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Should it here, or should it in some other article, mention that pinball machines sometimes existed in what were loosely described as "video arcades" or vice versa? -- Daniel C. Boyer 01:03, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Are you sure that Purikura means "photo booth"? My understanding was that Purikura was a particular brand of photo-based machine (abbreviation of "Princess Clara"?) which also had several spinoffs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyphz ( talk • contribs) 18:19, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
"This decline is due mainly to the fact that after 1994 arcade game companies failed to stay ahead of the technology curve and would release games that had graphics equal to or worse than the video game consoles of the time."
I really question the date of when Arcades supposedly declined. In 1994, Primal Rage was released, which was a major sucess in the arcades. In 1995 MK3 was released. A big name in arcades, as was Street Fighter Alpha, and Sega Rally Championship. This is among others in the following years of the late 90s. Honestly I would put the decline around when the ps2/gamecube/xbox generation came. That would be from around 2000 onwards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.0.101.141 ( talk) 02:36, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
I would have to concur with 1994 as the start of the decline. I recall going to a good number of the numerous arcades in the Las Vegas, NV, area, and seeing practically nobody during the weekdays, and only on Friday and Saturday nights did these arcades experience any business. I can recall by 1996 that many arcades were just plain abandoned by the consumer, though still staffed to the mall or venue hours, which means at least $50 a day had to be paid to a skeleton crew (one full time, one part time for five days, and four part times for weekends). I think most arcades kept carrying games that were WAY past their prime, like Samurai Shodown, Mortal Kombat 3, Killer Instinct, etc. while these games were translated to the home console (despite some versions of translation being shoddy in my opinion), and many people just had no need to go to the arcade after that. The only arcade that was crowded in Vegas during these years, that wasn't in a casino, was Mary K's, because it was near UNLV, and seemed to be bustling with crowds all the time until the moronic owner switched it to an Internet cafe and disappeared within weeks of that bad idea. (Mary K's, though near UNLV, was also in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and ergo, most people didn't need to go to them for Internet cafe services.) Sierraoffline444 ( talk) 04:22, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
I think this article should be merged with "arcade game". It is useless to have two overlapping articles on the same subject -- 128.214.205.4 14:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
"presently families are the largest arcade constituent, mainly because the lack of standard new games being released in arcades (arcades now are comprised mostly of deluxe games..." -- The person who wrote this apparently assumes that readers will understand what he/she is talking about. I for one do not. What's a "standard new game"? What's a "deluxe game"? Why should the former be less popular with families and the latter moreso? -- 201.50.251.197 14:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone give information about how the word "arcade" came to be used for this meaning? Balfa 15:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
" Game center" is the Japanese synonym of the video arcade, I believe. The Japanese article defines the game center as a "facility where arcade game machines are installed." The word "arcade game" exists but for the building they use "game center" even if the place is small. The two articles should be merged unless the Game Center article is meant to cover arcades in Japan. Shawnc 13:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
"However, other games, such as Sega's Cycraft driving simulation game use newer features such four speaker surround sound with a subwoofer for low frequency effects."
