When Aaron Auzins sent me this video from the opening of the Galloping Ghost Arcade (they are promising to send more media as well which I have added to our previous GGA post to keep it condensed) I had an idea. The consistent claim that arcades are dead, that no one wants to go out and play them because they have better options at home, etc. can best be combated by visual examples of arcades packed with engaged players. It’s hard to argue with visual evidence such as this especially if we can get some video from all over the world so if you have a video showing such things, send it in – if not, record some the next time your arcade is packed or you are in a packed arcade. I’ll update this post and point out any updates in the Twitter feed.
Here’s the Galloping Ghost Arcade opening video, just moments after they opened their doors for the first time (8/14/2010)
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Molloy
Good God that looks like heaven. If you want variety in an arcade there’s no avoiding it, you’ve got to go old school. Or at least that’s what I think. There are a good 50 or 60 games there I’d like to play for hours each.
You were saying they’re on freeplay to get around the local laws. Does that mean they charge an enterance fee then? I think that’s a good policy. A few of the more successful arcades I used to go to back in the day did that and they were full. There’s one still operating I haven’t been to and the guy uses armbands that change colour after 30 minutes or an hour. So they can tell if someones times up without having staff running about checking.