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Way back in "the old days" I used to get my dad to drive me to a local town so that I could play the large arcade games like space invaders and outrun. Then the consoles cam along and when I managed to get them to buy me a SNES for a birthday I didn't really go play the arcade machines much. Arcade games started the whole industry, space invaders, pac-man and all the other classics where so much fun back then.
But sadly arcade games could be no more. Alot of the developers are stopping making arcade machines to concentrate more on developing for consoles. So is this the way forward? Now don't get me wrong the PS2 and others are powerful but some arcade machines offer a little more ( take silent scope) the arcade machine with the large rifle is great). Some contain extras like this that would be to expensive to have for normal consoles.
But this could also be a good thing. now developers could concentrate more on the console games so the standard of games could improve. Maybe some developers will still make arcade game machines but I think that soon they will die out and the consoles of the future will take over.
So soon the days of putting money in the large machine and playing an arcade game could be over andinstead we will all sit at home in front of the t.v playing our consoles.
But sadly arcade games could be no more. Alot of the developers are stopping making arcade machines to concentrate more on developing for consoles. So is this the way forward? Now don't get me wrong the PS2 and others are powerful but some arcade machines offer a little more ( take silent scope) the arcade machine with the large rifle is great). Some contain extras like this that would be to expensive to have for normal consoles.
But this could also be a good thing. now developers could concentrate more on the console games so the standard of games could improve. Maybe some developers will still make arcade game machines but I think that soon they will die out and the consoles of the future will take over.
So soon the days of putting money in the large machine and playing an arcade game could be over andinstead we will all sit at home in front of the t.v playing our consoles.
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a few years back,when tekken 3 was new to arcades and was £1 a go,i found it in an arcade in pool for 25p a go or 5 for £1-so not every wheres a rip off
My dad owns his own company that provide spares to arcades and change machines and stuff. I've grown up around arcades and I don't think they're dieing at all, there's a massive range of new machines coming available every year, and there's no way on earth you can beat the arcade experience. The best game to come out in my opinion is 18 Wheeler. This game is great, it's huge and very expensive (about £8k) so only the big arcades have them (the Trafford Centre in Manchester's the only one I know) but it's great, you could never get it the same on a console.
Shooting games are also massively popular, and people are willing to pay that kind of cash for games. Think of it from an arcade's point of view, their very expensive to run you know. Even a change machine (which doesn't make any profit) costs anything from £1000 - £4000. Machine prices are rising too, so prices for games have to rise. In my experience of programming machines, a single game is usually 30p, 2 games for 50p and 5 for £1. How long they last is up to how good you are.
GMHO
Andi er, Whoooo Style!
Shooting games are also massively popular, and people are willing to pay that kind of cash for games. Think of it from an arcade's point of view, their very expensive to run you know. Even a change machine (which doesn't make any profit) costs anything from £1000 - £4000. Machine prices are rising too, so prices for games have to rise. In my experience of programming machines, a single game is usually 30p, 2 games for 50p and 5 for £1. How long they last is up to how good you are.
GMHO
Andi er, Whoooo Style!
I think that arcades will always be around cos as you said many of them now offer you the chance to hold a gun for shooting games or sit in a car for driving games. Although some of the accessories I mentioned are available to buy to use on you home machine, many people choose not to as the basic contoler has all of the functions you need.
Dan2k1 did a on this a while ago... ANYWAY.
Arcades are great fun but with the price now 1 quid for just ONE game I find that I very rarely play on them.
Arcades are great fun but with the price now 1 quid for just ONE game I find that I very rarely play on them.
Arcades certainly aren't what they were when I was younger.
I remember going in, playing all of the latest games, then wanting to play them on my Sega Master System, Megadrive, or SNES.
I bought loads of games that I'd previously enjoyed in the arcades, Out Run, Space Harrier, Golden Axe, Street Fighter 2.
It all seemed to change with the change in gameplay stlyes during the late 90's in my eyes, with different types of games, games that were not really suited to arcades.
One such genre which really seemed to kicjk off at around the same time, was RPG's. On the SNES, and later the playstation Square were producing beatiful, and highly playable games. Sega were putting out some wonderful RPGs on the Megadrive too. This type of game, or any ongoing quest just doesn't work in the arcade.
Arcade technology has moved on, and there are still some fine racing games to be found in arcades, in huge sit down cabinets, and they're fun. But they're not cheap! When I was young you could play classic games at 10p a go, or 20p for the newer games. This slowly has risen in price, and the home games systems have become as impressive, if not moreso than the arcade games. So the arcade was seen as pricey for what it was.
