Do Quarter Munchers actually exist?

[Hobie-wan]

Sinistar

Indeed.

Also.

[Gunstar Green]

Arcade machines are designed to make their owners a profit just as much as they're designed to be beaten. There's a balance that needs to be struck. If an arcade machine isn't a quarter muncher then there's not much of an incentive for the owner to purchase such an expensive piece of hardware.

I think you're looking at "quarter muncher" as a negative label. It's not. It's just an arcade machine doing its duty.

[Curlypaul]

Thats one way to look at it yes, but I think the OP was getting at machines that where designed to unfairly consume your credits. eg there are some shooters with screens that are impossible to pass without loosing a life, Gauntlet 1.1 was nerfed to make it generate more money, disrupting the balance the game in the process.

I don't think that racing games really count as unfair, although they have always had a healthy presence in the arcade but I think thats because the more people the play them the fast the games get. Unlike other machines where the more people practice the longer the games get.

and lol @ Zoltan

[fastbilly1]

Metamoqester

There's a 1CC run of the game on Youtube (!) and it's obvious the player just hitsuns the bosses because otherwise he can't win. What the hell man?

I was unaware of that. I know that in the couple dozen times I have tried, I cannot get passed the third boss without putting in atleast four credits.

[CRTGAMER]

What is a quarter muncher? Good question, I think. Most of the time, perfectly fair games like Robotron 2084, Gradius or Strider are derided with this label

I always thought the early Williams games were quarter munchers. Takes practice with the robots everywhere in Robotron working dual sticks or all the buttons in Defender.

You know its a quarter muncher when there are a line of quarters on the glass holding other players turn back in the day. I don't see the row of quarters any more since the Arcade in the mall is pretty much empty.

[samsonlonghair]

Metamoqester

There's a 1CC run of the game on Youtube (!) and it's obvious the player just hitsuns the bosses because otherwise he can't win. What the hell man?

I was unaware of that. I know that in the couple dozen times I have tried, I cannot get passed the third boss without putting in atleast four credits.

I looked up that youtube video. It smells suspicious to me.