tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post2181032290527155883..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Fancier home video game consoles did not kill arcades: the case of pinballagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1284180331950754032011-02-17T01:50:49.671-05:002011-02-17T01:50:49.671-05:00Very interesting theory!
Allow me to recommend a ...Very interesting theory!<br /><br />Allow me to recommend a (much?) better pinball game than Devil's Crush, though. Seek out the Japanese Saturn game Digital Pinball: Necronomicon. Thank me later!<br /><br />If that's out of the question the American-released Saturn pinball Last Gladiators is by the same developers (KaZe) and uses the same engine. Not quite as good, but still impressive.Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-29516794306834265852011-02-09T22:48:17.990-05:002011-02-09T22:48:17.990-05:00Here in the triangle area of North Carolina we sti...Here in the triangle area of North Carolina we still have video games, mini golf, pizza parlors, go carts and the like. Maybe a regional thing?Matthew C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-55455309358803025402011-01-08T16:11:15.648-05:002011-01-08T16:11:15.648-05:00Agnostic,
In Tennessee, under-21 people can ind...Agnostic,<br /><br /> In Tennessee, under-21 people can indeed get into bars. They could since about 1992 unless something has changed. They used to give those above 21 a plastic-band-bracelet to wear in order to drink back then. I dont know what they are doing out there now. Haven't been a "club"-type bar in quite a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-40868496414069251822011-01-06T11:10:17.092-05:002011-01-06T11:10:17.092-05:00I was an arcade junkie and I stuck with them throu...I was an arcade junkie and I stuck with them through their evolution and eventual demise. The real nails in the coffin were per-play cost increases and demographic shift. The cost increases came first. Every game started at a quarter, regardless of popularity/newness. I remember the first 50¢ games blew kids away. "Holy cow! I have to pay double?! This game must be awesome!" It seemed like overnight all new and popular games jumped up in price. After that, it was an avalanche. Within a few years, 50¢ games were the old dusty ones in the back corner. One play on a new game could set you back $2. Where I could bum $5, maybe $10 from my parents before, and be happy for hours, $20 wouldn't cut it for more than half an hour, unless I was doing what most people starting doing - see next.<br /><br />About the time that arcades were jacking up prices and putting MK, Tekken, Killer Instinct, and the big multi-seat racing games up front for the crowds to watch, they became increasingly uncomfortable for middle to upper class American kids and, more importantly, parents. Drugs, general disorder, and gang violence all became associated with the typical mall arcade. Where I could once walk into and through the arcade with ease, it became a challenge just to get into the doors because of all of the loitering going on outside. More and more teens and early twenty year olds spent a lot of time outside and no time, or money inside. A parent, once willing to let the arcade babysit, would look at that gauntlet of trash their kid had to wade through and decide the arcade was no longer a viable option (enter the age of movie theaters being the top middle/upper-class hangouts).Camel Feethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710755600126093475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-59111360596210492852011-01-05T21:20:25.792-05:002011-01-05T21:20:25.792-05:00There's a couple of arcades still around. At l...There's a couple of arcades still around. At least in my hometown of Dallas.<br /><br />There's an arcade that's still in business that I visited a couple of times a year during my preteen and teen years (8-10 years ago). They charge a 5 dollar entrance fee and then all games cost 5-25 cents to play (the big arcade games like Time Crisis and Star Wars arcade cost like 1.50 per play).<br /><br />They have 3-4 pinball machines still up and running, though people play them less often because they don't give tickets or involve shooting something.Landohttp://landanland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-53613904285034904172011-01-05T19:22:48.877-05:002011-01-05T19:22:48.877-05:00But under-21 people can't get into bars, so pi...But under-21 people can't get into bars, so pinball is still unplayable for kids, teenagers, and college students.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-39959419343456861892011-01-05T18:27:30.649-05:002011-01-05T18:27:30.649-05:00Some bars still have standalone pinball machines. ...Some bars still have standalone pinball machines. The home market might be much larger, if the devices weren't so expensive and bulky.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com