Street Fighter 3s and 4.

Will never fly.
Enjoy faggits coming in and breaking all your shit without spending money.
Peeing down the back of cabinets and causing you other general trouble.
Can play better games at home.

DDR Extreme, SuperNOVA, SuperNOVA 2, and DDRX.

BE UNIQUE. Have the classics but for the love of god stop with the same shit we see everywhere.

Have some things that are truly weird to keep people coming back.

One of my dreams in life is to be ridiculously rich and open an arcade with a crap ton of fighters

Battletoads

Instead of making them coin op machines get people to sign up and pay a fixed monthly members fee.

That gets rid of no fags coming in and hasseling people.
Unless they want to pay for that privillege of course.

Sunset Riders

along with an arcade there should be other things. Maybe a place to eat food. karaoke? You know what I'm talking about though.

>>33819027
i like that

OH FUCK GET THAT SKIING GAME YOU USED TO SEE EVERYWHERE

AND THE JETSKI GAME

>>33818957
That's at least $40,000 right there. Good luck getting 40,000 players to pay off the costs of the cabinets alone.

I've worked as an arcade attendant for five years. Your only hope of staying in business is to open up an arcade in an area that already gets a ton of foot traffic. Either that or you need a ton of start-up funds to open a generic giant "funplex"

Get Police 911, but for the love of god, position it so that people aren't constantly walking by behind it throwing off the sensors. It's my favorite arcade game, but this has been a problem everywhere I know that has it. Put a partition or something behind it if possible.

>>33819027
>privillege

>>33819034
FUCKING THIIIIIIS

Also make sure you have some rhythm games like DDR or Pop n' Music, that shit prints out cash (or at least quarters)

Fighting games, specifically street fighter 4, 3s, BlazBlue and KoF12. Then get marvel vs capcom 2 along with capcom vs snk 2. All good sellers. Then get your music games along with some driving games and some more casual shit and you are set. Also, have it in new york please.

Enjoy bankruptcy, sorry brah, arcades are done.

Arcades are a thing of the past. I doubt you can get one to be successful no matter what you do.

>>33819027
This sound like a good idea, what about time limit?

>>33819179
>>33819179
>>33819179
>>33819179
>>33819179

Arcades are dead. You would probably be better off with a video game bar...large flatscreen tv where people can play competitively and drink. With an arcade like section containing only retro games mostly multiplayer.

OP here.
>>33819027

I really like that idea.

I was also thinking of having a room for people that want to bring in their PC's and LAN, maybe even some room for tabletop games and shit. I could also host tournaments for gamers in the community.

Basically I'm imagining a giant nerd sanctuary.

>>33818846
dont do it
nobody goes to arcades anymore

>>33819179

>>33819179
>>33819183
Fuck you, we need more arcades. Thinking like that won't get us more arcades.

>>33819184
It will never be that busy. Arcades are shit holes these days

>>33819107
>>33819107
This is why Japanese arcades are so successful, all that foot traffic. Have an arcade by a train station and bam, they're making money.

lol good luck making any money

>I'm thinking of losing my own money with a few college buddies.

Marketing 101
Arcade is late in its maturity curve. You can make some improvements, but you will file bankrupcy soon. It'd be like starting a VHS factory. And if you do decide to pursue this venture, please make it a limited liability partnership and don't invest all your money into it.

>>33819257
Where will you be putting this arcade?

build it next to a wal-mart or a wegmann's/other big grocery store so bored kids have somewhere to go when their parents are shopping

chinatown fair would like a word with all you fags

Where??? Fuck you had better be in washington nigger

>>33819527
>>33819527
Works because of the foot traffic of NYC and the fighting game scene.

>>33819558
>>33819558

Arcades are dead in America bro.

>>33819527
There's only gooks in there.

>>33819257
Jesus, OP, that is a terrible idea, I encourage you to NOT do it.
If you really, really think it might work, do yourself a favor and write a business plan before you get a leasing contract.

>>33819401
Right now we live in Morgantown, WV. We're not sure if we should go somewhere busier or try here.

Get Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Plus, DDR SuperNOVA 2, In the Groove 2, Initial D Arcade Stage 5, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Maximum Tune 3 DX, Beatmania, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (I hate this game, but it's for the faggots), and any other interesting games.

