Mmm.....no. Those things are effectively gambling centers to lure in kids that have no idea that they're being "played" in the form of the machine arbitrarily deciding that it's not going to give the claw enough juice to actually function x% of the time. To be all stick-in-the-ass about protecting that kind of revenue stream....I have no sympathy. Plus, I personally believe that the rise of redemption in general is what f'ed over arcades in the first place, so I'd be glad to see them rot.

Aren't all these stupid wal-mart robbery centers...er..."gaming centers" run by Sega?

Yes, but the difference is that Lloyd is just being Lloyd, which is brutally honest and helpful. He's not going to sugar coat the situation. This guy? ERMAGERD U TAKE MY MONEY I TOOK FROM KIDS I KEEL YOU! He wasn't trying to be helpful, he was trying to crush something under his heel.

Okay. You'll forgive me if I don't take your word as law and wait for secondary confirmation on that.

Schematics wouldn't really tell me what software does, unless you're also going to claim that the current machines are EMs and there's no programming.

I'm looking at documentation...I'm not seeing anything about adjusting odds yet, but voltage adjustments in theory...seems to me could still be exploited by a dick operator. I understand it's a very necessary piece of functionality because you never know what you're going to get at the wall...but it's also exploitable. Not saying you or your company necessarily does that, but that your specific claim of not being able to adjust odds in some way is a technicality.

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