About todays rant

riboflavintx · Post by **riboflavintx** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:03 pm

the nearest D&B is 10 minutes from here,5 is there isn't much traffic,in the heart of the stripping strip...they really know how to cater to the elderly,enjoy a few games and then oogle some dames.You should just visit when we throw our first lan party when I move into a Walden Web community at the end of the month...yum yum t3(they thoughtfully put wall jacks for 'net connection in every single room)

Cyberliger777 · Post by **Cyberliger777** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:39 am

That is not right, the skeeball machine abandoned. Every time I go to a arcade I have to play the Skeeball machine.

heavybass · Post by **heavybass** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:04 am

Greg i know how you feel... us adult gamers playing arcade games don't get respect at all... and we're treated as the old person in the way... well i don't like it

I'm not good at DDR but i'm good at light-gun games and retro games.... i remember beating the Simpsons arcade game with ease... when a one pound coin equals 27 lives

... piece of cake

Bigity · Post by **Bigity** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:10 am

Actually, I think anyone of any age who plays DDR, especially buying it (and the pad) to play at home on a PS2, is odd.

But, I remember when Vic-20s and Trash 80s where the best thing around. And we'd go outside and eat pine cones instead of gaming because it was so painful.

heavybass · Post by **heavybass** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:13 am

yeah i reckon DDR sucks.... i'm more interested in old school arcade fighters TMNT, Final Fight, Gauntlet (yes Gauntlet) and a lot of others i can't remember but i'm willing to get them all on roms and such... but i can't work out MAME

There are loads of games.... GDL is a new fave of mine

Posted Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:15 am:

All hail the arcade machine!

Posted Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:15 am:

Viva la Pacman!

whoaitsbrian · Post by **whoaitsbrian** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 4:36 am

I as well just signed in to comment on todays rant, although I do have some extra things to add in later.

Now, since I'm only at the tender age of 18, I don't think that I fully understand what you 'old people' are going through, though since I've been able to get into bars (and gameworks) without people asking to see my id, I guess I'm in a class of my own.

Heh, I'll probably go bald or grey before I hit 25... like my uncle :-p

Anywho, the other day I was with a couple of friends at Magic Mountain, which has DDR Extreme, which we were also playing. I was trying my hand at Kick the Can doubles play on Standard and was about half way through the song when this little kid comes out of nowhere, jumps onto the stage, runs right infront of me, and starts jumping on the arrows. Now, as he was fast enough for me not to be able to react, I was about ten inches from either accidently kicking this kid into next week, or breaking his leg from stepping on his foot. So in defence, I shouted to him "Get off the stage!"

Now, as I had stated earlier, I look slightly older than I actually am. This goes for my voice as well, as right after I shouted at him, I instinctively turned my head and my eyes widened. 'Hey,' I said to myself, 'I didn't know that my dad was here....' But it was not my father, it was myself. I now sound like my dad. How sad is that?

The kid ran off, and I failed the song. I was angry, as that had been my first song, and I almost always get an A on it, if not a high B.

Now, in responce to Greg's letter to D&B's, I traveled over to their website and checked into how much it would cost to open up a new franchise. Not that Greg would want to, nor would he have the time, but hey, it's not that complicated. It seems that, according to the site, they only have 33 places open in the country, and they're now only thinking about opening more outside the US. The direct quote is...

All domestic Dave & Buster's stores are company-owned and operated. We do not provide franchise licenses for domestic locations. We do, however, offer many opportunities for international licensing. International development agreements require a minimum five-store development package.

So, Greg, what country are you willing to move to enjoy the comfort of having at least 5 D&B's within driving distance?

Oh, and DDR r0x0rz t3h s0x0rz. It may not be the best arcade game ever, but I have yet to play the better one if it exists.

AizawaTakako · Post by **AizawaTakako** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 4:59 am

[quote="Bigity";p="370616"]Actually, I think anyone of any age who plays DDR, especially buying it (and the pad) to play at home on a PS2, is odd.[/quote]
Well..... what if... I bought it for my PS1?!?!?!
And I only play one game with the pads: Tokimeki Memorial II: Dancing Summer Vacation, which imo has the only good songs ever to come out of the DDR series, and wasn't even meant as an official DDR release.

It was the Tokimeki Memorial II name that carried the game, not DDR.

whoaitsbrian · Post by **whoaitsbrian** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:16 am

[quote="Bigity";p="370616"]Actually, I think anyone of any age who plays DDR, especially buying it (and the pad) to play at home on a PS2, is odd.[quote]

The only people that play DDR that I think are strange are the people that bought Disney Remix and Britney's Dance Beat and still play it!!!

Those people make living so much harder, it's not even funny. But then I laugh, becuase that's what you need to do in stupid situations like that.

Koeniou · Post by **Koeniou** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:08 am

That is not right, the skeeball machine abandoned. Every time I go to a arcade I have to play the Skeeball machine

i don't actually go to arcades- so what is the Skeeball you speak of?

Tomoro · Post by **Tomoro** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:03 am

Air hockey tables.

Koeniou · Post by **Koeniou** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:10 am

thanks- hey that's like the only game i'm good at- that and certain motorcycle racing games- like i said i don't go to arcades mcuh

oracle86 · Post by **oracle86** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:15 am

I guess i'm not a kid anymore, but i'm only 18. But yeesh! Even I know what Skeeball is!

Koeniou · Post by **Koeniou** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:24 am

i don't think it's called Skeeball over here (australia)

also, as a matter of fact, i know whenever i walk past an arcade there's a few people waiting to play air hockey- but there is more at the DDR

StClair · Post by **StClair** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:53 am

To the person who complained about DDR being the only game the kids play: I guess you missed the period where the same was true of Street Fighter 2.

It used to be that arcades could offer games that were flashier, more detailed, etc than anything home consoles could handle. As consoles improved, however, that gap got shorter and shorter... it soon reached the point where an arcade machine could no longer be guaranteed to pay for itself before the consoles caught up.

These days, arcades are in the same position as movie theaters. The owners can't make their money on content anymore - with DVDs, home sound systems, and fancy consoles, their customers can get that at home, though you may have to wait a few months for the newest releases. Instead, they make their money on providing the things you can't (practically, economically) get at home: the social experience of watching a movie/playing a game with your friends; and big "palaces" with stadium seating/games with exotic, space-hogging control hardware (sure everyone has a console, but how many have a full-size DDR pad or a $200 Steel Battalion mech control panel?) D&B does the same thing; the environment they provide is just a bit different from your typical arcade.

Anyhow, that's my opinion.

heavybass · Post by **heavybass** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:39 am

I would kill if there was a giant Steel Battalion arcade machine... i can imagine it right now

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