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Would you play an em at location for $1 per game?

By metalguy

2 years ago


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    #45 2 years ago

    I’d pay $1 per assuming you can win credits and the games were in perfect working condition.

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    #48 2 years ago
    Quoted from zaphX:

    You'd have to pay me $1/game.

    Does your skin burn if you touch anything but a JJP?

    #64 2 years ago
    Quoted from metalguy:

    I’m also thinking of non pin dudes that walk in and say man I remember that from when I was a kid gotta play it

    Get a Grand Prix. Everyone remembers it.

    #82 2 years ago

    I would skip the licenses entirely. You’re putting a few games into your establishment that isn’t an arcade. Just set up some nice games and charge what you want to charge.

    #97 2 years ago
    Quoted from metalguy:

    Yeah vending license and permits are a must. If not around here they would probably go full out old school pinball prohibition and smash em with sledgehammers in the parking lot right in front of you.
    It’s not an arcade but a vintage/ retro nostalgia shop. Movie music memorabilia etc

    Yeah better safe than sorry, but no way in hell they’d come a calling unless someone reported you. And if it’s really $25 a year and that’s it, just do it.

    Like others have said, this will be a labor of love no matter what is charged to play them.

    #122 2 years ago
    Quoted from smokedog:

    How would you know if match is disabled?

    There’s no match sequence.

    #127 2 years ago

    Haha. Yeah on EMs just show a number. If that’s disabled, you get nothing.

    Modern games do not even have a match animation.

    SS games you’ll see no match number.

    #130 2 years ago
    Quoted from EJS:

    I could maybe see match feature being disabled and justified but a replay is so well known you should generally keep it in a pay for play environment. Even if extra ball or points. Gives yet another goal for a player to shoot for.

    If you’re charging $1 and replays are turned off, you’re a crook. Haha

    #134 2 years ago
    Quoted from EJS:

    No not for a dollar but if an op was trying to find a reason to turn them off and justify it.

    There’s zero justification for turning them off imo unless they are on free play. Haha

    #137 2 years ago
    Quoted from LTG:

    Help pay for the license they need.
    LTG : )

    $25 bucks per game to make your patrons mad? I don’t see it. You’d lose me as a customer and I was one of the only ones willing to pay $1 per play. Haha

    You don’t have to make the replay levels easy. Just that they exist.

    #139 2 years ago
    Quoted from LTG:

    Could be higher. And split with location. And insurance.
    Anyone doing that would likely have a good reason.
    LTG : )

    Okay so we’re talking a different situation now. But still adjust the pricing to make it work for you and still leave the replays and matches on. It’s possible.

    #141 2 years ago

    Let me guess Lloyd. Your games have replays and match turned off.

    ERW

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