(tentative) Arcade Thread

I like the tentative topic of this thread but I don't want more generals on /jp/.

Anyway Last Blade 2 best game.

>>16442432
I will just say that gekka no kenshi did an infinitely better job at capturing the samurai aesthetic (even though its not set in the "classic" sengoku period) than samurai spirits. the latter has such a confused setting because it inherited the street fighter 2 premise of a global cast, but then moved in an ever more exclusively japanese direction. soul calibur executed the "historic" world fighter setting much better, even though it didnt come up with it. I think samspi's muddled quality is why snk came up with an alternative japanese sword fighter series in the first place

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Generals are actually despised here and only forcefully shoved in by entitled faggots like idolfags so please avoid adding another one. Just make this normal thread which will stay long enough because /jp/ is slow board.

By the way, I heard Arcade is dying out in Japan because it's probably overshadowed by other platformers including mobile games. Do they still make shmup arcade cabinets for new shmups in japan?

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Don't make it a general, please.
The last good arcade died in my country in 2015 if I remember. They had a whole bunch of the 'generic' cabinets as well as things like tekken vs systems, house of the dead, various racing games as well as a bunch of rhythm games - my main draw there. For some reason, they moved their location from basement level on the main street in my city to the 3rd floor of a small shopping mall that was next to their old location. Apart from a food court, they were the only other feature for that floor. I assume the business died from there; last I saw they were listed with a small business sales firm. I guess the owner wanted to get out of the business. No explanation was given on their small social media page. Quite sad that the machines will be sold and put in places where they wont be appreciated properly.

>>16442665
they dont, unless you want to count specialised stuff like the darius cabinets, and even the newest of those is over half a decade old by now

I'm a bit ashamed to admit that one of my main reasons for waiting to visit Japan is to go to one of those huge arcades.

>>16442933
There's no shame in that, it's one of the few "media" things that you can't experience fully from the comfort of your own home.

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>>16442665
>arcades dying in the last place where actual arcades exist
>mfw arcades will die in my lifetime

>>16442933
Same here, dude.
If I get a chance to visit Japan the first place I will go to would be Neo Geo centre

>Post about whatever arcade games you're currently spending time with

My 5 year arcade hiatus is coming to an end in mid February when Round 1 USA finally upgrades their Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune hardware. Before my 5 year hiatus I was hooked on Wangan Midnight maximum Tune until Namco decided to stop selling North America new hardware because of the money they were losing. I would rather not give out the details on how Namco was losing money because it's a long story and i'm sure not a lot of people are familiar with this game around here.

Other than that I played Melty Blood Act Cadenza and Actress Again. We had other imported arcade games and cabinets before all our arcdaes in SoCal decided to go out of business.

But like I fore mentioned, i will be back in mid February to Round 1 USA as well as the re opening of an arcade that closed down it's doors 4 years ago.

I'm not one to get too competitive about this stuff though. I like playing these arcade games for fun.

>>16442769
That looks like an arcade I frequented from 09-10 called Arcade Infinity. Where is this at? Or where was it?

>>16442401
Please don't turn this into yet another general.

I'm hosting windows arcade games ftp://weebftp.org/Games/Taito%20Type%20X/

>>16444338
Agreed.

If you want to share something specific or ask a specific question, do it. Nobody bitches about those unless you're asking "Where do I buy a futon???" for the hundredth time. But don't make a thread saying "Hey, I'm going to be permanently taking one of the 150 slots on this board. I have nothing to say, but gosh I sure hate other boards, especially the one which was fucking made exactly for this type of thread! Now people, please talk about my hobby for me because I don't have anything to say at the moment myself!"

>>16444923
what is this?
if I dare ask

>>16444168
Yifans entertainment centre. That photo was from their new location, which they moved to in 2012

>>16445085
I mean the ftp that is,


can I have in on it? looks like some good stuff on there

I go to Round1 and play rhythm games there. Sometimes if I see someone on a fighting game cab I go beat them up

When I was in Japan I probably spent an entire day in an arcade grossly embarrassing myself at rhythm games and trying out the Kancolle cabinets. I was mostly looking for the games that had no players around them at the time so that nobody would bear witness to my failure, which I guess ended up mostly being Sound Voltex. Was mildly surprised at the number of Touhou doujin songs on some cabinets but I guess anyone who actually plays rhythm games learned that long ago.

