You've arrived at the Round1. Which arcade machine do you immediately run to?
>>735111954I've never been, what do they typically have?
>>735111954I've never heard of Round 1 but there'd better be a MaiMai machine on freeplay.It's like if using an ipad but fun and with weeb music and Sonic music
>>735111954the one with the most obnoxious rgb lighting
POP'N MUSIC
>>735111954
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5And you know I'm selecting an RX-7 FD and crushing my buds in an Audi, Ferrari, and Mustanghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7rb-B1RqBI
>>735111954Do they have Virtual-On?
>>735112186All modern Japanese rhythm games (DDR, IIDX, Pop'n, SDVX, Taiko, Maimai, Chunithm, etc) + racing games (lnitial D, Wagwan Midnight, Mario Kart Arcade GP) + I think fighting games maybe
>>735111954That looks like hell
>>735111954after getting through the metal detectors, i do a round on ddr then the rest of the time between piu, drs, and sdvx
>>735113192It's the only place that has modern Japanese arcade games that are up to date and connected to the update servers
>>735111954I'm ready to pay a whole fucking dollar to get a single round of Initial D in
>>735111954I leave because I realize I walked into the wrong building. Round 1 isn't that great, I'd rather go to one of three other arcades.
>>735111954I rarely go to Round 1 since the closest one is over an hour away, but when I do, I go straight for the Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2 setup. Hope it's still there.
>>735111954the Miku machines. I load Romeo and Cinderella (Extreme)
>>735111954I have never heard of this place before. I assume you can only find them in ultra rich whites only locations because any arcade would get destroyed by browns in a week.
>>735114537stop watching fox news anon
>>735111954I played a Super Monkey Ball game with a rollable sphere as a controller.
>>735111954Skiball.>there's no skiballFine, I'm going to Dave & Buster's.
>>735111954Dance Rush Stardom, I guess? I dunno, I usually just see if they have any old games for me to chill out at for the first twenty minutes or so, since I'm a nostalgia whore.
>>735111954I used to frequent one.Project Diva Arcade and Dancerush StardomWith some casual Tetote Connect
>>735111954Bombergirl.
>>735114650Well, I looked on their map page and most of locations seem to be located in suburbs outside of major cities so my hunch is correct.All the comfy arcades in my area are located by gay bars and college towns, places that you don't find many urban youths.
I'll get in my car and drive home to play on the cab I already own because I don't pay per credit
>>735111954The Terminator salvation arcade game if they have one. If not whatever house of the dead or aliens arcade game they have.
>>735113123Last arcade place I went to seemed to have a "No Violent Games" policy. So no fighting games. No beat 'em ups. No shooters unless you're in a jet or something.
>>735111954>Which arcade machine do you immediately run to?none. I go right to the food counter and order pizza sticks, loaded hot cheeto fries, and a cherry icee.
>>735111954>Leaving the house to play coin-slot video games
If they've got a HotD3 machine I'm on it.
I guess a fucking crane game, because that's what 65% of my fucking round 1 is now. FUCK ALL CRANE NIGGERS. GO TO A GODDAMN SUPERMARKET IF YOU WANT TO PLAY THAT DOGSHIT AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ARCADE. We used to have fucking hl2 deathmatch machines and now we barely have shit.
>>735111954MaxiTune
>>735115161>enjoying raw thrills slopGROSS
>>735112769based. the best games are the rhythm and shooting ones, with the guns and instruments and stuff. If you wanted to just play normal games with normal buttons and controllers on a normal screen then why even bother leaving the house
>>735113123Sounds like a DnB without the drinks, why would I go?
>>735111954I understand the rhythm games since most of them have unique controllers but crane games CANT be that fun like half of my round 1 is filled with them
>>735114537No there's definitely some in nigger infested areas. I've been to one closer to Oakland and they have a guy with a metal detector at the front door before you go in. Nothing like that with my local one.
Do they have shmups?
>>735115709I have never seen a DnB have good games, you're full of shit.
It's about a 40 min drive for me so when I do go it's a good amount of IIDX, SDVX, Taiko, some crane games to get a stuffy for my gf, and one round of Initial D and then realize I will just play it at home.
>>735115748Hey (Me), I already posted that in >>735115457Get off the internet and go get myself a soda before I have to kick my ass.
>>735111954>Yup, today I will ride the the roller coaster simulator with late 90s cgi
>>735115789My local DnB has like half of the games you just listed.
>>735115876Great minds think alike
>>735115783>they have a guy with a metal detector at the front door WOWWWWWWWActually, why don't all nigger infested areas have these at every store? Maybe then they'd learn some fucking manners.
>>735113858So it's worse then hell. It's a hell that jap purist think is the place to be.
