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Large environmental arcade installations were always pretty rare. The structure makes it more expensive to build and move and harder to find a space to exhibit.
by toast0 2y ago
Large environmental arcade installations were always pretty rare. The structure makes it more expensive to build and move and harder to find a space to exhibit.
That said, giant space invaders and pac man are showing up a lot lately. I saw a 4 player Halo environmental recently (although it's out of production) [1]. I've got a 2-player environmental fron 1994 that's linkable up to 6 players (the spouse says absolutely not, but I did play a 6-player setup once! and I have two extra system boards, maybe one day I can smoosh them into uprights and link it all. I think two player, but linkable makes a lot more sense for sales; but then it's hard to find an arcade that's got more than one of the units. Some of the modern racers are single player but linkable; you often see them in pairs, but sometimes singles or quads; and very occasionally more.
Of course, modern arcade systems are just PCs, but then so are the high performance home consoles.
[1] https://rawthrills.com/games/halo-fireteam-raven/ https://rawthrills.com/games/halo-fireteam-raven/