I'm almost glad there's no proper arcade around for hundreds of miles because I feel like half of my free time and my money end up disappearing into them while trying to get good.

>>16445183
Take as much as you want

>>16445377
I think I need a long in for some places

excuses my autism

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As a child, it was one of my dreams to one day own a legit Pong arcade machine. The first real mainstream arcade machine (excluding Computer Space). Any one for sale though was way out of my childhood budget.

Well one day when I was older, after many years of checking on ebay, I happened to come across one in perfect working condition for a good price, and I just happened to have the money for it from working. I was quite depressed too, so I thought that maybe fulfilling one of my childhood dreams would bring me some sense of happiness.
So I bought it.

After all these years, it wasn't until I actually had it in my room and plugged it in to play, that I realized it was a two player game and I had no one else to play it with.
Now it just collects dust. Thank you for reading my blog story.

The arcade I grew up going to is so annoying since they'll have cool Jap games one month, and mysteriously they'll disappear the next. This happened a couple years ago when we got a Tekken 7 machine, and now it's gone. I swear this rich Vietnamese kid had his parents buy it for him, cause he was on it all the damn time.

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Arcades have been long dead in this country. They already begun dying near the end of 90s. After 2000 I haven't seen a single cabinet anywhere, except for all kinds of poker and gambling machines.

There's actually one arcade which has a collection of non-recent Japanese machines about 200km away, but that's rprobably the only one.

It was cool to get to play all the wacky games in Japan last year. Museca was nice and casual for me.

>>16445435
For what it's worth, that's really cool. Looks to be in good condition, too.

HEY was really nice. I went there every day I was staying in Ueno/Tokyo station area.

Which other arcades have the older/more niche machines? I've seen a few with CAVE games, but only HEY had the RAIJIN and Toaplan games.
I hope no one was watching me play terribly when I was there. It was embarrassing.

If any of you are in Japan in April 2018, it would be nice to go to an arcade together. We could play the Mario Kart arcade game together or something, I'm sure it would be fun with anons.

>>16445435
That's a beautiful and sad little story anon. I hope you find someone to play it with one day.

>>16445456
Thanks. I'm quite happy with the condition. It works perfectly, has the original backboard, and came with the original schematics and repair papers. I know a bunch about old arcade machines, and you can tell from the knobs and coinbox that this was one of the original production machines. It has a little button sticking out for free plays, but I still prefer to use quarters.

>>16445466
Thank you, I hope so too. So far I've only played it with myself.

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>>16442933
You should definitely go. It's an extremely stimulating experience. The sounds, the flashing lights, rows upon rows of incredibly fun (and expensive) gaming pleasures. The first place I went was to the Taito Station in Shinjuku. I'll never forget it.

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My favorite Japanese arcade game to this day is still Metal Gear Slug. Good times playing that on the top floor of Super Potato in Akiba.

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I N I T I A L D A R C A D E S T A G E

When I went to Japan I tried the newest one and the graphics and wheel were amazing. This shit used to be everywhere back in the states but I cant find a single machine anymore. I just want to play an Initial D game that doesnt have PS2 graphics.

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I love arcade games! I've never been in a real game center, though, and I doubt I would be comfortable there.

Post your favorite puzzle game /jp/, this is Pnickies, and I'm fairly bad at it.

>lived through the 90s as a teen
>experienced the golden age of arcades
man those were the times.

>>16446619
>90s
>Golden Age
It was the 80s, though, dude. The 90s saw a fast decline and by the middle of the decade the arcades were almost completely gone.

At least in Shit Town, USA.

>>16445435
Hey, look at it this way: you own something that many (including myself) consider to be a museum piece of artwork/technology/gaming history. It's in beautiful shape. You should be very proud.

1P would have been good, though.

anyone play wonderland wars? been playing it for a while but man i fucking hate melee characters they just get in on you and fuck you up forever

>>16445435

I could rig up an autonomous robot with servos to play with you. Could even add voice to it so it will call you bad names and demand alcohol while playing. It wouldn't have to alter the cab in any way. It would just sit outside the cab and talk shit and play pong.

I like the idea of this becoming a regular thing.

