978 Williams Phoenix from them & that keeps the arcade part of me relatively sane. When I get some spare cash, I'd like to get a cocktail space invaders to keep it company. Sure, neither is cutting edge stuff, but it's what I grew up on.

I wish I lived nearer that auction - I'd have been there, if only to mourn. The last decent arcade experience I've had in the last 10 years, was in Japan.

Yeah, but who the heck do they get to write the reviews! :110:

 

No need for reviews... the less people know about it the more interested they will be in trying it out.

 

Paulo, if I played Halo like you, I'd be looking for a suicide booth.



Wow, that was low... I didn't mean that at all. That was a terrible thing to say. :lol:

 

Did they have anything Raiden?

 

Come down here to the PA suburbs, theres an arcade here which is on free play thats $6 an hour. Well over 100 games/pinball machines, all a part of somebody's personal collection.

http://www.pinball-parlour.com/gamelist/index.php

 

man... that's cool but sad...

it bothers me seeing all those machines unplugged and people taking them home. i wish i was in the area!

 

They sure did have a lot of butt-ugly huge generic cabs and ugly conversions there