Best idea? Make it a hybrid. Arcades alone won't bring in the big bucks anymore, so you have to do it with another business, like a game store or internet cafe or something. Or, you could always think outside the box and have like a console that you can play new games on, or hold various events and such to attract people.

>>33819718

Also we're not even really serious about this anyway. We're just brainstorming what we should do with our lives since we just graduated.

>>33819774 That's exactly what I was thinking. With that model I can see it actually be a popular place for people to hang out and get repeated business.

>>33819725 here.

By the way, do NOT make it coin-op. Make it so people use a card or something. Let them put cash into a machine where it gives them credit inside the card and let them just swipe and play.

>>33819810
I bet you didn't graduate in business.

>>33818846

Make it a mix of a bar and vidya games. I'm not sure how much arcades would fly, but having consoles in there would be great. If you had an entrance fee of like 5-10 dollars and charge extra for beers and food, that would be awesome.

Pool tables, video games, and alcohol. You can't go wrong with that.

>>33819942

Also a good idea, since we do live in Morgantown.

a liquor license isn't easy to get

>>33819939

that's a step in the right direction at least, I wouldn't trust a business major to run a Mcdonald's.

1/2

2/2

>>33819942
No women, ever. There's a reason bars are made to be boring without other people.

Don't get a SF4 machine unless you want to be broke. Nobody except hardcores are playing that at the Arcades since everybody has the game at home now.

These days arcades only work if you have another business. This why Dave and Busters is still in business and still offers arcade games.

They offer food and games.

>>33818846
first do go with the coin route and do this, there is an arcade where i live that does great with this, charge like 5 or 10 dollars to get in and the play for how ever long you are open do it

>>33819928, once again.

If you want to succeed, make it an internet cafe as well. How about this idea? Mostly made for the internet cafe, and the arcade games are just there for extra fun. Just get some really great arcade games, and put them on the side. Make sure you sell food and drinks at the front counter, overprice it a bit. Here come your bucks. I have something similar here to me called Howie's Game Shack. 90% computers, 9% consoles, 1% arcade. It has about 100-something computers, about 20-30 consoles, and only one arcade game which is In the Groove 2.

Where is your image from, OP?

invest in a great security camera system
Keep the floor plan very open with all machines against walls if possible
pool tables in middle
then you can see whats going on / stop vandals
Buy shop in college town and stay open untill 5am

sell coffee

>>33820205
Do this but make it a fighting game. Or DDR, both sell well but I feel that if you are running a console place that a fighting game community would help your business.

>>33818957

Never owned one, but I worked one for a few years during college.

You can't own an arcade in the traditional sense these days. You're better off starting a more traditional business and just incorporating video games into it. A lot of people suggest a bar or restaurant. Someplace that already sees a lot of foot traffic and preferably people looking to spend money and interact with people. You're not going to get nerds to leave their homes for expensive pay-to-play gaming, so prepare for selling to casuals who are either families or drunk (sometimes both).

ddr, fighters, and shmups

NO racers
NO lightgun games

FUCK air hockey

Virtual-On

>>33820062
Yeah, because a non-business major would do a better job in pretty much everything hurr durr.

It's fucking annoying saying that my major is business because every faggot insists on offering his ignorant opinion on how to correctly do business. And I always look like an asshole when I say I'm not going to invest money in their ebay store or some other stupid idea.

>>33820351
MOTHERFUCKINGTHIS

Get *good* versions of rhythm games and keep them maintained. You'll get a set crowd of people that will spend quite a bit of money.

Get good fighting games too. You'll make more money off of the people who enjoy the atmosphere then any kiddie faggots coming in for a birthday party.

But also have a kids section so that you can entertain the kiddie faggots and their birthdays.

>>33820351
>>33820432
Fuck you niggers, Time Crisis owns your face. House of the Dead is okay, but not Time Crisis-levels of epic.

Please OP, consult a business advisor before you do this shit.

>>33820461

The key to success for arcade games are fighting, light-gun, driving, and rhythm.

>>33820601

what do business advisors know about arcades? talk to someone who owns a successful arcade / owns Dave & Busters / is Nolan Bushnell or something.

