Flyers
A new Arcade Flyer website has opened up with tons of cool info on old games. The creator actually made the previous go to arcade flyer website, took a break, and now has a new one. So its got a lot of good potential.
Right now the latest the flyers go is 1991, which is nice, but not helping with anything recent. The creator is asking flyer enthusiasts to post what they have to his site, so it can become a comprehensive list. Flyers like this is a great way to learn the history of games, and how they were sold.
If you have never really looked at the flyers, its cool. The reality is that they were for the guys owning arcades, not the average fan. In fact, most of the magazines, and advertisements are for those owners. This has caused quite a few problems since most fans don't even know how arcades are doing, and just base things off of websites that don't really talk about it anyway.
The interesting thing is seeing old games, and how people used them. For example this wonderful one for the original Street Fighter. The buttons were pressure sensitive so the harder you pressed, the harder the punch was. Going ultimate would throw a fireball, or do a big uppercut, but it took a lot of work. The units ended up getting damaged because people would punch the pads. We ended up getting the six button layout as a response to the broke arcades. I still think a Gamecube game with the old style would be awesome.
Then we have this one for an incredibly Japanese game. Senjo No Okami is basically, Senjo Attacks. The thing is, it is a candy cab, has Japanese in it everywhere, and the models are Americans. I guess technically one of them might be German because of his haircut, but still, not Japanese. Candy Cabs is a semi generic term for Arcade units where you sit down to play them, instead of stand up. Very few are released in the US, and if you see one, it is likely imported.
The characters in the game are blonde, and shoot guns. There is a sort of Vietnamish feel to it, but the word is never mentioned in the flyer. In other words, the flyer is promoting the stereotypes of Americans, to Japanese.
There is a lot to look at and enjoy in these flyers. I know I found my favorite arcade game. There are a lot of gaps though, like the lack of Virtual On, or Samurai Showdown. It's a great start though. If you happen to have some flyers on hand, check out this site, and submit them.
Right now the latest the flyers go is 1991, which is nice, but not helping with anything recent. The creator is asking flyer enthusiasts to post what they have to his site, so it can become a comprehensive list. Flyers like this is a great way to learn the history of games, and how they were sold.
If you have never really looked at the flyers, its cool. The reality is that they were for the guys owning arcades, not the average fan. In fact, most of the magazines, and advertisements are for those owners. This has caused quite a few problems since most fans don't even know how arcades are doing, and just base things off of websites that don't really talk about it anyway.
The interesting thing is seeing old games, and how people used them. For example this wonderful one for the original Street Fighter. The buttons were pressure sensitive so the harder you pressed, the harder the punch was. Going ultimate would throw a fireball, or do a big uppercut, but it took a lot of work. The units ended up getting damaged because people would punch the pads. We ended up getting the six button layout as a response to the broke arcades. I still think a Gamecube game with the old style would be awesome.
Then we have this one for an incredibly Japanese game. Senjo No Okami is basically, Senjo Attacks. The thing is, it is a candy cab, has Japanese in it everywhere, and the models are Americans. I guess technically one of them might be German because of his haircut, but still, not Japanese. Candy Cabs is a semi generic term for Arcade units where you sit down to play them, instead of stand up. Very few are released in the US, and if you see one, it is likely imported.
The characters in the game are blonde, and shoot guns. There is a sort of Vietnamish feel to it, but the word is never mentioned in the flyer. In other words, the flyer is promoting the stereotypes of Americans, to Japanese.
There is a lot to look at and enjoy in these flyers. I know I found my favorite arcade game. There are a lot of gaps though, like the lack of Virtual On, or Samurai Showdown. It's a great start though. If you happen to have some flyers on hand, check out this site, and submit them.
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