Philly Arcade Laws...?

[Rurouni_Fencer]

I was made aware of an interesting law in my nearby fellow city of Philadelphia concerning arcade machines -



I had no idea about such a law when I saw this at a local comic book store, but my question is simply "why?" I'm guessing Energy Conservation..?

(Also, this store was rocking a 6-player X-Men cab in the back.. Officially kick-ass in my book!)

[Krooner]

Be glad it's the Spidey side scroller switched off, when you beat the enemies the let out this god-awful scream/whine sound - it permeates an entire arcade.

[Onyxthecat]

lol its prolly because all the money they city spends goes to making the city more of a hell hole to live in.

[Ack]

I can see this going two ways: 1) it's a tax created purely to generate revenue any way they can, or 2) it's a result of a law being used in an unintentional way because somebody was sloppy with their legal language, like that couple of days when Greece banned video games entirely over a flap about gambling machines.

[CRTGAMER]

A double tax the way I see it. Place of business already gets taxed for operating a business. A license tax to operate an arcade? I can see for serving alcohol or food safety issues.

[dsheinem]

Not as bad as their blogger tax: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opini ... 64664.html

[nickfil]

ha. I go to the same comic shop sometimes. I prefer the one on second called 'brave new world' though.

The sad thing about that 6 player cab in the back is that the monitors really need some love. At least they need to sync up together so it is a seamless transition. The one on the left is like an inch lower! They need to let me in the back of that thing and fix it up! ha.

[dsheinem]

With all these PA/NJ people we really should to a TX-style meet up some day soon...

[Rurouni_Fencer]

ha. I go to the same comic shop sometimes. I prefer the one on second called 'brave new world' though.

The sad thing about that 6 player cab in the back is that the monitors really need some love. At least they need to sync up together so it is a seamless transition. The one on the left is like an inch lower! They need to let me in the back of that thing and fix it up! ha.

Oh man, I know! When I saw that thing, my jaw dropped at the mere sight that this little comic shop on South St. had a 6-player X-Men cab, and then I wanted to cry at how poorly they're taking care of it.. Granted I know nothing about cabinet maintenance, so it could be pretty tricky for all I know.. The left screen is definitely drooping lower than the right screen, and it looks like the tube will go out any day now...

With all these PA/NJ people we really should to a TX-style meet up some day soon...

I'm totally up for this..

[8bit]

This must be some kind of odd ball taxation thing in PA! Ridiculous IMO!

Tell the arcade/place to stick it to the man and just rock and roll without the license. Who in PA is actually going to know this "law" to enforce it?!