We have a national videogame museum nearby that works with time slots, you pick an amount of time you want to be there or just get the all day pass, and inside all machines are on free play.
Comment on How do you feel about the removal of tokens from arcades ?
count_dongulus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t like tokens or cards. I like open play, just pay like $20 for all day access. I’m fortunate to have places like that around. The pay to play model penalizes you for being bad at or new to an arcade title or pinball machine, which mega blows and discourages people from trying out random games they might lose quickly at.
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
magnus@lemmy.ahall.se 2 weeks ago
I built an arcade machine from scratch (MAME for arcade games) and had a coin button to begin with. Mostly meant that it was too easy to just spam the coin and start button (besides one another) and just “pay” our way through games.
I built coin slots with tokens falling through a light sensor and now it is a little more work to “pay”, and also a slight shame introduced to the gameplay when your pile of tokens are significantly smaller than your friend’s :)
We’re trying a little harder now to play better.
DaGeek247@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
We have a local barcade, but with actually pretty great arcade games. They charge a cover fee, close down to minors early, and charge nothing at the games themselves. It is the best thing ever. Makes the arcade experience honestly better than it was back when it was actually big.
ultimate_worrier@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
DaGeek247@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Dallas area. https://freeplayinc.com/faqs/