Sat 2008/04/12 14:01
We all play our console game machines for free at home but did you know that there existed game machines for "industrial use" where one would pay something like 100 yen for 15 mins to play on the Famicom or Super Famicom? More game machines at Isesaki.
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Interesting... Was that used for game (p)reviews?
(ID #169598) Posted on 2008/04/12 14:05
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
why would a reviewer pay 100 yen for 15 minutes to review a game? anyways, i think this is more in the line of a cheap alternative to buying arcade machines. just provide your on big monitor, hook the machine up and then leave it in your laundromat or whatever place of business.
(ID #169601) Posted on 2008/04/12 14:11
You're right, didn't see the special lock there. Mind's blurry, too much fooly cooly. ^^;
(ID #169609) Posted on 2008/04/12 14:21
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
too much gainax will screw your mind my friend, be sure to take a break
(ID #169610) Posted on 2008/04/12 14:23
I will. Thanks for the warning. *laughs*
(ID #169615) Posted on 2008/04/12 14:35
there's an arcade in orlando that has a similar type deal. they have an arcade cabinet with MAME on it, and for just a quarter you can choose whatever game you want from a long list of arcade games (for example, they have every version of street fighter 2 on it) and play it.
(ID #169755) Posted on 2008/04/12 23:37
Audio Engineer
I'm pretty sure I actually played on that industrial Nes at Ikea here in The Netherlands, they used to have one in the kids corner but it was set to free play mode.
(ID #428951) Posted on 2008/12/30 07:41
Hmm, this is interesting. I would love to have one of those in my office, pay everytime I want to play Super Mario and use that money for good use(or atleast pay for gasoline).
(ID #169612) Posted on 2008/04/12 14:23
Contraband Distrabution Specialist
I've seen a playstation one in Las Vegas, and I was looking at the parts to mount my xbox in my arcade cabinet, but I don't have the right monitor.
(ID #169617) Posted on 2008/04/12 14:39
anime/cosplay events organizer
interesting. we have some console rental shops here but not like that where you insert coin to play... i wonder how they build that and modified it ^^
(ID #169627) Posted on 2008/04/12 15:52
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
never knew that sort of "for industrial use" game consoles existed... when i was growing up, there used to be this shop near my house where the owner bought a few ps ans ps2, a few hundred game titles and charged us 3 bucks an hour for the ps and 5 bucks for the ps2... me made big bucks doing it for a few years...
(ID #169629) Posted on 2008/04/12 15:56
i seen these this some time ago...in some of the arcade centers here...i dont see them anymore though
(ID #169634) Posted on 2008/04/12 16:11
I remember at one point in time there was something called Play-Choice 10 that was an NES set into an arcade cabinet. You'd select between 10 games (hence the name), and putting more quarters in would give you more time. I always felt it was a rip-off, but then again I was a spoiled kid that already had a bunch of NES games, usually the ones I wanted to play in the PC-10, too.
(ID #169636) Posted on 2008/04/12 16:15
I love that the Famicom (NES to those of us in the US) looks like a WWII era radio. Awesome mod!
(ID #169637) Posted on 2008/04/12 16:15
Student and Miku Guardian
Hmm, seems unique to me.. Maybe I could try that so that when people visit my house they have to pay 10cents to play my PS2 for 30mins.. :)
(ID #169639) Posted on 2008/04/12 16:37
Secretary
I bet it was in a hotel room. When I went to Japan they had a similar slot for 100 yen coins to watch the porn xD;
(ID #169642) Posted on 2008/04/12 16:56
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
Interesting... I guess these machines are for those peopole who just can't stop coming to your home... Wanna play? Pay up!
(ID #169651) Posted on 2008/04/12 18:10
Game Designer
I played before .... They make the ps2 in a box like the machine at the arcane....for 3kingdom musou~ when the times run out...you cant control..the game didnt end
(ID #169685) Posted on 2008/04/12 19:56
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
The machine at the arcane? That sounded somewhat... cool! XD The arcane machine... Anyways, back in the dayze, game rental stores had something similar... only instead of making a machine to control time, they had a guy to time 30 minutes of videogame playing for similar prices. Here in Brazil, paying a crappy wage for someone to time the console rental is far cheaper than building an automated machine to do the same thing. Unfortunately no one does that anymore. I'd really like to have PS3, X-Box 360 and Wii renditions of those. I still don't think it's worth buying last gen consoles (apart from portables), but all three have games I'd like to try.
(ID #169939) Posted on 2008/04/13 12:18
Animation Student
Uwaaa, this reminds me of childhood... xD Used to play famicom a lot... XD Poor famicom, I have no idea where you are now though... xD
(ID #169686) Posted on 2008/04/12 19:59
that's good.... u can see ps2 rental almost everywhere in jakarta.... the system is that the receptionist will ask you how many hours do u want to play and he/she will set the timer on the TV.
(ID #169688) Posted on 2008/04/12 20:02
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
I played in one of those rentals during my junior high school days, not in Jakarta though. ^^
(ID #169726) Posted on 2008/04/12 21:23
Afro-ed Student
Don't know about the SuFami, but I know one can pay a certain amount to play the PS or PS2 in certain stores. Don't know what the rate is though.
(ID #169698) Posted on 2008/04/12 20:36
Ooh, oldschool. Paying to play a console isn't that rare, we got it here in Sweden too. But, I rather buy my console.
(ID #169723) Posted on 2008/04/12 21:19
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
my god. those are like centuries old @_@
(ID #169735) Posted on 2008/04/12 21:46
No, don't look down on my Golden Age! X|
(ID #169738) Posted on 2008/04/12 21:53
My Childhood.
(ID #169767) Posted on 2008/04/13 00:34
Danny, you love to see us smile. :)
(ID #169768) Posted on 2008/04/13 00:37
...I never thought some people still pay for an old-school game....
(ID #169789) Posted on 2008/04/13 01:38
You can get boards that allow you to use MegaDrive/Genesis carts and other consoles as arcade machines... I remember a dairy down from my old school had one about 10 years ago with Street Fighter 2... Oh, and there was also that "Playchoice" thing for SNES and NES.
(ID #169791) Posted on 2008/04/13 01:38
Thanks 4 the info. My PS2 W/ 80 gb hardisc is my business because for only 1 peso coin can play 5 minutes.
(ID #169800) Posted on 2008/04/13 01:56
I think I've seen that before somewhere, pretty interesting. From the looks of the first one, they were using an NES to play the games. Maybe it won't crap out over time through blowing in catridges.
(ID #169809) Posted on 2008/04/13 02:34
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
They provide you with everything in some Xbox rental shop I saw somewhere in Singapore, but if you're going to visit it regularly it's a real hassle.
(ID #169814) Posted on 2008/04/13 03:09
オタク all day long
Wow, interesting! Never see it before. But that reminds me of those game on airplane. =P
(ID #169829) Posted on 2008/04/13 04:03
REVpioneer (Registered on 2007/11/08 21:37)
Wow sugoi! Wouldn't mind one of them myself. ^^
(ID #170956) Posted on 2008/04/15 22:27
I'd pay to play ^o^
(ID #458228) Posted on 2009/01/23 07:04
Future Pioneer and a Dreamer
Wow I remember those!
(ID #461996) Posted on 2009/01/26 01:01
Grocery Store Clerk
I remember those at hotels that my dad woudl take me to back when i was kid.
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