Yeah, take your money and buy fucking Chinatown Fair, please.
@ Sexperienced:
Tokyo Game Arcade.
It’s out in Boston somewhere, and I really mean out there in the middle of nowhere. Not even closely accessible by bus / train / plane. It’s an all japanese cabinet arcade right in the middle of a bowling alley.
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unless you are up for running shit for like halo and other massivly played games as well… then don’t bother.
I had this idea too, but it’s largely inconcievable unless you’re willing to put a large amount of money in a project that’s most likely going to fail. Your best best is to open up some sort of LAN center and build an arcade around THAT. I wanted to have computers, arcade cabs, tables for Magic:TG games, and daily tournaments and all. The works. Pretty nice pipe dream, huh?
I agree with not opening it in a “bad” part of town but damn… the “colored part”? Maybe you mean colorful.
I lol’d though,
good luck, youre going to need it.
i would just say cater to the players. every arcade ive seen fail in la just didnt give a damn about player concerns. an arcade in LA used to be the spot for city players to go to. the owner was a dumb asshole and pretty much ruined his business though. He would never run tournies, he would say shit to me like “tournaments are for arcades that don’t get any business”. then he would jack up the costs of the games, put on high damage , never fix anything until he completely chased everyone out. Then he would try to run tournies were he would charge money to enter, then give you tokens as prizes! obviously the guy went broke cause no one went to his shit arcade. just respect your customers!
just open up a pool hall/arcade
Yes, I live in CT, probably 1hr, to a 1.5hr drive.
I’m guessing being that I don’t go to New London
Buy a ps2, game, tv, two sticks, a cup that says 25 cents per game, and a cheesy cardboard cutout to make it look like an arcade.
Yeah, unless you open it up in frickin NYC, LA or Houston you simply aren’t gonna get the business to keep going, realistically. You’re even less likely to be able to do it WITHOUT EVEN ACTUALLY HAVING ARCADE CABINETS!!!
But really, all ya really need is a few DDR machines, and a handful of fighting games. Used DDR machines, as well as motion sensor-type machines go for 11k. And this site: http://www.moneymachines.com/usedgames.html has some fighting games for 1500- 2200.
But yeah…ARCADES ARE DEAD AND YOU CAN NEVER BRING THEM BACK.
lol “Capcom Marvel Vs. SNK $1,499.00”
how can you even tell what game that is :[
Man, arcade cabinets hiding PS2s and computers running emulators, how fucking ghetto is that?
People would be busting open your cabinets and stealing all your shit.
There’s an article in Domination 101, called like “Living The Dream.”
It details the rise and fall of Starcade in Texas, and all the pitfalls the owner encountered. You should check it out.
Tried that a while back. They werent Intrested in selling. Though I wonder if now they have changed there mind.
someone needs to open a real arcade in miami, florida like… yesterday.
If you’re asking these questions then I don’t think it’d work out. And to be quite realistic, arcades are even worse than Restaurants. And Restaurants have a 50%+ failure rate. Now, imagine that, except people don’t have to eat anymore.
Though, if you’re going to try to do it, make sure not to make your dream arcade. Put it in a easily accessible area for walk-ins and make it so most people would like it. Sadly, no one has good taste in games so to make any money you’d need to cater to the masses with things like Halo and Mortal Kombat.
Crossroads of America 
Indianapolis, IN. It’s easy to get to and the cost of leases is low. Problem is keeping the equipment working so people keep coming and getting word out so people come in the first place.
seems like its a pretty tough thing to do…me personally love going to arcades to play games…u also meet people and get better at games. i know people from SRK are spread out so i have to find a way to reach the others that play games like RPGs or DDR Heads
how much $$$ did you offer? :rolleyes:
at least million?:looney:
I looked into this about 2 years ago, and it’s just not cost feasible.
That is, Unless you can A) get an awesome deal on rent and B) get a prime location
it?s nearly impossible to break even, much less flip a profit.
the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger: Do it Now!