I've always had a love of arcade games even though I've rarely if ever been to a real arcade (did go to a US round 1 a few weeks ago though, that was pretty rad.)

Anyone know of good arcade platformers? They don't seem to be too prevalent.

>>16447561
I remember playing Liquid Kids in Mame and enjoying it.

This thing really fucked with the market.

While Dragon's Lair bumped up the $.25 play to $.50 in some regions US operators wanted $1.00-$1.50 for one fucking play. It was the high end slot of Coin OP's during it's time. Most kids could either watch the demo over and over or wait for a richfag long haired Iron Maiden backpatch on his denim jacket wearing weed dealer or something and watch him play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm83vfcm8Po

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By the way I forgot to mention above but i've been collecting these babies lately with the intention to just collect them and keep them mint but since the news about hardware being upgraded at my local Round 1 USA guess i'll be using at least one of these.

Also if anyone has knowledge about Bana Passport cards please let me know if Japanese Bana Passport cards work outside of Japan.

>>16445132
May I ask what state that is?

>>16449716
>state
New zealand

>>16449760
Kiwi.

>>16449824
Yes

>>16449961
That's gr8 m8.

>>16446129
uo poko is nice. havent played too many though

>>16447561
new zealand story, tiger road (and capcoms other titles in the vein), osman (from striders creator iirc)

super contra too I guess

>>16447591
theres also jigoku meguri which is mechanic-wise like a prototype of that game

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Does Duel Terminal count?

I want to play this but I doubt there is one in my country.

>>16449716
The cards do work outside of Japan if the arcade centre offers online services.

>>16457023
Well seeing as Round 1 USA does connect to the internet for Tekken and has in the past for DJ Technika that won't be a problem. Holy shit i'm gonna have the best Bana Passport cards there. In fact since I bought sets from Japan I might resell them. I better buy the rest of the sets I saw now. Round 1 USA has announced they are upgrading their WMMT hardware in mid Feb.

>>16445458
Mikado has a lot of older games. It's mostly shoot em ups and fighting games but if you're at all interested in those it's great.

>>16446825
When i said 90s, it was more late 80s early 90s for me. Golden Axe, Green Beret, Mustang and a bunch of games that i don't even know the titles. Also who can forget the SF2 and Final Fight. SF2 literally started the fighting game craze spawning 'clones' like Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury and a bunch of others.

>>16458551
Shit you right. I can't even begin to guess how many quarters I launched into Golden Axe machines back in the day.

>>16456936
>Dual Terminal
It kinda counts.

Those things are fucking amazing for anyone who plays the CCG, too.

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Too bad SNK only produce KoF now and they probably focus more on console.

I'd love more Last Blade or SamSho.

Boiz I'm going to Japan soon and I like arcades. Where do I go?

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>>16466174
Neo Geo Land

>>16466174
Akihabara has a pretty some good arcades with a lot of variety, but you can find a arcade pretty much anywhere you go.

Can we talk about arcade cards? Should I get a banapassport or the sega all net card? Which one has more coverage, does the allnet card work on maimai?

>>16442401
Just because you don't like the board a subject properly belongs on doesn't give you the right to have it somewhere else. This isn't reddit.

>>16470512
Huh? Don't Bana's work on Bandai Namco games and Sega work on Sega only games? Or are both made from the same technology that you can cross use them?

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>>16466174
Depends what you like.
If its fighting games give me a run down of which games you play and I can tell you the best arcades for it in Tokyo and maybe Kyoto/Osaka.

>>16466174
People who like arcades and are going to Japan don't ask stupid questions. Just go and venture out on your own. The last thing i'd do is ask the internet for advise.

>>16466174
There's quite a few in Akiba, if you just walk a few blocks on the main street you'll find a bunch with a decent variety in each.

>>16470692
You are a bad person.

>>16470699
And you're stupid.

>>16470692
If you venture out on your own you're just going to walk around until you find the nearest game station and go inside, which is a perfectly way to kill an evening (or a day), but I think he was hoping for some landmarks.

>>16470625
There is a cross promotion between sega and bamco for the banas to work on sega games and for the sega cards to work on bamco machines. My question was whether sega allnet cards worked on maimai machines, which are made by sega, but have their own card system. I heard banapassport works on maimai but I wasn't sure if that meant allnet would work too.

