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Title: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Gameroom Designs on September 30, 2014, 08:31:30 am I'm anxious to watch the new vid, which I've been waiting on since Sunday. I can't wait to see the culture clash between North American and Asian Arcades. (I'm going to count the number of patrons wearing Swatch Watches, for sure.) On another note, considering we're all waiting for a triumphant return to an active restoration, I'm reminded of an old saying:
It's not the destination, but the Journey that counts! ;) Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: John's Arcade on September 30, 2014, 10:51:33 am I'm anxious to watch the new vid, which I've been waiting on since Sunday. I can't wait to see the culture clash between North American and Asian Arcades. (I'm going to count the number of patrons wearing Swatch Watches, for sure.) On another note, considering we're all waiting for a triumphant return to an active restoration, I'm reminded of an old saying: It's not the destination, but the Journey that counts! ;) I'll be getting back to Journey this week. Can't wait! :) There are a lot of Swatch stores in Hong Kong. I picked up a new Swatch while I was there. :) Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Crazybanana on September 30, 2014, 04:41:59 pm How did you like Maximum Tune? I just sold ours. Initial D(another import driver) seems more popular in our area! Namco is releasing both the new mario kart and Max tune 5 for the US this year!
Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Jack Burton on September 30, 2014, 06:43:24 pm This was an awesome video, and a very nice surprise too. Thanks John. I am intrigued now why Asia has such superior arcades ("Game Centers" LOL) than we do. Maybe it's a cultural thing... And people "want to get out." I have a feeling it would come back to economics though.. And the fact that we have so much here... I.e. we can buy bigscreen TVs and PS4s for way cheaper than you can in emerging markets. My buddy in India said it would cost him $1,000 for a PS4. Here they are going for $360 now. Anyone else have any theories why arcades are so prolific in Hong Kong and shit in NYC, Houston, LA or any other comparable sized city in USA?
Title: Re: Post by: amplibax on September 30, 2014, 07:53:44 pm I cannot wait to watch this.
Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: P-feif on September 30, 2014, 10:25:22 pm What in the world were you doing in Hong Kong? I hope your job sent you there because that's an expensive trip just to play video games. LOL! Those were some interesting video games but you Know what? Nothing will ever compare to the games of the 1980's.
And yes I'm sick of the redemption games too. My son is only 4 and really likes it when I take him to play games. I just took him to Dave and Busters a few weeks ago. I hadn't been there in about 4 or 5 years. The last time I was there it was still all video games. Now it's about 85% redemption games. They are horable to play and the so called prizes are nothing but junk. Any of the decent prizes that they have you can buy at a store for less then 1/10 the money that you will dump into the redemption games to win enough tickets for the "prize". Not worth it. Give me good old fashioned video arcade games or nothing. Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: airsoftmodels on September 30, 2014, 11:19:34 pm (http://sixgun.org/files/bamm.gif)
Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Otaku on October 01, 2014, 12:49:15 pm My buddy in India said it would cost him $1,000 for a PS4. Here they are going for $360 now. Heh. Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: postmortem on October 01, 2014, 01:48:09 pm It's awesome that fighting games are still big over there. I wish i could walk into an arcade here and have lots of people to slaughter on mortal kombat.
Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Gameroom Designs on October 01, 2014, 02:28:49 pm What in the world were you doing in Hong Kong? I hope your job sent you there because that's an expensive trip just to play video games. LOL! Yeah, John. What do you do for a living? Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Jack Burton on October 01, 2014, 03:52:14 pm What in the world were you doing in Hong Kong? I hope your job sent you there because that's an expensive trip just to play video games. LOL! Yeah, John. What do you do for a living? You didn't know? John works as a Product Designer for Spencer's® Adult Men's Pleasure™ product line. Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Chuckie egg on October 04, 2014, 06:56:55 am Fantastic vid john
But do you know what I like best was the Bruce stutue wow That's the first time I've seen that I am a massive lee fan Thanks for sharing mate London next ? Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: John's Arcade on October 04, 2014, 02:21:25 pm Fantastic vid john But do you know what I like best was the Bruce stutue wow That's the first time I've seen that I am a massive lee fan Thanks for sharing mate London next ? Glad you liked that. :) I almost didn't include it in the video. :) Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Darth Nuno on October 04, 2014, 03:58:31 pm Great trip!
My favorite cabinet showed in the first 'arcade room' was the Taito one... a kind of rhythm game based on Space Invaders? That's the one I would tried! :P Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: John's Arcade on October 04, 2014, 04:32:26 pm Great trip! My favorite cabinet showed in the first 'arcade room' was the Taito one... a kind of rhythm game based on Space Invaders? That's the one I would tried! :P That was my favorite too. It's called Rhythm Invader. It's also available on iOS and called Groove Coaster! :) Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Gameroom Designs on October 05, 2014, 08:33:27 am Annnnnd, I still don't know how John does it.
??? John - pointed question - what kind of industry are you in/what type of work do you do (be as private or as candid as you wish) that allows you the time to put together such a great community, and a (mostly) weekly video stream? Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Darth Nuno on October 09, 2014, 02:24:53 pm This is what I call a video promo ;D : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Eeu7eFpzo
Title: Re: John goes to Hong Kong Post by: Zed on October 11, 2014, 03:56:31 am Speaking of new arcade game, have you seen this John ? http://arcadeheroes.com/2014/10/10/new-information-armed-resistance-universal-space/ (http://arcadeheroes.com/2014/10/10/new-information-armed-resistance-universal-space/), Fps Mecha game with a transformer "twist" to it, looks pretty cool. Can't wait to try this.
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