As the gaming industry is relatively cyclic, it's highly likely that arcades will have something of a revival, maybe with a new innovation in arcade gaming, such as massively multiplayer games, or maybe the games that are more suited to arcades will see a resurgance in popularity.
Whether they become full of fruit machines, or whether we see more games I don't know, all I know is that I had some fantastic gaming experiences in arcades, and I'd love to see a classic arcade. An arcade that you could wander into and play all of those classic arcade games from years gone by. Maybe it could be layed out in an 'Arcades through the ages' way, with the likes of Pong games first, moving on to Space Invaders, and other such games, taking in Nintendos games, like Donkey Kong and the original Mario Brothers, see some Sega classics, like Out Run, Space Harrier and Hang On, see some of the classic 4 player cabinets, like Gauntlet, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Simpsons game, other fantastic sit in cabits could be there too, like the original Star wars arcade game, and the first games that had sit in cars, or sit on and tilt motorbikes.
A huge range of beat 'em-ups would show the progression of the Street fighter series, Mortal Kombat, and Killer instinct. Virtua fighter would also be there showing how they progressed into 3D.
Another section could have all of the shooting games in, from the original Operation Wolf, to the more recent Point Blank and House of the Dead games.
People would love to get the chance to play all of these games again, but it would still be rather sad if the only future for arcades was in a classic sense.
I remember going in, playing all of the latest games, then wanting to play them on my Sega Master System, Megadrive, or SNES.
I bought loads of games that I'd previously enjoyed in the arcades, Out Run, Space Harrier, Golden Axe, Street Fighter 2.
It all seemed to change with the change in gameplay stlyes during the late 90's in my eyes, with different types of games, games that were not really suited to arcades.
One such genre which really seemed to kicjk off at around the same time, was RPG's. On the SNES, and later the playstation Square were producing beatiful, and highly playable games. Sega were putting out some wonderful RPGs on the Megadrive too. This type of game, or any ongoing quest just doesn't work in the arcade.
Arcade technology has moved on, and there are still some fine racing games to be found in arcades, in huge sit down cabinets, and they're fun. But they're not cheap! When I was young you could play classic games at 10p a go, or 20p for the newer games. This slowly has risen in price, and the home games systems have become as impressive, if not moreso than the arcade games. So the arcade was seen as pricey for what it was.
As the gaming industry is relatively cyclic, it's highly likely that arcades will have something of a revival, maybe with a new innovation in arcade gaming, such as massively multiplayer games, or maybe the games that are more suited to arcades will see a resurgance in popularity.
Whether they become full of fruit machines, or whether we see more games I don't know, all I know is that I had some fantastic gaming experiences in arcades, and I'd love to see a classic arcade. An arcade that you could wander into and play all of those classic arcade games from years gone by. Maybe it could be layed out in an 'Arcades through the ages' way, with the likes of Pong games first, moving on to Space Invaders, and other such games, taking in Nintendos games, like Donkey Kong and the original Mario Brothers, see some Sega classics, like Out Run, Space Harrier and Hang On, see some of the classic 4 player cabinets, like Gauntlet, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Simpsons game, other fantastic sit in cabits could be there too, like the original Star wars arcade game, and the first games that had sit in cars, or sit on and tilt motorbikes.
A huge range of beat 'em-ups would show the progression of the Street fighter series, Mortal Kombat, and Killer instinct. Virtua fighter would also be there showing how they progressed into 3D.
Another section could have all of the shooting games in, from the original Operation Wolf, to the more recent Point Blank and House of the Dead games.
People would love to get the chance to play all of these games again, but it would still be rather sad if the only future for arcades was in a classic sense.
Just thinking about it…… I havent been to an arcade for about a year. Maybe the arcade are starting to become deceased. It still is really good fun on silent scope with the big ol’ gun….o happy days. I haven’t seen a good arcade game for quite a while and most are a quid anyway, which is way to much for us poor guttersnipes. (look it up). It’s true that arcades started it all off but with high prices and not enough good games I think in a few years arcades will be as rare as a Golden Eagle.
Sega are still working on Arcade games!
see: www.sega.uk.com
However I find most arcades charge £1 for a 99 second game....
*cough* RIPOFF *cough*
see: www.sega.uk.com
However I find most arcades charge £1 for a 99 second game....
*cough* RIPOFF *cough*
But how long do they have left?
In a few years it may be just consoles as more developers are concentrating on just console games and no more arcade games.
In a few years it may be just consoles as more developers are concentrating on just console games and no more arcade games.
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