>>735115901>halfI honestly find even that hard to believe since the last time I went to DnB they had fuck all outside of raw thrills dogshit. Also, I wasn't the guy who listed. Also, DnB food and drinks suck ass.
>>735115789This. It's basically a restaurant with games rather than an arcade that happens to serve food.A good arcade shouldn't even serve food. You don't want greasy fingers covered in bbq sauce all over your expensive cabinets.
>>735115993Chuck e cheese's went to shit so round 1 is the only place kids can go now.
find the ddr machine and hit love shine to see if the ol warmup doesn't do me in 15 years after i last played ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-BeUw0g0J8
Do companies even make arcade cabs anymore? Surely they're all out of business, since no game company even makes arcade games anymore. The only thing they could have are old refurbished cabs.
>>735111954>head to the bowling alley section where the reject cabinets are>hop on Crimzon Clover and Initial D Stage 8>leave because the rest of the arcade is filled with shitty crane machines
>>735115240A place in the UK has pay to enter free to play.>pay at entrance>they stamp the back of your hand>optionally get one of those e-amusement cards>new and old arcade machines>rhythm games>one floor has like some classic arcade shit like the basket ball hoop>also consoles, pcs set up, pinball machines, probably more i'm forgettingAll free to play.
>>735116192How do they make money
>>735116050I know a guy who own a chuck e cheese franchise.Basically there's no games there anymore. Once they go out of order they don't have the money to fix them up. They're still on the floor, just unplugged and non operational so toddlers can pretend they're playing a game.Outside of birthday parties, it's just a place for single black moms to get together and drink beer.
>>735111954Lethal Enforcers or House of the Dead
>>735111954Any open racing game machine.
>>735116134Konami, SEGA, and Bandai Namco all make rhythm games and racing games
>>735116050I just need the Simpsons beat'em up and something rhythm so my gf doesn't think I actively avoiding her.Hell give me an arcade spot that has decent food service and that's enough for me to call it the best arcade in my city.
>>735111954Pacman
>>735116134>>735116287btw, you know Japan still has arcades right? There are new arcade games still being released pretty often there.
>>735116192There was one of those in the ghetto in Denver, CO. Can't remember the name of it but I used to go there all the time to play Joust. Place was great.>>735116217They sold expensive beer.
>>735116217By having reading comprehension.
>>735111954Beatmania IIDX.It's the greatest rhythm game ever made
>>735116147>crimzon cloverGODDAMN I WISH MINE EVEN HAD THIS MUCH, FUCK CRANE MACHINES
>>735111954take my kid there almost once a week>space invaders>basketballit's fun.
>>735116228>Basically there's no games there anymore. Once they go out of order they don't have the money to fix them up. They're still on the floor, just unplugged and non operational so toddlers can pretend they're playing a game.Jesus, that's disgusting.
>>735116376>my kidAnon, nooo....
>>735116217It's like £18/$24 to get in (which is why you go on a day they're open all day until like 11PM)The two times I've been it was fairly busy, and they serve food drink, and alcohol too IIRC.
>>735111954The nearest 2D fightan cabinet; preferably KoF but I'm not picky. Then I start challenging random people to matches.Only between taking shots in the bathroom from the bottle I snuck in.If they win, they get a shot, too.
>>735116334Nah, the smoke filled salaryman arcades are all dying out and they're on the brink of extinction. All you have now is game centers that are 90% cranes, and the online games (racing, fate, gundam, sf6, mahjong) shoved into the basement or top floors of the facility.
>vacation to japan>be pale white 6"6' baka gaijin>staying a few days in akihibara>we go to an arcade>try taiko drum game>getting the hang of it>a group of japanese teenage boys having a laugh at me>one of them steps up and plays on the drums next to me>he's slapping those drums like a machine gun>makes me look like a toddler in comparisonNot my proudest moment but all in all i had a good month vacationing with two weeks tokyo and two weeks kyoto.
>>735111954Mine is like 80% gachashit now.
>>735116489>ingesting food or drink in a bathroomAnon, that's gross. There's shit particles flying around in there.
chunithm is so fucking good, i was in Japan last month and spent basically an entire game in an arcade and i mostly played it over and over. Its so fun, probably my favorite rythm game of all time and i can't play it anymore...
>>735112186niggers galore typically
>>735116548How the fuck?
>>735116431NTA but anon..a lot of us that have been here 10 years or more eventually married and have kids. I have a career, a wife, a homeowner, and we have a little girl. I sometimes take her to round 1 and win her pokemon stuffed animals.Unless this shithole shuts down, I'll be coming here for the rest of my life
>>735116563There's shit everywhere. Everything you touch is covered in shit. Your phone and computer especially, but also everything else; even after washing your hands, shit remains. Everywhere you go in public has not only your shit, but other people's shit, too. It is a shit world.
