AJ, the tournament is being sponsored by Raw Thrills and Betson, not Beston.
Also, those of you asking about taxes on arcade games... Here in Texas we have to have tax stamps on all our arcade games that are for business use. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but I believe you have to get one every year for every game.
CA Extreme is a really fantastic show - we're going up there to celebrate the COIN-OP TV 5 Year Anniversary with a panel and after party - if you are at the event then be sure to stop by!
My memory of playing an arcade cabinet is surprisingly at a Ski resort I went to with my class long ago. There was a huge line for Marvel vs Capcom and we waited in line to play instead of skiing :P
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@(Zombie) Goldwings: My first memories of playing an arcade cabinet were when i was 6-7 year old.
There were two cabinet at this ice cream parlour golden axe and killer instinct,i play those bastard like crazy,one day i spend $20(DR peso)playing killer instinct heck i didn't even ate ice cream that day ^_^
seriously.. arcades died because capcom, konami, namco, sega, and midway abandoned the scene for the most part. games like dynasty warriors would have made good arcades.. midway could have tried to use their publishing license of unreal to make an unreal arcade.. i mean first and third person shooters multiplayer modes and simple story-less co-ops would have probably done really well. the few examples we got were either not very well done or ports.. bad ports.
the number one problem with arcades? the devs stopped making the games look better than the ones we have at home. if street fighter IV looked better than the one we have on our shelves/in our systems.. guaranteed people would still be throwing their quarters into the cabs. its really simple..
@stalin23: was talkin about america, this article had no mention of japanese arcades. and by the way.. its still in a state of decline.. thanks to stagnation.
an arcade just opened up bout a month ago here in Vegas. Lotsa classic gaems. shit was kinda hot for liek, the first few days, then cooling down a lot, pretty fast. it's pretty much dead now. yeeeup. complete oppositte of japan.
I went to California Extreme in 06 and it was great. There were so many classic pinball tables, and even some prototype machines. I highly recommend it to anyone. Plus, being in the bay area, you are surrounded by veteran arcade developers who go to the show.
This is Semi-related to the article. Do states put Sales tax on the quarters you put into arcades? or does it depend on the state? I live in the one state without a sales tax, thus i have no idea :P
@Skyline7284: It's kinda stupid to put a tax on a coin op machine. Plus there's no real sale being made, I believe it's more considered a service, which is non-taxable.
They should just name it the Rock Paper Scissors championship, because that's what Pokemon is. I assume that this is intended for kids though, not man-children 20+ that still play this.
I love Pokemon, but once it gets to end-game and tournaments it's simply ridiculous. Breeding and training is one of the worst grinds imaginable...seriously, MMO's have nothing on Pokemon.
@UltimatePancakeSensation: The competitive "end game" is precisely the reason a lot of people still play. In my opinion, it is a lot more fun to go against other players than to do ANYTHING else in the game. It is why an official pokemon MMO would be like the best MMO out there.
I'm hoping one of these days we'll get a pokemon stadium type game with REAL online play. Not like Battle Revolution. And the online sucks in D/P/P too =/.
@Valnen: I totally love having an end-game, especially with PvP, but breeding is nasty...using invisible numbers on your Pokemon to breed the right Hidden Power, sex, nature, riding your bike back and forth, back and forth, back and forth...hoping you get lucky.
Frankly, it's one of the most insane clusterfucks of micromanagement ever.
If you can get pleasure out of that, more power to you, but I think that the end game would benefit greatly from an overhaul with simplicity in mind.
I personally think they should just get rid of IVs, keep EVs (which are much more easier to control) and make them more visible, and give Hidden Power a set base power (50 sounds about right) while keeping the type random. There are so much more things they could change to simplify stuff, but still keep it interesting for the advanced crowd...
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Also, those of you asking about taxes on arcade games... Here in Texas we have to have tax stamps on all our arcade games that are for business use. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but I believe you have to get one every year for every game.
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There were two cabinet at this ice cream parlour golden axe and killer instinct,i play those bastard like crazy,one day i spend $20(DR peso)playing killer instinct heck i didn't even ate ice cream that day ^_^
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the number one problem with arcades? the devs stopped making the games look better than the ones we have at home. if street fighter IV looked better than the one we have on our shelves/in our systems.. guaranteed people would still be throwing their quarters into the cabs. its really simple..
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Retro arcade + bar. After 5pm all the minors are locked out, a DJ shows up every night to play the music of the day.
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Write to your Senator!
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... but after the pokédex clocked in over 9000 pokémon, I swiftly gave up, to do something better with my time, such as play some Horror games like Silent Hill...
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I'm hoping one of these days we'll get a pokemon stadium type game with REAL online play. Not like Battle Revolution. And the online sucks in D/P/P too =/.
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Frankly, it's one of the most insane clusterfucks of micromanagement ever.
If you can get pleasure out of that, more power to you, but I think that the end game would benefit greatly from an overhaul with simplicity in mind.
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I personally think they should just get rid of IVs, keep EVs (which are much more easier to control) and make them more visible, and give Hidden Power a set base power (50 sounds about right) while keeping the type random. There are so much more things they could change to simplify stuff, but still keep it interesting for the advanced crowd...
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