How do you think this would fly?
I realize that I'll never have the space to have all the games that I'd like to play. I wouldn't want to pay for electricity, storage, acquisition, maintenance, etc.
I've already got several games that are cool to have, but don't get much play. Faced with finding more storage space where they can still be played, I'm thinking "why am I hoarding all this stuff?".
What if I could get some like-minded individuals from nearby and set up some kind of arcade cooperative? That is, for the mutual benefit of the 'members', have some place to keep our games up and running, or store broken games until they can be repaired, share workspace for testing, repair, woodworking, painting, etc.
I was thinking that if nobody is too set on making a buck out of the venture, it wouldn't take many people to fund something like this. Kind of like a hackerspace for games. You could even allow the public in (maybe) for a fee or temporary 'membership'.
It would be nice to have an arcade-type atmosphere where people who love games could keep them and not have to sell them when their garage fills up or their interests change.
It could also prevent the destruction of some and the MAMEing or multi-conversion of them.
I'm not even sure if there is enough interest around my area for something like this to fly. Curious about what some of you think and what kind of size scale would make it work. It would have to be set up somehow to avoid 'tax stickers' for operation. I don't think most guys would want a $250 tax just to have their machines playable in some non-profit or not-for-profit environment.
It would beat selling off games for space/lack of interest.
Kerry
I realize that I'll never have the space to have all the games that I'd like to play. I wouldn't want to pay for electricity, storage, acquisition, maintenance, etc.
I've already got several games that are cool to have, but don't get much play. Faced with finding more storage space where they can still be played, I'm thinking "why am I hoarding all this stuff?".
What if I could get some like-minded individuals from nearby and set up some kind of arcade cooperative? That is, for the mutual benefit of the 'members', have some place to keep our games up and running, or store broken games until they can be repaired, share workspace for testing, repair, woodworking, painting, etc.
I was thinking that if nobody is too set on making a buck out of the venture, it wouldn't take many people to fund something like this. Kind of like a hackerspace for games. You could even allow the public in (maybe) for a fee or temporary 'membership'.
It would be nice to have an arcade-type atmosphere where people who love games could keep them and not have to sell them when their garage fills up or their interests change.
It could also prevent the destruction of some and the MAMEing or multi-conversion of them.
I'm not even sure if there is enough interest around my area for something like this to fly. Curious about what some of you think and what kind of size scale would make it work. It would have to be set up somehow to avoid 'tax stickers' for operation. I don't think most guys would want a $250 tax just to have their machines playable in some non-profit or not-for-profit environment.
It would beat selling off games for space/lack of interest.
Kerry



