Any Other "Arcade Kids"?

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Also, why don't they just up the ante? I mean, sure they can't compete with the graphics and sound of current systems

Are you saying the Lindbergh and Taito Type X2 games look much better on home consoles? I would disagree; they look almost identical. Those boards have some serious specs.

Also, if they find a way to adapt music games like Guitar Hero into an arcade game (like it's THAT hard)

Ummm...ever hear of Guitar Freaks? Guitar Hero is a popular rip-off of that 1998 Konami ARCADE classic.

And with GlobalVR's technology, they could even bring games like Metroid, Halo, and others to arcades. It's all about innovation, like the kind that you CAN'T do on a home console.

Exactly how is bringing f@#%ing FPS games to an arcade being innovative?! And what is so special about Global VR's "technology"...which to me seems like just a bunch of licenced games forced into multiplayer cabs.

You say you want games that can't be done on a home console, so why mention Metroid and Halo...which, last time I checked, were on home consoles.

REPOMAN got Pwned

[Doctor Fugue]

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We're splitting hairs here, but I think almost anyone would say Guitar Hero is extremely close to being a total Guitar Freaks rip-off; not just because of the controller, but because of the game mechanics. Indeed Pump It Up and DDR are a different case, as they came out at the same time and neither is a rip-off.

I agree that immersion is something that generally cannot be created at home. I am not a fan of Global VR because I have not been impressed by their cabs (except perhaps the NASCAR one). The helmet thing just bothers me, but maybe other people do like it. It ends up taking me out of the experience, but maybe it was because the game itself was crap.

I do think there are lots of people who would like to play a FPS game with a big gun and some innovative controls for movement. Perhaps in a big walk-in box cabinet or something. I just happen to not be one of them. I also think there is a large group of people who would prefer to just play from the comfort of their home over the internet.

The thing is, immersive arcade cabs have been around for a long time, but still arcades died. I believe it was because the actual games in these machines were not very well made. I would see many people play the skiing games or whatever, but only a few tries. The real money was spent over and over, day after day on perfect fighting and shooter games.

I've played the soccer simulators, the Pac-Man virtual reality game, river rafting simulators, fighting simulators, hang glider simulators, mecha simulators...everything. But to me the games just were not worth the "cool" factor. Yes, they are more immersive. Yes, we can't do it at home. But the games just were not worth it. People wouldn't come back just for that experience again and again.