aracdes in Asia/Europe

[tyranthraxus]

Whats the state of arcades in Asia, Europe or Australia? We all know that

the American scene is stale and dying. Vancouver is a very multi cultural

city with a lot of Asian immigrants. They make up the biggest number

of arcade goers around here. Amazingly many of them are women and

they seem to be enjoying themselves! So I'm assuming

that over there arcades are doing a little better.

[Adrian M]

I used to follow the Neo Geo scene quite actively a few years ago and I do remember that Japanese arcades always seemed to thrive in comparision to the US scene. They seem to get the new releases and competition is fierce. I guess the Asian culture is more accepting when it comes to gaming, whereas in the US gaming is still considered a "geeky" activity, thus the arcade scene reflects this somewhat.

[sebastius]

There's nearly nothing left here in the netherlands.

[keitaro]

I´m from Spain and the arcade scene is virtually dead. In my town there is only 1 arcade room left, with a few arcade games, only a pinball(Star Wars episode 1) and cabinets with Mame installed!!. And there is a Sega Park with abusive prices (1 euro 1 credit). Arcade roms are dead here. There are instead many cybercafes with pc games on line,but I don´t like it. Ahhh, I remember the good times at arcades ...

[jahfish]

i brought the good old times back home:

 

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but i still have to make this beast work again!

 

feel free to help here: http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41088

 

greetings