Originally posted by: ivol07
Originally posted by: ObiDon
Games these days there are either half naked women fighting or you have to row a f*cking boat or dance or some other bullsh*t.
In the early 90s I managed a couple of arcades when the games were still normal. A couple of years ago I went into the arcade at one of the casinos out here and thought, "WTF?!? Half of these games take up 25 square-feet each!!!"
ObiDon - Was there any money in owning an arcade. I always thought it would be a good idea to open up an arcade with all these older games, and new ones. Maybe have seperate rooms for each decade of games. An 80s room, 90s room and so on. But I'm not sure if it would be worth the investment. Did the arcade you manage make any dough?
They weren't mine. They were owned by a corporation that had them all over the US and Australia. The two that I managed made money though.
I think that, unless you have some good connections, it would be a tough business to break into. The machines are pretty expensive (around $4k for a regular non-mechanical stand-up) and you make your money back $0.25-$2 at a time.
As far as old games, sometimes they can be had for fairly cheap but they don't seem to attract much attention from players these days.
Rooms with different themes would be cool though. Especially if they were appropriately decorated for their eras.
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