>>735116525I'm only good enough to play 7* Onis and lower BPM 8*, I hope I can at least get good enough to FC Saitama 2000 before I go there
>Go to any amusement center in my city>Rides, rollercoasters, food stands all get updated and renewed every year>There's always a place in the corner where they shove all the arcade machines that used to be huge moneymakers for them in the 80's and 90's>Every year more and more of them break>Nobody cares enough to repair them>If you manage to find a machine running you're lucky if even half the buttons work anymoreFeels bad man
>>735116676Well shit
>>735116621>a lot of usPretend I posted the banner where that guy is getting kicked out of a clubhouse and his buddies are saying "Get out of here, you fucking non-virgin!" since I don't have it on-hand.
I went to a round1 in Japan and they had batting cages on the roof, so I'll take midnight drunken rooftop baseball thanks.
>>735117047Who the fuck let in George Lucas?
how do we get zoomers to like arcades
>>735111954Time Crisis 2 if they got it
>>735116682I forget how many stars I was able to climb during my short stay in akihibara but it was a ton of fun even if I got mogged by others. Burnt a lot of money as I played those drums for hours and each pay would get you 2 or 3 songs, I forget exactly.
>>735111954The pinball machines tucked in the back
I've already got Taiko and the Sega stuff local so I guess it's the bemani section for me. What's the community like there?
>>735117259Put it next to a movie theater like mine is.
>>735111954I only go to these in Japan, so Initial D.
>>735117301The Broadway Mall location has a lot of furries that stink and some indians that try and game the claw machines because it's localed in a high density pajeet zone on Long Island
>>735111954Sound Voltex, playing only the songs with the most revealing jacket art
>>735111954Soul Calibur or King of FightersThen DDRThen Silent ScopeThen Mario Kart GP>>735116525That's a great experience and memory
>>735112263It's a japanese chain arcade that are only deployed in SEA and USA since 2014-2015. So yeah, there would have most of popular japanese arcade machines
>>735117259You can't. Since arcades are more niche now, the machines are expensive. Since the machines are expensive to maintain, arcades have to jack up the price to sucker the people who ARE willing to pay. Not to mention all it takes is a few bad groups of Edgars or brownoids to fuck everything up. Zoomers also don't have jobs so they can't even pay for this type of entertainment. They also don't like socializing outside of school or online avenues like social media/discord. They don't like the type of games at arcades. It's just easier for them to play F2P slop on their phones or at home. If they really wanted to play a rhythm game, they can play some clone on Roblox or something on their tablet for free.
>>735118341wtf are you talking about, every weeb zoomer with special snowflake pronous I've ever known has been obsessed with at least one jap rhythm game at their local arcade, usually a Round 1.
>>735111954Lemme get uhhhh Tech Romancer, Virtual-On, and gundam
>>735117084retarded autist. this place has always been for chads to have fun, kill yourself
>>735111954I'd try the hamburger mashing rhythm game.
I play Project Diva Arcade and use the lewdest Len modules
Why, the Star Wars Battle Pod of course.
>>735115709dnb does not have japanese games or pinball, round1 also has imported japanese merch
>>735118341>arcades are more niche nowIt's not 2014 anymore, mate.
>>735112769I'm too used to Guitar Hero to care about this arcade. This may profile me as a pleb but at least GH ends the song if you're actually bad at it.
>>735118951>round1 also has imported japanese merchBecause round1 is japanese. While DnB is american.
>>735115243They tend to have the newest one, whatever that one was in 2019 Japan>>735114015>>735113123Mine removed Initial D (7?, it wasn't 0) so now it is just Wangan 5>>735115786>Do they have shmups?Not really, one of the 5 or 6 multicabinets might have one or two maybe, if they are turned on, and the controls aren't broken>>735115936The only place they can open are malls not doing great but not dead yet.>>735115709They sell beer, mixed drinks, Ramune, Ramen, Karage, Pizza, fries, Takoyaki but it is kind of a service counter near the bowling. Not a large sit down menu like DnB>>735117964Probably no Soul Calibur or KoF, Silent Scope would be 3 if they have it which is just weird, anime as fuck and no where near the fun / sniping of 1 and 2.There is also Chrono Circle, imagine MaiMai but now you need to spin the outer areahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWiNPsLS7aAUnfortunately due to NJs gay laws on "skill based" games. The claw machines are all basic pick and generic prize brick / box. Nothing fun like the rails, or ping pong takoyaki pan dropsThey also don't do fun / goofy things like Round1 Japan will occasionally do like the ever so stupid Evangelion Bowling Pin costume rental
I walk out frowning vecause the Time Crisis machine is broken and I don't have an aime card so the Initial D machine is useless
>>735118570"chad" wasn't even a fucking term when this website started, dipshit.