Sega was using 4 speaker surround and subwoofers back in 1995 with Super GT.---- Asher196 ( talk) 16:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
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The link to the German wikipedia shows a different topic. Spielhalle is mostly considered to be a casino-like place. 134.99.38.61 ( talk) 13:10, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
In my experience, in the United Kingdom and especially in the 1980's the Video Arcade was usually called the 'Arcade Hall', sometimes shortened to just 'Arcades'. Though the games played in the local Arcade Hall could also include a few pre-computer era games, like pinball. Perhaps, Video Arcade, though more or less self-apparent in meaning, is a uniquely American expression; I don't know what they call it in Australia? I would put a link in to this article or redirect for people that search for 'Arcade Hall' but I don't know how to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.61.125 ( talk) 15:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
[[Arcade Hall]]
(or, more correctly [[Arcade hall]]
since it isn't a proper noun). It will show up as a broken link (i.e. red or with a question mark after it depending on your settings)#REDIRECT [[Video arcade]]
I have confusion with this line: "A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom, game center (ゲームセンター, gēmusentā?) in Japan, fliperama in Brazil or as an "arcade") is a venue where people play arcade video games that are housed in colourfully-decorated cabinets"
"...in Japan, fliperama in Brazil or as an "arcade") is..." This is specificly the trouble point. I do not know what its trying to say, so I cant really correct it. But clearly, something strange is going on in that sentence. 74.128.56.194 ( talk) 09:39, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
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Excuse me, where was the discussion to change the name from Video arcade to Amusement arcade? Seems like there should have been something on the talk page.-- Asher196 ( talk) 14:04, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Penny Arcade is up for discussion, see Talk:Penny_Arcade_(webcomic)#Requested_move -- 65.94.79.6 ( talk) 03:25, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
I've always understood those to refer to particular types of machines, and a google search will show many machines for sale under those names. Does anyone have a reliable source that those terms have been used to refer to the arcades themselves, rather than just specific machines within them? 82.10.238.127 ( talk) 17:15, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
I propose that Arcade game be merged into Amusement arcade. Reason: multiple cases of redundant information. Discuss. Kortoso ( talk) 23:40, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
I updated the inline citations with formatting and pertinent information. Most were just a title with a URL; now they have author, date, publisher and access date information. I left the last citation as-is since I'm not sure what to do with it. It's just a link to a page with three links to photos of old Chuck-E-Cheese token cards, and I'm not sure it's a sufficient source for the claim it supports. Please message me with any comments or concerns.-- Tremulocity ( talk) 05:08, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Edit: Oops, I just tried saving it and I didn't know you couldn't use archive.today. So there's still a dead link since web.archive.org doesn't archive that site. Sorry.-- Tremulocity ( talk) 05:11, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Made a link to a subcategory of Arcade Games rather than electro-mechanical, which furnished a dead-end for most readers. Kortoso ( talk) 22:42, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
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Should it here, or should it in some other article, mention that pinball machines sometimes existed in what were loosely described as "video arcades" or vice versa? -- Daniel C. Boyer 01:03, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Are you sure that Purikura means "photo booth"? My understanding was that Purikura was a particular brand of photo-based machine (abbreviation of "Princess Clara"?) which also had several spinoffs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyphz ( talk • contribs) 18:19, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
"This decline is due mainly to the fact that after 1994 arcade game companies failed to stay ahead of the technology curve and would release games that had graphics equal to or worse than the video game consoles of the time."
I really question the date of when Arcades supposedly declined. In 1994, Primal Rage was released, which was a major sucess in the arcades. In 1995 MK3 was released. A big name in arcades, as was Street Fighter Alpha, and Sega Rally Championship. This is among others in the following years of the late 90s. Honestly I would put the decline around when the ps2/gamecube/xbox generation came. That would be from around 2000 onwards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.0.101.141 ( talk) 02:36, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
I would have to concur with 1994 as the start of the decline. I recall going to a good number of the numerous arcades in the Las Vegas, NV, area, and seeing practically nobody during the weekdays, and only on Friday and Saturday nights did these arcades experience any business. I can recall by 1996 that many arcades were just plain abandoned by the consumer, though still staffed to the mall or venue hours, which means at least $50 a day had to be paid to a skeleton crew (one full time, one part time for five days, and four part times for weekends). I think most arcades kept carrying games that were WAY past their prime, like Samurai Shodown, Mortal Kombat 3, Killer Instinct, etc. while these games were translated to the home console (despite some versions of translation being shoddy in my opinion), and many people just had no need to go to the arcade after that. The only arcade that was crowded in Vegas during these years, that wasn't in a casino, was Mary K's, because it was near UNLV, and seemed to be bustling with crowds all the time until the moronic owner switched it to an Internet cafe and disappeared within weeks of that bad idea. (Mary K's, though near UNLV, was also in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and ergo, most people didn't need to go to them for Internet cafe services.) Sierraoffline444 ( talk) 04:22, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
I think this article should be merged with "arcade game". It is useless to have two overlapping articles on the same subject -- 128.214.205.4 14:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
"presently families are the largest arcade constituent, mainly because the lack of standard new games being released in arcades (arcades now are comprised mostly of deluxe games..." -- The person who wrote this apparently assumes that readers will understand what he/she is talking about. I for one do not. What's a "standard new game"? What's a "deluxe game"? Why should the former be less popular with families and the latter moreso? -- 201.50.251.197 14:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone give information about how the word "arcade" came to be used for this meaning? Balfa 15:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
" Game center" is the Japanese synonym of the video arcade, I believe. The Japanese article defines the game center as a "facility where arcade game machines are installed." The word "arcade game" exists but for the building they use "game center" even if the place is small. The two articles should be merged unless the Game Center article is meant to cover arcades in Japan. Shawnc 13:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
"However, other games, such as Sega's Cycraft driving simulation game use newer features such four speaker surround sound with a subwoofer for low frequency effects."
