by Flack » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:12 pm
It's possible, but unlikely. Not because of the game per se but like ... I guess when I think about my old favorite games, they weren't machines that I only played once or twice. I used to play Shinobi once a week at the bowling alley where my mom bowled on a league. I played Track and Field at the convenient store near my house every day during summer break.
I checked
here and you can get the 32" "mini-model" for $6,575, the 42" for $7,275, or the deluxe 42" for $8,575. (There's also a super deluxe with a 100" screen for $18k.) Obviously, that machine's not going to end up at a convenient store or bowling alley anytime soon. I've seen that Terminator machine a few places: Dave and Busters, Gameworks, and Celebration Station. If that flat screen, light gun compatible screen ever goes out ... hoo boy.
Places like Celebration are for birthday parties and stuff. I'd like to say we go there once a year but Morgan's 7 and said she had never been (I think she has, but she was really young). I don't think it's the game as much as it is that kids aren't as exposed to arcade games as much as we were. Cactus Jack's notwithstanding (which I think we all agree is an anomaly), do kids even "hang out" and play arcade games anymore? I mean, Mason and I have gone to Dave and Buster's before but we dropped $40 or so in 90 minutes or so. It's definitely not something we can do every day or even every week.
What I find more disturbing is so many of the things Mason plays are online and ... I mean, I still have an Atari 2600, and an NES, and a Commodore 64, and I can still play those games today. I would be very, very surprised if, in 20 years, Mason will be able to play Minecraft.
It's possible, but unlikely. Not because of the game per se but like ... I guess when I think about my old favorite games, they weren't machines that I only played once or twice. I used to play Shinobi once a week at the bowling alley where my mom bowled on a league. I played Track and Field at the convenient store near my house every day during summer break.
I checked [url=http://www.bmigaming.com/terminator-salvation-arcade-game.htm?gclid=CJCSvNnAxbECFSgbQgodVEkAnw]here[/url] and you can get the 32" "mini-model" for $6,575, the 42" for $7,275, or the deluxe 42" for $8,575. (There's also a super deluxe with a 100" screen for $18k.) Obviously, that machine's not going to end up at a convenient store or bowling alley anytime soon. I've seen that Terminator machine a few places: Dave and Busters, Gameworks, and Celebration Station. If that flat screen, light gun compatible screen ever goes out ... hoo boy.
Places like Celebration are for birthday parties and stuff. I'd like to say we go there once a year but Morgan's 7 and said she had never been (I think she has, but she was really young). I don't think it's the game as much as it is that kids aren't as exposed to arcade games as much as we were. Cactus Jack's notwithstanding (which I think we all agree is an anomaly), do kids even "hang out" and play arcade games anymore? I mean, Mason and I have gone to Dave and Buster's before but we dropped $40 or so in 90 minutes or so. It's definitely not something we can do every day or even every week.
What I find more disturbing is so many of the things Mason plays are online and ... I mean, I still have an Atari 2600, and an NES, and a Commodore 64, and I can still play those games today. I would be very, very surprised if, in 20 years, Mason will be able to play Minecraft.