>>16470907
What's the exact name of the Sega card? I searched for them but I got no results. If I can find rare Sega cards i'll buy them.

>>16470945
I believe it's an 'allnet pass'

>>16470958
None show up unless no one has any blanks for sale.

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why do the japs are very good with rhythm games?
>>16470945
>>16470958
isn't it aime?

How to save Jap arcades; actually release new SF, KoF, and Puyo Puyo games as cabs. The only people killing the arcades are the game devs/publishers. I'd like to see a company release an open source cab that indie devs could release their games on (like how the NeoGeo would play big-ass carts that arcade owners could buy for far cheaper than a brand new cab+board), it'd encourage a lot of new arcade experiences imo.

>>16471649
I found some results when searching aime but nothing that interests me as much as banapass. Thanks for the help.

>>16472009
most "indie" games have no chance in arcades, their general crappiness will be exposed by the players after one credit of play and then the owners would just throw the unplayed game out

>>16472009
What could such a 'indie' cab offer that home consoles/PC/mobile couldn't? The focus of new titles has and needs to stay on offering physical experiences not easily replicated at home.

>>16472009
SF never has been and never will be bigger than the top fighting games in Japanese arcades. Tekken and Blazblue would dominate it either way.

Obviously the same goes for KoF which is even less popular.

The only arcade left here where I live is in the Flea Market.

>>16470519
>This isn't reddit.
Exactly, so no reason for a trip, attention whore.

>>16472009
Uh no, the people killing arcades are those who stay at home and console game online and stream their bullshit on twitch. I remember when Black OP's first came out in 2011, the local arcade started being empty. Ever since arcades starting closing down around here.

>>16474712
>SF
>crappy

Is it crappy because you don't like SF? Because that's different and a very biased response you go there.

>>16474793
Gee I don't know Einstein......perhaps data saving like Banapass enabled games such as Tekken?

>>16475467
SF is only big in America, specifically here in SoCal.

Any comments on the Crane games?

>>16485793
Seriously? They're rigged.

American cranes games at least are rigged. They are programmed for you to spend at least 50% of the total MSRP of the item you are trying to win. No one ever wins in one try. Besides that you have to have crane game skills which means you have to know how to maneuver the crane to a position where you can win a certain prize that takes at least 10 tries. Not to mention the actual price of one credit. You are better off buying that same thing in a retailer instead.

>>16445435
I'd play it with you anon, then we could play some SamSho and Nam on my AES

>>16474712
>>16474793
He's obviously talking about doujin games, are you fresh from /v/ with an axe to grind or something?

>>16486544
Most people here won't even pay $20 once for most doujin games as a unlimited purchase. Granted, we're hardly representative of the population who actually pays for things, but you need people willing to shove credit after credit into those machines for weeks to make anyone even start to think of them as popular. Most doujin simply isn't going to be able to cut that mustard.

>>16442933
Anyone else who plays 3rd Strike?

>>16442933
You should have Japanese pussy as #1 on your list you dumb loser.

>>16469702
>locations closed in 2004
it hurts so much

>>16472009
KOF is getting a Nesica 2 release, but that's probably not quite what you're looking for.
still wish the only place in the US with a Nesica hookup (Round 1) wasn't literally on the opposite side of the country as me
my "local' arcade (Arcade Odyssey down by Miami) has somewhat recent Japanese machines (also, the neatest thing was being able to play fucking Mushihimesama Futari Black Label on cab)
SF needed an arcade release, I dunno why they didn't bother.
Puyo Puyo is dead and has been for like eighteen years, this isn't like when Puyo Puyo 2 released and it was rivaling Super Turbo (well, SSF2X in popularity over there.

I'm actually considering learning stick just because going to japan and not being able to seriously play against people would be the biggest letdown. It just seems like such a huge hassle to battle years of muscle memory for a sidegrade of controller choice.

>>16490871
It didn't take me long, anon. Go for it!

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Just bought this set to add to my collection of Bana Passports. My local Round 1 USA is about 2-3 weeks away from upgrading the hardware everyone is waiting for. Undecided on the 1 card I will be gaming with.

>>16442432
>Anyway Last Blade 2 best game.
That's not Metal Slug 3 or King of Fighters 2002.