Great Game, Wrong Decade

[Preacher JLU]

But why the 90s, that was when the arcades started dying out. Should be based in the 80s that is when arcades were all the rage like Aladdins Castle and the local arcades. Once the home consoles started taking off it killed the arcades which happened in the 90s. I know because I was a witness to it all. Been gaming since the very start.

God Bless

[Original Cast Recording]

Part of the fantasy of the business sim element is for the side-hustle arcade portion to eventually overtake the boring laundry business. So the setting is not inconsistent with history at all.

No question, lots of businesses continued to have a corner of their floor space devoted to gaming machines into the 00's, even if businesses which were solely devoted to coin-op games were rare by then. Pretty sure my local bowling alleys never got rid of them completely.

Escrito originalmente por Preacher JLU:

All I can do is go by what I saw locally. Most of us that were in my circle rarely went to an arcade in the 90s. Most of us were either gaming on console, Amiga or Atari ST's. That was until the big commodore crash in the mid 90s, but don't get me started on that;-). Pc's really did not come into gaming in a big way until maybe 97 onward, PC's just lacked the power that the Amiga and Atari ST's had.

All that means is you and your pals stayed home. No bearing on the setting of the game. Dance Dance Revolution didn't even hit the USA until 1999. Same year as Crazy Taxi. Both were very big games.

[Cernel Joson]

Aladdin's Castle
Tilt
Putt-Putt

All good things must come to an end :(

[RemyMei]

Escrito originalmente por NoMoreUnderscores():

Part of the fantasy of the business sim element is for the side-hustle arcade portion to eventually overtake the boring laundry business. So the setting is not inconsistent with history at all.

As you said, it's fantasy. It isn't supposed to be historically accurate. Fantasy isn't real, otherwise it wouldn't be fantasy.

Other than that, no idea why this post is even on here. It literally has nothing to do with the game. Think someone was just bored and wanted a gaming debate outside of Reddit lol