Tadano, 3 months ago

@PurpCat if your arcade doesn't at least have a Pac-man/Galaga cabinet, Time Crisis and air hockey you're doing something wrong. Of course top tier arcades at least have a Neo Geo, NAOMI or Atomiswave

PurpCat, 3 months ago

@Tadano mine only has one of the three
Tons of pinball though but all the purple hairs avoid that and go for the iidx and fighting games and similar soy

Tadano, 3 months ago

@PurpCat Do they have any decent fightans or do the owners not know what SNK is

PurpCat, 3 months ago

@Tadano half the arcade is those tbh but I never see people playing them too much or competetively

I wouldn't doubt more play smash or some shit

olmitch, 3 months ago

OK BOSS BUILT THE ARCADE, IT HAS COIN PUSHERS, CAPSULE GRABBERS, AND A BROKEN DDR MACHINE. OH, I FORGOT THERE'S A HYDRO THUNDER MACHINE HALFWAY BEHIND THE BATHROOM DOOR, LET ME GO TURN THE AUDIO ON THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN

PurpCat, 3 months ago

@olmitch mine turned the audio on half the pinballs down

olmitch, 3 months ago

No customer would ever want to hear pinball sound effects or the literal THUNDER in HYDRO THUNDER tears up papers and stomps away

PurpCat, 3 months ago

@olmitch 80s/90s pinball machines had dank sound tbh

olmitch, 3 months ago

I've found this is not something everyone appreciates, but god damn it, sound engineering matters a lot. Everyone can hum the Mario theme, the original Halo theme. How can you not get excited when you hear the weapon and shield noises from your favorite FPS? Hydro Thunder machines come with a nice sub woofer setup so you can feel the boat rock, it's exciting. Without that, you may as well play a home port.

PurpCat, 3 months ago

@olmitch from a former pinball sound designer who designed his own chip and later xaudio for ms:
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/interactive-audio-in-black-knight-2000-the-importance-of-integration