Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life

Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by geon on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:18AM (#28244496)

Here in Sweden, mainstream arcades disappeared in the late 90s. But you can still find some hidden away, ran by enthusiasts. Especially pinball, probably because the experience of real steel balls bouncing around is hard to replicate satisfyingly on a screen.

In my city of 80k, there is an arcade with at least 20 pinball machines. https://m.facebook.com/matchstickpinball/

A slightly smaller city 2 towns over has an arcade with over 80 pinball tables and several original classic arcade videogames, like Pacman, Missile defence, Mario Bros, Asteroids. I think there’s a Sega Rally machine too. https://www.pinballseye.se/

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Re:Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life by anakaine on Saturday August 21, 2021 @04:10PM (#28260147)

Brisbane Australia here. We have at least one venue in the city that is a pub dedicated to original gaming - and it is a very popular place. You can go in, choose from about 40 different craft drinks on top, order some excellent food, and play any of:

- About 20 pinball machines

- Original arcade games like Tron, Space Invaders, Galaga, Simpsons 4 player, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat.

- NES, SEGA Megadrive, SNES, N64 Goldeneye

Almost all those games are running on CRT TVs as well, and the arcade games are in their original cabinets as much as possible. When you go to the bar you can buy a bag of 20 $1 coins and each pinball and arcade game is $1. Consoles are free. Great atmosphere and great concept. People are friendly and its not uncommon to have a small crowd watching and shouting at goldeneye on the small TV in the corner as players get killed.

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