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join:2002-12-18
Norwich, CT | yay first post Awsome I miss the old arcades sega had some good games | |
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join:2003-07-19
Sidney, NE | Re: yay first post I was typing mine while you posted, thought I was first post  | |
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Diddy1
join:2003-07-19
Sidney, NE | 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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| primeangel
join:2001-01-03
Lancaster, OH | 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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join:2004-02-20
Schererville, IN
| 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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Not Sure What Color Pill To Call It
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join:2000-09-14
wrong turn
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| pay to play till you hit an error Hmmm, 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
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH | Re: pay to play till you hit an error Or 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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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
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| Re: pay to play till you hit an error said 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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| Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| 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/Ultimate_M···Wave_Net
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Wavenet
the 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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Toadman
How do you like these Apples
join:2001-11-28
Medina, OH | Cool to own one at home 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. | |
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techjoe
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join:2004-02-20
Schererville, IN
| Re: Cool to own one at home said 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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garagerock
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join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY
| sigh I 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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footballdude
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| not dead Anyone 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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ffink20001
join:2002-12-18
Norwich, CT | Please dont hurt me Taylor it 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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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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| Cherry Hill Mall and the shore The 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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mustang03282
join:2003-01-10
Bridgeton, NJ
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| Re: Cherry Hill Mall and the shore yea 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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Midak
Doctors suck
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join:2002-02-26
Yonkers, NY
| Arcades are not dead The 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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join:2005-07-12
Woodbridge, VA | Re: Arcades are not dead Arcades 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
Doctors suck
Premium
join:2002-02-26
Yonkers, NY | Re: Arcades are not dead Then 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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| djranmas
join:2004-09-21
Brooklyn, NY | Nathan's on Central Avenue? Oh man I used to be there every single freakin weekend! | |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | Hello! Chuck E. Cheese anyone? | |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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join:2005-06-29
clubs: | 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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join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | 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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Pashune
Inhaling at 675 KB per sec.
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join:2006-04-14
Gautier, MS | No arcade for over a year here.. v_v The 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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CBLMorphis
join:2001-02-25
Riverside, CA | Re: No arcade for over a year here.. v_v Does 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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bignate
join:2005-12-05
Austin, TX | dave and busters 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 | |
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| Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| Re: dave and busters said by bignate :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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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
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| TOS Based 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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RailRoadDude
Premium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA | 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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jamez818
please hold during the silence
join:2000-09-18
Sunland, CA | internet I 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
@il.us
| 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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