so was Ottumwa, Iowa, really 'game capital of the world'?

[gamefixer]

It was a self-declared title and the mayor went along with it. As popular as games were back then, there was a stigma about them and most politicians wouldn't embrace them. I think they just got it because nobody else wanted it.

For arcade gamings epicenter, wouldn't it technically be Chicago? From Chicago Coin right up through heavy hitters like Williams and Stern. Funspot (Laconia NH) is probably it for arcade gaming today, and all the really big trade shows seem to be in California.

You could make the same arugment for the San Francisco Bay Area. Sega, Namco, Capcom, SNK, Atari, Exidy and a few others were there in the 80's...

Top that off with hundred's of arcades.

Matt

 

[TOK]

My thought on that was that Sega, Namco, SNK and Capcom were headquartered in Japan. Subtle difference I guess, but I was going by home office.

 

[gamefixer]

My thought on that was that Sega, Namco, SNK and Capcom were headquartered in Japan. Subtle difference I guess, but I was going by home office.

I suppose thats true but they all did have manufacturing facilities in California. Namco and Sega were more distribution but Capcom and SNK put stuff together at their places.

Matt

 

[xxstatic]

First it was Radar Oreilly's hometown on M.A.S.H.,
then it was the "Dodge City" of videogaming,
and now it's the "videogame" capitol of the world???

Kinda uppity for a podunk town if I might say.......

 

[kjeffery]

First it was Radar Oreilly's hometown on M.A.S.H.,
then it was the "Dodge City" of videogaming,
and now it's the "videogame" capitol of the world???

Kinda uppity for a podunk town if I might say.......

Ha you big city guys are just mad that a small podunk town got the title

 

[sprinter]

Maybe you just had to BE THERE...

http://sprinter.home.mchsi.com/games.html