Sega was using 4 speaker surround and subwoofers back in 1995 with Super GT.---- Asher196 ( talk) 16:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
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The link to the German wikipedia shows a different topic. Spielhalle is mostly considered to be a casino-like place. 134.99.38.61 ( talk) 13:10, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
In my experience, in the United Kingdom and especially in the 1980's the Video Arcade was usually called the 'Arcade Hall', sometimes shortened to just 'Arcades'. Though the games played in the local Arcade Hall could also include a few pre-computer era games, like pinball. Perhaps, Video Arcade, though more or less self-apparent in meaning, is a uniquely American expression; I don't know what they call it in Australia? I would put a link in to this article or redirect for people that search for 'Arcade Hall' but I don't know how to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.61.125 ( talk) 15:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
[[Arcade Hall]]
(or, more correctly [[Arcade hall]]
since it isn't a proper noun). It will show up as a broken link (i.e. red or with a question mark after it depending on your settings)#REDIRECT [[Video arcade]]
I have confusion with this line: "A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom, game center (ゲームセンター, gēmusentā?) in Japan, fliperama in Brazil or as an "arcade") is a venue where people play arcade video games that are housed in colourfully-decorated cabinets"
"...in Japan, fliperama in Brazil or as an "arcade") is..." This is specificly the trouble point. I do not know what its trying to say, so I cant really correct it. But clearly, something strange is going on in that sentence. 74.128.56.194 ( talk) 09:39, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Copied from my talkpage:
Excuse me, where was the discussion to change the name from Video arcade to Amusement arcade? Seems like there should have been something on the talk page.-- Asher196 ( talk) 14:04, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
The usage of Penny Arcade is up for discussion, see Talk:Penny_Arcade_(webcomic)#Requested_move -- 65.94.79.6 ( talk) 03:25, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
I've always understood those to refer to particular types of machines, and a google search will show many machines for sale under those names. Does anyone have a reliable source that those terms have been used to refer to the arcades themselves, rather than just specific machines within them? 82.10.238.127 ( talk) 17:15, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
I propose that Arcade game be merged into Amusement arcade. Reason: multiple cases of redundant information. Discuss. Kortoso ( talk) 23:40, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
I updated the inline citations with formatting and pertinent information. Most were just a title with a URL; now they have author, date, publisher and access date information. I left the last citation as-is since I'm not sure what to do with it. It's just a link to a page with three links to photos of old Chuck-E-Cheese token cards, and I'm not sure it's a sufficient source for the claim it supports. Please message me with any comments or concerns.-- Tremulocity ( talk) 05:08, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Edit: Oops, I just tried saving it and I didn't know you couldn't use archive.today. So there's still a dead link since web.archive.org doesn't archive that site. Sorry.-- Tremulocity ( talk) 05:11, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Made a link to a subcategory of Arcade Games rather than electro-mechanical, which furnished a dead-end for most readers. Kortoso ( talk) 22:42, 12 June 2015 (UTC)