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yay first postAwsome I miss the old arcades sega had some good games | |
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Re: yay first postI was typing mine while you posted, thought I was first post  | |
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Good to see innovation in the old Industry!It's great to see some innovation in the old Industry but too little too late? Only 1 or 2 Arcades left in a 100 mile radius here | |
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Re: Good to see innovation in the old Industry!you have arcades? i recall those once upon a time. | |
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|  techjoe
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Lombard, IL
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to Diddy11
I have two arcades within 45 minutes driving distance that I know of. I know of at least a half dozen that have closed within the past three years within 15 minutes.
Arcades' time has run out. 99% of homes have at least one game console, let alone PC's/mobile phones/etc. | |
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x30n_
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2006-Sep-27 3:04 pm
pay to play till you hit an errorHmmm, does that mean there will be some coin-op games out that will be full of bugs and all they have to do is push a patch that will fix the bug?
I can see it now, you stick a 1.50 in play and about 3 minutes later you come across an error that will not allow you to go on or your playing a driving game and you get stuck on a guardrail and the reset doesnt work because it dosnt know you are stuck.
I guess it was only time when we will pay to beta test coin-op games just like we do when someone releases a game for a computer. | |
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|  dslwanter
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Re: pay to play till you hit an errorOr better the location of the arcade is too far from the central office or RT. Sorry, no we cannot service your arcade. | |
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Re: pay to play till you hit an errorsaid by dslwanter:Or better the location of the arcade is too far from the central office or RT. Sorry, no we cannot service your arcade. "Where DSL is not available, New Edge Networks can substitute other access technologies ensuring 100 percent coverage." Its in the article.  | |
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Re: pay to play till you hit an errorsaid by hayabusa3303:said by dslwanter:Or better the location of the arcade is too far from the central office or RT. Sorry, no we cannot service your arcade. "Where DSL is not available, New Edge Networks can substitute other access technologies ensuring 100 percent coverage." Its in the article. I don't care what the article says, if they plan on running ADSL forget it. IDSL would be the likely. | |
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pinball games made in the past 10 years have had rom updates that you can download and burn to eprom chips the new stern games now have usb based updates. They also have game on test from time to time with beta roms in them. also Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Wave Net had network play about 5 years ago. It was cool at time and it was only $0.50 a game. » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ul ··· Wave_Net» en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru ··· _Wavenetthe fast and furious arcade game says on line playing coming soon. that game has made by the same people who did San Francisco Rush games and the Cruis'n USA games. | |
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join:2001-11-28
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Cool to own one at homeI would like to have one of these units at home. I like the fact that you could get newer games/titles on the unit. It would be a good collection adder to my 1970 Gottlieb Dimension and Palincho slot machine. | |
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| techjoe
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techjoe
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2006-Sep-27 7:13 pm
Re: Cool to own one at homesaid by Toadman:I would like to have one of these units at home. I like the fact that you could get newer games/titles on the unit. It would be a good collection adder to my 1970 Gottlieb Dimension and Palincho slot machine. You need to google "MAME Cabinet"!! I'm in the planning process on my master-piece now that I can actually afford what I'm shooting for. Can you say uber-cocktail-table-madness???  | |
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join:2002-06-14
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sighI am imagining that Playstations and Xboxes, along with the paranoid notion that kids aren't "safe enough" at the arcades, are what killed them.
Back in the day, nothing was cooler than burning through $20 of quarters on Galaga at your local arcade. Like a Subway franchise, it seems every town in America had some bastardized version of this opium-den of gaming pleasure.