>>735119298kek I knew my town's mall was officially dead when Round1 announced they were opening there. was good news for me though since my next closest one was 2 hours away before that
>>735118341>edgarswtf is this shit?
It used to be groove coaster to play the undertale tracks when my local Round1 just opened. Haven't been there in a while though.
The GOAT
>look it up, never heard of the place before>closest location is half a state away, mostly a new york/la/sf thingWhat i figured, kek. There's never been an arcade worth going to anywhere near where I live, I missed out on the whole concept as a kid.
>>735119707well the good news is they're expanding throughout the US, I didn't have one near me until a few years ago
>>735119779I'd visit a place like this, no way it does well financially if they plopped it in my little town but it'd be fun while it lasted.
Why does commiefornia get all the new Round1 locations
>Go to "arcade bar" in my town>There are old SNK multigame cabs set to free play but also some that are clearly modern arcades running some kind of emulator that have a bunch of old ass arcade roms on themHow do they get away with it? Is it because they're probably old dead games from publishers that don't care or are even alive anymore? I thought you had to license out machines and pay a recurring fee.
>>735120490Good economy
>>735120827lol, lmao, these machines had existed in mexico and other "poor" countries for 20+ years, its a simple computer with a retroarch like menu, no one gives a shit about licences.
>>735119467Term for zoomer mexicans who act like faggots. Vandalism, wanna be gang graffiti, attends parking lot takeovers, etc. Usually has pic related as their look but can be anything at this point. Very common here in OC, California because a lot of them either come from LA or are just born here in Santa Ana or Anaheim.
>>735120827>How do they get away with it?Someone has to report them, unless you think the publishers are psychic.
Am I the only one playing Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade at Round1 or what?
>>735120490They have all the Asians
>>735116340I've never played beatmania but the game must be good because the ost is very good for impromptu fap hero sessions
>>735120972Oh okay, I thought this was some dumb new term for niggers, since "ninja" was figured out extremely fast when it was a thing.
>>735119779>well the good news is they're expanding throughout the state of Californiaftfy
>>735111954DDR because the machines are always busy. Most weekends I don't even get to play (I am too autistic to wait in line). My main game though is Sound Voltex, and they just got Pop'n machines in recently. Pretty fun game.
>>735111954>You've arrived at the Round1im alone and afraid of being judged for which game/how i play or what prize im clawing for so i dont go in, instead walking past it in the mall, pretending not to be aware of it lest i be exposed for looking like i have an interest in the anime girl vtubers on the signage instead of being a normal person
>>735111954DANCERUSH STARDOM.PLAY IT YOU FUCKERS.>>735112263You forgot the fact that you stick your head in a front loading washing machine. Apparently that's critical to the experience.
>>735112769 they're on galaxy wave now. The waifus are apparently an important part of the eperience.
The first Time Crisis or Point Blank machine I see.
>>735111954i'm not spending 50 dollars to play a fucking arcade game, this chinese garbage store needs to be burned.
>>735113032Sometimes.>>735114015Mine has an initial d infinity on time play.>>735114450Wait, do machines with mikus like dance around count, or do you need all miku all the time.>>735114537Rich asians too. >>735114650>chuck e cheese fight comppilation.
>>735121354I'm that anon and I'm nowhere near Cali
>>735121583Every time I pass by the new pop'n machines there's always a line of people waiting.Is it that good? Or were people just so starved for a new pop'n entry, because I've never seen this much attention for the series evert. never played
>>735114739Mine has Pac man skiball. >>735115709They have beer and cocktails. DnB cannot do the Bemani or JP shit. Maybe ddr at most.>>735116134Raw thrills and Japan.
>>735111954On the rare chance this isn't broken... I play it until it breaks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4_7goH48i4
>>735115786Sometimes. The one I went to had crimson fucking Katana. Exarcadia cabinet on some.
>>735116340This man is a psychopath, and his fingers are to be feared.
>>735113123Mine removed the fighting games in favor of more claw machines and coin pushing. They had Rival Schools, Blazblue, Akatsuki Blitzkampf, among others.
>>735117337How does that help when zoomers refuse to go to movie theaters too??
>>735124402I think Pop'n has broader appeal than say IIDX and SDVX which cater more to the hardcore autist crowd. The cutesy / almost childish cartoon aesthetic and the gameplay being rather straightforward is much less intimidating. Personally I've always wanted to try it but never had access to a cab. idk its just fun
>>735111954probably mario kart.i went to a round1 in ikebukuro and there were so many attractive women i couldnt believe it. they were playing in all the areas except the horse racing and gundam machines. in america you never see many cute girls at arcades.
>>735111954The anime titty figgy claw machine
my round one killed the rhythm heaven machine and also made it so you have to spend 25$+ if you dont want to just play arcade games for an hourfuck that company, i will only go to them with friends out of state from now on and even then i would only play if we all split the play
