Just sayin. Where are all the classics. Just stupid shit like guitar hero and DDR and fast and furious
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Because classics don't make any money. You're looking at pulling a few dollars on a classic game versus hundreds a week on some newer ones. If they did still make money it would be a different story and there would be incentive to pick up older stuff. Sadly that is pretty much the case everywhere but where arcades have a hard enough time as it is, they aren't going to dedicate space to a game that no one plays.
The new ticket version of Seawolf is sweet though. Gets Lots of play too.
I see a lot of dad's just standing around waiting for there kids
I bet they would playing too if a classic or two was around.
Just sayin. Where are all the classics. Just stupid shit like guitar hero and DDR and fast and furious
Same reason there wasn't any cork guns, penny arcades or 1950's mechanical games in the arcades when we were kids.
Arcades are there to make money and stock the things people want to play. No one wants to play "classics" - they are boring as hell and ANCIENT technology.
Don't let your nostalgic feelings cloud your brain and make you think the classics are still fun. VAST majority of the 1970's/1980's classics are repetitive, boring with little to no replay value.
Of course those games were bad ass when we were kids because we had never seen anything like it and you had to use some imagination.
I still love the sounds and game play of the old games because that's what we had back then. But, holy hell, those games are boooooooring.
The kids now will grow up and ask where all their 'classics' have gone in the arcades in 2030 too.
Blame the manufacturers for not re-releasing more classics.
Well, the arcade at Cedar Point in Ohio has plenty of classics. And one of the former techs is a member here. Maybe he will chime in.
They certainly do. I went last year here's a few pics...... - Barry
Wow, nice selection of games with a lot of room to spare. Sweet Rowe change machine as well. Again, I wish there was some place like that around here.![]()
This attitude is common in the Linux/Windows fight, too and most of the Linux guys miss the point the same way.
We're zealots. The arcade owners are capitalists. We're happy to lose money if it means preserving a classic. They're not. They want the market majority (kids). Not us. If they could make money re-releasing classics, they would, but compare the $ made on a classic where an occasional 30-something drops buy to play it versus another guitar/DDR/redemption game where the teens and younger line up to drop in their parents' money, and the decision is clear.
It's not an opinion poll about whether the classic games are any good. It's economics.
I agree with the earlier poster. If there are EMs, classics, etc in any existing arcades, they won't be there for long. The days of the classic arcade are gone. Time to build 'em in our homes!