Have the 4-Player Simpsons Arcade Game

Maybe get Mario Kart too, tried it at Epcot, was fun.

Make it 18 years+ and you need to show identification. Also, don't do it.

This is a piece of advice that you will thank god for later down the line.

Don't release a fucking arcade in the US, move to Japan and you might not go bankrupt.

>>33820351
Why no Racers or lightgun games?

Maybe that shitty Nascar game could be missed, but Initial D and Maximum tune are awesome.

And fucking hell Lightgun games are the best.

ANYTHING BUT TICKET GAMES NOBODY WANTS THOSE SHIT COMBS OR FAKE BARBIE DOLLS! D:

I think the best place to set an arcade is at a movie theater
You need something to do before the movie starts, and kids like movies

>>33820683
Ever wonder how they got so big?
They bought out every competitor after they filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. If OP doesn't want to become one of those, he might as well be ready to save at least $2 million, buy a Dave & Busters franchise license and keep it casual.

Nerd havens don't exist for a reason.

>>33820951
Kind of true, the 3 biggest arcade in Montreal are near movie theathers (well those who were open when I was a kid and are still opened.)

>>33820932
EVERYBODY WANTS THEM D:

>>33819928
PLAYDIUM IDEA> FUCK YEAH.

these games needed

the house of the dead 4
sega rally championship
time crisis 4
in the groove 2 haxed with over 2000 songs (i know how to hack them)
lots of billiards
lots of hockeys

RETRO:
the lost world: jurassic park
alpine racer 2
the house of the dead 1 (cos is awesome)
L.A. machineguns
operation tiger

OH MAN i love arcades since i was a little child X3

>>33820205
>ITG2

You instantly have the best Internet Cafe in the world.

>>33820461

This, especially the rhythm game part.

My local arcade had a DDR machine that was always well maintained and was constantly full, its was their biggest money maker, for reasons I cannot comprehend they replaced it with In the Groove, the arcade was a ghost town after that and it closed down like 2 months later.

Also, have some good security, you would be amazed at how angry people get over DDR.

>>33821365
ITG is a better game, barely any real difficulty walls, in DDRX you get some 11's and 12's and to do anything higher than that you need to do Paranoia ~Hades~ on Challenge, which is shitloads harder..

But it doesn't have the brand recognition.

Name it Flynn's

>>33821365
Replacing DDR with In The Groove? My God. It must have been run by fucking morons. I hate when I go to an arcade and they have In The Groove instead of DDR or Stepmania. I mean, diagonal? REALLY?

>>33821483
You're thinking of Pump It Up.

ITG is the exact same as DDR.

And Stepmania Arcade machines? Who really does that anymore?

raiden, pig skin, asteroids and track and field ( 4 player, very important) also, you should charge one flat admission rate, then rig the machines for free play.

>>33821460
wow so youre a dancer too?
i cant complete energizer hard but its a 10 : (

Build it on the West coast so you can incorporate a cannabis coffee shop when weed is inevitably decriminalized here.

>>33821653
I play ITG2 tons more than DDR.

I have to go into the city to get to a DDRX machine, that's always hogged, but my local Mall has a small arcade with a pretty much perfect ITG2 machine that nobody ever uses.

It's so cash.

With difficulty, hardest song I've passed is Robotix Expert, level 11, I think I usually get an A- or a B+

There are no arcades where I live. Well, that's not completely true. There's one in the mall, but its mostly driving games. There's a mini golf place that SAYS they have an arcade, but it's pretty much all ticket games.

I did find an small arcade in a dead mall in the middle of bumfuck with a darkstalkers machine. And I found a Roses store that happened to have a Metal Slug and a Samurai Showdown. That was cool.

But there are no real arcades anywhere near my town, and I don't believe there's an establishment with more than one fighting game anywhere in the state.

I would love an arcade near college campus that was open till 5am and served coffee......

Barcade.
You make all your money off drinks. Arcade portion is just the gimmick.

>>33821962
Also there are wings. And they're only like a quarter each. Shit, I could walk in with a roll of quarters and spend 5 at the arcade and 5 on wings. Awesome.

OP, regardless of how it seems like there need to be more good arcade machines, assuming that enough people will actually come is totally idealistic. Stop wasting time and come up with a better idea.