Since people could smoke just about anywhere, the arcades I visited were smoky, nearly dark rooms illuminated only by the consoles themselves. Invariably, this den was populated by hesher kids with mullets and/or the rokker cut, and this crowd was in turn ruled by the local master of one particular game. They stood in stoned silence, watching the master waste time/money on his favorite game as Rush or Molly Hatchet blared from the 10 cent jukebox in the corner...ah, memories of better times. | |
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not deadAnyone that thinks arcade games are dead hasn't been to a bar around here lately. Golden Tee golf makes money almost as fast as the government can coin it. All the machines are connected to the Golden Tee network as well with cash prizes going to tournament winners. | |
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Please dont hurt me Taylorit sucks to because around here we have two arcades one at each Casinoe unfortinitly though one of the arcades is full of childrens games and very few arcade games.. RIP at least there is still mame for the memories.. Please dont beat me up Taylor | |
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New Jersey
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Cherry Hill Mall and the shoreThe arcades at the shore are busy all year long, winter they just vacuum more because they can. On Saturday the cherry hill mall is packed. I wonder what advertising we will see with these networked games ? | |
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Re: Cherry Hill Mall and the shoreyea its a shame the killed the one at the eshelon mall that one was great. I spent alout fo my teen years there. I was resently in the morestown mall and seen there new arcade and indore skate park I was amazed. The deptford mall arcade is still going strong isnt it? Ive never been a big fan of the deptford mall one just because they packed so much crap in such a small space there was never any room to play and at least a 45 min wait to get on most mechines | |
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 MidakDoctors suck
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join:2002-02-26
Yonkers, NY |
Midak
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2006-Sep-27 3:48 pm
Arcades are not deadThe same one I went to 16 years ago is still there, going strong with new titles. It was there before me and will be there for many more years to come. Also, this is not an original idea unless it will put you in the races against others sitting in arcades across the globe. I have played some racing game at a local bar for a while back that allowed you to save custom cars, put your stats up against others locally and globally. It also offered prizes each month. | |
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|  RockCake
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Woodbridge, VA |
RockCake
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2006-Sep-27 4:11 pm
Re: Arcades are not deadArcades are not dead here either. Dave & Buster's is hugely popular in Bethesda, MD. Of course I guess it helps that they have a bar... p.s. Yay....Yonkers! My home town!  | |
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Midak
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2006-Sep-27 4:24 pm
Re: Arcades are not deadThen you probably know of Nathans on Central Ave. Still going strong although it has become the Thursday night hang out for the rice burner crowd. | |
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Nathan's on Central Avenue? Oh man I used to be there every single freakin weekend! | |
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Hercules, CA
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Hello!Chuck E. Cheese anyone? | |
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| hayabusa3303Over 200 mph
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Re: Hello!I could see that now all the video games linked. Going to need something better than DSL thats for sure..
FIOS anyone? | |
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Re: Hello!Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Wave Net
didn't even utilize the full bandwidth of the T1 line and it was just as fast as local play. | |
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 PashuneCaps stifle innovation
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Pashune
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2006-Sep-27 4:46 pm
No arcade for over a year here.. v_vThe arcade in my mall shut down over a year ago; I was pissed beyond all belief; 'twas one of my favorite places to go on the weekends.. T_T | |
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Re: No arcade for over a year here.. v_vDoes this mean I can play finally after all these years, PONG via DSL, that's great. Sounds cool, keep up with the times. | |
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dave and busterswhere i live in austin texas we have a dave and busters and it has a huge arcade with all the best and newest games. the only trouble is everything cost at least a dollar to play. 8(
they hide it by using a wierd credit system though | |
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Re: dave and busterssaid by bignate4:where i live in austin texas we have a dave and busters and it has a huge arcade with all the best and newest games. the only trouble is everything cost at least a dollar to play. 8( they hide it by using a wierd credit system though game works does the same thing | |
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 MaxoYour tax dollars at work.
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Maxo
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2006-Sep-27 10:26 pm
TOSBased on the lack of guaranteed connectivity that comes with residential broadband options I would not base a business model off of it. DSL goes down and so does your business. Maybe Tx with DSL backup. Other than that this could be a promising technology. | |
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 RR ConductorNWP RR Inc.,serving NW CA
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Totally Rad dude!I'm 35, so I grew up on those arcade games in the 70's and 80's, man, those were the days!! Oh, and your parents couldn't bug you on a cell phone either lol | |
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 jamez818please hold during the silence
join:2000-09-18
Sunland, CA |
internetI wonder if they are going to let you play against others on the internet? Sort of like an X-Box Live deal. I am too lazy to read the article. | |
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Mr anon
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2006-Sep-28 10:02 am
Good idea.Its a good idea, I know hwere in the US networked arcade games never hit as big as they did in Japan, but what do you know maybe just maybe it might happen.
Also, game revisions are nothing new. If you go to the mame site and look at the list of support games and information (I think the section called mawe) you'll see many games with revisions.
EX:
Killer Instict 1.2
Killer Instict 1.3
Killer Instict 1.4
Whats in a revision varies, it could be, new chracters, system balance, cheap shots worked out, or even bugs. However remember that management doesn't just mean patching they could check on how things are running, aleart to possible problems, heck, what if they could detect broken controls and dispatch someone to fix it! | |
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